Community Events From: The San Diego River Park Foundation

Get outside, connect with an amazing community, and help bring a new eco-park to life!  Join us for a fun and fulfilling morning at Grant Park, where you’ll connect with others, enjoy the fresh air, and make a real difference. This future nature education center and eco-park will provide free STEM and environmental learning experiences to thousands of underserved students per year! Help create a beacon of green space in the heart of Mission Valley by joining your community in vegetation removal and weeding, trash pick-up, graffiti removal, and occasional planting. 

This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with a flexible schedule to contribute 2 hours of service. Events are held every Thursday from 8 AM to 10 AM. Find other Grant Park volunteer events HERE!

Here are a few tips to help you prepare for the event: Bring trash grabbers, loppers, hand pruners, shovels, and gloves (if you have them)Attire: Long pants and closed-toe shoes are requiredOther Items to Bring: Reusable water bottle, hat, other forms of sun protection
Weather: Light rain will not cancel the eventFor safety reasons, no pets are allowed at this eventThere are restroom facilities at this locationAll ages are welcome, but those under 16 need supervision. Ages 16 and 17 are allowed alone but with a parent signature.

Get outside, connect with an amazing community, and help bring a new eco-park to life!  Join us for a fun and fulfilling morning at Grant Park, where you’ll connect with others, enjoy the fresh air, and make a real difference. This future nature education center and eco-park will provide free STEM and environmental learning experiences to thousands of underserved students per year! Help create a beacon of green space in the heart of Mission Valley by joining your community in vegetation removal and weeding, trash pick-up, graffiti removal, and occasional planting. 

This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with a flexible schedule to contribute 2 hours of service. Events are held every Thursday from 8 AM to 10 AM. Find other Grant Park volunteer events HERE!

Here are a few tips to help you prepare for the event: Bring trash grabbers, loppers, hand pruners, shovels, and gloves (if you have them)Attire: Long pants and closed-toe shoes are requiredOther Items to Bring: Reusable water bottle, hat, other forms of sun protection
Weather: Light rain will not cancel the eventFor safety reasons, no pets are allowed at this eventThere are restroom facilities at this locationAll ages are welcome, but those under 16 need supervision. Ages 16 and 17 are allowed alone but with a parent signature.

Get outside, connect with an amazing community, and help bring native plant gardens to life at our exciting new eco-park in Mission Valley!  Dig in and join the fun to help plant native plants, weed, water, mulch, and maintain our native seed library. You'll feel a sense of accomplishment knowing you're helping create important wildlife habitat and a vibrant green space for students and the community in the heart of our city.

If you have a passion for caring for native plants and/or creating pollinator gardens or want to learn how, or simply want to make a difference in nature with others, then the Mission Valley Garden Club is for you! No experience is necessary! Stay tuned for exciting educational talks with native plant experts at Mission Valley Garden Club events!

About Grant Park: This new nature education center and eco-park in the heart of Mission Valley offers free STEM and environmental learning for underserved students and engaging nature programs for all ages—serving as a vibrant beacon of green space along the San Diego River for the entire community!

This is an excellent opportunity for individuals with a flexible schedule to contribute 2 hours of service.

Events are held the first and third Saturday of the month, from 8 AM to 10 AM. Find other Grant Park volunteer events HERE!

Here are a few tips to help you prepare for the event: We have all of the tools needed for gardening work, but if you have any tools you prefer to use, you are welcome to bring themAttire: Long pants and closed-toe shoes are requiredOther Items to Bring: Reusable water bottle, hat, other forms of sun protection
Weather: Light rain will not cancel the eventFor safety reasons, no pets are allowed at this eventThere are restroom facilities at this locationAll ages are welcome, but those under 16 need supervision. Ages 16 and 17 are allowed alone but with a parent signature.