Native/Drought Tolerant Planting

In February, new Windsor homeowners Josh and Alison were selected to host a lawn conversion workshop hosted by Daily Acts and the Town of Windsor. Residential landscape transformations spread water-saving solutions through hands-on education and skill-building. This lawn conversion effort occurred over the course of 2 days and engaged 12 volunteers.In preparation for the sheet [...]

On November 20, 2021, in partnership with Burbank Housing and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, Daily Acts had the great joy of leading the planting of a brand new landscape with residents of Carrillo Place in Santa Rosa. The new landscape at Carrillo Place, which surrounds the playground, was designed in collaboration with [...]

On Saturday, October 12th Daily Acts partnered with four homeowners in Coffey Park to install water-wise and fire safer front yard landscapes for those who were affected by the 2017 wildfires. 65 community members joined the event and volunteered to help implement the landscape templates that were created by multiple architects, designers [...]

In Fall of 2019, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Petaluma and the Sonoma County Library to host a 3-part workshop series designed to offer all the skills needed to design and install your dream garden. We started with a workshop focusing on designing a base map. Creating a base map involves observing [...]

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 Monday June 17th 2019, Daily Acts partnered with the City of Petaluma to host a garden tour for Petaluma City Staff at the Ellis Creek Water Cycling Facility. Petaluma City Staff were lead through three different gardens: Fire Station #3, McDowell Elementary School, and a home site. During the tour, Daily Acts Staff [...]

On Saturday April 27th from 10am - 2pm, Daily Acts joined forces with the Windsor community and students from Sonoma State for a workday at Foothills of Windsor Demonstration Garden, located within the Foothills Home Owners Association. The day began with an opening circle to get a sense of what brought the volunteers to the [...]

Daily Acts partnered with the Town of Windsor to transform 5,280 square feet of underutilized space into the Radiant Rain Garden in Old Vineyard Park. This project was completed in three phases: first sheet mulching, second planting, and third irrigation. The first phase of sheet mulching was completed in November of 2018, with 25 [...]

Daily Acts partnered with Fire Station #2 and the City of Petaluma, on March 16th 2019 for a community workday to weed, plant and install drip irrigation in this new pollinator friendly landscape. Daily Acts staff worked with a group of 30+ volunteers of all ages to weed existing raised beds, plant 101 plants and [...]