Are you curious about how to capture the rain to save water and money? Did you know that rain barrel systems can be creative, sculptural, and beautiful too? On November 9th 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Santa Rosa to present Reusing the Rain: DIY Rain Barrel Systems. Watch this [...]
Who knew that growing healthy, beautiful plants starts from the ground up? Ultimately, cultivating healthy soil makes for healthy plants! On November 4th, 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Cotati for a webinar presentation focused on healthy soils. Programs Coordinator, Connor DeVane, led a presentation focused on the makeup of [...]
On October 28, 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership to host part 3 of a 3 part greywater series. In collaboration with Laura Allen, co-founder of Greywater Action, this third webinar focuses on graywater re-use and permitted systems that can help you take the next step to re-purposing [...]
On October 21, 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership to host part 2 of a 3 part greywater series. In collaboration with Laura Allen, co-founder of Greywater Action, this second webinar focused on laundry-to-landscape (L2L) graywater reuse systems. L2L systems use the water from washing machines to water [...]
The City of Petaluma is currently in Stage 4 of drought restrictions in an effort to reduce the City's water consumption by 30%. There are new restrictions for water usage and landscape planting, but what does this mean for our established trees? On October 19th, 2021, Daily Acts was joined by Dr. John [...]
On October 14th, 2021, Daily Acts partnered with the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership to host part 1 of a 3 part greywater series. In collaboration with Laura Allen, co-founder of Greywater Action, this first presentation focused on an overview of greywater; what is it and what is it not? Greywater codes and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
