Sprinkle or shine, meet your friends and family at Marin Stables for a day of habitat restoration with Marin County Open Space District. Have a fun morning pulling broom and then enjoy Cowboy Chili with all the fixin’s at noon!
Meet at Marin Stables, end of Wood Lane, off Porteous Avenue in Fairfax.
For this MCOSD event, meet across from Marin General Hospital at Hal Brown Park at Creekside (at the pedestrian bridge near the bike path). The creation of Earth Day on April 22, 1970 marked what many consider to be the birth of the environmental movement. Today, it is regarded as the largest civic event in the world. Marin residents have embraced it since the first Earth Day celebrations began. Join us to clean up litter from the Corte Madera Creek watershed and restore habitat at Hal Brown Park at Creekside. Let’s keep up the good work, Marin! Questions or to RSVP: Contact Volunteer Coordinator Kirk Schroeder at KSchroeder@marincounty.org. or (415) 763-2977.
Park on McAllister Avenue or Berens Drive, walk to the end of Stadium Way and turn left along the bike path to the site. Wear boots and gloves, to weed and tend new plants. Call Charlie at (415) 457-1147 for information.
Meet at the gate at the end of Taylor Rd in Tiburon.
Join MCOSD rangers for a full moon adventure on the Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve.
This event is ideal for all ages. Degree of difficulty: Easy. Dress in layers and wear sturdy shoes. Don’t forget to bring water and snacks. Friendly dogs are welcome, but must be leashed.
Questions: Contact Ranger Lindsay Contreras at or (415) 473-2816.
DIRECTIONS From Hwy 101 in Corte Madera, take the exit for Tamalpais Dr east. Go straight onto San Clemente, which merges into Paradise Dr after 0.4 miles. Follow Paradise Dr approximately 1.7 miles, turn right onto Taylor Rd, and follow to end (dead end).
The event will feature a local historical “then and now” slideshow, a film about local artist George Dumont Otis, a wandering mariachi band, special box lunches from Bon Air restaurants, and food trucks.
The event will also have a “Maker Tent” at one end of Bon Air with hands-on activities for kids by MVCode Club, Camp Galileo, Cub Scout Pack 59 / Boy Scout Troop 59, and the Marin Master Gardeners.
On the other end of Bon Air, there will be a “Music Tent” with student jazz bands from Kent and Redwood High performing, and student artwork / science projects from Bacich and Kent will be on display.
Finally, there will be an extensive “Outdoor Community Hall” with 50 local organizations listed below.
Throughout the event, Kent student volunteers will be distributing a program with a map listing all of the organizations and a schedule of event activities.
Everyone welcome to join this free event celebrating the unique community of Greenbrae and Kentfield!
Friends board member Charlie Kennard presents and discusses a wide variety of his baskets made from plants he grows or gathers locally. This is a rare opportunity to see many of his baskets in the round! Held in the Studio. Cost: $15
Charlie Kennard will lead a tour of the basketry plant garden he has created on a sloping site adjacent to the Barn Theater. Some 70 different species of fiber plants—the majority California natives—are on display, together with giant baskets, woven fences, and straw beehives. Charlie will bring a selection of baskets to show, and will explain the cultivation and processing of the plants from which they are made. Free event.
Meet across from Marin General Hospital at Hal Brown Park at Creekside
Join Marin County Parks and One Tam staff (a Tamalpais Lands Collaborative initiative) to enrich important habitat areas of Hal Brown Park and Creekside Marsh. All ages are welcome; anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a supervising adult. Please bring water. Snacks will be provided. Questions or to RSVP: Contact Volunteer Coordinator Kirk Schroeder at (415) 763-2977.