Longmont Water Fair

Dickens Farm Nature Area Boston Avenue between Main and Martin Streets Longmont, CO 80501

Where does your water come from? Where is it going? How can we be good water stewards along its journey? The Longmont Water Fair is a collaborative event that brings together science, art, and education to celebrate the watershed you live in. Follow water's journey from mountain to home through hands-on science activities, art projects, live performances, and conversations with local water experts. Join us for this free, family-friendly event to meet your neighbors, complete our scavenger hunt for prizes, and leave with action steps you can take towards a more water-conscious future.

Leaders in Local Fire

Virtual

Join local fire and land managers for a virtual presentation to learn about the nuances that go into utilizing fire as a land management tool and other local land management practices. We'll get into depth about response strategies, prescribed fire treatment types, weather requirements, and what it means to live in a fire adapted landscape!

YBF: Public Co-Working Day

Yellow Barn Farm 9417 N Foothills Hwy., Longmont

Join the YBF team for a Co-Working Day! Usually, Co-Working Days are only open to YBF Members, but we want to take this as an opportunity to connect with folks that aren’t members yet, but might be interested in joining. Therefore, this Co-Working Day is open to the public.

Planting for Pollinators

Virtual

Join us for PPAN’s Colorado Pollinator Month webinar! Learn how to create a thriving garden for pollinators like hummingbirds and butterflies, and discover effective strategies for weed suppression that are safe for pollinators and promote a healthy habitat.

2024 Landback Gala

Denver Botanic Gardens 1007 York St, Denver, CO, United States

Thank you for your interest in attending Spirit of The Sun's first Summer Solstice LANDBACK Gala! Spirit of the Sun envisions a return of land to Indigenous stewards, where we can operate our programs, care for bison to live off that land, and preserve our cultural practices. Our collective goals stand in solidarity with the LANDBACK movement to dismantle white supremacy while radically transforming this country and standing for collective liberation for all Black, Indigenous, People of Color.

Sunset Trail Running Festival – 2024

Gold Hill, CO Main Street, Boulder, Colorado, United States

Join us on Sunday, June 23rd, 2024, for the Sunset Trail Running Festival in Gold Hill, CO! Hosted by The Boulder Watershed Collective and in collaboration with Team BOCO, all money raised from the event will be donated to the town of Gold Hill and will fund wildfire preparation and response initiatives such as forest restoration, home hardening, emergency planning, land stewardship, and community resiliency. 

Insect Visitors in Your Garden: Friend or Foe?

Virtual

Insect Visitors in Your Garden: Friend or Foe? When: June 25, 6:30-8pm Where: Zoom REGISTER HERE! Colorado gardens have a wide diversity of insect and arthropod visitors, each playing a […]

La Milpa Cultivating with Tradition/ La Milpa: Cultivando con Tradicion 3 Sisters Garden with Diego M.

Growing Gardens 1630 Hawthorn Ave, Boulder, CO, United States

Throughout this workshop we will dive a little deeper into the roots of the well-known "Mesoamerican triad" or "three sisters".  We will share ancient tales and stories shared from generation to generation by our grandparents, thus we will understand a little more the value and cultural and spiritual meaning that these plants and foods have for us The Mexica Aztecs and other different tribes of Mesoamerica.

A lo largo de este taller, nos sumergiremos un poco más en las raíces de la conocida "triada mesoamericana" o "tres hermanas". Compartiremos antiguas historias y relatos transmitidos de generación en generación por nuestros abuelos, de esta manera entenderemos un poco más el valor y el significado cultural y espiritual que estas plantas y alimentos tienen para nosotros, los Mexicas Aztecas y otras tribus diferentes de Mesoamérica.

Community Fruit Rescue: Summertime Fruit Tree Care Workshop

Benevolence Orchard 6712 Jay rd, Boulder CO 6712 Jay Rd, Boulder

Join Community Fruit Rescue for an interactive lesson in timely practices including pest management, selective thinning, foliar feeding, sunscald prevention, and more that will benefit your tree and the quality of the harvest to come.

SUCCESSFUL HOME COMPOSTING, WITH MIKL BRAWNER

Harlequin's Gardens 4795 N. 26th St, Boulder, CO, United States

Learn how to turn waste into wealth by cultivating soil microorganisms. Nature does the work if you know how to lend a hand. In this class, you will learn what works in our climate, and what doesn’t. Mikl has been composting for 35 years!