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Landscape Contractor Training
Oct
24

Landscape Contractor Training

  • Saturday, October 24, 2026
  • 8:15 AM 3:30 PM
  • East Boulder Recreation Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

The City of Boulder in partnership with Wildfire Partners, PACE and CSU Extension, is offering a full-day training to help landscape professionals deliver climate-resilient, wildfire-aware and water-wise landscapes that align with city standards.

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Roots a Belonging: Connecting with Nature Through Shared Experiences
Oct
24

Roots a Belonging: Connecting with Nature Through Shared Experiences

  • Saturday, October 24, 2026
  • 10:00 AM 1:00 PM
  • Bear Canyon Trailhead (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a multi-cultural hike led by bilingual naturalists Juanita and David, and connect with your wild, natural, and human neighbors.

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COhere 2026 Closing
Oct
25

COhere 2026 Closing

  • Sunday, October 25, 2026
  • 4:00 PM 8:00 PM
  • The Riverside (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join as we close out the 10-day container of COhere 2026 with stories, dialogue about where we go from here, dinner, and live music from Los Mocochetes!

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Virtual Firefly Symposium 2026: Science, Conservation, and Education
Oct
27

Virtual Firefly Symposium 2026: Science, Conservation, and Education

  • Tuesday, October 27, 2026
  • 10:00 AM 1:00 PM
  • Online/ Virtual (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation for a free, three-day virtual symposium on fireflies in the United States and Canada. Each day of the symposium will feature 5-6 webinar presentations. Presentation topics include firefly biology, community science, conservation and management, firefly tourism, and educational programming.



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Indigenous Nourishment: Chia, Piñon, and Serviceberry
Oct
27

Indigenous Nourishment: Chia, Piñon, and Serviceberry

  • Tuesday, October 27, 2026
  • 5:30 PM 6:30 PM
  • Growing Gardens (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Explore the nutritional qualities and traditional uses of chia, piñon, serviceberries while learning about their connections to Indigenous foodways. 

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Shark Stories, Reducing Roadkill, Conservation That Pays, and Garden in a Box - CU Master’s Students’ Capstone Showcase
Oct
27

Shark Stories, Reducing Roadkill, Conservation That Pays, and Garden in a Box - CU Master’s Students’ Capstone Showcase

  • Tuesday, October 27, 2026
  • 7:15 PM 8:45 PM
  • Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join BCAS for our first Masters of the Environment (MENV) Capstone Showcase on October 27. Hear from University of Colorado Boulder graduate students as they share the results of year-long projects with real-world partners.

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CU Boulder Masters of the Environment Student Showcase
Oct
27

CU Boulder Masters of the Environment Student Showcase

  • Tuesday, October 27, 2026
  • 7:15 PM 8:45 PM
  • Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for our first ever CU Boulder student showcase! Students from the Masters of the Environment program will present their capstone projects. Each student group is partnering with a local natural resource nonprofit or land management agency for their project.

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Bogland Discussion and Book Signing with Author Merrit R. Turetsky
Oct
29

Bogland Discussion and Book Signing with Author Merrit R. Turetsky

  • Thursday, October 29, 2026
  • 6:30 PM 8:00 PM
  • Boulder Bookstore (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Merritt R. Turetsky will speak about and sign her new book, Bogland: The Secret World That Defies Death and Protects Life, on Thursday, October 29th at 6:30pm, at Boulder Bookstore.

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Boulder Sister Cities Climate Series: The Dushanbe Teahouse
Oct
30

Boulder Sister Cities Climate Series: The Dushanbe Teahouse

  • Friday, October 30, 2026
  • 11:00 AM 1:30 PM
  • 5880 Baseline Road Boulder, Colorado, 80303 (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

How does mountain water connect us to our Sister City, Dushanbe, in Tajikistan? Join us on this easy-paced 1.5-mile walk and find out.

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Boulder County Water Development Seminar: Past, Present, and Future
Oct
31

Boulder County Water Development Seminar: Past, Present, and Future

  • Saturday, October 31, 2026
  • 8:00 AM 12:00 PM
  • Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Boulder County Nature Association invites everyone to a seminar exploring the challenges and future of our region's water resources.

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Flatirons Farmers Coalition - 2026 Hoe Down
Nov
7

Flatirons Farmers Coalition - 2026 Hoe Down

  • Saturday, November 7, 2026
  • 5:00 PM 10:00 PM
  • Treehouse Farm Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This season has been brutal - persistent drought, irrigation limits, crushing heat waves, and we are changing things up at this event to give our community a much-needed space to be nourished, cherished, and in community.

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Avoiding the worst outcomes of climate change on forest ecosystems: how are we doing in Colorado?
Nov
10

Avoiding the worst outcomes of climate change on forest ecosystems: how are we doing in Colorado?

  • Tuesday, November 10, 2026
  • 7:00 PM 9:00 PM
  • Boulder Rural Fire Rescue Station (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Tom Veblen, PhD, CU Distinguished Professor Emeritus, will discuss the status of forest ecosystems and how we might avoid the worst outcomes of climate change in Colorado.

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Scenes from a Cemetery: Plant Edition
Nov
11

Scenes from a Cemetery: Plant Edition

  • Wednesday, November 11, 2026
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Online/virtual (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn about the diversity of plants found in cemeteries around the United States.

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Mexican Meets Western Herbalism
Nov
15

Mexican Meets Western Herbalism

  • Sunday, November 15, 2026
  • 11:00 AM 1:00 PM
  • Nyland Cohousing Commonhouse (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Explore the meeting place between Mexican herbal traditions and Western herbalism. Drawing from Mexican folk medicine, curanderismo, and Western clinical herbalism, we’ll explore how plants have long been understood as practical medicines as well as part of a larger relationship between people, place, food, and healing.

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Nov
15

2026 Youth Pollinator Summit

  • Sunday, November 15, 2026
  • 12:00 PM 4:00 PM
  • University of Colorado Museum of Natural History (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for the Youth Pollinator Summit—an opportunity for teens to explore pollinators, biodiversity, and hands-on conservation alongside experts and peers. Summit takes place on Sunday, November 15th from 12-4pm at CU's Museum of Natural History. It is FREE. It is open to ages 13-18.

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11th Annual Colorado Pollinator Summit
Nov
19
to Nov 20

11th Annual Colorado Pollinator Summit

  • Thu, Nov 19, 2026 8:00 AM Fri, Nov 20, 2026 3:00 PM
  • Williams Village North Hall (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Save the date for the 11th Annual Pollinator Summit!



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Ask the Experts! How to Spread the Word About Pollinators
Dec
1

Ask the Experts! How to Spread the Word About Pollinators

  • Tuesday, December 1, 2026
  • 11:00 AM 12:00 PM
  • Online/ Virtual (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This Ask the Experts live panel will focus on how to spread the word about the importance of pollinators and inspire people to take action.

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Reading the Market for Plant Trends - PlantTalk Colorado
Dec
9

Reading the Market for Plant Trends - PlantTalk Colorado

  • Wednesday, December 9, 2026
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Online/virtual (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Learn about the behind-the-scenes process of selecting new plants for nursery production.

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No Tricks, Just Treats: Why Spiders Belong in Your Garden
Oct
22

No Tricks, Just Treats: Why Spiders Belong in Your Garden

  • Thursday, October 22, 2026
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Online/ Virtual (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join PPAN and the Butterfly Pavilion on October 22nd from 12-1pm via Zoom to explore the role spiders play in our gardens and their connections to pollinators and the wider ecosystem.

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COhere - Dinner Table Economics
Oct
21

COhere - Dinner Table Economics

  • Wednesday, October 21, 2026
  • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
  • Hawk's Nest (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A loving dinner gathering is a map of a healthy economy.

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Bats in the Backyard with Bat Conservation International - Wild Ones National Webinar
Oct
21

Bats in the Backyard with Bat Conservation International - Wild Ones National Webinar

  • Wednesday, October 21, 2026
  • 5:00 PM 6:00 PM
  • Online/ Virtual (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Wild Ones and experts from Bat Conservation International to explore how native plants, healthy insect populations, and thoughtful landscape choices can help support North America’s night flyers.

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COhere - Fall Farm Tour and Team
Oct
20

COhere - Fall Farm Tour and Team

  • Tuesday, October 20, 2026
  • 5:15 PM 6:15 PM
  • Milk and Honey Farm, Boulder JCC (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an end-of-season farm tour of our Jewish-community, educational, sustainable farm. We will tour our greenhouse, educational garden, no-till vegetable donation field, and meet the goats. Hear about our many efforts to build the earth's soil and the earth's people. We'll also make herbal tea straight from the garden.

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We can all be more like trees: The forest ecosystem as a model for thriving neighborhoods || COhere
Oct
20

We can all be more like trees: The forest ecosystem as a model for thriving neighborhoods || COhere

  • Tuesday, October 20, 2026
  • 2:00 PM 3:00 PM
  • North of Ordinary Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an interactive workshop where we’ll use the wisdom of the forest to understand what could create a resilient human community.

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COhere - Nature Sit and Story Share
Oct
20

COhere - Nature Sit and Story Share

  • Tuesday, October 20, 2026
  • 8:00 AM 9:00 AM
  • Eben G Fine Part (West End) (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

A morning practice, led by Akavish, where you find a sit spot and observe the life moving around you. Come together after and share stories of your noticings.

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People of the Sacred Land: Film Screening + Dialogue (COhere Boulder)
Oct
19

People of the Sacred Land: Film Screening + Dialogue (COhere Boulder)

  • Monday, October 19, 2026
  • 5:30 PM 7:30 PM
  • Naropa Cultural Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

PEOPLE of the SACRED LAND (2026, 32 min) follows Richard Willams (Oglala Lakota, Northern Cheyenne) as he recounts the findings of the Truth, Restoration, and Education Commission (TREC) of Colorado’s TREC Reports

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Boulder/Broomfield Counties Seed Cleaning Social
Oct
18

Boulder/Broomfield Counties Seed Cleaning Social

  • Sunday, October 18, 2026
  • 1:00 PM 3:00 PM
  • NoBo Branch Library (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Wild Ones Front Range for a seed cleaning event.

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Climatique Free Market
Oct
17

Climatique Free Market

  • Saturday, October 17, 2026
  • 10:00 AM 1:00 PM
  • YWCA (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Climatique for a free market! Bring things you want to part with, bring skills you want to share with others, and take home what you want for free!

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Honoring Water - A Guided Morning Practice, part of COhere 2026
Oct
16

Honoring Water - A Guided Morning Practice, part of COhere 2026

  • Friday, October 16, 2026
  • 9:00 AM 10:00 PM
  • Martin Park (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Angelique, a water protector from Commerce City will be joining us in Boulder to guide us in a morning practice to connect with our local waters.

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COhere Opening 2026
Oct
15

COhere Opening 2026

  • Thursday, October 15, 2026
  • 5:30 PM 8:30 PM
  • The Riverside (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for the third annual COhere Kickoff at the Riverside! This is the best way to orient to the heart of COhere: building relationships, local knowledge, and a deeper sense of belonging to the place we call home.

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Spooky Plant Pathogens: Creepy Cases from the Garden - PlantTalk Colorado
Oct
14

Spooky Plant Pathogens: Creepy Cases from the Garden - PlantTalk Colorado

  • Wednesday, October 14, 2026
  • 12:00 PM 1:00 PM
  • Online/virtual (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join CSU experts for a dive into the world of plant diseases

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The National Ecological Observation Network (NEON) and the work they do presented by Michael Griffin NEON botanist.
Oct
13

The National Ecological Observation Network (NEON) and the work they do presented by Michael Griffin NEON botanist.

  • Tuesday, October 13, 2026
  • 7:00 PM 8:30 PM
  • Boulder Rural Fire Rescue Station (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Michael Griffin, a botanist with the National Ecological Observation Network (NEON), will discuss his work with NEON. Michael has been collecting data in field sites around Colorado's Front Range and Eastern Plains for NEON for several years.

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Oct
13

Plastics, Policies, and Play: An all-ages event to shape Boulder's approach to single-use plastics.

  • Tuesday, October 13, 2026
  • 5:30 PM 7:30 PM
  • Junkyard Social (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

An all-ages event to shape Boulder’s approach to single-use plastics

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Teen Naturalists: A Glimpse at a Unique Boulder Habitat - White Rocks Nature Preserve
Oct
10

Teen Naturalists: A Glimpse at a Unique Boulder Habitat - White Rocks Nature Preserve

  • Saturday, October 10, 2026
  • 12:00 PM 2:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Dave Sutherland on a special Teens focused trip to White Rocks Nature Preserve

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CU Boulder Sustainability Research Summit
Oct
8
to Oct 9

CU Boulder Sustainability Research Summit

  • Thu, Oct 8, 2026 9:00 AM Fri, Oct 9, 2026 5:00 PM
  • University Memorial Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

CU Boulder Sustainability Research Summit, Oct 8–9, 2026: a free public event showcasing the breadth and depth of sustainability research.

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Growing Gardens Community Harvest Festival
Oct
7

Growing Gardens Community Harvest Festival

  • Wednesday, October 7, 2026
  • 3:30 PM 6:30 PM
  • Growing Gardens (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Come celebrate the harvest season at Growing Gardens urban farm!

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Bear Root, Buffalo, and Medicines of Rematriation
Oct
6

Bear Root, Buffalo, and Medicines of Rematriation

  • Tuesday, October 6, 2026
  • 5:30 PM 6:30 PM
  • Growing Gardens (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join this workshop by Myranda Pretty Owl to learn the properties of Bear Root as well as how it has been used medicinally, culturally, and ceremonially for healing.

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Bindweed School of Agroecology Middle School Farm to Table Brunch
Oct
3

Bindweed School of Agroecology Middle School Farm to Table Brunch

  • Saturday, October 3, 2026
  • 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
  • 8137 Oxford Rd Niwot, CO (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for a collaborative event between the Bindweed School and Mountain Shadows Montessori featuring a seasonal brunch with grains, vegetables, dairy, and eggs from the school farm!

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Build a Native Bee House
Oct
3

Build a Native Bee House

  • Saturday, October 3, 2026
  • 9:30 AM 11:30 PM
  • Chautauqua Ranger Cottage (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Open Space and Mountain Parks and Butterfly Pavilion team up for a hands-on morning of bee science, a short garden tour and a craft. 

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Drylands Agroecology Research: Yellow Barn Farm Volunteer Days
Oct
1

Drylands Agroecology Research: Yellow Barn Farm Volunteer Days

  • Thursday, October 1, 2026
  • 4:00 PM 7:00 PM
  • Yellow Barn Farm (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Drylands Agroecology Research for a Yellow Barn Farm volunteer day!

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Ecosystem Health and Resilience Series: Cattle Grazing and Reducing Wildfire Fuels
Oct
1

Ecosystem Health and Resilience Series: Cattle Grazing and Reducing Wildfire Fuels

  • Thursday, October 1, 2026
  • 4:00 PM 6:30 PM
  • Chautauqua Ranger Cottage (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join OSMP staff for an in-the-field look at how we manage fuels and support ecosystem health across the landscape.

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Bird Trivia Night
Sep
28

Bird Trivia Night

  • Monday, September 28, 2026
  • 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
  • The Rayback Collective (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Environment for the Americas for a team trivia night focused on birds!

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People of the Sacred Land Film Screening
Sep
28

People of the Sacred Land Film Screening

  • Monday, September 28, 2026
  • 5:15 PM 6:15 PM
  • Boulder Public Library - Boulder Creek Room (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join for a screening of People of the Sacred Land at Boulder Public Library.

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AppleFest 2026
Sep
27

AppleFest 2026

  • Sunday, September 27, 2026
  • 3:00 PM 6:00 PM
  • Benevolence Orchard & Gardens (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Community Fruit Rescue and Benevolence Orchard & Gardens for Apple Fest 2026!

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Healing of the Heart: Concepts of the Mind, Body, and Soul /Sanación del Corazón: Conceptos de la Mente, el Cuerpo y el Alma
Sep
27

Healing of the Heart: Concepts of the Mind, Body, and Soul /Sanación del Corazón: Conceptos de la Mente, el Cuerpo y el Alma

  • Sunday, September 27, 2026
  • 9:00 AM 1:00 PM
  • The Herbiculture Hub Farm (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join Eveímaí of Beyond Your Impossible for a experiential workshop rooted in the Indigenous epistemologies of the Valley of Mexico.

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Ecosystem Health and Resilience Series: Wildfire Ready on Red Flag Days Hike
Sep
27

Ecosystem Health and Resilience Series: Wildfire Ready on Red Flag Days Hike

  • Sunday, September 27, 2026
  • 8:00 AM 11:00 AM
  • Chautauqua Ranger Cottage (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join retired Ranger Maria to learn how weather, fuels, and human activity come together to shape wildfire behavior on Red Flag days. You'll find out what a fire warning actually means, what to do if you spot fire or smoke, and how to stay safe while living or recreating in the wildland-urban interface.

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High Plains Native Plant Sale
Sep
26

High Plains Native Plant Sale

  • Saturday, September 26, 2026
  • 3:00 PM 8:00 PM
  • High Plains Environmental Center (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Stock up on native plants during the High Plains Environmental Center plant sale.

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Tantra Lake Community Festival
Sep
26

Tantra Lake Community Festival

  • Saturday, September 26, 2026
  • 3:00 PM 7:00 PM
  • Google Calendar ICS
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Naturalist Conversation and Book Reading Event at Boulder Bookstore
Sep
24

Naturalist Conversation and Book Reading Event at Boulder Bookstore

  • Thursday, September 24, 2026
  • 6:30 PM 7:30 PM
  • Boulder BookStore (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Thomas Lowe Fleischner and Anne Haven McDonnell will speak about and sign their new books at Boulder Bookstore.

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