Hold live insects from around the world, make insect inspired art, and try mealworm chocolate chip cookies - for FREE!

Enjoy garden tours, family activities, music, and special presentations while learning how we can support healthy pollinator habitats for butterflies, birds, and other native species across the Bay Area. 

Join us outside the Field Station at Presidio Tunnel Tops to celebrate the diversity of our beloved winged friends!

Attention all dog parents! Come on over to Thrive City for our Paws-itively Summer created for you and your furry best friend!

Join the California Academy of Sciences as we try to find and document all the species we can in the tidepools at Pillar Point as part of the Solstice Sea Star Search!

Get ready to gallop into a day of family-friendly festivities at the upcoming Horse Fair on May 16th, presented by the Portola Valley Trails and Paths Committee.

A salt-marsh harvest mouse, described as the one of the cutest critters ever (we agree), nibbles on a branch of pickleweed. Diminutive black rails, marsh birds no bigger than your fist, scuttle along a channel. Egrets poke, baby fish swim, and Ridgway’s rails cackle at dusk. 

Give your dogs (and family) a rockin’ day to remember at WOOFSTOCK!

Come out and learn about and explore bats in the area. Nor Cal Bats will lead a program featuring live bats! Learn about these animals and their importance in nature and insect control.

Join us for Bark in the Park on Saturday, May 2, from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Rohnert Park Community Center!

The Marine Mammal Center leads the way in marine mammal research. Come learn more about the ways we have been deepening understanding of these incredible animals in recent events!

Use your senses to examine animal tracks, investigate scat, and spot wildlife, all while expanding your knowledge and appreciation of local flora and fauna!

Join SaveNature.Org in this class to explore the tiny worlds that thrive beneath our feet! Our educators will guide you through nature observation, where you will be provided all the tools you need to catch and observe insects and arthropods up close.

Come celebrate spring with the Presidio Riding Club at our annual Spring Round-Up! To secure you spot, please donate via Venmo by searching for @presidioridingclub or scanning the QR code below. The suggested donation amount is $20.

Sheep Shearing Day is one of the San Ramon Historic Foundation’s largest annual events. It is an opportunity for community members of all ages to come together and enjoy a day on the farm while learning and having fun.

Dogs by the Bay is the place for a joyful, dog-friendly celebration in downtown Sausalito.

Join us as we celebrate 30 years of marine education, conservation, and community at Aquarium of the Bay on Saturday, April 18, 2026 for special programs, family activities, and all-day fun throughout the aquarium.

Spring has sprung and it is time for our sheep’s annual “haircuts.”

The Marine Mammal Center leads the way in marine mammal research. Come learn more about the ways we have been deepening understanding of these incredible animals in recent events!

How does wool come off sheep? How does raw wool turn into yarn? Come to the Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday, April 11th and find out!

Join SaveNature.Org in this class to explore the tiny worlds that thrive beneath our feet! Our educators will guide you through nature observation, where you will be provided all the tools you need to catch and observe insects and arthropods up close.

This free public festival includes engaging demonstrations on land stewardship practices, soil and watershed health, reconsidering our waste streams, and sharing of culture. ​

Marin County Farm Day is a free, public event in which more than 30 exhibitors provide hands-on interactive activities targeted for elementary school youth.

We're celebrating the animals that love to travel! Marine mammals like gray whales and northern elephant seals are famous for their epic migrations along the California coast.

We're celebrating the animals that love to travel! Marine mammals like gray whales and northern elephant seals are famous for their epic migrations along the California coast.

Join us to learn more about the elephant seals and gray whales being born right now along the coast!

Like being in nature? Love looking for wildlife? This event is for you! For the first time, Friends of China Camp is taking part in a truly global event: the Great Backyard Bird Count, cosponsored by Cornell Lab, Audubon, and Birds Canada. And we want you to join in the fun, no matter what your birding ability.

About 60 percent of all bird species migrate. In February, most birds are still in their wintering grounds to the south, but some begin to return to the park to nest and raise their young.

Newts return! Each year, the winter rains prompt newts to migrate to the Garden’s Japanese Pool where their mating behaviors can be easily observed.