Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
Cesar Chavez Day Cleanup
Join us for a community cleanup in honor of Cesar Chavez’s Birthday! Volunteers are invited to help keep this area clean and safe for our community by picking up litter and pulling harmful invasive weeds throughout the park. Learn more about where you live, meet new people, get community service hours, and help protect our natural areas. All are welcome to this family friendly event! Click here to register for this event!
Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Docents of Native Species (DONS) CANCELLED!
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30.
Marina Dunes Planting!
Join us as we partner with Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District to restore critical dune habitat at Marina Dunes Preserve. Volunteers are needed to help plant native plants in this beautiful park. This is an all ages event.
Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
CSUMB Day of Giving!
We are super excited to be included this year in CSU Monterey Bay's Day of Giving campaign--one day only-Wednesday, March 12. Please follow the link to learn more and to give support for our work.
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
Get off the beaten path and explore the edge of believable with some of the best films from the 2024 Banff Centre Mountain Film and Book Festival as it brings these captivating and moving stories to the big screen to the Golden State Theatre, on March 8th, 2025, at 7PM. Stand on the highest peaks, ski the steepest slopes and be a part of the adventures in this year’s World Tour.
For ticket information, call 831-649-1070 or visit https://goldenstatetheatre.com
For sponsorship information, email Christina McKnew
All proceeds for this event will benefit the host, Habitat Stewardship Project Monterey Bay!
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30.
Fort Ord National Monument Planting (3/1/25)
Join us as we restore critical maritime chaparral habitat at Fort Ord National Monument. Get an up close view of this beautiful area while planting native plants at this family friendly community event. Tools, gloves, and snacks provided. Follow signs starting from the Central Coast Veteran’s Cemetery, down Parker Flats rd.
*15 minute drive past 425 Parker Flats Cut Off Rd, through the barricade. Speed limit is 25mph. Exact meeting location here
Docents of Native Species (DONS) (Copy)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
Marina Dunes Planting!
Join us as we partner with Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District to restore critical dune habitat at Marina Dunes Preserve. Volunteers are needed to help plant native plants in this beautiful park. This is an all ages event.
Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Natividad Creek Park OEP Community Garden and Clean-up
Please join Habitat Stewardship Project for our park cleanup and environmental equity event. Volunteers are invited to help keep this area clean and safe for our community by picking up litter, pruning shrubs, and pulling harmful invasive weeds throughout the park. Learn more about where you live, meet new people, get community service hours, and help protect our natural areas. All are welcome to this family friendly event!
Snacks, water and tools provided. Bring reusable water bottle if possible.
Please sign the WAIVER beforehand
Docents of Native Species (DONS) (Copy)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
Fort Ord National Monument Planting (2/15/22)
Join us as we restore critical maritime chaparral habitat at Fort Ord National Monument. Get an up close view of this beautiful area while planting native plants at this family friendly community event. Tools, gloves, and snacks provided. Follow signs starting from the Central Coast Veteran’s Cemetery, down Parker Flats rd.
*15 minute drive past 425 Parker Flats Cut Off Rd, through the barricade. Speed limit is 25mph. Exact meeting location here
Central Coast Wetlands Group planting with HSPMB
Join us as we partner with Central Coast Wetlands Group to plant a beautiful wetland in Castroville! A great service opportunity for the whole family. Snacks, Gloves, and tools provided.
CANCELLED! - CSUMB Campus Planting Event!
Join HSP for an afternoon of planting native plants at the CSUMB campus. Learn more about native plants, meet new people, get community service hours, and help protect and restore our natural areas! All are welcome to this family friendly event!
Snacks, water and tools will be provided. Bring reusable water bottle if possible.
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30.
Fort Ord National Monument Planting (2/8/25)
Join us as we restore critical maritime chaparral habitat at Fort Ord National Monument. Get an up close view of this beautiful area while planting native plants at this family friendly community event. Tools, gloves, and snacks provided. Follow signs starting from the Central Coast Veteran’s Cemetery, down Parker Flats rd. Exact meeting location here
Central Coast Wetlands group planting with HSPMB
Join us as we partner with Central Coast Wetlands Group to plant a beautiful wetland in Castroville! A great service opportunity for the whole family. Snacks, Gloves, and tools provided.
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30.
Marina Dunes Planting!
Join us as we partner with Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District to restore critical dune habitat at Marina Dunes Preserve. Volunteers are needed to help plant native plants in this beautiful park. This is an all ages event. Tools, gloves, and snacks will be provided.
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
Fort Ord National Monument Planting
Join us as we restore critical maritime chaparral habitat at Fort Ord National Monument. Get an up close view of this beautiful area while planting native plants at this family friendly community event. Tools, gloves, and snacks provided. Follow signs starting from the Central Coast Veteran’s Cemetery, down Parker Flats rd. Exact meeting location here
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
CANCELLED! - Marina Dunes Planting!
CANCELLED: Due to the ongoing fire at the Energy Storage Facility in Moss Landing, we have decided to cancel this Saturday event. Current wind forecasts show that wind would be blowing from the fire location towards our event on Saturday morning so out of an abundance of caution we are choosing to postpone. Please check our calendar for other upcoming events including the next Marina Dunes event on February 1st! Than you for understanding.
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
Upper Carr Lake Bird Count and Clean-up Event
Come join us at Upper Carr Lake in Salinas for a morning of restoration and bird-watching. This is a family friendly event! Tools, snacks, and water are provided!
Docents of Native Species (DONS)
Join us at the HSPMB Nursery to help with propagation, transplanting, and general plant care every Tuesday 10:30-12:30. Click here to sign your waiver!
CANCELLED! Restoration and Wreath-making Event!
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER! Join us as we clean up Natividad Creek Park with the local community. We will be removing litter from the waterway and park, clearing weeds, and if the weather permits, we will plant some native pollinator plants. We will also be making wreaths using native plant material! A great family event; all ages welcome!
Tools, water, and snacks provided! Click here to register for the event!
Marina Dunes Planting Event!
Come join us at the Marina Dunes Preserve for a morning of planting native dune plants! We will be outside so come prepared for the weather. Put on your adventure cap and join us for this is a family friendly event!
Tools, snacks, and supplies are provided.
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