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

Monthly Garden Office Hours: Converting Your Irrigation

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 [...]

Monthly Garden Office Hours: Converting Your Irrigation2025-05-29T12:26:12-07:00

Lawn Gone: Sheet Mulching 101 with Annie Silverman

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 [...]

Lawn Gone: Sheet Mulching 101 with Annie Silverman2025-05-29T12:26:20-07:00

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

Monthly Garden Office Hours – Sheet Mulching & Mulch Madness

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 [...]

Monthly Garden Office Hours – Sheet Mulching & Mulch Madness2025-05-29T12:30:17-07:00

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

Monthly Garden Office Hours – Pruning Woody Perennials

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 [...]

Monthly Garden Office Hours – Pruning Woody Perennials2025-05-29T12:30:51-07:00

Diving into Drip Irrigation 2 with Kris Loomis

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 [...]

Diving into Drip Irrigation 2 with Kris Loomis2025-05-29T12:32:08-07:00
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