Learning about different tree species? How in-tree-guing! During this 1 mile walk, we’ll be chattin’ about a handful of trees that reside in the park, and giving you the tools you need to identify species during your future park visits. Beleaf us, it’ll be a great time! This free program will start in front of the Visitor Center and meander down River Trail and back through the Redwood Grove. Hard rain cancels! Hope to see you there! To RSVP click HERE.

Our annual Farm to Fork dinner on the beautiful UC Santa Cruz Farm is a true celebration of the land, centered on connecting with our community over a multi-course meal featuring our own produce, served just steps from the fields where it was grown. The seasonally-focused menu will also be sourced from additional local farms and producers.This dinner is our favorite excuse to bring everyone out to the farm. Whether you'd like to join us for a few seats or host a full table of friends, we would love to have you! Purchase tickets HERE.

Join the UC Master Gardeners of Monterey, San Benito & Santa Cruz Counties for this hands-on summer workshop at the UCSC Arboretum! Classes are free with paid admission, but registration is required to attend. Earth-friendly gardening begins with working with your environment to create landscapes that are beautiful, resilient, and easier to maintain. During this workshop, we’ll learn to: Improve soil structure, encourage beneficial soil life, assess drainage, and choose amendments that support long-term soil health in your yard, containers, or community garden. Classes are free with an Arboretum membership which includes free admission to the gardens as well as a whole host of great benefits. Consider becoming a member today by visiting HERE. Sign up for workshop(s) HERE.

Are you permaculture curious? Maybe you’ve heard the term, but don’t quite get what it’s all about? Organic gardening or something? Is there more to it? And what’s unique about the Santa Cruz Permaculture approach?Permaculture design is a method of landscape planning that can be applied to anything, from a home garden or farm to a city block or entire village. Get all your permaculture questions answered in this 60-minute live session. We’ll discuss what permaculture is and isn’t and how it fits into the global approach to societal change. We’ll also explore how permaculture can apply to your life, land and community. We’ll briefly discuss critiques of permaculture, and how we navigate the space with our online community, blog, and, permaculture farm. More info and signup HERE.

The Ocean Film Festival World Tour, now in its 13th year, is set to make a splash across the globe in 2026, returning with a powerful and visually stunning line-up of films that celebrate the ocean from every angle — above the surface, beneath the waves, and deep into the stories that connect us all to the sea. The 2026 season continues the festival’s mission to share ocean stories that move, inspire and connect audiences. Join us when the doors open at 6 pm for a pint of Sante Adairius. A portion of proceeds will benefit Save our Shores. Info and tickets HERE.

Some family fun is around the corner, and we hope you’ll join us for our annual farm festival. We’ll come together to celebrate the harvest season and our farm’s abundance while we kick up our heels (okay, more likely our boots!), enjoy local food trucks, beverages, snow cones, farm stand goodies, and more. This year, we invite you to join us to see all the changes we’ve made at Common Roots, including raising our new barn. We are about halfway through and invite you to help us get it done so that people with disabilities don’t have to spend another winter away from Common Roots because we don’t have indoor space. More INFO.