Past Events
2023
Oct. 14: Community picnic at Butterfield Trails Ranch
Oct. 14: Spooky Trails in Hellhole Canyon
March 25: Bee and Butterfly Sustainability Festival (Valley Center Library)
2022
Oct. 15: Spooky Trails in Hellhole Canyon
Oct. 8: Community picnic at Butterfield Trails Ranch
July 30: How to Live with Rattlesnakes (Valley Center Library)
April 23: Stargazing at Hellhole Canyon
2021
Nov. 6: Butterfield Trails Ranch open house
Nov. 6: Stargazing at Hellhole Canyon
Oct. 16: Spooky Trails in Hellhole Canyon
2020
Jan. 11 - March 8: Finding Heaven in Hellhole Art Exhibition, California Center for the Arts, Escondido
2019
Dec. 12: California Center for the Arts, Escondido
Nov. 2: Indigenous Regeneration at Valley Center Library
Oct. 12: Spooky Trails in Hellhole Canyon
Sept. 21: Project Wildlife at VC Library
May 22: Western Days at VC Library
April 15: VC Parks and Rec, Joaquin Aganza/NWF
April 8: Valley Center Planning Board - Joaquin Aganza/NWF
March 24: VCTA Star Valley Community Picnic
March 9: Movie & Stargazing in Hellhole Canyon
Feb. 16: Valentines for Mountain Lions
Feb. 1: Hellhole Canyon Hike - the Big Loop
Jan. 21: Hellhole Canal Loop Hike
2018
Oct. 13: Spooky Trails Halloween Event
Aug. 18: Friends Participate in Rincon Health Fair
Aug. 12: Friends Host Thank You Party for Contributing Artists
July 28: Rattlesnakes in Valley Center
June 16: Mountain Lions Need Our Respect and Love
June 5: Prop 68 REI Watch Party
June 2: Board Members Clean Up Hellhole
May 26: Valley Center Memorial Festival
April 28: BioBlitz 2018 at Hellhole Canyon
April 24: Guejito Art Exhibit and Benefit Concert at VC Library
April 18: Bee & Butterfly Festival at Valley Center Library
2017
Dec. 1: Last Chance Silent Art Auction, Escondido Municipal Art Gallery
Nov. 17: Hellhole to Paradise Silent Art Auction, Escondido Municipal Art Gallery
Oct. 14: Spooky Trails in Hellhole Canyon
July 29: Rattlesnakes in Valley Center, Presentation by Dr. Roy Johnson at VC Library
May 27: Valley Center Western Days Pie Contest, VC Community Center
2016
Oct. 15: Spooky Trails in Hellhole Canyon
July 21: VC Chamber Sundowner
May 28: Valley Center Western Days Pie Contest
March 19: Owls in Valley Center, Presentation by Patrick Burke at VC Library
2015 and earlier
Feb. 21, 2015: Bats in Valley Center, Presentation by Cindy Meyers at VC Library
Jan. 17, 2015: Stargazing in Hellhole
Nov. 8, 2014: Horse Hike in Hellhole
Oct. 14, 2014: Halloween in Hellhole
2016 Melrose Ranch Silent Auction:
Hellhole to Paradise Silent Art Auction, November 17, 2017 Escondido Municipal Art Gallery
Photography by Sandy Zelasko, one of many artists who donated to the November 2017 silent art auction.
featured artists
Helen Acosta, Claudia Barrett, Cathy Carey, Matt Dimakos, Michael Fairchild, Joe Garcia, Stan Goudey, Susan Keighley, Lee Kromschroeder, Alex Long, Julie Schneider Ljubenkov, Alexandra Magnan, Carolyn McGraw, David Miller, Daniel Feathers Montano, Tim Nedzweckas, Barbara Scharnau, Tom Tiedeman, Linda Todd, Gloria Warren and Sandy Zelasko
music
Judi Works and Wes Westlake, Sister Speak
