 | Our AWESOME volunteers giving the Miwok Park garden some TLC 🤍 |
| Happy fall Daily Actor🍂 As our team prepares for our next round of park, school and residential garden installations, we've been reflecting on the many ways these transformations impact our community. When a lawn is replaced with a rain garden sloping gently through the landscape, trees bearing fruit, and vibrant flowers buzzing with butterflies and bees - it's captivating. Neighbors walking by take notice, and stop to ask about your beautiful new garden and what inspired you to make the change. In a world that is moving so fast, where uniqueness and details are being lost to convenience, this moment of curiosity and wonder is what catalyzes change. At Daily Acts, we aren't just removing lawns. We are literally changing the landscape of our community. |
| Here are 3 ways you can be part of this change, this month: - If you have been inspired by Daily Acts' ability to create change and beauty abound, please join us for our Fall Gathering at the Hotel Petaluma on October 17th. A wonderful group of donors have offered a $50,000 match, so all donations from the event will be doubled.
- Join the movement to transform your own garden by attending one of our upcoming programs to learn how to design your dreamscape and retain the rain this winter!
- Sign up for one (or more!) of the four volunteer opportunities below to help plant beautiful water-wise gardens at local parks and schools.
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| YOU make our work possible, thank you for your continued support. 🧡 With gratitude,
Sarina Consulter
Communications Manager |
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| | | | From the Field: Land Resilience Partnership Program Starting next week, our Programs Team will be facilitating the next round of climate and drought resilient residential landscape transformations in partnership with Sonoma RCD, Conservation Corps North Bay, Permaculture Artisans, and landscape designer Angelia Rossi. We're still accepting applications to join the Land Resilience Partnership Program - apply today to see if you're eligible for free full-scope landscape designs, free labor for installation, and low or no cost for materials! Exciting news! We've landed dates for our next round of community planting days at La Tercera Park & La Tercera School, and we need YOUR help to make these installations happen! Read on to sign up and volunteer below. 🌱 |
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| | Retain the Rain: Rain Gardens and Swales Webinar
Tuesday, October 15th • 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm • ONLINE Rain gardens and swales aren't just beautiful landscape features - they also help recharge groundwater, reduce pollution in our waterways, provide habitat for butterflies, birds and other pollinators, and build soil health! Join us for this live webinar event to learn how to design and install your own rain garden. |
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| | Dreamscaping for Food, Habitat, and Water Resilience
Saturday, October 19th • 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm • In-person, Petaluma Transform your garden into a sanctuary using permaculture principles! Join us for an afternoon with experts from the Occidental Arts & Ecology Center to learn how to create a regenerative, waterwise landscape that supports local ecosystems. Refreshments provided. |
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| | Daily Acts' Fall Gathering at the Hotel Petaluma
Thursday, October 17th • 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm • In-person, Petaluma Celebrate our community and collective impact, AND join Daily Acts as we launch our fall fundraising campaign! All donations will be doubled up to $50,000. This festive evening will be a chance to engage with Daily Acts' Board, staff and community, while enjoying local wine, cider, beer, and hors d'oeuvres. |
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| | VOLUNTEER: McKinley School Garden Maintenance & Planting
Monday, October 21st • 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm • In-person, Petaluma It's been almost a year since we completed a lawn transformation at McKinley School, and some of the plants didn't make it, so we're heading back to plant some more! Give us a hand in the garden while learning more about climate resilient gardening techniques that you can implement in your own yard. |
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| | VOLUNTEER: Miwok Park and School Infill Planting Day
Saturday, October 26th • 9:00 am - 2:00 pm • In-person, Petaluma Looking for a fun volunteer day where you can learn about native and water-wise plants? Join us to help replant native species, weed, and paint signs to support the pollinator gardens. Enjoy coffee, snacks, and great company while giving back to our community! |
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| | VOLUNTEER: La Tercera School Community Planting Day
Saturday, November 16th • 9:00 am - 2:00 pm • In-person, Petaluma Join us for a fun day of planting La Tercera School’s beautiful new water-wise garden on campus, complete with rain gardens and pollinator habitat. You do not have to be a part of the school to make a difference and help make it happen – and just in time for the rains! |
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| | VOLUNTEER: La Tercera Park Community Planting Day
Saturday, December 7th • 10:00 am - 3:00 pm • In-person, Petaluma Be a part of bringing beauty and climate appropriate plants to La Tercera Park as we transform a portion of the lawn with a rain garden! Whether you visit the park daily, or this will be your first time, we welcome all community members to join us in enriching this environment! |
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| | | Cool Petaluma Team Leader Meeting
This Cool Team program brings neighbors or friends together so that we can take care of each other while we take care of the planet.🌍💚
Sunday, October 13th • 1:00pm - 5:00pm • In-person, Petaluma |
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| Daily Acts is a sustainability and climate non-profit that inspires action to create more nourishing, connected, and resilient communities. Grounded in the core belief that every choice you make matters, we take a heart-centered approach to personal and community transformation. Our education programs, action campaigns, and strategic alliances connect people to each other and to their own power to grow food, conserve resources and build local resilience. |
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