Land Resilience Partnership Program

In Fall of 2024, and through the Land Resilience Partnership, Daily Acts worked with homeowners throughout Petaluma to convert seven irrigated lawns to low-water use landscapes by sheet mulching, converting irrigation, and planting climate appropriate native plants. Following two successful projects in their neighborhood in 2023, two inspired homeowners in the east side of [...]

Daily Acts partnered with residents at Martin Farm HOA to convert 2,700 square feet of irrigated lawn into a native and climate adaptive habitat. Summer sheet mulching and earthworks made way for abundant fall plantings featuring two rain gardens and new topography with raised berms, several trees, and countless pollinator-loving perennials. Petaluma residents can [...]

Through our partnership with the Land Resilience Partnership, Daily Acts installed a Laundry-to-Landscape Greywater System and planted 6 trees at a Petaluma residence where the owners wanted to create more shade in their backyard. This project was completed with the help of The Water Folk and a crew from Conservation Corps North Bay. Annually, [...]

Mustang Acres is a small non-profit farm in Petaluma, that is maintained by individuals with disabilities, their families and supporters. It's aim is to serve persons with disabilities by providing opportunities for engagement, socialization and vocational skills training using farm based activities, as well as practicing regenerative agriculture, building community and learning to be [...]

La Tercera Park Landscape Transformation PROJECT DESCRIPTION In December of 2024, Daily Acts staff and volunteers transformed 12,160 square feet of lawn at La Tercera Park into a water-wise pollinator paradise. Located on the east side of Petaluma, this park now has a beautiful garden that uses 90% less water per year, [...]

The Petaluma residents who received this landscape makeover had an outdated, water intensive lawn and a yard prone to flooding. They were ready for a transformation that would solve those problems and be more climate resilient as well as beautiful. Daily Acts created a landscape design that included sheet mulching, native and drought tolerant [...]

At Miwok Park, Daily Acts completed its first public water-wise landscape installation through the Petaluma River Watershed Land Resilience Partnership. Prior to this project, this frequently trafficked park had little shade, major flooding, and expansive lawn. Through our partnership with the City of Petaluma Parks, ReLeaf Petaluma, Sonoma Resource Conservation District, ReBuilding Together and [...]

On Saturday, September 16th, 2023, Daily Acts volunteers completed the first phase of a landscape transformation at McKinley Elementary and Petaluma Accelerated Charter School. Over 15 volunteers, including McKinley Elementary students, parents, and staff gathered to lay cardboard, compost, and woodchips across 3,000 sq ft to "compost the lawn in-place." Participants learned about sheet mulching [...]