Gardening Events Calendar
Find public events in Alameda County hosted by local community partners and StopWaste:
EBMUD Landscape Rebate Office Hours
Hosted by: EBMUD
Drop-in to EBMUD's weekly virtual office hours to ask questions about our landscape rebate programs. EBMUD water conservation experts will be on hand to explain the rebate process, offer project advice, and answer your burning rebate questions.
Talkin' Dirt
Hosted by: EBMUD
Drop-in to EBMUD's weekly virtual office hours to ask questions about our landscape rebate programs. EBMUD water conservation experts will be on hand to explain the rebate process, offer project advice, and answer your burning rebate questions.
Worm Composting
Hosted by: Fremont LEAF
This workshop will teach you the benefits and uses of worm compost. You will learn to setup a bin, harvesting and best uses for this amazing garden fertilizer.
Location: LEAF Stone Garden (behind the Mission Valley Vet Clinic at 55 Mowry Ave near Mission Blvd. Please park on the side of the clinic, parallel to Mowry).
Bringing Back the Natives In-Person Garden Tour and Green Home Features Showcase
Hosted by: Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour
Save water, lower the amount of time you spend working in your garden (or the amount you pay for maintenance), invite birds, butterflies, and beneficial insects to your garden, support local ecology, and reflect the natural splendor for which California is known by gardening with California native plants. Join the Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour for two days of garden tours.
Why Compost?
Hosted by: Fremont LEAF
This workshop will teach you about the both indoor and outdoor composting, what will work best for your space, the types of waste you can use and how compost reduces your need for pesticides and fertilizers.
Location: LEAF Stone Garden (behind the Mission Valley Vet Clinic at 55 Mowry Ave near Mission Blvd. Please park on the side of the clinic, parallel to Mowry).
Worm Composting
Hosted by: Berkeley Library
Join us to learn the basics of successful worm composting with Lori Caldwell, the Bay Area's own Compost Gal!
Garden Pests and Nontoxic Ways to Control Them
Hosted by: Dublin Library
Pests are an unfortunate, but manageable part of the gardening experience. Participants will learn easy and budget-friendly non-toxic pest control techniques to help tackle and prevent typical garden pests.
Sustainable Practices for Waterwise Gardening
Hosted by: Union City Library
This class will focus on sustainable techniques for your home garden. Topics covered will include: sheet-mulching, the benefits of compost and mulch, bio-intensive edible gardening, hydrozoning, using recycled water, drip irrigation and native plants.
Drop in program. No registration required.
Composting 101
Hosted by: Castro Valley Library
Come and learn how easy it is to transform your yard waste and food scraps into “gardeners’ gold”. The benefits of making and using compost are many: recycling resources, saving money and water. This workshop will teach you to make, harvest and use this valuable soil amendment in your garden.
Healthy Soils Webinar Series
Check out StopWaste's Healthy Soils Webinar Series that covers topics on Healthy Soils, Backyard Composting, and Worm Composting.