Community Calendar

The Anderson Valley High School FFA chapter is teaming up to do a holiday food drive. Starting November 17th through December 17th. We accept Shelf stable food, including pasta, rice, and canned food. We are also accepting cash donations, which will be used to purchase food. Our donation bins and cash boxes can be found in local businesses throughout Anderson Valley and at Anderson Valley High School. Every donation counts, so open your heart and open your pantry.

Hey there: Are you a wanna- be gardener, but have no yard, or place to cultivate a garden/vegi garden ,or exercise that passion? Well look no further, then to our very own Community Garden here in" Happy Willits," located next to the Recreation Grove; (adjacent to the Social Service Dept.) A Non Profit Project. With once a year fee (like renting a plot) grow whatever you want, but must commit for a year, no abandoning it. Serious gardeners welcomed. There's limited spaces-sign ups begin in March. Contact Mike Adair, Garden Manager, at 707-456-4395. Hope to see you there!!

Come join us in our little sanctuary, where we all love to play/work in the dirt/mud (and those words aren't dirty words either!)
The Non-Profit Community Garden in Willits is "NOW" accepting sign-ups to reserve garden spots. If you are interested in growing your own produce, yet have no place to do so, then get on the ball and call Michael ADair at 707-456-4395.

COLD WEATHER CLOTHING DRIVE
At the Ukiah Branch Library
November 2025 to February 2026

The Ukiah Branch Library is hosting a Cold Weather Clothing Drive starting in November 2025 and continuing through the month of February 2026.

Donate your clean and lightly used coats, sweaters, scarves, hats, and belts to the Ukiah Branch Library. These items will be set out for individuals to find new-to-them clothing during this cold and wet winter season.

For more information, please visit www.mendolibrary.org or contact the Ukiah Branch at 707- 463-4490.

COLECCIÓN DE ROPA PARA EL FRÍO
En la Biblioteca Sucursal de Ukiah
Noviembre de 2025 a febrero de 2026

La Biblioteca Sucursal de Ukiah está organizando una colección de ropa para el frío, comenzando el noviembre de 2025 y continuando hasta el febrero de 2026.

Dona sus abrigos, suéteres, bufandas, sombreros y cinturones limpios y poco usados a la Biblioteca Sucursal de Ukiah. Estos artículos se distribuirán para que los miembros de la comunidad que lo necesiten puedan obtener ropa esencial para el invierno.

Para más información, por favor visite www.mendolibrary.org o póngase en contacto al llamar 707-463-4490.

The Annual Laytonville Holiday Craft Bazaar returns with over 50 local and unique arts & crafts vendors. Photos with Santa Claus at noon! Sees Candies! Snack Shack eats! Free Entry.

Celebrate your visit to Anderson Valley with Goldeneye’s signature sparkling wine tasting. Savor the delicate bubbles and nuanced flavors of two exceptional vintages of our Methode Champenoise sparkling wines; both a testament to our winemaking artistry.

Pair your glasses of Brut Rosé with reserve caviar, accompanied by thoughtfully selected accoutrements that elevate every sip and bite. Effortlessly embodying the California lifestyle, this luxurious experience promises a memorable journey through the refined tastes and textures that define Goldeneye.

A Woman’s Place Was Everywhere:
How Working Women Shaped Mendocino
Exhibit Runs October 2, 2025– March 29, 2026
Opening Reception Honoring Local Businesswomen: Saturday, October 11, 4pm – 5:30pm
While men wielded the axes that built the town of Mendocino, women built the community that made it last. Look beyond the big trees and lumber mills to discover the vibrant world of “women’s work.” Through their own diaries, photos, and oral histories, this exhibit tells the lesser-known stories of entrepreneurs, nurses, artists, teachers, madams, and philanthropists who laid the foundation for the Mendocino we know today. Discover how their creativity, resilience, and hard work—both paid and unpaid—shaped the legacy of the Mendocino Coast in ways history books often overlook. Nominate your own local heroine, past or present during your visit. Bring a photo if you have one.
Museum Hours:
October – December: Thurs – Mon, 11am – 3pm
January – March: Fri – Sun, 11am – 3pm

Take a guided tour of the MCBG Mushroom Collection! The Gardens is home to more than 160 species of wild mushrooms during fall and winter. Mushrooms are the fruiting bodies of Macrofungi. Generally hidden underground, these reproductive structures lie dormant until the rainy season, when they sprout above the soil from organic material.

​Enjoy this introduction to mushroom identification followed by a guided walk with Naturalist and Mycologist, Mario Abreu each Monday from November 17 through December 22. Mario will begin with an approximately 45-minute introduction followed by a 2-hour guided field walk that involves standing for long periods of time, and venturing off the main trails. Please remember, mushrooms found at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens should stay at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens... DO NOT PICK OR COLLECT from our botanical collection!

Ukiah Symphony Orchestra presents "Musical Tales" featuring Margie Salcedo Rice, violin soloists, and welcoming guest conductor Richard Loheyde.

Music by Ralpho Vaughan Williams, Paul McCartney, Maurice Ravel, & Josef Haydn.