Gardening

August Dollar Days at the Arboretum - Dallas

Every day in August, enjoy admission to the garden for just $1 per person for adults and children. Parking not included.

"Wildflowers: Seeds of History" - Flower Mound

Free screening of the film Wildflowers: Seeds of History.

Wildflowers is a trip through the legends, facts, and ecological impact
behind Texas Wildflowers. Discover what wildflowers are really doing,
their historical use for food and medicine, and how they grow.

Produced by KLRU Austin, the film was shot in breath-taking high
definition video in the stellar wildflower season of spring 2010.

Space is limited, so please call the Library at 972-874-6165 and RSVP for this event today.

Volunteers from Keep Flower Mound Beautiful, The Mound Foundation, The
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and KLRU-TV, Austin's PBS host this
event. Arrive early to learn about the activities and events these
not-for-profit organizations have planned for Fall 2011. Doors open at
6:15 P.M.

Learn the about the natural benefits of heat and drought tolerant, habitat supporting, water saving Texas native wildflowers!

CommuniTREE Celebration - Dallas

Celebrating Life ~ Embracing Balance ~ Fostering Peace

Presented by Earth Rhythms

Free – donations accepted.

CommuniTREE
– an environmentally themed event to commemorate, educate and
participate in all things TREE! Beneath the magnificent live oak trees
that surround the Bath House Cultural Center on White Rock Lake, join us
in fellowship of nature greatest archetype on Autumn Equinox weekend.
Learn about proper TREE care, emulate TREE energy, peruse local
artisTREE, visit with a multitude of TREE organizations and share
prayers for peace on the World TREE. Be the change you wish to see…
celebration CommuniTREE!

Full Schedule online at www.EarthRhythms.org.

HOW COMMUNITREE CAME TO BE

Organic Gardening Club Meeting - Arlington

See Website for Speaker Details.

GreenDrinks Networking Gathering - Dallas

We are your warm, friendly and inclusive catalysts for the Dallas eco-community. Let
us help you plug into the local social network of eco-conscious folks.
Everything is Bigger in Texas - our hospitality included.

Watch the 30-second video of our recent gathering. If a picture is worth 1,000 words, then a video is worth a million!!! Our 2010 Holiday Party.

AT OUR FUN AND FRIENDLY MONTHLY GATHERINGS, YOU WILL:

All Things Herbal! - Arlington

Miss Tanna, herbalist extraordinaire from the Tarrant County Urban Homesteading Group, will do a presentation on herbs: planting, growing, harvesting, storing, and using.

Strawberry Tower Construction Workshop - Carrollton

This month DFW Aquaponics Meetup will be sponsoring a short hands-on workshop to teach
the techniques necessary to build a "strawberry tower" from common PVC
pipe and a few other components. I will have instructions available ($5)
that will detail the steps to build the tower, or we will provide the
instructions along with the materials to build your own 4' tower ($25) [
Please make a comment in your RSVP if you would like materials to build your own tower.]

These structures are a great place to grow Strawberries (obviously),
but also for all types of herbs, greens, and even certain vining plants.
I will specifically discuss how to integrate these growing vessels into
aquaponics systems and how to calculate their bio-filtration
effectiveness.

Summer Wildflowers - Ft Worth

View the colorful sights that summer wildflowers bring to the Nature Center. Black-eyed-Susan, Blazing Star, and Lemon
Beebalm are just examples of the native wildflowers that have adapted to the Texas heat and are a great source of food for some migrating wildlife. $5 (with paid admission)/Members FREE.

Current Admission fees:

$5 Adults (13-64)

$2 Children (3-12;under 3 FREE)

$3 Seniors (65+)

$1 Discount per person (with Military ID)

Soil Biology & Native Plants - Richardson

Presentation on Soil Biology and Native Plants by Texas Discovery Garden's Randy Johnson.

Come learn about the "jungle" of living organisms, the ultimate recyclers
below the surface of the soil who turn organic matter into food. Learn
about the soil structure that is created and how that can have a profound
effect on the plants that you enjoy above the surface of the soil!
In addition, we will discuss the advantages of using Native and adapted
plant material.

Ugly Garden Contest - Dallas

Is your lawn
scorched? Are your garden beds a jungle?

Enter our first annual Ugly
Garden Contest. Take pictures of your front or back garden, print them
out and bring to NORTH HAVEN GARDENS by 5pm, August 26th. We'll choose 5
finalists and visit their homes to assess how bad their landscape
really is.

Winner (or loser) announced Friday, September 2nd. You must
be in our NHG Delivery zone to qualify. Details here.

All Finalists win a FREE in-store session with our NHG Garden Coach.