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SUMMARY:(Suisun City) Demonstration Food Forest Installation: Day 2 of 2
DESCRIPTION:Join us May 20 to learn about sustainable landscape design and help install a demonstration food forest garden based on permaculture principles in Suisun City! \nRegister here! \nThis public\, hands-on installation workshop series will create a demonstration food forest garden in Suisun City providing an opportunity to learn about rainwater capture\, water efficient drip irrigation and how to plant and mulch for a water wise\, resilient garden that builds healthy soil and yields food. \nDay 2: Saturday\, May 20-Planting & Drip Irrigation \n\nLearn what plants help your garden thrive by working together as an ecosystem and convert a sprinkler system to drip irrigation\nVolunteer tasks: planting\, installing drip irrigation and moving wood chips\n\n* wear closed-toe shoes\, sun protection\, bring gloves and refillable water bottle \n* Lunch will be provided. \n*Bring your own lunch if you have special dietary needs
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/suisun-city-demonstration-food-forest-installation-day-2-of-2/
LOCATION:Suisun City (Register for Address)
CATEGORIES:food forest,garden,installation
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SUMMARY:(Vacaville) Pollinator Garden Installation: Day 1 of 2
DESCRIPTION:Saturday/Sunday\, May 20 & 21 \nPollinator Garden Installation\n10 am-3 pm\, Boys and Girls Club\, 100 Holly Lane\, Vacaville \nThe SuSol Environmental Justice Leadership Fellows and the local Markham community will be working together to create a pollinator garden that will serve as a home to native pollinators\, providing them with refuge\, water and shelter.\nJoin us the first day for some light earthworks\, weed clearing\, and a series of talks by our interns about important local environmental justice issues facing the Markham neighborhood.\n– May 20: Earthworks & Intern Presentations (Register here)\n– May 21: Planting\, Irrigation & Celebration (Register here)
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vacaville-pollinator-garden-installation-day-1-of-2/
LOCATION:Boys and Girls Club\, Vacaville
CATEGORIES:garden,installation,pollinators,resilience,youth
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230520T110000
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SUMMARY:(Vallejo) A Morning Labyrinth Walk
DESCRIPTION:A Morning Walk\nMay 20\, 10-11 am\, First Christian Church\, 1035 Indiana St.\, Vallejo\nWalk the labyrinth in meditation and reflection at First Christian Church\, following the path inward and then returning outward. The doors are open at this time and walking the labyrinth is free to allow time for walking and thinking. Rain or shine.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vallejo-a-morning-labyrinth-walk/
LOCATION:First Christian Church\, Vallejo
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230518T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230518T183000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
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SUMMARY:(Online) Water Harvesting for Abundant Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Water Harvesting for Abundant Gardens\n5-6:30 pm\, Register for Zoom link \nLearn how to create a drought-resilient oasis through water harvesting in this online class with Michael Wedgley of Soilogical. Michael will cover the latest techniques in rainwater harvesting and greywater reuse to keep your garden thriving even in dry conditions. Learn how to conserve water and create a self-sufficient ecosystem in your yard. Learn more and register here! \n 
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/online-water-harvesting-for-abundant-gardens/
LOCATION:Online/Zoom
CATEGORIES:garden,greywater,online,permaculture,soil
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T113000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Growing a Little Potager Garden
DESCRIPTION:Growing A Little Potager Garden\nMay 13\, 10 am\, Fairfield Civic Center Library\nMaster Gardeners of Solano County will show a variety of herbs\, greens and flowers to grow in your kitchen garden and cover interesting ways to set up the garden and ideas for using your produce. Learn more and find out about other Solano Library events here.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/fairfield-growing-a-little-potager-garden/
LOCATION:Fairfield Civic Center Library
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T120000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T212853Z
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SUMMARY:(Benicia) Tree Care Days
DESCRIPTION:Benicia Tree Care Day\nMay 18\, 9 am-12 pm\nJoin the Benicia Tree Foundation for upcoming tree care days this month: May 18 at Benicia State Recreation Area. Tree care days include watering\, mulching\, pruning and planting. Learn more and register here.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/benicia-tree-care-days-5/
LOCATION:Benicia State Recreation Area
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230513T120000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230501T212814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T212814Z
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SUMMARY:(Benicia) Tree Care Days
DESCRIPTION:Benicia Tree Care Day\nMay 13 & 18\, 9 am-12 pm\nJoin the Benicia Tree Foundation for upcoming tree care days this month: May 13 at Benicia Middle School and May 18 at Benicia State Recreation Area. Tree care days include watering\, mulching\, pruning and planting. Learn more and register here.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/benicia-tree-care-days-4/
LOCATION:Benicia Middle School
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230512T190000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230501T210948Z
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SUMMARY:(Vallejo) First Christian Church Workday
DESCRIPTION:First Christian Church Workday\n4-7 pm\, First Christian Church\, Vallejo \nHelp First Christian Church transfer new woodchips into their garden. First Christian Church grows food for their church and their surrounding communities. The garden is productive and their garden champions spend a lot of time tending to it. Help us provide support for them as they prepare for the most productive time of the year! Register here.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vallejo-first-christian-church-workday/
LOCATION:First Christian Church\, Vallejo
CATEGORIES:food forest,installation,local food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230511T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230511T200000
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CREATED:20230501T212404Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T212404Z
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SUMMARY:(Benicia) Zero-Waste Cooking Class
DESCRIPTION:Find Chef Steph at the Benicia Public Library at 7 pm Thursday\, May 11\, for a class on zero-waste cooking. \nThe cooking demonstration is part of the library’s Book to Action Sustainability Challenge.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/benicia-zero-waste-cooking-class/
LOCATION:Benicia Library
CATEGORIES:cooking,food rescue,partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230507T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230507T160000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230501T210753Z
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SUMMARY:(Vallejo) Vallejo Project Unity Garden Food Forest Expansion - POSTPONED
DESCRIPTION:Vallejo Project Unity Garden Food Forest Expansion \nThis event has been postponed to a later date. The calendar will be updated once the new date is scheduled. \nUnity Garden\, Vallejo \nThis public\, hands-on garden expansion workshop will expand an already existing market garden and add a demonstration food forest at the Christian Help Center in Vallejo\, providing an opportunity to learn about permaculture\, food forests\, earthworks\, and garden expansion projects. This project is in partnership with the Christian Help Center and the Vallejo Project. Register here!
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vallejo-vallejo-project-unity-garden-food-forest-expansion/
LOCATION:Unity Garden\, Vallejo
CATEGORIES:food forest,garden,installation,permaculture,youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230507T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230507T120000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Sustainability Walking Tour
DESCRIPTION:Fairfield Sustainability Walking Tour\n10 am\, Downtown Fairfield \nThis informational walk will lead participants through the city’s downtown and explore the ways in which Fairfield’s infrastructure influences daily decisions that contribute to poor air quality. Starting and ending in the parking lot in front of Dave’s Giant Hamburgers\, the walk is about 3 miles and will last about 2 hours. Participants will learn about Fairfield’s air quality and how it impacts our personal and communal health\, examples of people-oriented vs car-oriented city design\, and how we can work together to make Fairfield healthier\, greener\, and more beautiful. Learn more and register here. \n 
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/fairfield-sustainability-walking-tour-6/
LOCATION:Downtown Fairfield
CATEGORIES:air quality,sustainability walk,tour
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T113000
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SUMMARY:(Rio Vista) Perennial Edible Container Gardening
DESCRIPTION:10-11:30 am\, Rio Vista Library \nJoin us to learn the many benefits of perennials and how to add them to your garden. Topics will include perennial types\, when and how to plant\, propagation and maintenance.This class is geared towards growing in containers. While the knowledge is transferable if you are planting in the ground\, please leave space for people who have limited growing areas and are in need of these resources. \nLearn more and register here
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/rio-vista-perennial-edible-container-gardening/
LOCATION:Rio Vista Library
CATEGORIES:garden
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T160000
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SUMMARY:(Vacaville) Morningsun Herb Farm Open House
DESCRIPTION:Morningsun Herb Farm Open House\nMay 6\, 9 am-4 pm\, Morningsun Herb Farm\, Vacaville\nMorningsun Herb Farm hosts its annual open house. The day will feature guest speaker Jennifer Jewell\, known for her national\, public radio program and international podcast\, Cultivating Place\, based on the belief that gardens/gardeners are powerful agents and spaces for potentially positive change in our world. Learn more here!
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vacaville-morningsun-herb-farm-open-house/
LOCATION:Morningsun Herb Farm\, 6137 Pleasants Valley Rd.\, Vacaville
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T140000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230403T220031Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T220031Z
UID:29325-1683363600-1683381600@sustainablesolano.org
SUMMARY:(Benicia) California Native Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:California Native Plant Sale\nApril 24-30 & May 6\, Online & Benicia\nCNPS Willis L. Jepson Chapter’s semi-annual plant sale starts online April 24-30\, with the opportunity to pick up plants bought online in Fairfield and Benicia on May 6. For on-site shopping\, the May 6 event at Heritage Presbyterian Church in Benicia will be open for day-of shoppers from 9 am-2 pm. The single most important factor in successfully gardening with native plants is to choose plants that naturally occur in your area. The plants at these semi-annual sales are grown at the chapter’s nursery in Vallejo\, which follows best management practices to produce biologically clean and healthy nursery stock for its customers.  All plants available at the sale are selected to thrive in Solano County. Learn more here!
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/benicia-california-native-plant-sale/
LOCATION:Heritage Presbyterian Church\, Benicia
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230506T130000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230317T173358Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T000708Z
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield & Suisun) Demonstration Food Forest Garden Tour & Celebrating Healthy Local Food: A Culinary and Garden Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join us from 9 am-1 pm May 6 for the annual Demonstration Food Forest Garden Tour in Fairfield and Suisun. Visit waterwise\, edible gardens and take home ideas for your own home and community! \nLearn more and register here \nHave you ever seen a food forest? Are you interested in growing your own food or want to replace your lawn with a more sustainable landscape? Join our annual demo Food Forest Tour! Do not miss out on the chance to tour our demonstration edible gardens fed by secondary water (roofwater and/or laundry-to-landscape greywater system) in Fairfield & Suisun City! \nLearn simple techniques that you can apply to your own yard to create a vibrant\, food-producing ecosystem using water wisely. \nEach food forest is a unique expression of the land and caretaker. Ask our food forest keepers questions\, enjoy the gardens\, be inspired and get ideas on how you can work these design principles into your own yard! \nHow it will work:\nFairfield and Suisun City Demonstration Food Forest Gardens will be open 9 am-1 pm on Saturday\, May 6 \nItinerary pickup and special events:\n9-11 am: A detailed itinerary with garden locations will be distributed at Armijo High School: 824 Washington Street\, Fairfield\n9-11 am: Celebrating Healthy Local Food: A Culinary and Garden Showcase. Armijo students who participated in the Healthy Local Food program at the school will share multimedia projects that highlight the importance of healthy\, local food at the Armijo High library near the garden. After picking up your itinerary for the garden tour\, be sure to stop into the library to see the projects and hear from these students about growing\, cooking and eating healthy food and the importance of local food.\n10 am-1 pm: Self-guided tour
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/fairfield-suisun-save-the-date-demonstration-food-forest-garden-tour/
LOCATION:Fairfield & Suisun gardens
CATEGORIES:food forest,garden,greywater,permaculture,tour
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230506
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230508
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
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SUMMARY:(East Bay) Annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Annual Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase \nSaturday and Sunday\, May 6 and 7 10:00-5:00 \nFree with Registration: https://www.bringingbackthenatives.net \n  \nBringing Back the Natives Garden Tour \nThe award-winning in-person Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase will allow registrants to visit more than 50 beautiful\, water-conserving native plant gardens on Saturday\, May 6 and Sunday\, May 7—from 10 am-5 pm. All of the homes have native plant gardens; more than a dozen will be sharing their green home features\, such as solar panels and batteries\, induction ranges\, heat pumps\, and more. \nRegistrants will learn how design a native plant garden for color and interest throughout the year\, garden for wildlife\, lower their water bills\, protect their family’s health and the environment by gardening without using pesticides\, and answering questions about electrification. \nWhat’s special about California native plants? They are adapted to our soil and climate\, naturally water conserving\, and easy to care for. California native plants are better than non-native plants when it comes to attracting native birds\, butterflies\, and other forms of wildlife. And\, as the gardens on the Tour show\, these lovely gardens display a sense of place that is uniquely Californian.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/east-bay-annual-bringing-back-the-natives-garden-tour-and-green-home-features-showcase/
LOCATION:East Bay
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230504T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230504T180000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230414T172726Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230417T205652Z
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SUMMARY:(Online) Solano Local Food System Alliance Meeting: Farm Bill
DESCRIPTION:The Solano Local Food System Alliance meets four times a year\, with a focus on having public\, educational speakers for each of the meetings. \nMay 4\, 4-6 pm \nA discussion about the Farm Bill and its implications for the local food system \nRegister here \nThe Solano Local Food System Alliance invites you to learn about the Farm Bill – a massive piece of legislation coming up that affects food security and nutrition programs (i.e. SNAP)\, habitat conservation\, rural development\, international trade\, energy\, farm subsidies and more. \nExpert guest speakers at this meeting include Christina Badaracco\, registered dietician nutritionist and co-author of The Farm Bill – A Citizen’s Guide\, and Sakeenah Shabazz\, Policy Director of the Berkeley Food Institute\, who describes the Farm Bill as the “Super Bowl” for entities involved in food/ag policy. Together they will provide an overview of the Farm Bill\, explain why anyone who eats or pays taxes should be involved\, and how both the public and local food policy councils can take action. \nThis event is part of the Alliance’s quarterly meetings\, which focus on educational topics around the local food system. Alliance members and others can be part of the discussion during the second hour of the event. \nThe Solano Local Food System Alliance includes a wide variety of stakeholders committed to fulfilling the mission of creating an environmentally sustainable\, economically viable\, socially just and equitable local food system in Solano County. \nLearn more about the Alliance here
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/online-solano-local-food-system-alliance-meeting-farm-bill/
LOCATION:Online/Zoom
CATEGORIES:Alliance,local food
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230504T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230504T113000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230501T212550Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230501T212550Z
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SUMMARY:(Vallejo) Veterans Garden Day & Potluck
DESCRIPTION:Veterans Garden Day & Potluck\nMay 4\, 9:30-11:30 am\, Vallejo People’s Garden\, Mare Island\nVallejo People’s Garden welcomes veterans to the garden for a chance to meet other veterans\, tour the garden\, socialize and eat! All veterans are welcome. Learn more.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vallejo-veterans-garden-day-potluck/
LOCATION:Vallejo People’s Garden\, Mare Island
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230502T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230502T190000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230412T183851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T183851Z
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Seventh Day Adventist Food Forest Expansion
DESCRIPTION:Learn to transform a growing space into a perennial food forest garden from 4-7 pm on Tuesday\, May 2. \nLearn more and register here! \nJoin us to learn about sustainable food production and help install a market garden and demonstration food forest garden to provide food to underserved communities in Fairfield! \nThis public\, hands-on installation workshop series will create a demonstration food forest garden at the Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church\, providing an opportunity to learn about permanent beds\, hedgerows\, and permaculture. \nThis project is in partnership with Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church. \n\nLearn how to prepare a growing space for a perennial food forest and lay irrigation to ensure its success.\nVolunteer tasks: Plant\, move woodchips\, and lay irrigation lines\n\n* wear mask. closed toe shoes\, sun protection\, bring gloves and water \n 
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/fairfield-seventh-day-adventist-food-forest-expansion-2/
LOCATION:Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church
CATEGORIES:food forest,garden,installation
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230430T163000
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CREATED:20230403T220352Z
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SUMMARY:(Vallejo) Annual Garden Swap
DESCRIPTION:Annual Garden Swap\nApril 30\, 1:30-4:30 pm\, St. Vinnie’s Community Garden\, Vallejo\nVallejo Plant & Seed Exchange will hold its annual swap for seeds\, plants\, cuttings and garden items. Donations can be dropped off between 11 am-12:30 pm that day before the swap. Come to swap and stay for the garden talks\, kids’ activities\, music and more! Stop by SuSol’s Solano Gardens table while you’re there. Learn more here.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vallejo-annual-garden-swap/
LOCATION:St. Vinnie’s Community Garden\, 1200 Marin St.\, Vallejo
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T143000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230320T184113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T210637Z
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Growing Mushrooms in Your Garden
DESCRIPTION:Growing Mushrooms Outside in Your Garden\n1-2:30 pm\, City Church Fairfield \nClass is full. Please register for waitlist. \nMushrooms have so many benefits\, not just for our physical and mental health but for the soil as well. Even though not all mushrooms are edible\, in this Growing Mushrooms 101 class you will be introduced a strain that is quite happy to grow in your garden and equally delicious and safe to prepare in your kitchen\, the King Strafarian or lovingly known in the mushroom community as the Garden Giant. You will learn about the science behind growing these delicious fungi\, some of their benefits and will walk through the process of inoculating a garden bed and pathways. Then take spores home to inoculate your own garden beds.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vacaville-growing-mushrooms-in-your-garden/
LOCATION:City Church of Fairfield
CATEGORIES:garden,mushrooms,soil
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T150000
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SUMMARY:(Suisun City) Rush Ranch Open House
DESCRIPTION:Rush Ranch Open House\nApril 29\, 10 am-3 pm\, Rush Ranch\, Suisun City\nSolano Land Trust presents the annual Rush Ranch Open House! The Rush Ranch Open House is free and packed with fun for all the family. Visitors are invited to visit community partner tables\, shop with local vendors\, and enjoy live entertainment. Learn about the natural and cultural history of the ranch\, play games\, and do engaging science and engineering activities. Guests can also admire live animals such as horses and sheep from Samuels Ranch and Access Adventure and shop at the Rush Ranch Outfitters Shop. Learn more here.
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/suisun-city-rush-ranch-open-house-2/
LOCATION:Rush Ranch
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230429T123000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230403T211512Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T211513Z
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Linear Park Trail Community Clean Up
DESCRIPTION:Linear Park Trail Community Trash Pick-Up\n10 am-2 pm\, Trinity Lutheran Church\, Fairfield \nWalking and biking are great for the environment\, great for your mental and physical health\, and are great ways to meet your neighbors. A build-up of trash and litter has made Linear Park Trail less accessible and less enjoyable to travel through. Join us to help clean our community\, learn about how air pollution impacts our daily lives\, and the proper ways to dispose of trash\, compost and recyclables. Learn more and register here!
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/fairfield-linear-park-trail-community-clean-up/
LOCATION:Linear Park Trail\, Fairfield
CATEGORIES:air quality,resilience,sustainability walk
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230428T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230428T173000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230306T200916Z
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SUMMARY:(Online) Cooking Class - Cook-Along - Potato Gnocchi
DESCRIPTION:Fluffy\, tender gnocchi are a fantastic vehicle for highlighting spring vegetables. Join Laura Doyle of Lavender Bergamot Kitchen in this hands-on Zoom class and cook a tasty\, farm-to-table dinner together! Learn how to steam and process the potatoes\, tricks for incorporating just enough flour to hold the potatoes together without getting tough or gummy\, and simple techniques for shaping the gnocchi. For the topping\, you will cook up fresh spring vegetables in a creamy\, lemony sauce. Sustainable Solano staff will moderate the event and allow for Q&A throughout the class. If cooking along\, participants will need to purchase their own ingredients; a shopping list will be posted here at least 2 weeks before the event. \nLearn more and register here
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/online-cooking-class-cook-along-save-the-date/
LOCATION:Online/Zoom
CATEGORIES:cooking,local food,online,youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230427T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230427T200000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230306T200729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T200731Z
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SUMMARY:(Benicia) Youth Leadership Council Sustainability Presentations
DESCRIPTION:Members of the Sustainable Solano Youth Leadership Council and local high school students will share presentations from their research around local environmental challenges and potential solutions. Topics include addressing lead and arsenic contamination in Benicia soil\, and the importance of proper tree care for maintaining Benicia’s tree canopy. \nLearn more here! \n 
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/benicia-youth-leadership-council-sustainability-presentations/
LOCATION:Benicia Library
CATEGORIES:environmental leadership,youth
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230427T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230427T190000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230403T211125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230412T183745Z
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Seventh Day Adventist Food Forest Expansion
DESCRIPTION:Learn to transform a growing space into a perennial food forest garden from 4-7 pm on Thursday\, April 27\, and Tuesday\, May 2. \nLearn more and register here! \nJoin us to learn about sustainable food production and help install a market garden and demonstration food forest garden to provide food to underserved communities in Fairfield! \nThis public\, hands-on installation workshop series will create a demonstration food forest garden at the Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church\, providing an opportunity to learn about permanent beds\, hedgerows\, and permaculture. \nThis project is in partnership with Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church. \nThursday\, April 27 \n\nLearn how to prepare a growing space for a perennial food forest and lay irrigation to ensure its success.\nVolunteer tasks: Plant\, move woodchips\, and lay irrigation lines\n\n* wear mask. closed toe shoes\, sun protection\, bring gloves and water \n 
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/fairfield-seventh-day-adventist-food-forest-expansion/
LOCATION:Fairfield Community Seventh Day Adventist Church
CATEGORIES:food forest,garden,installation
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230501
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
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SUMMARY:(Online) California Native Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:California Native Plant Sale\nApril 24-30 & May 6\, Online & Benicia\nCNPS Willis L. Jepson Chapter’s semi-annual plant sale starts online April 24-30\, with the opportunity to pick up plants bought online in Fairfield and Benicia on May 6. For on-site shopping\, the May 6 event at Heritage Presbyterian Church in Benicia will be open for day-of shoppers from 9 am-2 pm. The single most important factor in successfully gardening with native plants is to choose plants that naturally occur in your area. The plants at these semi-annual sales are grown at the chapter’s nursery in Vallejo\, which follows best management practices to produce biologically clean and healthy nursery stock for its customers.  All plants available at the sale are selected to thrive in Solano County. Learn more here!
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/online-benicia-california-native-plant-sale/
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230423T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230423T140000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230306T200501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230414T171905Z
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SUMMARY:(Fairfield) Air Quality DIY Home Air Filter Workshop
DESCRIPTION:What is in the air we breathe? Where does air pollution come from? How does air pollution impact your children\, neighbors\, and community? What can we do to reduce our air pollution and protect our homes? \nDr. Nick Spada will be joining us to answer all these questions and lead a workshop on how to build a cost-effective home air filter. \nDr. Spada is a scientist at the Air Quality Research Center of the University of California\, Davis. His research focuses on the prevalence of metals in air pollution\, which he uses to support large-scale national monitoring as well as targeted studies in front-line communities. \nWe will be giving away the materials to build your own air filter to the first 10 participants who register to receive the supplies (located as a free “add-on” to the ticket). You must live in Fairfield to qualify. Only one per household. Materials will be provided at the workshop. \nRegister here!
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/fairfield-air-quality-diy-home-air-filter-workshop/
LOCATION:Fairfield Civic Center Library
CATEGORIES:air quality,resilience
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T143000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230403T215801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T215801Z
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SUMMARY:(Benicia) Earth Day Sustainability Fair
DESCRIPTION:Earth Day Sustainability Fair\nApril 22\, 11:30 am-2:30 pm\, Benicia Library\nAs part of its “All Benicia Can Save” Book to Action series\, the library is hosting a sustainability fair with opportunities for local businesses and community organizations to share what they do and provide to help individuals live sustainably. Other elements of the fair include an e-waste drop-off\, battery and medication recycling\, shredding services\, electric car “petting zoo\,” a seed/succulent swap\, and community litter clean-up contest. SuSol’s Youth Leadership Council will be among those with informative tables at the event. Learn more here!
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/benicia-earth-day-sustainability-fair/
LOCATION:Benicia Library
CATEGORIES:partner event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T160000
DTSTAMP:20260530T061649
CREATED:20230403T215643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230403T215643Z
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SUMMARY:(Vacaville) Ag & Art Earth Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Ag & Art Earth Day Celebration\nApril 22\, 11 am-4 pm\, Andrews Park\, Vacaville\nThis is a full day of celebration and education about the Earth! Talks and demonstrations\, earth-conscious vendors\, food trucks\, live music and performances. Admission and parking for Earth Day 2023 is free. This Earth Day event is presented by Ag & Art Magazine. Learn more here!
URL:https://sustainablesolano.org/event/vacaville-ag-art-earth-day-celebration/
LOCATION:Andrews Park\, Vacaville
CATEGORIES:partner event
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