Volunteers sought for City Hall re-landscaping project

<p>Volunteers are being sought to help transform the turf and landscape around City Hall into a water-saving area.</p><!-- Nothing to do. The paragraph has already been output --><p>Two hundred people are being asked to help on the project on Saturday, Oct. 24. It will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.</p><p>The city of Petaluma is teaming up with Daily Acts, Petaluma Bounty and Rebuilding Together Petaluma to transform the water-intensive turf landscape around Petaluma City Hall. When the project is completed, it will be a water-harvesting eco-scape, complete with community gardens, water catchment systems and native and edible plants. </p><p>“The landscape that will be planted will provide food and habitat as well as serve to demonstrate the cutting edge in water conservation and contemporary design,” according to a press release from Rebuilding Together Petaluma.</p><p>Volunteers who come on Saturday will learn the theory and techniques for sheet mulching, water catchment and planting dynamic systems so they can do the same at home.</p><p>The project started with a work day on Oct. 12, as 30 volunteers helped remove bushes and cut an edge in the sod around all of the walks. </p><p>Volunteers will be provided with coffee, lunch and snacks. </p><p>To register to volunteer, visit www.rtpetaluma.org or call 765-3944.</p>