Petaluma

On the picturesque, sunny, morning at Wiseman Park in Petaluma, Daily Acts hosted an educational workshop, "Native Tree Care and Pruning." This took place the last weekend of the winter of 2024. In the radiant glow of the sun, with mustard flowers painting the landscape in bright yellow hues, 18 eager participants gathered from [...]

On November 2nd, Daily Acts hosted a Permaculture program with renowned permaculturalist, founder of Permaculture Artisans, and author of The Regenerative Landscaper, Erik Ohlsen. Over 40 members of the Sonoma County community and beyond were able to learn from Erik about how we can re-imagine our shared landscapes and explore the collective benefits of [...]

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 [...]

On August 19th, we partnered with the City of Petaluma to provide a tour of diverse climate-resilient landscapes located in East Petaluma. Residents from across Sonoma County were given the opportunity to come together and tour three residences that have adopted laundry-to-landscape greywater, rainwater harvesting, and food forest/pollinator garden practices on their land. At [...]

On Saturday, March 18th 2023, in partnership with the City of Petaluma, Daily Acts’ collaborated with B. Mitzvah Academy (B.Mitzvah Academy — Congregation Ner Shalom) for a youth volunteer day at the Cavanagh Center Food Forest. As volunteers trickled in, each youth member greeted their friends with hugs and smiles, while adults caught up [...]

The Living Learnscape at the Petaluma Regional Library is designed to be a demonstration of water conservation and ecological land management practices in the urban or suburban setting. It saves around 100,000 gallons of water per year compared to the previous lawn, and cleans and infiltrates thousands of gallons of stormwater in the rain [...]