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.
Learn how to build a healthy living soil sponge, hold rainwater on your property, select local native plants, and control your irrigation in this webinar hosted by Metropolitan Water District. This is part of a series on learning how to design a yard using the principles of watershed wise landscaping. Registration required.
Learn how to remove turf without using chemicals, replace turf with climate-appropriate vegetation, organically maintain turf, and lawn care strategies at this turf removal and garden transformation workshop hosting by Metropolitan Water District. This is part of a series on learning how to design a yard using the principles of watershed wise landscaping. Registration required.
Have questions about your irrigation controller? Join Metropolitan Water District and learn your irrigation controller's role in maintaining a soil moisture balance, understand the purpose of a weather-based controller, identify special functions, and more! Registration required.
Keep Huntington Beach clean and join this beach cleanup! Free parking with flyer or mention this event, but use public or non-motorized transit if possible. Don't forget a bucket or resusable bag, gloves, and filled reusable water bottle!
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!
Save our Beach invites you to participate in a beach cleanup at Seal Beach in honor of Earth Day at two locations. The regular 1st St. location in the 1st St. parking lot in Seal Beach; and the Seal Beach Pier (Ocean Ave/Main St). Bags and disinfected pickers are provided. Participants must provide gloves and masks. Pre-registration is required.
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.