Places - LandPaths

Community access to local open spaces lies at the heart of LandPaths’ mission. With that comes a responsibility to take care of the land, especially in light of the rising challenges of life in the 21st century due to climate change.

LandPaths’s dedicated volunteers and staff steward multiple preserves and community gardens across Sonoma County. We call them people-powered parks for a reason!

Love the Land

All of LandPaths’ preserves are permanently protected from further development. With the help of people like you, we care for the land in a low-carbon way that’s good for nature and the community. We also partner with city and county agencies to steward community gardens and open space preserves.

Public Access

We invite you to join us at each preserve, aside from Ocean Song, which is currently closed to public access. These are community hubs where you can come together in common purpose, with people like you, in the spirit of belonging, welcoming, love of the land, and stewardship.

By gathering people on our land, we hope to create deeper connections, and a community conservation ethic, now more important than ever as we grapple with the impact of climate change on future generations.

Throughout the year, we offer hundreds of opportunities to get outside and grow community with nature in these awe-inspiring local landscapes.

Participate

Jeff Bodwin Community Garden at Andy's Unity Park

Community hub and garden at Andy’s Unity Park in southwest Santa Rosa.

Bohemia Ecological Preserve

1,000 acre protected preserve in the western hills of Occidental.

Bayer Farm

Community hub and farm in the heart of Roseland.

Grove of Old Trees

48-acre preserve in the hills west of Occidental

Ocean Song

421-acre preserve in western Sonoma County.

Rancho Mark West

Outdoor learning landscape with pristine creek, historic barn, demonstration forest,and more in the hills above Santa Rosa.

Riddell Preserve

400 acres of wild, diverse habitat above the west Dry Creek Valley in Healdsburg.

Fitch Mountain

173 acre open space preserve on Fitch Mountain, owned by the City of Healdsburg and stewarded by LandPaths.

Healdsburg Ridge Open Space Preserve

150 acres of wetlands, oak woodlands, chaparral, and grasslands owned by City of Healdsburg and stewarded by LandPaths.

In the News

Our impact is made possible by volunteers like you, with a passion for growing community with nature.

Reflections on the Queer Forestry and Fire Program

November 26, 2024

Tags: community care, forestry, growing community with nature, queer fire and forestry, riddell preserve, stewardship, Volunteer

The closest sound to me is my handsaw cutting through the wood of a small Douglas fir tree, the next sound the wind bustling in the canopy overhead and through the tall dried grasses surrounding me, more distant the sounds of laughter and conversation from those working around me, beyond that the consistent call of the foghorn from the bay. These sounds surround me as I work in the Ocean Song grassland, homeland of the southern Pomo, alongside the twenty-five other individuals who participated in the Queer Forestry and Fire Program. These are the sounds of community, connection, and care for the land and each other that we created in this program.

What Happens Now? A Letter from Executive Director Craig Anderson to Friends of LandPaths

November 14, 2024

Tags: executive director, letter from craig, outdoorequity

The results of the U.S. presidential election, one week ago, sent shockwaves through our community, neighborhoods, and families. It makes a person pause, and it certainly should. At a time when it seemed there was momentum to move ahead, for many people what seems a U-turn has emerged, surrounding us. Click one of the tags above to read the entire post.

Community Gardens Internship

November 11, 2024

Tags: Bayer Farm, Community Garden, internship

Are you interested in learning all about what it takes to run a successful community garden? Consider becoming a community garden intern with LandPaths! Bayer Farm, Santa Rosa’s Roseland neighborhood, and Jeff Bodwin Community Garden, in southwest Santa Rosa, together contain 120 garden plots adopted out to community members in addition to a teaching garden for students to learn about growing food and nutrition. The internship is offered on a part-time basis, unpaid, up to 20 hours per week, with an option of work in exchange for course credit. Click on one of the tags above to learn more.