TOPFest 2025

Tired of drywall? Come play in the mud with us. Join our hands-on Natural Building Workshop in Leggett, CA from August 10-17! We believe in building real skills for a resilient community. You’ll learn multiple techniques from expert Colin Gillespie: • Cob building • Natural Plasters • Earthen Floors & more! We learn while we work, and then we feast. Get ready for amazing food,…

Tired of toxic, flammable, and expensive buildings? Come experience nature’s bountiful solutions with us! Join our hands-on Natural Building Workshop in Leggett, CA from August 10-17, 2025! We believe in building real skills for a resilient community. You’ll learn multiple techniques from expert Colin Gillespie: Pole Building Cob Building Natural Plasters Earthen Floors & More! We learn while we work, and then…

With all the wonderful things Tan Oak Park does for our community like host our Fire Benefit free every year and now provide a huge water tank for fire departments, we can give back a little by working a few hours to make the park more fire-safe. Next Wednesday July 23rd, community volunteers will join…

Tan Oak Park hosts a Summer Solstice Event Saturday June 21, 2025 celebrating the completion of the Leggett Fire Water Tank, a 72,000 gallon water tank dedicated to fire protection for Tan Oak Park and the surrounding region. Get Your Tickets

We’re co-sponsoring this packed event with the Eel River Recovery Project and many other groups shown below. On Saturday March 29, 2025 at Harwood Hall in Laytonville, we’ll host an all-day gathering featuring speakers, panels, lightning talks, a poster session, and plenty of time for questions and networking discussing all aspects of forest health, fire…

On Saturday December 7, 2024 we gathered along a private road north of Laytonville and explored different ways to burn piles while making biochar. The piles were created by a thinning project under a Calfire Forest Health Grant. The thinning crew came through and built the piles and saved about an acre of piles for…