In honor of Earth Day, join the City of Huntington Beach's Barlett Park cleanup! Free parking in the Newland Center Parking Lot, but use public or non-motorized transit if possible. Don't forget a bucket or resusable bag, gloves, and filled reusable water bottle!
Select the right plants for your landscape. This webinar will discuss California natives, seasonal water needs, and horticultural care tips. Registration required.
Join the City of Costa Mesa for a day of fun and educational activities. These include: nature and sustainability tours, planting trees, recycling and composting tutorials, and more! No registration required.
Enjoy a guided hike, compost demo, and interactive activities offered by the City of Irvine in partnership with Irvine Ranch Conservancy. The guided hikes are at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m., and compost demo is at noon. Registration required on-site. Limited space available.
To register contact Elyse Toal at volunteercoordinator@hsb.surfrider.org
Session 1 - Celebrate Earth Day while creating crafts and learning about Turtle Rock Nature Center! Children will have one hour to complete crafts then venture out on the Nature Center trail. Parent or guardian is required, and this event is meant for kids ages 3-12.
Session 2 - Celebrate Earth Day while creating crafts and learning about Turtle Rock Nature Center! Children will have one hour to complete crafts then venture out on the Nature Center trail. Parent or guardian is required, and this event is meant for kids ages 3-12.
Want to keep your lawn healthy? Join California American Water to learn how to build healthy soil, properly water your lawn, and keep your lawn resilient. Registration required.
In this Zoom webinar, you will learn how to successfully design a watershed-wise landscape. This includes: sizing and sithing the rainwater capture area, planting climate-appropriate plants, applying key design principles, and laying out a successful planting plan. The class is free, but registration is required and limited to customers of the Metropolitan Water District service area.
This Zoom webinar will focus on best management practices for passive and active rainwater capturing. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California will cover: reviewing criteria and considerations in selecting a rainwater capture method, swales and berms (calculations, setbacks, installation), cisterns, and integrating hardscape. The class is free, but registration is required.
Join the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for their webinar on the purpose, potential & programming of irrigation controllers. This webinar will cover: irrigation’s role in maintaining a soil moisture balance, the purpose and potential of a weather-based controller, basic terminology and programming principles, identifying special functions like cycle & soak and seasonal percentage changes, and how to troubleshoot...
Calling all OC-native garden lovers! The Moulton Niguel Water District is hosting their annual NatureScape Garden Tour on May 7th from 9am-12pm. This free self-guided journey features beautiful drought-resilient gardens that help reduce water waste and protect our waterways. At each garden site, participants will learn about the different benefits that come along with having a drought-friendly garden. Registration is required.
