Resilient Home

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, May 13th 2023, Daily Acts partnered with the Town of Windsor to host a hands-on rain garden workshop, educating residents on how to design and construct bioretention basins for their yards.  The workshop was hosted at a Windsor resident’s front yard who had applied through an application process hosted by Daily Acts. [...]

On Earth Day, April 22nd, Daily Acts partnered with Charles Street Village, a Burbank Housing affordable housing senior residency, to support their efforts to grow food on site by converting a 650 square foot lawn into a water-wise edible habitat garden. Promoted as a Community Resilience Challenge event, it also embodied the intended spirit [...]

In 2014, Jim and Nancy Hage attended their first Ripple The World breakfast (Daily Acts' annual fundraising extravaganza). They were inspired by fellow Daily Actor Judy Mazzeo and her story of how the simple act of transforming a front yard could have profound impacts both at the personal and neighborhood level. Nancy committed there and [...]

The rental market in the Bay Area has been slim pickings for several years so when this property came on the market Carl and Lisa jumped on it. The landlord was very apologetic about the state of the landscaping which consisted of a few rose bushes and dying lavender (and an abundance of Bermuda [...]

Murray and Lori Rockowitz are neighbors of the Heckmans. From across the street, they saw the transformation of Trathen’s yard into the bio-diverse, food-producing oasis that it is today.The experience was contagious.  For a decade, the Rockowitz front yard was an ivy patch centered by an old apple tree. Murray collected cardboard, had compost delivered [...]

The Kaplan-Kinsey clan lives on a small site on Petaluma’s west side that they call Tiny Town Farm. The site sports intensive use of every area that can support plant life – there are plants in the ground, in containers, in raised beds. The yard provides habitat for rabbits, chickens and bees as well [...]

Trathen Heckman’s permaculture garden is an exercise in resilience and stacking functions. The site is simultaneously providing food security, medicine, beauty, storm water management, habitat, watershed restoration, and inspiration for neighbors and friends. Stories of Sustenance Since our goal from the beginning was to make this place a model and engage our community to learn [...]