Bye Lawn, High Desert! How Turf Rebates Can Help

Online Event

Are you looking to update your landscape and save water? The City of Bend Water Conservation program is offering a Turf Removal Rebate to convert thirsty lawns into low water use landscapes. The result is a gorgeous High Desert landscape that provides a colorful, biodiverse, pollinator-friendly, and waterwise alternative to traditional lawns! In this webinar,…

Free

The BuildRight Roadshow

20545 Murray Rd 20545 Murray Rd, Bend, OR, United States

Join us for a morning of learning - Earn 4 hours of CCB CE Credits Presented by: Builders FirstSource - READY-FRAME Presenters: RON NUTTALL Advanced Framing As energy codes become stricter, builders and designers are seeking options for energy-efficient construction that maintain strength, durability, sustainability, and costeffectiveness. One effective solution is advanced framing, a system…

Bye Lawn, High Desert! How Turf Rebates Can Help

Online Event

Are you looking to update your landscape and save water? The City of Bend Water Conservation program is offering a Turf Removal Rebate to convert thirsty lawns into low water use landscapes. The result is a gorgeous High Desert landscape that provides a colorful, biodiverse, pollinator-friendly, and waterwise alternative to traditional lawns! In this webinar,…

Free

Hosting Native Bees Webinar

Online Event

Sponsored by OSU’s 10 minute university, this free webinar will help you understand native bees and host them in your garden. Register here!

Event Series Happy Hour in the Garden

Happy Hour in the Garden

The Environmental Center 16 NW Kansas Avenue, Bend, OR

Join us in our Kansas Avenue Learning Garden for our ongoing volunteer work party series. In 2022, volunteers contributed over 200 hours to help keep our learning garden maintained over the growing season. We couldn't do it without you! This event is open to all ages and gardening abilities! No experience or tools required. Beer…

Whychus Creek Watershed Speaker Series: Learn About Your Home Waters

Sisters Public Library 110 N Cedar St, Sisters, OR, United States

Co-presented by the Upper Deschutes Watershed Council, a six-part informational speaker series about Whychus Creek and its watershed. Learn about Whychus Creek's history, hydrology, water quality, habitat conditions, native fish, recreation, conservation, and stream restoration. There are five classroom sessions and one full-day field trip. Field trip date will be determined during the series. Classroom…

$49

School of Ranch – Seed Start Basics

Redmond, Oregon

It all starts with a seed! At this hands-on workshop you’ll learn the “when”, “where”, “why” and “how” of seed starting. You’ll leave knowing how to successfully prepare for and start plants from seeds, as well as how to care for your seedlings from germination to transplanting. Each participant will go home with a personally…

$40

Cultivating Partnerships: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Science in Land Stewardship

Tower Theatre 835 NW Wall St., Bend, OR, United States

Experience an enlightening evening with Dr. Cristina Eisenberg as she delves into ecocultural restoration and the fusion of Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Western Science in land stewardship. ONDA Stewardship Director Gena Goodman-Campbell will explore current ONDA initiatives to restore Oregon's high desert and foster partnerships with the region’s tribes. Buy tickets in Bend. --- We are…

$10