C4SM Broom Bash Sunday Series
2026-09-27 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-25 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | 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

MAS Thurs Community Garden Workday
2026-10-01 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-08 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-15 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-22 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-10-29 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-11-05 15:00 - 17:00 | Monterey Adult School, 1295 La Salle Ave, Seaside, 93955, United States
Join us each Thursday at the Community Garden at the Monterey Adult School in Seaside, 1295 La Salle Avenue, from 3 pm to 5 pm.
Volunteers will take part in planting natives, watering, weeding, and creating “rain sponges” to capture, spread, and sink the rain. Be sure to check in at the front office before you head to the garden. 🏡👩🏼‍🌾🌿

C4SM Hilltop Park Maintenance
2026-10-01 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-10-08 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-10-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-10-22 17:30 - 19:00, 2026-10-29 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
2026-10-03 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-10-10 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-10-17 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-10-24 09:00 - 13:00, 2026-10-31 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
2026-10-03 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-10 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-17 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-24 10:00 - 12:00, 2026-10-31 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 or visit https://FriendsOfSeasideParks.org. Workday locations 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 Pollinator Habitat Workdays – each Saturday, rain or shine.
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.

Monterey Waterkeeper’s 2026 Garden Party!
2026-10-03 16:30 - 18:30 | PG Museum of Natural History, 165 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove, CA, 93950, United States
Enjoy local wines, small bites, live music, and conversations with old and new supporters of clean water. Please join Monterey Waterkeeper for our annual fundraiser on Saturday, October 3rd from 4:30-6:30pm at the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History in the Native Plant Garden. Our leadership supporters make it possible for Monterey Waterkeeper to advance long-term solutions for clean water, protect vulnerable waterways, and ensure all communities have access to safe and affordable drinking water. Sponsorship support extends far beyond a single event – it strengthens year-round advocacy, education, and restoration efforts across the region.

C4SM Broom Bash Friday Series
2026-10-09 10:00 - 12:00 | Fort Ord National Monument, Marina, CA, 93933, United States

Climate Café Monterey Monthly Gathering
2026-10-10 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
2026-10-11 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
2026-10-11 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!

Ensen Community Park Monthly Clean-up
2026-10-17 10:30 - 11:30 | Ensen Park, 99 La Posada Drive, Salinas, CA, 99 La Posada Drive, Salinas, 93906, United States
Monthly Park Clean-up
Saturday, June 20
10:30am – 11:30am
Ensen Community Park, Salinas
Visit the event website for more details. REGISTER

Let’s come together the third Saturday of each month month to clean up our local park and make our community a better place for everyone!
Join Big Sur Land Trust and Friends of Ensen Community Park Volunteers for our Monthly Park Clean-up at Ensen Community Park!

Agenda:
10:15 AM – 10:40 AM: Volunteer Check-in
10:40 AM – 11:30 AM: Park Clean-up
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM: Stay and enjoy the park

What we’ll provide:

Gloves and tools
Coffee and light breakfast items
Optional post-clean-up activities, which may include visits to the Native Plant Demonstration Garden or nature-themed arts and crafts

What to Bring:

Comfortable clothes and warm layers
Reusable water bottle and personal snacks
Bring gloves if you have them

Sea Weed Festival
2026-10-24 09:00 - 17:00 | Custom House Plaza, 20 Custom House Plaza, Monterey, CA, 93940, United States
The California Seaweed Festival is a free, family-friendly event celebrating the seaweed diversity of California! The festival showcases seaweed ecology as well as applications in art, cooking, farming, science, sustainable technology, and conservation. The California Seaweed Festival is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Monterey Bay is one of the most biodiverse marine ecosystems on Earth. Its underwater forests of kelp and other seaweeds support an incredible web of life, from sea otters to abalone to the communities that steward this coast. This year’s festival invites everyone to Dive In.
Join researchers, innovators, chefs, and ocean advocates for a day of talks, demos, seaweed tastings, and hands-on exploration of the science, culture, and future of macroalgae.
At a moment when kelp forests along the Monterey Peninsula have dramatically declined, the festival is both a celebration of ocean biodiversity and an invitation to cultivate ocean abundance together.
Come curious. Leave inspired.
The festival moves to a different coastal location each year, so, every festival is unique, and carefully crafted to showcase how seaweed and ocean ecology intersect and support the coastal communities.
Learn from businesses, educational institutions, government entities, indigenous groups, non-profits, artists, food producers and craftspeople in the community as they showcase the complex relationships between California’s seaweeds, and communities.
Each year’s festival is a new adventure!
