EVENTS
Upcoming events
Make new friends and make a difference! We have a little something for everyone.
Rewild Garden Design Workshop (SOLD OUT)
Join us for a special Garden Design Workshop with Santa Barbara Botanical Garden’s Scot Pipkin.
Rewild Office Hours - Resource Review
Join us for a special Rewild Office Hours at the Ojai Library.
Onsite Seminar and Panel - A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold
Join the Agora Foundation and the Ojai Valley Land Conservancy for a one-day celebration of Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac. Begin the day with a continental breakfast, followed by insightful presentations and a seminar exploring Leopold’s land ethic. Enjoy a vegetarian lunch, then immerse yourself in an afternoon film screening and a panel discussion on Leopold’s legacy and its relevance to Ojai’s conservation efforts. Panelists and presenters include Andy Gilman, Jon Christensen (UCLA), Richard Knight (CSU), and Tom Maloney (OVLC). Attend the full event, just the lunch, or the film and panel discussion. As Leopold wrote, “Civilization has so cluttered this elemental man-earth relationship… that awareness of it is growing dim.” Let’s reconnect and honor the foundation that supports us all.
Rewild Ojai Native Garden Tour
Join us for our second annual Rewild Ojai Native Garden Tour, featuring eleven superb native plant gardens across the Ojai Valley. From formal gardens to wildflower meadows, see what your neighbors are planting and get inspired!
Docent-Led Hike at Valley View Preserve
Join OVLC Docents Barb and Mike Rugo on Wednesday, January 1 for a docent-led hike at Valley View Preserve.
Community Restoration Day
Bring out the entire family and join the OVLC for a Community Restoration Day!
Native Flora Hike
Seek out the native plants of the Ojai Valley with Sophie McLean, the OVLC Native Plant Specialist.
Fall Native Plant SalE
The fall native plant sale is your chance to get watershed-specific local plants grown in our nursery.
Wreath Workshop
Celebrate the season with OVLC at our native plant wreath making event. Create a wreath while discussing native plants of the Ojai Valley and sustainable harvesting practices.
PARTICIPATE IN THE NEXT PHASE OF THE DESIGN OF THE PARKWAY ECOLOGICAL RESERVE
On November 9th, you will have the chance to see the preliminary design of Parkway Preserve. Tell us, what do you like? What is missing? What do you think of the engineer's options to prevent flooding and protect the community?
The opinions and suggestions gathered from the Avenue Community on June 8th and the general community on August 22nd have been taken into account as we gathered more information about the existing conditions on the site. We have a concept plan to share with the community that has incorporated community input with the results of the engineering flood hazard studies.
Parkway Preserve is located along the Ventura River at 5721 N. Ventura Avenue in West Ventura, just west of the Cañada Larga exit off Hwy 33.
WHEN:
Saturday, November 9, 2024
2:30 pm – 4:30 pm
WHERE:
Bell Arts Factory
432 N. Ventura Avenue, Suite 101, Ventura 93001
(enter from East Prospect Ave.)
We will have printed maps and present the project in Spanish. The children will have arts and crafts activities, and as a thank you for your time and opinion, we will offer tacos and refreshing drinks before the end of the forum.
Sowing and Planting Workshop
Join OVLC's Native Plant Specialist for a planting and seeding workshop on OVLC's Steelhead Preserve.
Volunteer Happy hour at Topa Topa
Celebrate the return of OVLC's Volunteer Events at Topa Topa Brewing!