Adopt-a-Habitat
Train to become one of Mt. Helix Park’s official habitat restoration team members.
About the Program
As an Adopt-A-Habitat volunteer, you and your family/team members can be part of the habitat restoration efforts by helping us rid the Jewel of East County of invasive mustard weed and other non-native plants that are threatening the native habitat within the Park.
Since the group’s formation in the fall of 2015, volunteers have adopted more than half of the Park’s 12-acre footprint and helped rid the landscape of a large portion of the invasive weeds resulting in a healthier population of indigenous plant life and an increase in habitat for the local insects and animals that rely on them.
Learn & Register
The Adopt-A-Habitat program strives to educate volunteers about abatement techniques and how to identify native versus invasive plants so that participants can volunteer either independently or during regularly scheduled workdays and so that they can bring their love for California native plants into their own gardens.
To register for the Adopt-A-Habitat program, contact mkirk@mthelixpark.org, or call the Park office during office hours Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. at (619) 741-4363.
For more about the Park’s Habitat Restoration Group, click here.
Volunteer Guidelines
Download the Park’s guides for working in the native habitat:
Fall is the planting season for California native plants
Sign up now to become an Adopt-A-Habitat volunteer and learn about planting with natives.