Tours

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 July 29th, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Healdsburg, Sonoma Zero Waste, and the Sonoma-Marin Saving Water Partnership to put on a Rainwater Harvesting Tour in Healdsburg. Participants toured two Healdsburg residents, Brigette and Linda’s, landscapes to learn about the exciting ways rainwater and Laundry-to-Landscape greywater can be used to build drought resilience [...]

On Saturday, May 14th, 2022, Daily Acts partnered with Landpaths to host a bilingual insect investigation through Bayer Farm’s two-acre community garden in the heart of Santa Rosa. Families came out to learn how to tread lightly through the garden, observe, and identify the abundance of bugs and insects that can thrive in our landscapes. [...]

On August 7th, 2021, Daily Acts teamed up with the City of Petaluma to host a beautiful, connective and educational tour of home Laundry-to-Landscape graywater reuse systems led by Senior Programs Coordinator Liz Platte-Bermeo and Programs Coordinator Connor DeVane. The group gathered at City Hall in front of the Daily Acts model site garden. Attendees [...]

On March 7th 2020, Daily Acts and the City of Sebastopol hosted a garden maintenance workday at the "Our Front Yard" Learnscape at the Sebastopol Library with Sonoma State Student volunteer group Join Us Making Progress (JUMP). Led by Programs Coordinator Sarina Consulter, students were led through a tour of the gardens four sections, each [...]

On Saturday, November 16th 2019, Daily Acts partnered with the Town of Windsor and Foothills Homeowner Association to host a workshop on landscaping with fire in mind. The day was led by Daily Acts’ Senior Programs Coordinator, Liz Platte-Bermeo, and was supported by HOA resident and board member Ward Cargay. The day began with [...]

In honor of the Russian River Watershed Association’s annual “Creek Week”, on Saturday, September 21st, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Cotati to host a Community Creek Clean-Up! The purpose of this event was to decrease the amount of pollution in our local watershed, while providing our community with the knowledge and inspiration [...]

On Saturday, August 17th 2019, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Petaluma to host an Insect Investigation at the Petaluma Regional Library with local entomologist Kandis Gilmore! Kandis, who has a Master’s of Science focused in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Sonoma State University, was brought in by Daily Acts to describe [...]

On Saturday, July 20th 2019, Daily Acts partnered with the Town of Windsor to host an Insect Investigation at Robbins Park with local entomologist Kandis Gilmore! Kandis, who has a Master’s of Science focused in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Sonoma State University, was brought in by Daily Acts to describe the connection between [...]

On Saturday, June 29th 2019, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Cotati to lead a hands-on irrigation workshop at Pocket Park Food Forest in Cotati. Participants walked the site and learned about the existing irrigation system, saw different types of point source irrigation techniques, and practiced ways to troubleshoot and evaluate an irrigation [...]