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All upcoming Town meetings are listed below in chronological order. If you are interested in a particular committee or commission meeting, please use the drop down box to select that committee. Adopted minutes for prior Council and commission meetings are available by clicking on "All Past" link below.

Drought Action Day

Portola Valley & Woodside Tackle Water Crisis by Hosting Drought Action Day

 

Drought Action Day

Saturday, October 18th 10 am to 3 pm

Portola Valley Town Center 

Enter our Water Saver Contest to see if you are a Water Conservation Champ! Deadline extended to October 15th! Click here for instructions and entry form.

HIGHLIGHTS

* Gift for First 100 Portola Valley/Woodside families!

* Free Raffle Ticket for a chance to win a 60-gallon Rainwater Harvesting Barrel!

* Compost Giveaway starting at 10 am (2 bags per family, while supplies last in Historic Schoolhouse Parking Lot)

* Kid-friendly brown bag lunch and adult lunches for purchase!

 

SPEAKERS

11 am:

  • Tom Bressen, Owner, Urban Farmer Store – Greywater Pragmatics
  • Jesse Frohlich, Owner, BlueBarrel Rainwater Catchment Systems – Rainwater Harvesting Pragmatics

Noon:

  • Peigi Duvall, Founder, Indig Design – Landscaping with Drought Tolerant Native Plants
  • Frank Niccoli, Founder, The Village Gardener, Instructor at Foothill and Merritt Colleges – Smart Irrigation/Smart Controllers

1 pm:

  • Sherry Osaka, Founder, Sustainable Landscape Designs – Landscape Design in the Drought
  • Terry Lyngso, Owner, Lyngso Materials, RWC – Soil Health Can Help You Through the Drought


WORKSHOP

10:30 am & 1 pm: Plant Your Own Native Container Garden led by Miriam Sachs Martin

Bring your own container, maximum size 12” wide by 10” high

Attendance Limited. Sign ups required: http://plant-a-pot.eventbrite.com

 

ARE YOU A WINNER? CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCEMENTS!

12:50 pm: Winners of the mail-in Household Water Conservation Champ Contest

2:30 pm: Winners of the On-Site Drought Action Day Outdoor Use Water Conservation Champ

3 pm: Winner of the 60 gallon RainWater Barrel Raffle from Urban Farmer

 

DEMONSTRATIONS

  • Irrigation Materials Choices
  • Walk Through Hydrozoning

 

HANDS ON AND INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES

  • Bring your Water Bill (paper or electronic) – We will calculate your outdoor water use. Maybe you are a Champ?

 

FUN FOR KIDS

  • Interactive Watershed Model
  • Tinker Lab
  • Microscopic Pond Life
  • Insect Hunt
  • Sun Prints and Leaf Rubbings
  • Explore the Creek

 

EXHIBITS AND VENDORS

  • Acterra
  • BlueBarrel
  • Bushman
  • CalWater
  • Delta Bluegrass
  • Greenwaste Compost Giveaway
  • Ladera Garden Center – succulents
  • Lyngso Garden Materials
  • OnPoint Ecosystem
  • Portola Valley Conservation Committee
  • Portola Valley Nature and Science Committee
  • Portola Valley Sustainability Committee
  • Seth Wright Irrigation Contractor
  • Tuolumne River Trust
  • Urban Farmer Store, SF
  • Woodside Fire Department
  • Yerba Buena Nursery

 

Sponsors: Portola Valley Nature & Science Committee, Portola Valley Water Conservation Task Force, Town of Woodside, Acterra


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