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Compost Workshop (Online)

Zoom CA, United States

Learn how easy and fun it is to recycle your fruit and vegetable scraps, leaves, and plant cuttings into compost in these free workshops! These workshops teach composting options suitable for those with or without a backyard. Apartment dwellers welcome! Compost provides valuable nutrients for your garden soil, helps retain moisture, which saves water, prevents erosion, loosens […]

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Citizens Sustainability Advisory Committee (CSAC) Meeting

Council Chambers 620 Foster City Blvd, Foster City, CA, United States

Consistent with Government Code Section 54953, the Citizens Sustainability Advisory Committee Meeting will be held via teleconference. Citizens Sustainability Advisory Committee members and staff will attend in person or via teleconference. To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can observe the meeting from home. Below is information […]

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Free Home Composting Workshop (Online)

Online CA, United States

Do you want to start composting at home? Join us for a no-cost two hour workshop through the County of San Mateo's Sustainability Academy to learn the basics of starting your own backyard and worm composting systems! Learn how to turn your food scraps, leaves, and plant cuttings into nutrient-rich compost that helps your garden retain moisture, suppress weeds, […]

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San Mateo Arboretum Society: Rose Pruning Seminar

San Mateo Arboretum Kohl Pumphouse 101 9th Ave, San Mateo, CA, United States

  Free Rose Pruning Seminar! Sunday, January 8, 11:30 am - 1:00 pm   Note new time! Registration required: sanmateoarboretum.org/classes--events or 650-579-0536 x3 San Mateo Arboretum Society rose garden volunteer, Archana, will teach you how to shape your rose bushes to encourage beautiful profuse flowering with winter pruning and winter proper care. She will also cover equipment, safety in […]

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San Mateo Arboretum Society: Free Home Composting Workshop

San Mateo Arboretum Kohl Pumphouse 101 9th Ave, San Mateo, CA, United States

HOME COMPOSTING via ZOOM and small in-person group. FREE! Sunday, February 12, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Registration required: sanmateoarboretum.org/classes--events or 650-579-0536 x3 Learn how easy and fun it is to recycle your fruit and vegetable scraps, leaves, and plant cuttings into compost with our virtual free home composting workshop. You’ll learn how to turn what some […]

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Online CA, United States

REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE WEBINAR LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9516800535735/WN_pg9JWyhxTuexUWepBnFjNA Adapt to our changing climate and keep your garden healthy! Get your garden ready for any weather event—sunshine, drought, heat wave, rainfall, or flood. Register for our free webinar on Saturday, April 15 from 10 am to 11:30 am. We’ll cover how to protect your plants from changing […]

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San Mateo Library Online Lecture: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge

Online CA, United States

Increasingly severe and frequent floods and droughts inevitably spur calls for higher levees, bigger drains, and longer aqueducts. But as we grapple with extreme weather, a hard truth is emerging: our development, including concrete infrastructure designed to control water, is actually exacerbating our problems. Because sooner or later, water always wins. Join us for a […]

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FREE Online Rain Garden Webinar

Online CA, United States

Say goodbye to that boring, water-guzzling lawn and create your own lush, eco-friendly oasis for our feathered friends and buzzing pollinators! You don't have to be an expert to transform your yard into a gorgeous and sustainable rain garden, and our superstar instructor, Haven Kiers, is here to show you how! Haven, an assistant professor […]

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Online Presentation: Secrets to Successful Succulent Landscaping

Online CA, United States

Learn the secrets to a successful, healthy and colorful succulent landscape from local Master Gardeners, Janice Moody and Kimberly Swan. They discuss pre-planting considerations before you go out to buy a truckload of plants and then ponder where to put them, as well as to provide garden design basics that include use of color, shapes, […]

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Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Public Workshop (Virtual)

Online CA, United States

The Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board is hosting a public workshop to receive community feedback on the staff working proposal MS4 permit. You can join via zoom link. Join from a PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone or Android device: JOIN HERE

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