Sunrise Park Landscape Transformation

SURVEY:
As we prepare to enhance Sunrise Park, we want to ensure that you are aware of the details of the upcoming changes and that your voice, perspective, and concern for the community are heard. Please take the time to answer our survey below!

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ENCUESTA:
Mientras nos preparamos para mejorar Sunrise Park, queremos asegurarnos de que esté al tanto de los detalles de los próximos cambios y de que su voz, perspectiva y preocupación por la comunidad sean escuchadas. ¡Por favor, tómese el tiempo para responder nuestra encuesta a continuación!

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Daily Acts is collaborating with the City of Petaluma Parks and Recreation Department, to transform a portion of Sunrise Park’s existing lawn into a beautiful water-wise garden with native & climate adaptive plants, pathways, and a rain garden. 
 
With funding from the Department of Water Resources, Daily Acts’ has been able to convert under-utilized areas of lawn in Petaluma parks and residences into water-wise gardens through the Land Resilience Partnership Program. Converting underutilized lawns, which require year-round water, into native & climate adaptive gardens enhance beauty, create wildlife habitat, and conserves our precious water resources. For Sunrise Park, we’re excited that we will be collaborating with Occidental Arts & Ecology Center for our landscape design and plant selection. It’s not too late to participate and share your thoughts on the project!

Folks gathered to learn about upcoming plans for the park.
Thursday, March 27, 2025

Take a look at our proposed project areas and envision what you’d like to be included in this transformation, then take our survey!

POTENTIAL PROJECTS FOR SUNRISE PARK:

Rain Garden

Stormwater is water that falls onto the landscape during a storm, and often runs off into storm drains, picking up pollutants on its way. Benefits of capturing this water within your landscape are: improved air quality, habitat enhancement, extreme heat island effect mitigation, and higher property value. Rain gardens are small basins made in the landscape that help to retain water after a storm, allowing for deeper soil penetration and better soil health.

Lawn Conversion

Lawn Conversion is the removal of a monocrop landscape and planting low water or native plants. The shallow roots of turf grass compact soils limiting water absorption when it rains. Runoff picks up any chemicals or fertilizers from your yard and transfers them to local streams. With the installation of native species or low water use plants, roots are given a chance to grow deeper and create systems that hold water in the soil and lessening runoff.

Climate Appropriate Plantings

Deciding what to plant requires knowledge of the climate you live in, and it’s important to plant the right species to increase drought resilience and enhance local ecologies. This allows plants for better survival during periods of drought.