Learn how to design a yard using the four principles of gorgeous and watershed wise landscaping: building a healthy living soil sponge, holding rainwater on your property, selecting local native plants that minimize water use and maximize biodiversity, and controlling your irrigation. Registration required.
Discovery Cube Orange County is offering a series of fun one-day, in-person educational camps to get your children involved in awesome hands-on science learning. Each camp is 3 hours per day. Separate sessions for grades K-2 and 3-5. Register your child for one or multiple camps. Per camp fee - $45 member/$50 non-member.
Learn how to identify critical steps for successfully designing a watershed wise landscape including: sizing and siting the rainwater capture area, developing a palette of climate-appropriate plants, applying key design principles, and laying out a successful planting plan. This advanced workshop is geared for folks who have already taken the California Friendly and/or the Turf Removal workshops. Registration is required.
Discovery Cube Orange County is offering a series of fun one-day, in-person educational camps to get your children involved in awesome hands-on science learning. Each camp is 3 hours per day. Separate sessions for grades K-2 and 3-5. Register your child for one or multiple camps. Per camp fee - $45 member/$50 non-member.
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Help protect recently installed new plantings in Big Canyon by removing invasive plants that pose a huge threat to displacing native plant communities and wildlife at the Bay. Meet at 9am at the project site entrance and be sure to follow directions that will be included in your confirmation email. Note: Google Maps will lead you astray. Registration required.
Orange County Coastkeeper has taken traditional group beach cleanups and turned them into Beautification on Your Block cleanups. Continue to do your part in keeping your community safe and clean. Take a walk around your neighborhood and clean any litter or trash you find.
Join OC Habitats in the Upper Newport Bay for their monthly restoration of the ecological reserve and salt marsh through invasive plant removal and native planting. Meet at Back Bay Science Center, parking is free. This is a gated site so you will be given access upon arrival at the gate on Shellmaker. Registration and waivers required.
In partnership with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Newport Bay Conservancy and Surfrider Foundation, help clean up trash from Upper Newport Bay. This event may include a walk of up to 1 mile to the cleanup site. Meet at 8:30am at Back Bay Drive/Big Canyon Parking Lot. Note: Google Maps will lead you astray. Registration required.
Learn how to design a yard using the four principles of gorgeous and watershed wise landscaping: building a healthy living soil sponge, holding rainwater on your property, selecting local native plants that minimize water use and maximize biodiversity, and controlling your irrigation. Registration required.
Use your powers of observation and trusted internet resources to solve garden problems, identify plants and deal with pests. Learn the steps Master Gardeners take when answering questions on their hotline. Registration required.
Learn how to remove your lawn and make the right moves for creating a gorgeous, watershed wise landscape including: removing turf without the use of chemicals, replacing it with climate-appropriate plantings, keeping it in place but maintaining it in an organic manner. Registration is required.