Earth Fair Fun

In case you missed the Rose Creek Watershed Alliance Booth at Earth Fair on Sunday, April 19 in San Diego's Balboa Park, here's some photos of all the fun. The Friends of Rose Creek is a member organization of the Alliance. Special thanks to Joe, Billy, Brian, Karin and Dennis who staffed the booth, shared knowledge on native plants and watershed basics. Lots of great discussions took place as fair visitors enjoyed our cool shady spot on the grass. The long eared owl was a huge hit.

Rose Creek Watershed Alliance Newsletter

For those of you who missed us at Earth Fair today, here's the Rose Creek Watershed Alliance's April 2009 newletter (in PDF format). Thanks to Brian, Joe, Dennis & Billy for volunteering at the booth - it was a great day!

EarthFairNewsletter.pdf

Monthly Meeting Wednesday April 8 @ 6 PM

Inviting all residents, business owners, recreational users and others who have an interest in Rose Creek.

~ We meet the Second Wednesday of every month ~

Next Meeting: Wednesday, April 8

Pacific Beach Recreation Center, 1405 Diamond Street (one block south of Ingraham @ Gresham/Diamond) Enter on Gresham St.

For more information, contact Karin 858-405-7503.

** Agenda **
1) San Diego Earth Fair - Rose Creek Watershed Alliance booth (Sunday April 19)
2) Eagle Scout Matt Gray - project status
3) Status on Crown Point Access
4) Upcoming meeting with Environmental Services
5) Additional items TBA

Native Plant Weed & Water Saturday, April 11 @ 10 AM

The Nature School - Native Plant Garden Maintenance *

Join us for Native Plant Gardening and Tree Watering on Saturday April 11 from 10 AM until noon.

Meet behind the Rose Creek Cottage 2525 Garnet Ave in Pacific Beach. Park on Fogg Street just South of Garnet.

Join the Friends of Rose Creek on the Second Saturday of every month from 10 AM until Noon while we work on The Nature School’s native plant interpretive garden behind Rose Creek Cottage. Enjoy weeding, watering and planting native species and get involved with your creek and your community. We'll have snacks and beverages.

Easy one to two hours project - great for children of all ages. However, due to liability concerns, all minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian during the event.

Perfect for community service credit hours. Please wear sunscreen, closed-toe shoes, and a hat. Volunteers should bring water and heavy-duty work or gardening gloves. More information Karin Zirk 858-405-7503 or kzirk@earthlink.net

* Part of the Rose Creek Wetlands & Salt Marsh Restoration and Nature Education Preserve project by The Nature Institute. New habitat restoration supported by The Nature Institute and the City of San Diego Environmental Services Dept.

Join us at Earth Fair - Sunday April 19 10 AM to 5 PM

The annual EarthFair in Balboa Park is the largest free annual environmental fair in the world. EarthFair 2009 will be the 20th anniversary – the 40th anniversary of Earth Day! Each year, the EarthFair draws around 70,000 visitors.

The Friends of Rose Creek will be volunteering in a booth for the Rose Creek Watershed Alliance - of which we are a member organization. Stop by and have all your questions answered about the watershed, the City Council's formal adoption of watershed based planning for the area, and find out what's going on in the watershed.

We'll be on the eastern side of the Prado, so stop by and find out how you can help improve the health of our watershed and why you might be interested.

Creek to Bay Cleanup - Saturday April 25th from 9am - 12noon

This year, the Friends of Rose Creek is not hosting a cleanup site. However, we would like to encourage all the great volunteers to turn out for another inland site needing volunteers. If you're looking for a site, try anyone of the inland sites listed here.

Tree Watering at Rose Creek - Sunday April 26 @ 1 PM

We have eleven trees that need ten to fifteen gallons of water each. Plus fifteen smaller plants that needs about a gallon each. We have tools, equipment and a water source.

Meet behind the Rose Creek Cottage 2525 Garnet Ave in Pacific Beach. If there's a wedding going on, please don't park in the cottage parking lot. There's parking on Fogg Street just west of the cottage and south of Garnet Avenue. To sign up, please email us.