Communities for Sustainable Monterey County

Ciclovia Salinas
2025-10-12 10:00 - 14:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | CA
Join us for ; music, raffles, community resources, and more!

C4SM Hilltop Park Maintenance
2025-10-16 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-10-23 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-10-30 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-11-06 17:30 - 19:00, 2025-11-13 17:30 - 19:00 | Marina Hilltop Park, 9th St, Marina, CA, 93933, United States
Join us every Thursday from 5:30pm-7pm, as we maintain our native plants and pull weeds around the park!

Oak Woodland Community Garden - Saturday Mornings with C4SM
2025-10-18 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-10-25 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-01 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-08 09:00 - 13:00, 2025-11-15 09:00 - 13:00 | Marina Library, 190 seaside circle, Marina, CA, 93933, United States
Every Saturday morning, C4SM is out maintaining our community garden at the Marina Library. Join us as we pull weeds, water out plants, transplant our native plants, paint kindness rocks, go on nature walks, work on projects around the garden, and much more!

Seaside Parks Pollinator Habitat Workday Series
2025-10-18 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-10-25 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-01 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2025-11-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Seaside Parks, 986 Hilby Ave, Seaside, CA, 93955, United States
Join Friends of Seaside Parks (FOSPA) each Saturday, 10 am to 12 pm, at a different “FOSPA” park in Seaside, California. FOSPA, the City of Seaside, Sustainable Seaside, and other community partners work together to maintain and enhance Seaside’s neighborhood parks.
Find the Schedule of Pollinator Habitat Gardening Workdays in Seaside parks HERE. Workdays rotate between nine Seaside neighborhood parks.
Click the park name for a MAP.

Beta Park
Capra Park
Durant Park
Farallones Park
Havana Soliz Park
Highland Otis Park
Lincoln Cunningham Park
Martin Park
Mescal Neil Park
Pacchetti Dog Park

FOSPA is a volunteer-led non-profit organization that supports the development and maintenance of parks and open green spaces in the City of Seaside, California. Volunteers create thriving habitats for pollinators and wildlife by planting native trees and pollinator-attracting plants. Volunteers are invited to each Saturday Pollinator Habitat Workday.
Friends of Seaside Parks Association is a 501c3 nonprofit and works collaboratively with the City of Seaside, Public Works, Sustainable Seaside, Resource Conservation District of Monterey County, Blue Zones Project of Monterey County, Habitat Stewardship Project Monterey Bay, a host of dedicated volunteers, and other community partners. Learn more here.

Havana Soliz: Seaside Park Workday
2025-10-21 08:00 - 15:30 | Havana Soliz Park, Seaside, CA, Between Lincoln Street and Havana Street, Seaside, CA, 93955-4003, United States
Join the young people of the Green Cadre of Monterey County in our Seaside parks and at the Monterey Adult School for some weekday fun!
Laura Murphy, Soil Scientist with the Resource Conservation District of Monterey County, and Seaside park stewards will direct the work. Please bring your own gloves, drinking water, and sun protection. Tools and snacks will be provided.
The crew typically arrives by 9:00 a.m. and wraps up around 3:30 p.m. (except on Fridays, when they finish at noon).
Anytime between 9 am and 3 pm on the following dates:

Wednesday 9/3 –Beta Park
Thursday 9/11 – Highland Otis Park
Thursday 9/18 – Havana Soliz Park
Tuesday 9/30 – Lincoln Cunningham Park
Tuesday 10/7 – Monterey Adult School
Tuesday 10/21 – Havana Soliz Park
Wednesday 10/22 – Mescal Neil Park
Friday 10/24 – Beta Park (half day, note they end at noon)
Wednesday 11/12 – Highland Otis Park
Tuesday 12/2 – Capra Park

Mescal Neil: Seaside Park Workday
2025-10-22 08:00 - 15:30 | Mescal Neil Park, Seaside, CA, Off Mescal Street between Ancon Street and Costa Street, Seaside, CA, 93955-4003, United States

Beta Park: Seaside Park Workday
2025-10-24 08:00 - 15:30 | Beta Park, between Vallejo and Soto St, Seaside, CA, 93955

Natividad creek park garden workday
2025-10-25 10:00 - 12:00 | Natividad Creek Park, Salinas, 1395 Nogal St., Salinas, CA, 93905, United States
Join Sustainable Salinas help maintain/beautify Natividad Creek Park!

Natividad creek park garden workday
2025-11-08 10:00 - 12:00 | Natividad Creek Park, Salinas, 1395 Nogal St., Salinas, CA, 93905, United States

Climate Café Monterey Monthly Gathering
2025-11-08 14:00 - 16:00 | Unitarian Universalist Church of Monterey Peninsula, 490 Aguajito Road, Carmel, CA, 93923, United States
Climate Café® Monterey is focused on the Monterey Bay region of central California, USA. Meetings are held monthly on the 2nd Saturday of each month, 2-4 PM Pacific time. A Climate Café® is an in-person, informal space to share conviviality and gently guided conversation about climate, sustainability, solidarity, and resilience. All are welcome to bring friends and a planet-friendly snack to share.
The March 2025 Climate Cafe topic is The Climate Crisis and Mental Health: Keeping the Conversation Going
When: Saturday, March 8, 2025, 2-4 pm
Where: The Unitarian Universalist Church of the Monterey Peninsula (UUCMP) at 490 Aguajito Road Carmel, CA 93923. Fireside Room
Each monthly community gathering focuses on building productive conversation and community around topical climate-related issues. It’s part of a region-wide effort to decarbonize how we live, work, study, recreate, travel, and worship. The genesis of this group came through the Climate Reality Project.
For more information, visit the Climate Café Monterey website. Coordinators: Charlotte Bear, Nan Foster, and Mibs McCarthy. See about us at Climate Cafe® Monterey – Climate Café®

Santa Rita Creek Park Workday
2025-11-09 09:00 - 11:00 | Santa Rita Creek Park, 290 E. Bolivar St., Salinas, CA, 93906, United States
Join the Santa Rita and Bolsa Knolls Watershed Group for a Work Day on the 2nd Sunday of the month from 9 am to 11 am at Santa Rita Park, 290 E. Bolivar Street in Salinas. MAP
Please bring work gloves, a shovel, and/or a trowel. Tasks may include weeding, watering, trash pickup, soil prep, and sheet mulching.

North Marina Community Clean-up with C4SM
2025-11-09 10:00 - 12:30 | Lapis Rd and Del monte Blvd, Junction of Lapis Rd and Del Monte Blvd, Marina, CA, 93933, United States
Join us Every Second Saturday of the month as we clean up Lapis Road and Del Monte Boulevard in North Marina! For helping clean the community, you will be rewarded with a free pizza lunch!

Highland Otis: Seaside Park Workday
2025-11-12 08:00 - 15:30 | Highlands Otis Park, Mingo Ave. at Highland St., Seaside, CA, 93955

C4SM Broom Bash Friday Series
2025-11-14 10:00 - 12:00 | Fort Ord National Monument, Marina, CA, 93933, United States
French Broom (Genista monspessulana) is a nasty, tenacious, invasive plant.
Both the plant and seeds are toxic to animals and other plant life, even native plants.

Pre-registration Required:
Monterey County requires all participants to complete an online Munitions Training at:
http://fortordsafety.com . Submit a copy of your completion certificate to:
sustainableeastgarrison@gmail.com at least 3 days prior to each event.

Help us to protect and beautify our public lands,
including Fort Ord National Monument.

Bruce Delgado, City of Marina Mayor and BLM Botanist, helps guide our efforts.
Bring your awesome self, water, garden gloves, a hat, and sunscreen.
This will be an exciting and educational experience!

Contact and information:
John Mott (831) 324-0277
sustainableeastgarrison@gmail.com

Stanford Soil Research in Salinas
2025-11-15 09:00 - 17:00 | Natividad Creek Park, Salinas, 1395 Nogal St., Salinas, CA, 93905, United States
Join youth, community members and
scientists in identifying what is in Salinas
soils! Learn how to use DNA sequencing to
identify the microorganisms in Salinas
soils.

Water Testing & North Salinas River Cleanup
2025-11-16 09:00 - 12:00 | Salinas River, 276 Monte Road, salinas, CA, 93908, United States
Join Monterey WaterKeeper and Save the Whales!. Help test the Salinas River water & pick up trash along the river bed before the rains arrive and wash it into our river! BRING A KAYAK!

Location: 276 Monte Road, Salinas, CA 93908

Green Cadre Natividad creek park garden Workday
2025-11-18 08:00 - 15:30 | Natividad Creek Park, Salinas, 1395 Nogal St., Salinas, CA, 93905, United States
Help your community by working on environmental and community service projects

Green Cadre Gonzales Community Garden Workday
2025-11-19 08:00 - 15:00 | Gonzales Community Garden, Corner of Elko & Fairview Dr, gonzales, CA, United States
