Our native plant of the month is common yarrow! Yarrow is a great drought resistant native plant to add to your garden or any outdoor space that can handle a variety of sun and water conditions.

Our native plant of the month is coyote mint. Learn how to grow this pollinator plant in your own garden!

Join us and volunteer outside to get your hands dirty, breathe fresh air, and make a difference in your local green spaces to help create a healthy planet! We’ve got 8 tips on how to prepare for your next volunteer day!

We have put together a list of staff book recommendations specially curated for the grassroots action curious person like you.

Our staff have picked their favorite podcasts and Ted Talks that inspire them to care for plant and human communities. Give them a listen, and let the inspiration flow through you!

A bit of exploration shows how much biodiversity there is to be found within a developed suburban community, even if not obvious at first glance.

Slender salamanders, downy woodpeckers, striped skunks, glowworms, king snakes, water pennies…These are just 6 of over 60 species of wildlife we’ve seen with our own eyes at Hendrys Creek since we began our habitat restoration work there in 2017.

Cooley Landing’s location on the bay shore makes this open space a great place to see changing tides. On December 4th of last year, we were able to see an even more staggering difference in tide levels at our King Tide Naturalist Walk.

La ubicación de Cooley Landing en la orilla de la bahía hace que este espacio abierto sea un gran lugar para ver las mareas cambiantes. El 4 de diciembre del año pasado, pudimos ver una diferencia aún más asombrosa en los niveles de las mareas en nuestra caminata naturalista Mareas Reales.

We are proud to announce our 3-year Action Plan for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), which will guide us as we work to engage and sustain a more socially diverse stewardship community. This plan is a reflection of the contributions and support of every staff and board member at Grassroots Ecology, many of whom devoted countless hours to this effort.

The October atmospheric river that combined with a “Bomb Cyclone” caused flooding throughout our urban and suburban infrastructure, increasing the severity of the flood event.

If you are looking to help mitigate flooding in your local neighborhood and/or creeks here are three GSI solutions that you can implement at home or share with your local city council:

It’s an exciting time at our Native Plant Nursery as we prepare to send off thousands of our young plants to more solid ground.

Since reopening our community workdays this fall, we have hosted more than a dozen volunteer events that turned out over 500 people!

One of the joys of interning at Grassroots Ecology is chasing butterflies through fields!

Do you know where you can find over 100 native animal species in downtown Redwood City? Believe it or not, the answer is right downtown!

Down by the creek below Westwind Barn in Los Altos Hills, habitat is flourishing again. In just three years, our staff and volunteers have transformed a creekside area below Westwind’s horse paddocks and stables into a thriving mosaic of native vegetation.

Our Youth Stewards program gives local students the opportunity to safely connect with one another, learn about nature, and make a positive impact in their community. Over the last 14 months, our Youth Stewards had the opportunity to experience and learn about nature in person at a time when most school and summer programs were online.

Meet our three Climate Fellows making a difference this summer

We are excited to announce that in the past few months two new Board members have joined our team: Michael Wu and Casey Mullins.

It’s officially fire pre-season in California. With our minds on both fire safety and ecosystem health, our staff are working with local parks and open space departments to help them plan their mowing schedules to achieve fuel load reduction goals.

Sea levels are on the rise all over the globe, including on our local shorelines. Learn about what sea level rise looks like at Cooley Landing and what we are doing to adapt.