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.
Learn how to save money and water by repairing and maintaining your irrigation system and find out the easy way to update sprinklers to drip irrigation. Registration required.
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.
Look for the blue Surfrider tent at Tower 74. All volunteers or their parent/guardian (if under 18) must sign a waiver before participating in our cleanups. Waivers may be requested in advance.
Help your harbor! Grab a kayak and paddle out to help clean up Huntington Harbor. Reserve your space for these monthly (first Sunday) cleanups -- dates fill up quickly. Contact Shane Coons for more info and to sign up at Shane.Coons@seclawoffices.com
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.
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.
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.
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.
Did you know that simple changes to your yard can protect our ocean? In this free, online workshop you’ll learn about creating healthy living soil, sustainable water management and rain catching, selecting California friendly plants, as well as the irrigation and maintenance skills you’ll need to create a stunning, ocean-friendly yard. Attendees will have an opportunity to win a water efficiency...
Join South Coast Research and Extension Center for their first inaugural "Race for the Pumpkins" fun, followed by a succulent plant sale and and small exhibitor area featuring UC Cooperative Extension programs, advisors, and experts on hand to field your gardening and landscaping questions. Walking divisions will receive a medal, t-shirt, and can cut a pumpkin off the vine in...
Save our Beach invites you to participate in a beach cleanup at Seal Beach. They provide bags and disinfected pickers. Participants must provide gloves and masks. Pre-registration is 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.
Moulton Niguel Water District is proud to present its annual H2O for HOAs event on October 19, 2021 at Lake Forest Community Center! A virtual option for those who wish to participate remotely will also be offered. In partnership with over a dozen water agencies and cities, Moulton Niguel Water District is leading the initiative to bring together the HOA...
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.
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.
Registration and signed digital waiver required. To Register contact John Wadsworth vicechair@newportbeach.surfrider.org.
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.
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.
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.
Want to transform your yard into a thriving, colorful space, but not sure where to start? In this free, online workshop, we’ll help you think like a professional landscape designer and work with our climate, not against it, to achieve a vibrant, California friendly landscape. Attendees will have an opportunity to win a water efficiency kit. 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.
Learn how to design a yard using the principles watershed-wise landscaping, including understanding soil moisture balance, key components of a properly installed drip system, typical problems with drip and how to avoid them, and developing a successful maintenance practice. Registration is required.