Tahola Lane Pocket Park
📍Tahola Lane, Petaluma, CA 94954
Prior to May of 2014, an empty, 5,000 square foot weed-filled lot sat unoccupied in the middle of a neighborhood on Tahola Lane in East Petaluma. It was an unutilized eyesore, having been the site of an old well pump that had been decommissioned many years ago. Daily Acts had a vision to create a usable, beautiful, and water-wise pocket park that the neighborhood could enjoy, and the City of Petaluma helped make it happen. In 2014, students at the Loma Vista Immersion Academy worked alongside Daily Acts staff, installing 70 plants to transform the space and learning about the importance of these types drought tolerant landscapes and practices.
Ten years later, it was time for an update. After talking with community members, we learned that the overgrown plants made the space uninviting, and the river rock pathway made it difficult for people to walk on. Plans were made and enacted over the span of a year: many plants were removed, river rock pathways were replaced with decomposed granite ADA compliant pathways, and sheet mulching was applied to the bare soil.
The final culmination of this project happened October 11th, 2025: the Community Planting Day!
Over 40 volunteers from all over Sonoma County joined Daily Acts to help install 282 new native and drought-tolerant plants! Folks also helped add 5 fruit trees to the landscape that, once grown in, will invite neighbors to gather to harvest seasonal fruits. This second iteration of the landscape design aims to solve many problems at once— reducing water usage, improving biodiversity, increasing accessibility, and inviting people and pollinators alike to benefit.
PLANT LIBRARY
Take yourself on a tour of our demonstration garden by using our plant library below to identify plants as you go! If you’re interested in using some of these plants at your home garden, this is a great opportunity to see what they look like once they are established. Learn all about our favorite water-wise plants including whether they fruit and/or flower, their sunlight needs, and their watering needs.
A huge THANK YOU to the City of Petaluma for supporting climate resiliency in Petaluma, our ongoing educational programs, and the creation of this web page as an educational resource!
