Scroll down to see the community calendar. Join us at these local events and submit your own! Events & Action Green Home Tour Sustainability Roundtable Environmental Action Coalition Triad Green Job Center Green Business Network Policy & Advocacy Lunch & Learns + Webinars Rethink Waste Community Calendar Saturday, April 20, 2024 Piedmont Earth Day Fair Join Piedmont Environmental Alliance for a celebration of community and the planet - the 2024 Piedmont Earth Day Fair. Enjoy great food and music, activities for adults and kids, and wonderful earth-friendly exhibitors. This event is FREE, including free parking. Rain or shine! Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Locally Rooted Plant Talk Embracing Ecological Landscaping with Native Plants Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Forsyth Creek Week 2024: Composting ABCs Did you know composting is an excellent way to care for our waterways? Celebrate Forsyth Creek Week by learning how to start and maintain your own backyard compost bin or pile. Tuesday, March 19, 2024 EcoSolutions Environmental Movie Night Starring globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists, EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION will take you on a journey - A powerful cinematic feature documentary that opens the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about. Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Climate Justice & Health The Center for Bioethics, Health & Society is hosting Dr. Maureen Kelley as part of the 2024 Speaker Series. The event will be in the ZSR Library Auditorium at 5pm with a light reception to follow. Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Spring Equinox Ritual Join Forest Edge Cearcall for a spring equinox gathering around the fire. The Cearcall community welcomes those of any spiritual tradition or no spiritual tradition to this gathering to mark the start of spring, or the Celtic threshold of Ostara. Thursday, March 21, 2024 Creek Week: The Yadkin River - A Watershed of History Local author and historian Randell Jones will highlight the role of the Yadkin River in the settlement of the North Carolina Piedmont and the role the Yadkin played in the founding of the United States. Saturday, March 23, 2024 Trail Running 101 Curious about trail running but not quite sure where or how to begin? Start the spring with a hop in your step and join this fun “Trail Running 101” event at Piedmont Land Conservancy’s Caraway Creek Preserve. Saturday, March 23, 2024 Tanners Run Creek Clean Up Help kick off Forsyth Creek Week 2024 with a hands on clean up event! Saturday, March 23, 2024 Wild in Ardmore Gardening with Native Plants for Life and Beauty Saturday, March 23, 2024 Forsyth Creek Week 2024: Creek Crawl at Bethania's Black Walnut Bottom NC Sierra Club Foothills Group outings leader Henry Fansler will lead a fun and informative creek crawl along Bethania’s Black Walnut Bottom Trail. Sunday, March 24, 2024 A Guided Walk along Salem Creek at the Gateway Nature Preserve Join Jeremy Reiskind with Gateway Nature Preserve for this guided walk. Learn about local geology, biology & history. During the walk around the Gateway Nature Preserve, we will see how the creek flows and the major features of a meandering stream. Sunday, March 24, 2024 Forsyth Creek Week 2024: A Walking Guide to the Trees of Old Salem Join Adam Tran, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer for N.C. Cooperative Extension, as he leads a tour of Old Salem’s native trees, discussing their role in the landscape, distinguishing characteristics, and both modern-day and historical uses for the wonderful diversity of trees in the Piedmont. Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Bulbs as Companion Plants - Brent Heath, Brent & Becky’s Bulbs Join Reynolda Gardens for this seminar on bulbs as companion plants. Whether you're planning to plant bulbs in a fresh, newly prepared garden, or you are adding them to an existing one, Brent and Becky Heath will have the answers for you! Thursday, March 28, 2024 Blooming Pages: A Gardening Book Club Blooming Pages is a gardening book club. Each month, we will choose one fiction or non-fiction book related to gardening to discuss. In March, we will discuss The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson. Friday, March 29, 2024 Free Leaf Mulch The City of Winston-Salem is giving away free leaf mulch! Friday, March 29, 2024 Free Leaf Mulch The City of Winston-Salem is giving away free leaf mulch! Saturday, March 30, 2024 Community Gardens and Native Pollinator Plants Hands On Workshop Join Matthew Scoggins, Community Gardening Coordinator, for a hands on community gardening demonstration. We'll discuss square foot gardening, site preparation, marketing, volunteer organizing and much more! Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Water Efficient Landscaping Join Reynolda Gardens Sr. Community Educator, Andy Szabat, and learn how to beautify your yard while being water savvy. Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Introduction to Canning Canning season is getting ready to start, are you? Have you ever been interested in preserving your own foods but don't know how to safely can using a pressure canner or which foods can safely be canned using the water bath canning method? 1 2 3 next › last » Submit an Event
Saturday, April 20, 2024 Piedmont Earth Day Fair Join Piedmont Environmental Alliance for a celebration of community and the planet - the 2024 Piedmont Earth Day Fair. Enjoy great food and music, activities for adults and kids, and wonderful earth-friendly exhibitors. This event is FREE, including free parking. Rain or shine!
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Locally Rooted Plant Talk Embracing Ecological Landscaping with Native Plants
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 Forsyth Creek Week 2024: Composting ABCs Did you know composting is an excellent way to care for our waterways? Celebrate Forsyth Creek Week by learning how to start and maintain your own backyard compost bin or pile.
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 EcoSolutions Environmental Movie Night Starring globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists, EATING OUR WAY TO EXTINCTION will take you on a journey - A powerful cinematic feature documentary that opens the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Climate Justice & Health The Center for Bioethics, Health & Society is hosting Dr. Maureen Kelley as part of the 2024 Speaker Series. The event will be in the ZSR Library Auditorium at 5pm with a light reception to follow.
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Spring Equinox Ritual Join Forest Edge Cearcall for a spring equinox gathering around the fire. The Cearcall community welcomes those of any spiritual tradition or no spiritual tradition to this gathering to mark the start of spring, or the Celtic threshold of Ostara.
Thursday, March 21, 2024 Creek Week: The Yadkin River - A Watershed of History Local author and historian Randell Jones will highlight the role of the Yadkin River in the settlement of the North Carolina Piedmont and the role the Yadkin played in the founding of the United States.
Saturday, March 23, 2024 Trail Running 101 Curious about trail running but not quite sure where or how to begin? Start the spring with a hop in your step and join this fun “Trail Running 101” event at Piedmont Land Conservancy’s Caraway Creek Preserve.
Saturday, March 23, 2024 Tanners Run Creek Clean Up Help kick off Forsyth Creek Week 2024 with a hands on clean up event!
Saturday, March 23, 2024 Forsyth Creek Week 2024: Creek Crawl at Bethania's Black Walnut Bottom NC Sierra Club Foothills Group outings leader Henry Fansler will lead a fun and informative creek crawl along Bethania’s Black Walnut Bottom Trail.
Sunday, March 24, 2024 A Guided Walk along Salem Creek at the Gateway Nature Preserve Join Jeremy Reiskind with Gateway Nature Preserve for this guided walk. Learn about local geology, biology & history. During the walk around the Gateway Nature Preserve, we will see how the creek flows and the major features of a meandering stream.
Sunday, March 24, 2024 Forsyth Creek Week 2024: A Walking Guide to the Trees of Old Salem Join Adam Tran, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer for N.C. Cooperative Extension, as he leads a tour of Old Salem’s native trees, discussing their role in the landscape, distinguishing characteristics, and both modern-day and historical uses for the wonderful diversity of trees in the Piedmont.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 Bulbs as Companion Plants - Brent Heath, Brent & Becky’s Bulbs Join Reynolda Gardens for this seminar on bulbs as companion plants. Whether you're planning to plant bulbs in a fresh, newly prepared garden, or you are adding them to an existing one, Brent and Becky Heath will have the answers for you!
Thursday, March 28, 2024 Blooming Pages: A Gardening Book Club Blooming Pages is a gardening book club. Each month, we will choose one fiction or non-fiction book related to gardening to discuss. In March, we will discuss The Seed Keeper by Diane Wilson.
Saturday, March 30, 2024 Community Gardens and Native Pollinator Plants Hands On Workshop Join Matthew Scoggins, Community Gardening Coordinator, for a hands on community gardening demonstration. We'll discuss square foot gardening, site preparation, marketing, volunteer organizing and much more!
Tuesday, April 2, 2024 Water Efficient Landscaping Join Reynolda Gardens Sr. Community Educator, Andy Szabat, and learn how to beautify your yard while being water savvy.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 Introduction to Canning Canning season is getting ready to start, are you? Have you ever been interested in preserving your own foods but don't know how to safely can using a pressure canner or which foods can safely be canned using the water bath canning method?