Houston Sierra Club Outings
Saturday, May 19 at 7:30 AM

On Saturday, May 19, 2018, the Houston Sierra Club will hike in Huntsville State Park Park). The hike will be on the Chinquapin Trail (6.8 miles) and…

https://www.meetup.com/Houston-Sierra-Club-Outings/events/244433072/

The Baytown Farmers Market hosts it’s monthly Market on the 3rd Saturday of the month from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Town Square on Texas Avenue. The vibe is similar to a Hallmark movie setting. Come out to a peaceful environment to shop for your goods as well as helping support local consumers, performers, artist, crafters, and entrepreneurs. Calling all Vendors: If interested in becoming a vendor. Come out to sell your goods as well as market yourselves and your business for Free. Call 281-420-6598 for any Farmers Market questions.

This the same market that you knew as The LaCenterra Farmers Market!

The Farmers Market on Grand Parkway gives local vendors and farmers a place to come together and celebrate good, hard, honest work – the work done by the hands of our neighbors. Come out and help us grow.

Interested in becoming a Vendor?  Download the application.

Please the submit the application by email to: ccarey5@att.net or mail to: 1895 Barker Cypress Road #6107 Houston, Texas 77084

To follow up on application, please call 832 878-9806.

For more information, visit farmersmarketongrandparkway.com.

On May 19, 2018, from 8 a.m.-noon, the public is invited to help set up the first of two tree farms at the new Houston Botanic Garden, 8205 N. Bayou Drive. This first public event at the garden is in partnership with Trees for Houston. Eventually, the 2-acre tree farm will consist of a variety of tree species and native trees including pines, oaks, magnolias and sycamores. Parking will be available in the clubhouse lot. Refreshments will be provided. For more information and to RSVP, visit hbg.org.

The Nature Discovery Center partners with Houston Audubon to conduct monthly surveys at Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve, a 290-acre park on the site of a Harris County Flood Control District retention pond project. Participants can help by either spotting birds or helping to identify them on this 2.5 hour long survey. This is a great way to get involved with Houston’s citizen science community. To see the results from past surveys at the site, visit eBird.

These surveys are open to experienced and beginning birders alike. Experienced birders lead groups of participants to try to cover as much of the park as possible.

The Woodlands Farmer’s Market at Grogan’s Mill was established in 2008 as “The Grogan’s Mill Farmer’s Market,” a weekly community event sponsored by the Grogan’s Mill Village Association.  The Market is open Saturdays from 8 am – 12 pm at the Grogan’s Mill Center.  The market typically closes only one Saturday during the year, the Saturday between Christmas and New Year’s Day.  If you drive to the market you will find the village center has plenty of parking.  If you choose to walk or ride your bike, it is located just off of the Mill Bend Trail with direct access under Grogan’s Mill Rd.

The Market adheres to high standards requiring that all agricultural and artisan vendors grow or produce the good they sell.  Each of the prepared food vendors is required to use a commercial kitchen when preparing their product.

Profits from our Market are returned to the community through the Grogan’s Mill Village Association’s philanthropic programs. These programs include but are not limited to, college scholarships from, support of CISD schools and Good Citizen Awards.

There are many reasons for starting a community garden: creating a strong sense of community and stewardship; developing a community’s identity and spirit; providing a space for communities to grow safe, nutritious food; empowering communities with the knowledge to grow their own food and offering education and support to manage the food they grow and their own health.

In this 4-hour comprehensive workshop, Terry Garner, Philippa Johnstone, and Andrew Cobb will take you through the process of building community, setting goals and exploring funding options, to the nuts and bolts of creating the garden and helping to ensure its sustainability. Morning snacks and drinks will be provided – please bring your own sack lunch. The last portion of the class will include a tour of Plant It Forward Farm located near the campus. There are no refunds on classes.

PLEASE NOTE: Registration is from 8:30 -8:45. Workshop to start at 8:45.

For more information, visit urbanharvest.org.

Houstonians, ages 9 and up, are invited to join Buffalo Bayou Partnership for community-wide volunteer days at Buffalo Bayou Park happening the third Saturday of each month. Whether volunteering as a large or small group, or individually, your efforts will lead to a healthier environment and a more aesthetically pleasing amenity for all to enjoy.

Volunteers will help with a variety of tasks, including but not limited to: trash pick-up, mulching and weed removal. We do ask that all volunteers bring their own work gloves. All other necessary work tools will be provided by BBP.

On May 19, 2018, beginning at 8:45 a.m., join the Nature Heritage Society-Houston for a hike on The Hill, as well as kite-making, at Sims Greenway, starting at the Bessie Swindle Community Center, 11800 Scott Street. All ages welcome. For more information, see the Facebook event.

Clearlake Shores Farmers Market has a unique diversity of seasonal fresh fruits, nuts, beans and vegetables from Frobergs Farm and Georgias Grassfed Beef/Farm to Market, eggs and delicious canned and baked goods from Alvin’s Joyful Noise Farm, homemade preserves, salsa and hot sauce(Texas Select), delicious spice blends for seasoning(Salt-Spices and More), fresh served cottage foods from Mexico(Mama Lupes), Columbia/Paraguay(Kapau Empanadas) and India(Nisha’s), ready to make Beer Bread, Brenham Kitchen hand blended Fruit and Nut mixes, home-made tortilla chips by “Vees Chips”, locally produced honey(Tom’s Honey), organic beverages at the Organic Juice Bar, Organo Gold Coffee, Organic Teas(Tea Solutions), local handmade crafts and artisan soaps, including cutting-boards(Re-leaf), jewelry, organic/naturally grown fruit trees and vegetable transplants, butterfly/hummingbird host and nectar plants, organic gardening supplies from Faith’s Garden Shed “Naturally” or Grace Outdoors and so much more!

For updates, visit Clearlake Shores Farmers Market Facebook’s Page.