Volunteer Outdoors at Pearson-Arastradero Preserve
Pearson-Arastradero Preserve 1530 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesDuring this community volunteer workday, we will be working together to care for our habitat restoration areas. Activities will include sheet-mulching a new planting area and weeding. These activities help us to increase the biodiversity at the preserve by supporting our native plants and preparing new areas to plant next year. Restoration activities include digging […]
Master Gardener Plant Clinic at the San Mateo Arboretum Society
San Mateo Arboretum in Central Park 101 9th Avenue, San MateoSan Mateo Arboretum in Central Park 101 9th Avenue San Mateo, CA 94401 Contact: mgsmsf@ucanr.edu Sponsor: Master Gardeners of San Mateo & SF Counties Details: Master Gardener Plant Clinic at the San Mateo Arboretum Description: Come anytime between 12:00 to 3:00 pm for this walk-in plant clinic. UC Master Gardeners will be available to answer your questions from general […]
Naturalist Walk: Oaks and Open Spaces
Pearson-Arastradero Preserve 1530 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA, United StatesGet outside, escape the summer heat, and learn more about oak trees! On this guided walk, participants will explore will explore oak ecology and how these trees define many of our local open space preserves. Pearson-Arastradero Preserve has a mosaic of ecosystems where native oak trees are keystone species. They dot its grasslands, provide shade […]
Sign Hill Stewards: Habitat Restoration
Sign Hill Parking Lot 964 Ridgeview Ct, South San Francisco, CA, United StatesMany rare plant and animal species live on Sign Hill’s native grasslands, including the endangered mission blue butterfly. Help us conserve and restore their habitat by installing native plants and removing invasive plants! Sign Hill Stewards will do important work while also learning more about the wildlife in their backyard. When: Every other Friday from […]
Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve: Weed Warriors
Edgewood County Park & Natural Preserve CA, United StatesCome help the California Native Plant Society’s Edgewood Weed Warriors program and protect Edgewood’s amazing biodiversity by controlling and removing invasive, non-native plants. We'll have great opportunities to see native wildflowers and other plants, and to learn about local ecology from other volunteers and local experts.Teens are welcome, but must each be accompanied by one […]
Sign Hill Stewards: Habitat Restoration
Sign Hill Parking Lot 964 Ridgeview Ct, South San Francisco, CA, United StatesMany rare plant and animal species live on Sign Hill’s native grasslands, including the endangered mission blue butterfly. Help us conserve and restore their habitat by installing native plants and removing invasive plants! Sign Hill Stewards will do important work while also learning more about the wildlife in their backyard. When: Every other Friday from […]
The HEAL Project Community Farm Day
San Mateo County School Farm 500 Bridgeport Drive, Half Moon Bay, CA, United StatesNow offering Community Farm Days! Gatherings are held on the second Saturday of the month from 9am-12pm, Year-round. Heavy rain cancels, we will go forward as planned if the day calls for light rain. Check our social media or email farmer@thehealproject.org if you want to check on the status of this event in the winter time. Please note the minimum […]
San Pedro Valley Park: Trail and Habitat Restoration Work Days
San Pedro Valley Park 600 Oddstad Blvd, Pacifica, CA, United StatesTrail and Habitat Restoration Work Days Each month, the second Saturday is designated for Trail Work and the third Saturday is designated for Habitat Restoration Work. Volunteers meet at the Visitor Center at 9 a.m. for Trail work and and 10 am for Habitat restoration to begin work with rangers and/or volunteer leaders. Tools are provided. Only gloves and other personal protective items (e.g., masks) are […]
Give to the Grasslands: Volunteer in Portola Valley at Hawthorns
Hawthorns Preserve 4420 Alpine Rd, Portola Valley, CA, United StatesJoin us at the Hawthorns Area of Windy Hill Preserve in Portola Valley, a Midpeninsula Regional Open Space Preserve that is not yet open to the public! Help restore wildlife habitat to this essential grassland ecosystem and remove invasive plants! Volunteers should expect to walk over hilly, grassland terrain that has extended sunlight exposure to […]
Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve: Weed Warriors
Edgewood County Park & Natural Preserve CA, United StatesCome help the California Native Plant Society’s Edgewood Weed Warriors program and protect Edgewood’s amazing biodiversity by controlling and removing invasive, non-native plants. We'll have great opportunities to see native wildflowers and other plants, and to learn about local ecology from other volunteers and local experts.Teens are welcome, but must each be accompanied by one […]