Meet up: End of King Drive (GPS: 1159 King Drive, El Cerrito)

We’ll return to the end of King Drive and try a new, more flexible format: come and leave whenever you like, and stay as long as you want to better fit everyone’s schedule. Please let us know if you plan to join and roughly when. You can also join our whatsapp group to get updates.

Activities will include removing broom or light hand weeding in a meadow with great restoration potential.

This work party begins with a short walk to the site. Along the way, we often identify plants, notice wildlife, and observe how the landscape is responding to past efforts. No prior experience is needed — tools and guidance are provided. Wear long sleeves and long pants, along with sturdy shoes. We will provide tools. If possible, please bring your own gloves.

All are welcome. Birders, plant enthusiasts, kids and curious neighbors are invited to join. You can come to work, to learn, or simply to enjoy being outside in community.

By volunteering, you help strengthen both the land and the human connections that sustain it.

Please also print and sign the Release for City Volunteer Program

Below, picture of Dot-seeded plantain (Plantago erecta), a small, native annual wildflower commonly found in California grasslands. It starts as a low rosette and sends up slender flowering spikes in spring, with tiny greenish flowers that later form distinctive dotted seeds—giving the plant its name. Though modest in appearance, it plays an important ecological role: it is a key host plant for the endangered Bay checkerspot butterfly. Its presence is often a sign of relatively intact native grassland habitat, making it a valuable species in restoration areas like the Hillside.