Volunteer for a morning of outdoor fun while learning about Orange County's butterfly population as well as the native plants they depend on for survival. Volunteer tasks for all ages include watering, seed collection, mulching, weeding, and other activities. Youth can participate in a ‘hands-on’ activity.
Join the RSM Cares Zero Trash Initiative, led by Brad McGirr, to help clean up our community and protect our waterways on the first Saturday of each month. Meet at 9:45 AM outside Cinépolis in RSM Town Center and the cleanup runs from 10 AM to noon.
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.
Join this webinar to learn how healthy soil provides the foundation for a healthy, biodiverse, climate-resilient landscape that thrives on less water and fewer, less frequent inputs. You’ll learn how to understand how soil “works” for the benefit of the plants, and what practical steps landscape professionals can take to evaluate and improve their soil. Topics include why the soil...
Join OC Parks for an interpretive bike ride around Upper Newport Bay! Participants will have the opportunity to raise their heart rate and pedal around the bay while learning more about how our local wetlands help keep our waters clean. This ride will trace the waterway of Upper Newport Bay, following the path that pollutants take downstream. Along the way,...
Earn an Aliso and Wood Canyons Wilderness Park Jr. Ranger Badge by completing this Jr. Ranger adventure! The OC Parks Jr. Ranger Program encourages park guests to make observations, learn about nature, and feel empowered to be stewards of Orange County's natural resources. Advance registration online is required.
Join OC Parks at Irvine Regional Park to lend a hand restoring the Habitat Adventure Trail by removing invasive species, cleaning up excess debris, trimming large shrubs and preparing the area for new plantings of native species. Advanced registration is required. Register online.
Do your part at the native plant nursery in Laguna Coast Wilderness Park. Native plants are nature's filtration system to slow stormwater pollution. Volunteers may collect seeds, sow seeds in flats, bump plants up, plant at restoration sites, sterilize plant containers and help maintain the nursery. All tools and equipment will be provided. Participants should wear closed-toe shoes, layered clothing...
Join Upper Newport Bay Nature Preserve staff and volunteers in enhancing the bay’s habitat for local wildlife. Activities may include non-native plant removal, planting natives, watering, removing trash and Butterfly Garden maintenance. Advanced registration is recommended, but walk-ins are welcome. Register online.
At this free event, you will get the opportunity to remove invasive weeds while enjoying the beauty of River's End Park! Gloves and limited tools will be supplied. Please bring your own if you have them! Sign up for the exact address.
Coastal Corridor Alliance and the City of Costa Mesa invite the community for native gardening at Fairview Park. Every second Saturday volunteers contribute to restoration efforts such as removing invasive plants, collect, plant, and maintain native plants, remove debris and more. Register on Eventbrite and sign the online liability waiver to participate.
Attend this free outdoor event designed to help you create a beautiful, water-wise landscape while learning practical Firewise landscaping techniques from local experts. Includes expert presentations from the Orange County Fire Authority and landscape professionals, firewise and water-wise plant recommendations, live pruning demonstration and succulent cutting exchange, a free SMWD Garden Style Template, and more. Get up to four free...