Community Calendar
If you would like to add events to the Community Calendar, please send information to staff@becnet.org.
Endangered Species Faire
This year, we will be hosting our event in Downtown Chico at the City Plaza.
The event kicks off at 10am and goes until 3pm.
We will start with The Procession of the Species puppet parade through downtown and will end back at the plaza where there will be food, vendors and live musical entertainment.
38th Bidwell Park & Chico Creeks Cleanup
Register to volunteer at the 37th Annual Bidwell Park and Chico Creeks Cleanup!
Wing-Raiser & BEC Social
Grab some wings on March 19th & support BEC!
The wing-raiser will be from 11-11pm
The BEC social hour is happening from 6-7:30pm.
Don’t forget to mention BEC at checkout.
Arbor Day Festival
Come and celebrate the trees that give us life!
This is an annual event hosted by the Oroville Botanic Gardens & Education Center.
Garden Box and Bat Box Build
Join BEC at the Oak Way Community Garden to help increase local food sovereignty by building more garden boxes for our community garden, as well as provide habitat for bats to roost in the burn scar at the Big Chico Creek Ecological Reserve with our bat box build.
This event will take place on Saturday, March 8th, 2025 from 10am to 1pm. Space is limited so be sure to sign up online at bit.ly/BECboxbuild.
Good Fire Weekend
This one-of-a-kind "Good Fire Weekend" brings together multiple restoration organizations, tribal groups and other land stewards, combining educational and therapeutic offerings into one remarkable weekend-long experience.
The event combines hands-on experiential learning with prescribed pile burns, Indigenous cultural fire education, fire ecology nature walk, and nature therapy.
Turning Tuesdays
Turning Tuesdays are BEC's new Drop in the Bucket Volunteer Days that happens every Tuesday from 9:30-12:30. Volunteers will learn about composting, food waste diversion efforts, and the soil food web through participatory science!
Fundraiser at Woodstocks
Join us for a slice of to raise money to continue protecting the land, air, and water in Butte County and the surrounding regions through action, advocacy and education.
*Show the flier below before checkout and 20% of the proceeds will go to BEC
Turning Tuesdays
Turning Tuesdays are BEC's new Drop in the Bucket Volunteer Days that happens every Tuesday from 9:30-12:30. Volunteers will learn about composting, food waste diversion efforts, and the soil food web through participatory science!
Turning Tuesdays
Turning Tuesdays are BEC's new Drop in the Bucket Volunteer Days that happens every Tuesday from 9:30-12:30. Volunteers will learn about composting, food waste diversion efforts, and the soil food web through participatory science!
Turning Tuesdays
Turning Tuesdays are BEC's new Drop in the Bucket Volunteer Days that happens every Tuesday from 9:30-12:30. Volunteers will learn about composting, food waste diversion efforts, and the soil food web through participatory science!
Turning Tuesdays
Turning Tuesdays are BEC's new Drop in the Bucket Volunteer Days that happens every Tuesday from 9:30-12:30. Volunteers will learn about composting, food waste diversion efforts, and the soil food web through participatory science!
BEC Member Meeting
Join us to talk about our accomplishments and where we see our future!
Sunday Sifter & Box Build
Join us for a Sunday Sifter and Box build! Come help construct 4 new planter boxes at the oak Way Community garden. These boxes will end up going to gardeners and increasing the amount of produce that the garden produces. After these boxes are complete, you’ll help sift compost and learn about the process of composting. This compost will end up in the boxes we build, and if you bring a bucket you can take some home with you! Sign up here. This is a bring your own tools event, if you have a drill, level, or square, please bring it to help out!
Monday Mixers
Join us at Oak Way Community Garden for our Monday Mixers!
Monday Mixers are the perfect opportunity to learn all about compost and the science behind this fascinating process. For an hour, you’ll get your hands dirty turning, sifting and creating compost.
You’ll also have time to take a tour of the garden and check out our new Free Food Stand.
As a special for our first June mixer we will be giving away FREE tomato starts courtesy of Comanche Creek Farms!
This is BYOP (Bring Your Own Pots), otherwise we will have some eco-friendly ways to get your starts home with you!
Happy planting and composting!
Sign Up here to participate in the Monday Mixer.
For more information about Monday Mixers, email sustainability@becnet.org.
Cooking with Scraps
Come together to make scrumptious banana bread… and a banana peel tea that your plants will love!
Monday Mixers
Join us at Oak Way Community Garden for our Monday Mixers!
Monday Mixers are the perfect opportunity to learn all about compost and the science behind this fascinating process. For an hour, you’ll get your hands dirty turning, sifting and creating compost.
You’ll also have time to take a tour of the garden and check out our new Free Food Stand.
You can sign up here.
For more information about Monday Mixers, email sustainability@becnet.org.
Biochar Training Workshop
1156 Oroville-Chico Hwy, Durham, California
Learn about all things Biochar from a variety of experts!
RSVP and learn more at BiocharCoalition.org
14TH Annual Chico Seed and Scion Swap
Join us at 1078 Gallery for a seed swap and collection. This is a free event and all ages are welcome with or without seeds.
Cooking with Scraps
Come together to make delicious kiwi muffins and share them with local shelters like Safe Space.