Meet LandPaths - Sharing Our Love Of Nature Every Step Of The Way

LandPaths' IOOBY program (In Our Own Backyard) marked 11 years of environmental education programming in Sonoma County, celebrating teachers, volunteers, and partners for all they do to help over 700 students around the county "adopt", explore, learn about and steward a local open space property. 

Bree and Lansia, IOOBY director and assistant director, showed slides from the field visits, capturing some of the many moments and quotes of kids connecting with the outdoors.

To learn more about IOOBY, click here: http://www.landpaths.org/index.cfm/page/Get-Kids-Outside-In-Our-Own-Backyard

Bayer Farm - growing local food and community leaders like LandPaths volunteer Ivan Chang (thanks Ivan!).  Read more in this write-up in the Press Democrat  - and then lend a hand on the farm this Friday, May 14, 2-5pm!

Kick off the iGROW weekend at Bayer Farm!  Grab your sun hat, shovel, friends and family to participate in a garden workday filled with activities for all ages. Help LandPaths and Conservation Corps North Bay as we install a habitat garden, make garden flags, plant the summer teaching garden, and clean-up potential hazards at Bayer Farm in Roseland. Following the afternoon of working in the garden we will celebrate Bayer Farm and the Roseland Community with snacks and live entertainment from the local group the Imaginists!

Friday, May 14 - 2-5pm at Bayer Farm in Roseland (1550 West Avenue, Santa Rosa - visit link for map)

For more information and to RSVP contact Conservation Corps North Bay at (415) 884-3524 or email takingroot.bayerfarm@gmail.com or contact LandPaths at 707-544-7284 x11.

Bayer Farm was one of over 600 gardens planted on May 15/16 as part of the 350 Garden Challenge, a grassroots effort to highlight existing and inspire new edible, waterwise landscapes across Sonoma County.  Projects included over one hundred wine barrel "salsa gardens" in low-income households, lawn-to-food transformations, and a container garden at the board of supervisors' office.

For more on the success of this effort, ongoing goals, or if you haven't yet registered your garden, visit iGROW Sonoma http://www.igrowsonoma.org/350_garden_challenge or click here for Press Democrat coverage.