Water-wise Gardens and Landscapes

On June 6th, Daily Acts partnered with Santa Rosa Water to bring a remote webinar and discussion about beautiful, climate appropriate, low-water-use gardens and landscapes. This free workshop covered how to transform your landscape using plants that are naturally tolerant of drought conditions, how to utilize Santa Rosa Water’s Cash for Grass [...]

Water-wise Gardens and Landscapes2025-05-29T12:18:13-07:00

Valley Water: Intro to Garden Design

In partnership with Valley Water, Daily Acts hosted a program to share knowledge on garden design. Connor DeVane provided information on different considerations to take into mind when planning your landscape. He discussed how to create a base map, how to assess your soil, plant selection, and other considerations regarding curb appeal. [...]

Valley Water: Intro to Garden Design2025-05-29T12:18:22-07:00

Garden Design 101: Water-wise Dreamscaping

On February 17th, 2022 Daily Acts hosted a free webinar on Garden Design through our partnership with the City of Petaluma. In this introductory class, we instructed people on how to get started! Landscapes can feel like blank canvases, but also, they are vast and diverse ecosystems with living things already thriving above [...]

Garden Design 101: Water-wise Dreamscaping2025-05-29T12:23:53-07:00

Water-wise Garden Design: Dreamscaping

On November 18th, 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the Town of Windsor to offer an introductory overview of the garden design process -- moving from vision to observation, careful planning to actualization. We discuss how to design your ideal landscape, converting it from a water thirsty lawn into a sustainable and biodiverse [...]

Water-wise Garden Design: Dreamscaping2025-05-29T12:24:05-07:00

Monthly Garden Office Hours: Fire Smart Landscaping

On August 19, 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Petaluma for another session of Monthly Garden Office Hours. This time the subject was focused on Fire Smart Landscaping! While DAO staff are not experts on this topic, we offered some basic principles, considerations and guidelines gleaned from local experts. Topics [...]

Monthly Garden Office Hours: Fire Smart Landscaping2025-05-29T12:26:48-07:00

Monthly Garden Office Hours: Demystifying Mulch

On July 15th 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Petaluma for another session of Monthly Garden Office Hours. This time the subject was focused on Demystifying Mulch! The term mulch is used to describe dozens of varieties of bark mulch, not to mention all of the other mulch options like [...]

Monthly Garden Office Hours: Demystifying Mulch2025-05-29T12:27:18-07:00

Monthly Garden Office Hours – Plant Selection

It's a dry year. Now is a great time to consider transforming your thirsty lawn into a water-wise, habitat providing garden oasis! Whether you're looking for perfect cut flowers, creating habitat to invite more pollinators in your garden, or pitching in to help save water this year, there are so many native and drought-tolerant [...]

Monthly Garden Office Hours – Plant Selection2025-05-29T12:29:30-07:00

Water-Wise Gardening for Birds and Pollinators

Join Daily Acts and Veronica Bowers of Native Songbird Care and Conservation for an informative afternoon discussion on how to build habitat in our gardens to support pollinators and other wildlife. During this talk you will learn how you can play a support role to our ecosystem while also creating a colorful, lush, and low-water use [...]

Water-Wise Gardening for Birds and Pollinators2025-05-29T12:30:39-07:00

A Stunning Visual Tour of Native Wildflower Meadows

Recipients of the Sierra Club's 2020 Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography, Rob and Nita, joined us for a presentation that highlights their findings in the book titled "Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change". In this webinar recording Rob and Nita will take you behind the scenes on their [...]

A Stunning Visual Tour of Native Wildflower Meadows2025-05-29T12:32:01-07:00

Wildfires & our Ecology: How can we create defensible space?

October 29, 2020 - Daily Acts, the Town of Windsor, the Resilient Landscape Coalition and members of the Sonoma County Fire District partnered for a panel webinar focused on wildfires, ecology, and creating defensible space. Panelists provided detailed descriptions of methods for creating a firer safer landscape, and how you can weave [...]

Wildfires & our Ecology: How can we create defensible space?2025-05-29T12:33:01-07:00
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