Volcan Mountain Foundation

This year's Silent Auction is bigger and better than ever!

Welcome to our auction. Help us raise much needed funds to help preserve our mountain range for all generations.

Join VMF on January 11 for a stewardship day on Volcan Mountain. As a wildfire prevention measure, we will be creating piles of wood collected from the forest and burning them throughout the day. 

Date: Sunday, January 29

Time:  8:30 am - 4:00 pm (Volunteers are free to leave at any time).

Bring: Work gloves (VMF has its own supply as well), water, snacks, lunch.

Wear: Sturdy shoes and dress warmly and in layers.

Join past president of the San Diego Mycological Society, Les Braund, as you learn about the life of mushrooms. We'll start with a presentation at VMF's Webb Education Center. Afterward, we'll collect mushrooms at VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center and discuss each one found. 

Date: Sunday, April 2

Time: 10:00 am - 2:00 pm. Due to the gated entry for VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center, please plan to arrive by 9:45 am.

Sunday, December 17: Join Janice Smith, VMF’s Education Coordinator and Certified Forest Therapy Guide, on a guided Forest Bathing walk at VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center. This is a new program of bi-monthly Forest Bathing walks offered through VMF.

What is Forest Bathing?  

Sunday, October 22: Join Janice Smith, VMF’s Education Coordinator and Certified Forest Therapy Guide, on a guided Forest Bathing walk at VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center. This is a new program of bi-monthly Forest Bathing walks offered through VMF.

What is Forest Bathing?  

Sunday, September 3: Join Janice Smith, VMF’s Education Coordinator and Certified Forest Therapy Guide, on a guided Forest Bathing walk at VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center. This is a new program of bi-monthly Forest Bathing walks offered through VMF.

What is Forest Bathing?  

Sunday, June 25: Join Janice Smith, VMF’s Education Coordinator and Certified Forest Therapy Guide, on a guided Forest Bathing walk at VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center. This is a new program of bi-monthly Forest Bathing walks offered through VMF.

What is Forest Bathing?  

Sunday April 23: Join Janice Smith, VMF’s Education Coordinator and Certified Forest Therapy Guide, on a guided Forest Bathing walk at VMF's Volcan Mountain Nature Center. This is a new program of bi-monthly Forest Bathing walks offered through VMF.

What is Forest Bathing?  

Sunday September 24: Join VMF's Outdoor Naturalist Educator, Janice Smith,in this fun hands-on workshop where you will learn about the wide variety of fall berries that grow in abundance on Volcan Mountain. Then we will roll-up your sleeves to make elderberry syrup and bake blackberry pie.