Grassroots Ecology leverages the power of volunteers to create healthy lands across Silicon Valley.
We restore native plants to open spaces and neighborhoods, steward creeks and watersheds, and provide hands-on nature education. By increasing biodiversity together, we believe we can restore our own interconnectedness, wellness, and sense of place in a fast-moving world.
WHAT’S NEW
FROM THE FIELD
Back in 2023, we shared how your feedback helped us make changes to our volunteer events to create an even more gratifying experience for all participants. But the process didn’t end there; we are continually listening to and learning from your input.
You’re walking around a shady redwood grove and notice a bed of shiny green clover-like plants covering the ground. This native plant is an important understory plant in redwood and Douglas fir forests that supports caterpillars, butterflies, and moths.
Growing up, I was obsessed with two things: horses and nature (to be fair, I am still pretty interested in both). As luck would have it, I lived quite close to Westwind Barn and its neighbor, Byrne Preserve. I began taking riding lessons at the barn when I was about six or seven, and soon I was looking for any possible excuse to return.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Volunteer your time to help increase biodiversity in Los Altos at Redwood Grove Nature Preserve!
Volunteer your time with Grassroots Ecology and Peninsula Open Space Trust to help increase biodiversity in Mountain View!
Visit our fall plant sale at Hidden Villa in partnership with the California Native Plant Society and stock up for fall planting season!