Coloma Valley

12/29/2025

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12/14/2025

Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Coloma at the Coloma Gold Trail Grange 452! DJ Grant Petersen will be spinning top hits past and present to delight all ages. Tix at GoldTrailGrange.com. Party Dec.31 at 7pm, Tacos by Wani's at 6:30! Snacks, wine and beer for sale. Photo booth, disco ball, dancing and fun for all ages! Teens and children half price. ($20 / $10). Fundraiser for the Hall and our Scholarship fund.

11/17/2025

This event has been moved to November 23rd due to rain yesterday.

FALL BIRD WALK AT KNICKERBOCKER CREEK
MOVED TO ... Sunday, November 23rd, 7:30am-12pm
Tim and Angela Jackson will lead this fall walk to see where songbirds, raptors, and water birds can be found. Tim maintains a website (eldoradobirds.com) on birdwatching in El Dorado County. Angela is a local writer and photographer. This is a slow-paced, easy-moderate hike of 3-4 miles. Quiet, mature 8-year-olds+ welcome. Meeting location in Cool area. FREE. A detailed email will be sent once you register online athttps://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/y3pl7d

11/12/2025

FALL BIRD WALK AT KNICKERBOCKER CREEK
MOVED TO ... Sunday, November 23rd, 7:30am-12pm
Tim and Angela Jackson will lead this fall walk to see where songbirds, raptors, and water birds can be found. Tim maintains a website (eldoradobirds.com) on birdwatching in El Dorado County. Angela is a local writer and photographer. This is a slow-paced, easy-moderate hike of 3-4 miles. Quiet, mature 8-year-olds+ welcome. Meeting location in Cool area. FREE. A detailed email will be sent once you register online athttps://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/y3pl7d

11/03/2025

INTRO. TO POTTERY & WHEEL THROWING CLASSES
Sunday, November 9th 2-4pm or 4:30-6:30pm
Dive into the world of pottery with these exciting classes! Perfect for beginners and those with little experience, you’ll master essential techniques like coil and pinch methods, learn the art of score and slip work, and discover the joy of creating pottery on a wheel. Unleash your imagination in a fun, relaxed, and supportive environment. Luke will kiln-fire your creation to be picked up at a later date. Local artist Luke Haley started working with clay as a teen and continued his exploration through college. He has worked in and out of open studios for years and in 2018 opened his first home studio. Ages 12+ welcome. Meeting location Placerville area. Cost: $60/members, $70/non-members. A detailed email will be sent once you register online athttps://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/8lw0dp.

10/30/2025

New date: November 1st. Still a few spots open.

TRACKS, S**T, AND ALL THAT!
Saturday, October 25th 9am-12:30pm
Hone your skills as a nature detective and learn how to identify an area’s wildlife residents by the signs they leave behind! As we wander through natural areas, we often don’t see the wildlife that lives there. They usually know we’re coming long before we can see them, and many of the animals are nocturnal so we don’t see them during our daytime activities. Join husband and wife team David Rosen and Jeanette Wrysinski and learn how to become better nature detectives! Investigate a variety of methods to discover what critters live around us, even if you can’t see the animals themselves! We’ll investigate animal tracks, trails, fur, feathers, pellets, s**t (aka p**p), and other signs of wildlife on our walk. We will check several track stations and discuss how you can set up a track station in your own yard. We’ll also retrieve a remote game camera and see if it captured any photos of animals passing by! We’ll practice identifying animal tracks using field guides and everybody will be able to make a plaster cast of an animal track to take home with them! David has worked as a naturalist and environmental educator for over 40 years, the last half of that time as a naturalist and guide for Sacramento Splash. Jeanette has worked with the Yolo County Resource Conservation District for over 30 years and has conducted many wildlife monitoring studies in various project areas. This hike will be on level terrain and no more than 1.5 miles total. Rain date November 1st. Ages 7+ welcome. Meeting location TBD:Gold Hill or Coloma area. Suggested donation: $10/members, $15/non-members, or $25/family. A detailed email will be sent once you register online at https://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/8lwol9.

10/29/2025

DIRTY ART: FORAGING FOR WILD CLAYS AND PIGMENT-RICH SOILS
Sunday, November 2nd 9am-12pm
Come look for and learn about wild clays near the American River. We will go out to forage wild clay, investigate some of the different soil types in the area, learn about clay processing, discuss indigenous clay uses in the area, and discover soil pigments for watercolor painting. This event is led by Jacqueline Royer, an environmental scientist for the Lahontan Water Board and a natural arts enthusiast who is excited to share a bit of her knowledge. Be prepared for a short walk along the river and a bit of digging. Rain or shine. Ages 10+ welcome. Meeting location TBD: Coloma area. Suggested donation: $10/members/$15/non-members. A detailed email will be sent once you register online at https://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/5v6lq9

10/27/2025

The date has been moved to NOVEMBER 2ND...

10/22/2025

HERBAL MEDICINE MAKING
Saturday, October 25th 12-2pm
Many people don’t know what to do with the herbs they have collected or purchased. In this class herbalist Candis will teach you how to make herbal honey blends, pastes, tinctures, oils, and salves. Candis Cantin has over 40 years practical experience as an herbalist, herbal and nutritional counselor, and teacher of holistic lifestyle principles. She has owned and directed the EverGreen Herb Garden and School of Integrative Herbology located in the Sierra foothills, where there are extensive organic botanical gardens to view. You can view her gardens at evergreenherbgarden.org. Responsible 12-year-olds+ welcome. Meeting location Gold Hill/Placerville area. Cost: $10/members, $15/non-members. A detailed email will be sent once you register online at https://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/e3kekd

10/16/2025

FOREST BATHING WALK AT WAKAMATSU FARM
Sunday, October 19th 10am-12:30pm
Forest Bathing is an immersive experience in nature, a simple, guided walk designed to support health and wellness. On this 1-mile walk around the lake you will have an opportunity to slow down, quiet your mind, and experience the natural surroundings through your senses and take in the infinite wonders of nature. Along the way you will be guided through a series of carefully crafted invitations allowing you to explore and engage your senses of sight, sound, scent and touch and promote a deeper connection with nature. Susan Reed is a certified Nature and Forest Therapy Guide with the Association for Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT). Susan takes her passion for hiking and backpacking and combines this with a long career in corporate health management and well-being to bring people to a connection with the natural world. Adults only. Meeting location in Placerville/Gold Hill area. Suggested Donation: $10/members, $15/non-members. A detailed email will be sent once you register online at https://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/lq63pz.

10/14/2025

A NIGHT OF WINE AND STARS: Wine, Wonders & the Cosmos
Saturday, October 18th 7-11PM
Enjoy wine with placid views of the Fall night sky. Constellations and mythologies will be explained. Telescopes will reveal stellar wonders led by majestic Saturn, the distant planet Neptune, the famous Ring Nebula, the Andromeda Galaxy, globular clusters, the Perseus Double Cluster, and glorious colored double stars. If we are lucky, we might spot the “Intergalactic Voyager” as it passes through the inner solar system. Wine sold by the glass or bottle provided by David Girard Vineyards. Quiet, well-behaved of all ages welcome. Meeting location Gold Hill/Placerville area. Cost: $10/Members, $15/non-members. A detailed email will be sent once you register online at https://app.dvforms.net/api/dv/jkzo10.