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Benicia: Avant Garden Harvest Celebration (New Date!) 5:00 pm
Benicia: Avant Garden Harvest Celebration (New Date!) @ Avant Garden
Oct 3 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm
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Please note the date and time change! This annual potluck gathering is open to garden and community members. We will provide plates, utensils and napkins. Bring chairs, a dish to share, drinks and your non-plastic[...]
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Rio Vista: Demonstration Food Forest Installation, Laying the Foundation 10:00 am
Rio Vista: Demonstration Food Forest Installation, Laying the Foundation @ Register for Location
Oct 5 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Sustainable Solano’s Sustainable Backyard Program introduces the concept and practice of permaculture to Solano County. Permaculture is a sustainable design system stressing the harmonious interrelationship of humans, plants, animals and the Earth. The core of[...]
Vallejo: Garden Design Intensive Workshop 10:00 am
Vallejo: Garden Design Intensive Workshop @ Grow a Pear Nursery
Oct 5 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Are you wishing for the garden of your dreams but don’t even know where to start? That’s where Grow a Pear Nursery’s Garden Design Intensive comes in. We will discuss site analysis, opportunities and constraints,[...]
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Vallejo: Social Justice in Public Health Lecture Series 5:00 pm
Vallejo: Social Justice in Public Health Lecture Series @ Touro University
Oct 7 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Our attention to environmental health issues is often the result of emergencies: Zika virus outbreaks; Flint, Michigan’s water crisis; Hurricane Katrina. This series of six lectures by nationally recognized leaders in the field help expand[...]
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Benicia: Fall Native Plant Sale 9:00 am
Benicia: Fall Native Plant Sale @ Heritage Presbyterian Church
Oct 12 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm
Benicia: Fall Native Plant Sale @ Heritage Presbyterian Church
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The Willis Linn Jepson Chapter of the California Native Plant Society will hold its fall native plant sale with perennials, shrubs, groundcovers and trees for a drought-tolerant, wildlife-friendly and attractive garden.
East Bay: Urban Farm Tours 10:00 am
East Bay: Urban Farm Tours @ Farms around the East Bay, Register for Location
Oct 12 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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URBAN FARM TOURS RETURN! Saturday October 12, 2019 10am-4pm Is Urban Farming still alive and kicking in the Bay Area? After a three year break, Urban Farms Tours returns to answer this question.  We invite you to[...]
Rio Vista: Demonstration Food Forest Installation, Laundry-to-Landscape Greywater 10:00 am
Rio Vista: Demonstration Food Forest Installation, Laundry-to-Landscape Greywater @ Register for Location
Oct 12 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Sustainable Solano’s Sustainable Backyard Program introduces the concept and practice of permaculture to Solano County. Permaculture is a sustainable design system stressing the harmonious interrelationship of humans, plants, animals and the Earth. The core of[...]
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Benicia: Park Solano Tree Planting 9:00 am
Benicia: Park Solano Tree Planting @ Park Solano
Oct 19 @ 9:00 am
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Benicia Tree Foundation will be hosting this tree-planting project at Park Solano, a 2-acre neighborhood park at the corner of Solano and Hastings drives. Volunteers will plant new trees at the 30-year-old park. Tools and[...]
Rio Vista: Demonstration Food Forest Installation, Drip Irrigation and Plants 10:00 am
Rio Vista: Demonstration Food Forest Installation, Drip Irrigation and Plants @ Register for Location
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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Sustainable Solano’s Sustainable Backyard Program introduces the concept and practice of permaculture to Solano County. Permaculture is a sustainable design system stressing the harmonious interrelationship of humans, plants, animals and the Earth. The core of[...]
Vallejo: Loma Vista Farm Harvest Festival 11:00 am
Vallejo: Loma Vista Farm Harvest Festival @ Loma Vista Farm
Oct 19 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Vallejo: Loma Vista Farm Harvest Festival @ Loma Vista Farm
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Find pumpkins for sale, animals, plants to buy, crafts and food all at Loma Vista Farm’s Harvest Festival. There are also volunteering opportunities available for that day. Admission to the festival is free; prices vary[...]
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Solano Local Food System Alliance Listening Sessions
Solano Local Food System Alliance Listening Sessions @ A Solano County farm
Oct 22 all-day
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Solano Local Food System Alliance members will meet with each other and key community stakeholders and policymakers for intensive listening sessions on this date at a local farm. The sessions are supported by tribal funding[...]
Fairfield: Apiary/Beekeeping Regulatory Requirements Workshop 9:00 am
Fairfield: Apiary/Beekeeping Regulatory Requirements Workshop @ UC Cooperative Extension Meeting Room
Oct 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Fairfield: Apiary/Beekeeping Regulatory Requirements Workshop @ UC Cooperative Extension Meeting Room
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Solano County’s Agriculture Department will be hosting an apiary workshop to brief beekeepers on new regulations including registration requirements, hive markings, pesticide notifications and pests. The workshop will be of interest to commercial and hobbyist[...]
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Vallejo: Social Justice in Public Health Lecture Series 5:00 pm
Vallejo: Social Justice in Public Health Lecture Series @ Touro University
Oct 28 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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Our attention to environmental health issues is often the result of emergencies: Zika virus outbreaks; Flint, Michigan’s water crisis; Hurricane Katrina. This series of six lectures by nationally recognized leaders in the field help expand[...]
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Vallejo: Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper Training 7:30 am
Vallejo: Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper Training @ Foley Cultural Center
Oct 29 @ 7:30 am – 2:00 pm
Vallejo: Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper Training @ Foley Cultural Center
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Solano County Water Agency is sponsoring a free Qualified Water Efficient Landscaper (QWEL) Training beginning in late October in a series of four Tuesday classes starting Oct. 29. Space is limited. QWEL is recognized as[...]
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