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 [...]
On September 16th 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Petaluma to present our Monthly Garden Office Hours focused on Converting Your Irrigation from Sprinklers to Drip. One way to reduce water use at home is to minimize outdoor irrigation. Replacing your lawn and sprinklers with low-water use plants irrigated by drip [...]
On August 7th 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Santa Rosa to present Lawn Gone: Sheet Mulching 101. Did you know that your thirsty lawn needs more than twice as much water as a drought tolerant habitat garden? Leave your lawn behind through a fun and easy process called sheet [...]
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 [...]
On April 1st 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Petaluma to bring you our Monthly Garden Office Hours Meeting. This month's topic was Sheet Mulching, and how to take advantage of the City of Petaluma's Mulch Madness Program. Senior Programs Coordinator Annie Silverman and Programs Coordinator Sarina presented shortly on [...]
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 [...]
Have you seen a beautiful shrub, perhaps a Mexican Sage or a Butterfly Bush and wondered, 'why doesn't mine look like that?' Or perhaps you've recently planted a new landscape and you want to make sure you are on the right maintenance path. Maybe you're thinking about transitioning your landscape, but the maintenance [...]
On November 19th, 2020, Daily Acts, the City of Cotati, and Sonoma Water partnered for the second part of our Drip Irrigation Webinar series with Kris Loomis. If you missed the first part, no worries! You can watch it here. Do you have an existing drip irrigation system that has issues, but you [...]
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 [...]
Want an ecological and abundant landscape that helps protect your home from wildfire? Watch this webinar for design and maintenance considerations for a fire smart landscape. Guest presenters and local experts Ann Baker and Damien McAnany offer insight on plant selection and placement, tree care, and much more!
