LandPaths

Please join us in welcoming Lauren to the team! She joined LandPaths as a Seasonal Camp Specialist in June 2026 and was hired on as a full-time Education Field Specialist this month!

As an ocean lover, she’s always found joy in nature but grew up with a complex relationship to the outdoors due to representation and access barriers, and to the personal impacts of the climate crisis among her community back home. She is dedicated to being a lifelong learner and participant of local and global environmental and social justice movements that break colonial cycles and restore relationships between land, water, and people.

Following her love and curiosity of the sea, she studied at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB), the University of Oregon’s coastal research facility. After graduation, her spark for teaching took her to Spokane, Washington as an AmeriCorps where she supported their environmental education and watershed restoration programs. She’s especially fond of her work with their Nature Connect program, in partnership with Refugee and Immigrant Connections Spokane (RICS), that empowers youth in local outdoor spaces.

Lauren is grateful to learn from and lean on her community of family and friends whose bravery, laughter, and love have helped shape her today.

When you see her in the field, please be sure to say hello and welcome her to LandPaths!

The photos and vids from Saturday's super successful Harvest Festival are starting to come in! Thank you Bikeable Santa Rosa for bringing the good two-wheeled vibes to Bayer Neighborhood Park & Gardens! 🙏🥰🌽🚲🙌🏼🎉

Tomorrow! It's going to be a beautiful day for the Harvest Festival at Bayer Neighborhood Park and Gardens! This event is free and family friendly. See you there!

¡Mañana! ¡Será un día precioso para el Festival de la Cosecha en el Bayer Neighborhood Park and Gardens! Este evento es gratuito y apto para toda la familia. ¡Nos vemos allí!

What Can You Expect at the Harvest Festival on Saturday, September 26 at Bayer Neighborhood Park and Gardens?

Performances by Sonoma County Pomo Dancers w/ Joe Salinas at 11am and Danza Azteca Xantotl de Santa Rosa at 12pm.
Harvest Displays
Live DJ playing dance music
Salsa Competition (the kind you eat!)
Community Partner Fair (see partners below)
A Milpa Tour and Expo
A Kid’s Zone with activities for all ages, including face-painting and grape-stomping.
Tortilla making demonstration
A chance to make apple juice on a real apple press!
Tacos de San Juan will be there with food for sale!

Thank you to our Harvest Festival sponsors at , , , l, , , , , and for supporting LandPaths’ Bayer Farm and making this day possible!

¿Qué puede esperar en el Festival de la Cosecha del sábado 26 de septiembre en Bayer Neighborhood Park and Gardens?

Presentaciones de los Sonoma County Pomo Dancers a las 11:00 a. m. y de Danza Xantotl a las 12:00 p. m.
Exhibiciones de la cosecha
DJ en vivo con música bailable
Concurso de salsa (¡de la que se come!)
Feria de organizaciones colaboradoras (vea la lista de colaboradores más abajo)
Recorrido y exposición sobre la milpa
Zona infantil con actividades para todas las edades, incluyendo pintura facial y pisado de uvas
Demostración de elaboración de tortillas
¡La oportunidad de preparar jugo de manzana en una prensa de manzanas auténtica!
¡Tacos de San Juan estará presente ofreciendo comida a la venta!

¡Gracias a los patrocinadores de nuestro Festival de la Cosecha —Traditional Medicinals Foundation, Santa Rosa Violence Prevention, Sonoma County Ag + Open Space, Viavi Solutions, Safari West, County of Sonoma, Sonoma Water, Recology Sonoma Marin, Western Farm Center — por apoyar a Bayer Farm de LandPaths y hacer posible este día!

There are still spots left! Enter the Salsa competition THIS SATURDAY at the Harvest Festival! Sign up at the link: https://landpaths.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/event-detail?

¡Aún quedan plazas! ¡Participa en el concurso de salsa ESTE SÁBADO en el Festival de la Cosecha! Inscríbete en este enlace: https://landpaths.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/event-detail?event=31345event=31345

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Are you known for your amazing salsa? Then put it to the test at our annual Salsa Contest on Saturday, September 26 at the Harvest Festival! Details and sign up information at the link! https://landpaths.app.neoncrm.com/event-detail?event=31345

¿Eres conocido por tu salsa espectacular? ¡Entonces ponla a prueba en nuestro Concurso Anual de Salsa, el sábado 26 de septiembre, durante el Festival de la Cosecha! ¡Encuentra los detalles y la información para inscribirte en el enlace! https://landpaths.app.neoncrm.com/event-detail?event=31345

Please join us in congratulating Miles Sarvis-Wilburn, who was recently promoted to Stewardship Lead at LandPaths!

Miles joined LandPaths in 2021 as a part of the Growing Community with Nature initiative. His desire to spend more time on the land brought him to LandPaths, where he has deepened his connection with the community through stewardship and practicing prescribed fire.

Miles runs the LandPaths’ Good Fire Program, which seeks to reintroduce fire to LandPaths preserves in a safe, respectful, and meaningful community-oriented way. These approachable burns allow for everyone, from children to elders, to develop a relationship with the land through fire. He also recently completed an 18-month fellowship with All Hand's Ecology's Fire Fire Forward, moving him closer to completing California State-Certified Prescribed Fire Burn Boss (CA-RX) requirements.

We love to see staff grow in their roles all towards the mission of fostering a love of the land! 👏🎊