Bring your food scraps from home and drop them off with us to be composted at our community compost sites! Don't know what to compost? Don't know the best way to store organic waste? Come talk to us, we'd love to chat about best practices!

Bring your food scraps from home and drop them off with us to be composted at our community compost sites! Don't know what to compost? Don't know the best way to store organic waste? Come talk to us, we'd love to chat about best practices!

Bring your food scraps from home and drop them off with us to be composted at our community compost sites! Don't know what to compost? Don't know the best way to store organic waste? Come talk to us, we'd love to chat about best practices!

Mary will graciously give a tour of her established organic urban homestead in Chico, share how she starts her seeds, what varieties of crops are most abundant and do well in our area and how to care for them, best ways to preserve the harvest, and will be open to questions. She and her husband are able to grow much of their food for the year (and more to share) on a 1 acre plot that is full of mature fruit trees carefully curated for maximum harvests throughout the year and raised boxes for veggies for fresh eating and preserving. Even if you don't have an acre and only have room for a few fruit trees or a small garden, you will learn lots to help you plan it out and care for it. Location is in the Avenues and will be shared with registration. Register here.

This talk is offered by Mary. Mary has been farming her property for 20 years. She has led presentations in both gardening and food preservation for the Organic Gardening Series as well as a tour and talk of her farm. She has gained knowledge through organic farming classes, conferences, and mentorships with two local organic farmers, as well as by reading and doing. Carl Rosato was her primary farming teacher who became a close friend.

Bring your food scraps from home and drop them off with us to be composted at our community compost sites! Don't know what to compost? Don't know the best way to store organic waste? Come talk to us, we'd love to chat about best practices!

Join us for the annual Paradise Seed & Plant Swap Sunday March 3rd, 12-3, Bring your Seeds, Scions, Cuttings, Bulbs to share or just come and get some goodies for your Garden. A fun & free Family Event, all are welcome!

Bring your food scraps from home and drop them off with us to be composted at our community compost sites! Don't know what to compost? Don't know the best way to store organic waste? Come talk to us, we'd love to chat about best practices!

Vecino’s entrance is located in the alleyway between 5th/6th Ave and Laburnum/Oleander. Please enter garden throught the backgate

Rhys Pritchett will be leading an interactive workshop for all experience levels, combining mycology, soil science, and making our own fertilizer and mushroom substrate. Mushrooms are not only an amazing and crucial part of the soil food web, but they can also be a delicious and colorful addition to your backyard garden.

Workshop is $25/person, paid on the day of the event, for time and material. 

There are scholarship options available,  reach out to rpritchett94@gmail.com for more information.

Venmo or cash accepted.  

Rhys Pritchett has ventured into the realm of regenerative agriculture, striving to foster sustainable coexistence within the ecosystem of life. Their journey as an herbalist, activist, and multimedia artist reflects a dedication to positive change.Growing up homeschooled, Rhys learned about culinary arts and plant-based nutrition from their mom. They pursued a BFA at California State University, Chico, where artistic talents in painting, drawing, and sculpting flourished.A perpetual student, Rhys explores self-taught disciplines like music and coding, preferring to work with living organisms—fungi, algae, herbs, fruits, and vegetables—to experiment with biomaterials and challenge unsustainable practices.Rhys draws inspiration from a year spent working at a local mushroom farm, Earth Regen, deepening their understanding of interconnectedness in nature. Gratitude is extended to friends and loved ones whose support played a crucial role in Rhys' growth, acknowledging the inseparable bond between humanity and nature.Through community building, skill-sharing, and a genuine passion for art, science, and ecology, Rhys quietly advocates for sustainable practices, seeking the harmonious coexistence of humanity and nature.

Join Amy Roseman and Master Gardener Grace Mahannah to learn all about Compost Basics and the small community scale composting efforts happening currently around Butte County! All are welcome to bring your food scraps, if you'd like to add them to the compost pile! (Please no dairy or meat)

Amy Roseman is the Compost Program Director and Outreach Coordinator for the Butte County Local Food Network. Grace runs the garden at St. Timothy’s.

Dive into the microscopic life in your compost and soil. Bring a sample of your compost to test and see what beneficials and not so beneficials are in it so you can help it be its best. Janel is a soil ecologist and compost enthusiast operating Paradise Community Compost as a project of Camp Fire Restoration Project.

Come check out our community garden and help us revamp our composting bays and build a green wall! We will be deconstructing and renovating our existing composting system and building walls to grow vines up, mushrooms out of and moss on. Dress for success- closed toed shoes, gloves, plants, etc.

Work day is from 9am to noon, then Skipper Clark will give a talk on garden bed construction - garden bed siting/construction methods and irrigation considerations

Skipper Clark is the garden manager for the AAFCC community garden in Oroville. He owned a commercial landscape maintenance business for over 40 years and been an avid vegetable gardener all his adult life. He is an instructor for the CSUC OLLI program teaching a class titled “Year Round Vegetable Growing Using Soil Food Web Best Practices “.

Stop by the UC Master Gardener’s booth at the market and get your gardening questions answered.

The mission of the Butte County Master Gardeners is to extend research-based education and technical assistance throughout the non-commercial gardening community and to foster successful gardening practices by helping individuals make informed decisions about plants, pests and the environment, with an emphasis on sustainability.

Forest therapy is a simple, guided outdoor experience designed to support health and wellness through immersion in natural environments. A forest therapy walk is a gentle, open ended sensory practice that tends to adapt organically to the needs of the participant. During each walk, a certified forest therapy guide offers invitations to deepen sensory experience and facilitate interaction with nature. Register here https://www.cognitoforms.com/CaliforniaStateUniversityChico1/FullMoonForestBathing22324

Dive into the microscopic life in your compost and soil. Bring a sample to get tested by Janel Luke of Camp Fire Restoration Project. Janel is a soil ecologist and compost enthusiast operating Paradise Community Compost as a project of Camp Fire Restoration Project.

Located at the junction of Verbena Ln and First Ave. Learn and utilize Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and practices to help restore the native flora and fauna at Verbena Fields. This Friday morning workday is an ongoing opportunity through California Open Lands.

Mission Statement: "The Mission of California Open Lands is to enhance and preserve natural resources in the conservation of Northern California’s flora and fauna on open lands in perpetuity, including the restoration and cultivation of California native plants utilizing principles of Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge (ITEK) for food, fiber and medicine; and to foster opportunities for people to connect with and learn about the natural resources and open lands of their neighborhood and region."

Facilitated by Ali Meders-Knight and/or Mel Figueroa

Bring your food scraps from home and drop them off with us to be composted at our community compost sites! Don't know what to compost? Don't know the best way to store organic waste? Come talk to us, we'd love to chat about best practices!

Co-sponsored by UC Master Gardeners and OLLI. Gwen Quail, Consulting Rosarian from the Butte Rose Society will discuss and demonstrate how to keep your roses healthy and happy throughout the seasons of the year. Topics covered will include soil management, planting, fertilizers, watering, integrated pest management, and pruning. Rose varieties, fragrance, propagation guidelines and exhibiting roses will be discussed as time allows. Space limited, register at https://ucanr.edu/sites/bcmg/Workshops/

Deborah Halfpenny will be focusing this month's presentation on steps to create a habitat garden in your own yard as well as the upcoming Water-Wise & Habitat-Friendly Garden Tour. There is a zoom link on the website if you would like to participate remotely. https://www.altacal.org/calendar-of-eventsa8fe28a3

Deborah Halfpenny, co-ordinator of the Neighborhood Habitat Certification Program, is a passionate gardener with over 40 years of experience as a professional landscaper, specializing in drought-adapted and California native plants and landscapes.

Forest therapy is a simple, guided outdoor experience designed to support health and wellness through immersion in natural environments. A forest therapy walk is a gentle, open ended sensory practice that tends to adapt organically to the needs of the participant. During each walk, a certified forest therapy guide offers invitations to deepen sensory experience and facilitate interaction with nature. Register here https://www.cognitoforms.com/CaliforniaStateUniversityChico1/BidwellSacramentoRiverPark21824

Join Janel Luke and bring a sample of your soil or compost to dive into the microscopic life thriving there. Janel is a soil ecologist and compost enthusiast operating Paradise Community Compost as a project of Camp Fire Restoration Project.

Panel: The Creative Corps Model | How artists, culture bearers, museums, galleries, and other NGOs can save the planet

Against a backdrop of food scarcity, the fight for fertile land and freshwater, the threat of fire, public health, and emergency preparedness in all its forms, artists and culture bearers, museums, galleries, and other NGOs are stepping up to raise awareness for critical issues and solutions, as bastions of public information, comfort, storytelling, and response. Meet four extraordinary leaders in their field holding court in Northern California through projects under the California Creative Corps, a program of the Governor’s Task Force on Business and Jobs Recovery, and the first of its kind in the nation.

Find out more about the talk here.

The Wild and Scenic Festival runs from Feb. 15-19 in Nevada City and Grass Valley, CA and virtually. Find out more and get your tickets here. https://wsff.eventive.org/welcome

Learn about “Backyard Orchard Culture” high density pruning and planting of fruit trees from the creator of it, that was celebrated and popularized by Ken at Hodge’s Family Nursery.

Ed Laivo has over 45 years of experience in the fruit tree industry and has produced the nationally recognized “Backyard Orchard Culture” high density pruning and planting of fruit trees. Ed has worked with Dave Wilson Nursery, Four Winds Growers, Burchell Nurseries among others.

Work day is from 9am to noon, then Skipper Clark will give a talk on hoop house design- using innovative materials learn to build 3 types of unheated greenhouses.

Skipper Clark is the garden manager for the AAFCC community garden in Oroville. He owned a commercial landscape maintenance business for over 40 years and been an avid vegetable gardener all his adult life. He is an instructor for the CSUC OLLI program teaching a class titled “Year Round Vegetable Growing Using Soil Food Web Best Practices “.

Come join in the fun with the teachers from Kai Music at Mulberry Station Brewery and Wood Fired Pizza. We’ll be there with fun stuff for the kiddos to do while you eat good pizza and have a brew or two. Great music provided by the teachers from Kai for a great cause: Our GROWN program which supports school garden programs in three schools and three daycares around the county. Come on down and join in the fun!

The Climate cafe is all about unwinding, chatting and connecting. It is an action-free zone designed to ease climate-related stress.