OJAI WILD!
March 27, 2010
Mark your
calendars for our third annual Ojai Wild! gathering
on Saturday, March 27. Join us at the picturesque Diamond
Hitch Camp along the foothills of the Los Padres National
Forest for an afternoon of guided hikes, gourmet barbeque,
benefit auction, live music, and presentation of the
Wilderness Legacy Award. All proceeds benefit ForestWatch -
this is our most important fundraiser of the year. See you
at Diamond Hitch Camp!
Click here for event info.
WILD & SCENIC
ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL
presented by Ventura Hillsides Conservancy
March 12-13, 2010
Poinsettia Pavilion, Ventura
The Ventura Hillsides Conservancy will present the first-ever
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival in Ventura County in
March 2010. The land trust has been awarded a grant from
national tour sponsor Patagonia to present a program of
beautiful and inspiring cinema highlighting environmental
issues. The event will be held at the Poinsettia Pavilion in
Ventura over the course of two evenings; Friday and Saturday,
March 12-13, 2010 from 7 to 10 PM. Custom selections made by a
Conservancy team and drawn from the 2010 National Tour will be
screened in a program of films designed to motivate people to
make a difference in their communities and around the world.
The event will involve a number of community partners, including
the Ventura Visitors and Convention Bureau, the Ventura Film
Society, the Ventura County Star, the Ventura County Reporter,
and the Ventura Breeze. Several nonprofit organizations will
host information booths at the event, including ForestWatch,
which hosts the film festival in San Luis Obispo each year in
October.
Film goers can join the Conservancy or purchase tickets from the
Conservancy’s web site at
www.venturahillsides.org . Tickets, only $10 per person per
evening, are also available at the Ventura Visitors and
Convention Bureau at 101 South California Street, Great Pacific
Iron Works at 259 W. Santa Clara Street, Simone's Coffee & Tea
at 7818 Telegraph Road and the Conservancy office located in the
Poinsettia Pavilion. The price of a ticket can be applied toward
a membership at the event.
At the festival, you will learn new ideas from a selection of
inspiring environmental films with topics including wilderness
preservation, water issues, citizen activism, and more. Everyone
will experience the adrenalin of surfing the wildest rivers,
climbing the highest peaks, and trekking across the globe with
adventure films from around the world. You’ll explore
conservation projects with leading environmental activists and
professionals, filmmakers, and others. A full program listing
will be released very soon.
SPRING WILDFLOWER FESTIVAL
& WINE TASTING
Saturday, March 20
Noon to 5pm
Cuyama Valley
Join
our friends at Condor's Hope Ranch in the Cuyama Valley for
their first Spring Wildflower Festival featuring a barbecue
lunch, wine tasting and botanical tours.
Condor's Hope is a small family-owned vineyard nestled in
Cottonwood Canyon, 40 miles east of Santa Maria. We combine
ecological farming methods with old-world dry farming techniques
in a head-pruned system that produces bold zinfandels, a hearty
shiraz and delightful rosé.
The Spring Wildflower Festival includes wine tasting, a
complimentary Condor's Hope wine glass, a glass of wine, a
delicious barbecue lunch with choice of chicken or Portobello
mushrooms; fresh garden salad; pinquito beans; and homemade
sourdough bread served with Condor's Hope olive oil. We'll
finish with a Dutch Oven "Cuyama River Mud Cake" drizzled with
Condor's Hope zinfandel-chocolate wine sauce.
The festival includes a botanical tour of Cottonwood Canyon's
wildflowers led by vineyard owner and California plant expert,
Steve Gliessman. Above normal rainfall and ash fallout from last
summer's La Brea fire promises a spectacular display!
Reservations are required and space is limited. Wine club
members:$35.00*/person (up to 4 guests/member at this price.)
Non-members: $50.00* per person. RSVP by March 15. To make your
reservations and for more information, visit
www.CondorsHope.com
A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Los Padres
ForestWatch for preservation of condor habitat.
