This workshop discusses alternative groundcover options for replacing ornamental lawn areas, including keeping the existing lawn in place and creating a “Polyculture” green space. Attendees will learn: the importance of polycultures and diversity, how to select a blend of groundcovers for greater resiliency and soil health, managing limited irrigation, and more! The class is free, but advance registration is required.
Learn more about Surfrider's beach cleanup program at popular surf destination The Wedge at Newport Beach. Be ready to skim the shoreline and parking lot for waste and collect data for environmental action decisions. Advanced registration is required.
The Bolsa Chica Stewards invite the public to join them on the first Sunday and third Saturday of each month for thier habitat restoration efforts. Help them care for the new plants, remove non-native plants, pick up trash, and other maintenance tasks to prevent polltuion of local waterways. Pre-registration and event sign up is required.
Join Save Our Beach for a beach cleanup in Seal Beach from 9:00 AM to 11:45 AM at 15 1st Street. This free monthly event helps keep our coast clean, but please bring your ticket as proof of registration.
Learn and work together towards habitat restoration stewardship in Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. Native plants are nature's filtration system to slow stormwater pollution. As a volunteer, you will collect seeds, remove non-native plants, plant native ones. Gloves and tools will be provided. Participants should bring water, closed-toe shoes, layered clothing and sun protection. Advance registration required.
Protect our waterways while you support your local community! Join Surfrider at the Newport's Pier to learn about their beach cleanup and rid trash from our shores. Sign up online for the exact address.
Help keep the waters of the Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve healthy! On the last Sundays of the month, help clean up trash from the area around the south parking lot and footbridge. Tools, gloves and buckets will be provided. Click the link to register online.
Get your garden ready for spring with expert tips on pruning and pest control. Share the love and bring succulent plant cuttings to share with fellow gardeners at the Succulent Cutting Exchange booth. FREE bags of compost and mulch will be available for attendees, while supplies last. Register online today!
This Academy will breakdown all parts of OC San so that you can walk away with a better understanding of what they do, how, and why. In this class you will discover the daily process of treating wastewater from millions of people. Follow the flow from pipelines to treatment and see how recycled water is produced through the Groundwater Replenishment...
The Bolsa Chica Stewards invite the public to join them on the first Sunday and third Saturday of each month for their habitat restoration efforts. Help them care for the new plants, remove non-native plants, pick up trash, and other maintenance tasks to prevent pollution of local waterways. Pre-registration and event sign up is required.
Protect our waterways and prevent stormwater pollution by joining the Bolsa Chica Land Trust for their Monday Cleanups. It’s fun, beautiful, great exercise, AND it helps the environment. Most of the supplies are provided, but if you want, please bring a reusable bucket or bag, and gloves. Cleanup will be cancelled in the event of rain.
Help grow native plants for restoration at the Back Bay Science Center. Volunteers assist in seasonal nursery activities such as seed collection and sowing, processing cuttings, composting, and more, no experience needed! Advanced registration is required.