Swap toys with other families, and keep usable toys from entering the landfill.

Stop by the Nature Center Without Walls to learn about nature topics, plus current events and activities at the Preserve. For more information visit Kickerillo-Mischer Preserve.

Plant It Forward farms are selling fresh produces directly on-the-farm at their neighborhood Farm Stands. You can stop by during Farm Stand hours to buy freshly harvested produce from your friendly neighborhood farmer.

If you’d like to stop by and see one of their farms, Plant It Forward recommends that you visit during Farm Stand hours and meet one of their farmers.

PLANT IT FORWARD FARMS

@ University of St Thomas
1318 Sul Ross St, Houston TX 77006
Saturdays 10:00am-2:00pm 

For more information, visit plant-it-forward.org.

Come to enjoy the Coastal Prairie Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist’s fun and FREE Seabourne Nature Fest.  This is a great day of fun experiences and includes horse-drawn wagons, face-painting, crafts for the kids, nature tours, butterflies, wildlife, native plant sale, food and much more! For more information, visit txmn.org.

The City of Houston provides a recycling station for plastic and paper from 11 am to 2 pm on Saturdays at Discovery Green. Thanks to I Recycle Glass, you can also bring your glass each week to be recycled. Please bring paper and plastic recyclables separately from glass. Recycling can be affected by street closures. Check discoverygreen.com each week for schedule updates. Please note: Recycling container is provided by the City of Houston Solid Waste Management. The schedule can be subject to change, but park staff will accept your recycling in the park office during the hours of 10 am to 2 pm regardless of whether the container is on site.

Gather in the Cullen Running Trails Center to learn about the influential women of Memorial Park, including Ima Hogg, Sara Emmott, Terry Hershey, and Sadie Gwin Blackburn; then join Memorial Park Conservancy’s women leaders for a guided stroll in the park. For more information, visit Facebook event page.

This program, Houston Women in the Environment, is part of the Tales of Houston Women collaboration, a two-month retrospective and celebration by several of our community’s organizations.  The program displays the many ways that Houston’s women have, are, and will put their mark on history, celebrating through art, lectures, science, movies, dance, and more. Learn more at www.talesofhoustonwomen.org.

Learn about the animals of Armand Bayou and the habitats they live in. Demonstrations vary from week to week: mammals, birds and reptiles.

Join the University of Houston’s Center for Public History for an afternoon of personal storytelling and recording of oral histories. Storytellers from different areas of Houston will recount their experiences during Hurricane Harvey. After, the Center for Public History invite members of the public to record their own histories of Hurricane Harvey.

The event is free and open to the public.

Join Bayou City Waterkeeper for their 11th annual Folks ‘N Oysters, benefiting Bayou City Waterkeeper. They will feature local oysters, good food and drinks, live music, and – new this year – a fantastic wine pull. Enjoy the sunset right on Galveston Bay while helping Bayou City Waterkeeper celebrate the close of the year with friends from around their watershed.

The South Texas Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (STS-AIChE) is now 75 years old, and we are celebrating this with our Diamond Jubilee Celebration Dinner. For more information and Registration visit STS-AIChE Diamond Jubilee Celebration Dinner.