Walk in the Holiday Parade with Second Harvest Food Bank Santa Cruz County!

Downtown Santa Cruz - multiple sites
Walk with Second Harvest in the Downtown Santa Cruz Holiday Parade! Help us decorate our truck in festive tinsel, then join us in the parade along Pacific Avenue. The annual holiday parade is the official kickoff for the winter holidays celebration and the annual tradition of highlighting Santa Cruz County schools, youth based organizations and […]
Free

Mushroom Market

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
It’s mushroom season! Join local fungiphiles at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History for a mushroom market just in time for the Holidays. Pick-up mushroom themed gifts for yourself or your loved ones while exploring local mushrooms and engaging in family-friendly activities during this FREE event. Free admission to the Museum all day! Mushroom ID […]
Free

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History: Saturdays in the Soil

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us and volunteer in the Museum’s […]
Free

1/20 Saturdays in the Soil

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us and volunteer in the Museum’s […]
FREE

Field Sketching Workshop: Wildflowers with Sami Chang

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
Spring wildflowers are here! Join science illustrator Sami Chang for a guided field sketching experience in Mima Meadow where we will observe some of our County’s most amazing native wildflowers. We’ll learn about flower anatomy and practice field sketching techniques while learning to identify some of our local grassland flowers. Basic materials will be provided, […]
$25
Event Series Saturdays in the Soil

Saturdays in the Soil

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us and volunteer in the Museum’s […]
Free

Bike Month 2024

Sant Cruz County
May is Bike Month in Santa Cruz County! We invite all riders to join us on a 31-day mission to bike more and drive less. Use your bike to go to work, school, run errands, and cruise around town in May. We have a host of events, prizes, and challenges to keep you excited about […]
Free

Move for CASA

Elkhorn Slough Nature Reserve 1700 Elkhorn Rd, Watsonville, CA, United States
Join CASA Advocates, The Friends of CASA, Staff, Board, and Supporters of CASA and  the families we serve us for a day of fun, fitness, and philanthropy at our upcoming event! If you’re joining us at the Slough, we’ll have coffee and refreshments available from 9:30 am and will kick the event off at 10:00 […]
Free
Event Series Saturdays in the Soil

Saturdays in the Soil

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us and volunteer in the Museum’s […]
Free

Branch Out! Celebration Felton

Felton Discovery Park and Branch Library 6121 Gushee St, Felton, CA, United States
Branch Out! Celebrate the Felton Library and Discovery Park on Saturday, June 8, 11am-3pm in the park, the parking lot, and the library. Enjoy free family-friendly activities and exhibits by a dozen community organizations- come make a wildflower seed packet, do a fish print, participate in a storytime with Librarian Jackie, and much more! Hear Patti Maxine & Friends, Sharon Allen & […]
Free
Event Series Saturdays in the Soil

Saturdays in the Soil

Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History 1305 East Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz, CA, United States
We are coming together as a community to steward Tyrrell Park through the City’s Adopt-A-Park program. At the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History, you gain new wisdom about local ecology, native plants, and sustainable gardening while connecting with nature outdoors. It’s time to get your hands dirty! Join us and volunteer in the Museum’s […]
Free

Santa Cruz Juneteenth 2024

Laurel Park 301 Center Street, Santa CRuz, CA, United States
Join us at Santa Cruz Juneteenth on June 15, 2024 at Laurel Park for a vibrant celebration of African American heritage. Enjoy live music, basketball clinics, soul food, a parade – all honoring the spirit of Freedom. This is a FREE event for the Black community and its allies. Save the date and spread the […]
FREE

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