Community Picnic & Painted Rocks

Community Picnic & Painted Rocks  
Rancho Mark West  
Saturday July 29th

 11:30am to 2:30pm

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Description:

It's picnic time at Rancho Mark West! You're invited to a community picnic at this beautiful preserve in the hills above Santa Rosa. Just twenty minutes from downtown, you'll be stunned by the wild beauty of this place, especially Mark West Creek. Bring food, and extra if you'd like to share! After the picnic, you'll get all the supplies needed to paint rocks to look just like minerals. Painted rocks are a fantastic addition to a garden, and make great gifts! 

Cost: 

$10 for up to four people. Payment due upon registration. Refunds only if cancellations are received at least 48 hours in advance. The fee includes materials for the painted rocks. 

Details:  

• You will be asked to sign a liability waiver when you arrive.
• No pets or smoking
• There are outhouse/portapotties on site.

About the area:

With accessible pathways and proximity to Santa Rosa, Rancho Mark West is our outdoor classroom, community hub, and wild place of refuge in the Mayacamas Mountains, 20 minutes from downtown Santa Rosa. Rancho Mark West is located on the ancestral home of the Southern Pomo people, past, present, and future. We recognize them as the first people and the first stewards of this land. We are on occupied territory and acknowledge the ongoing devastation of colonization. 

Jim and Betty Doerksen originally sold the development rights to the property to the Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District in 1993. LandPaths, with generous assistance from the California Coastal Conservancy, purchased Rancho Mark West in 2011. Under the purchase terms, Jim and Betty Doerkson, have a reserved life estate on the property. The 124-acre Rancho Mark West builds upon a legacy of protecting land from development in the sensitive environmental area while offering the public more opportunities to engage with nature a short distance away from Santa Rosa .LandPaths and the Doerksens participate in this land ownership partnership as a way to love the land and engage the public forever, especially local children, through outings and outdoor education

What to bring:

• Bottle of water, snacks, and lunch for the day

• Food to share if you'd like! 

• Comfortable clothing to protect from the sun (hat, sunglasses, sunscreen)

• Optional: Chair or blanket to sit on if you don't want to sit on the ground or on a log :) 

What LandPaths will provide: 

• Additional water

• All the materials for the rock painting activitiy. 

• First aid box

Where we will meet you: 

 Rancho Mark West - Address will be sent in the pre-event email 2 - 3 days before the outing.  Please note that you will not be going through the main Rancho Mark West entrance. 

Staff: 

Our staff is certified in the minimum of CPR and First Aid, and they have training and years of experience working in outdoor spaces. All staff has had their backgrounds checked through fingerprinting.

Additional details:

Accessibility:

If you have accessibility questions, please call or email us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Same-day cancellations:
Please call 707-544-7284 (then press 1) after 7 am the morning of the day if you wish to confirm. If you don't hear a cancellation notice in the highlighted voicemail, the day hasn't been canceled.

How to sign up: 

Click here! 

Do you need help registering?

• call Roxy at 707-544-7284 ext 103 

• email roxy@landpaths.org