Join us for the Bayou Preservation Association’s first virtual gala!  Bayou Preservation Association will highlight 20 reasons to celebrate our bayous in 2020 and look back on 20 years of festive fetes in support of Bayou Preservation Association.

The event will take place on Thursday, November 19, 2020, at 6 pm and will feature:

Emcee, Sharron Melton, the host of CW39’s Morning Dose

• Flashbacks with photos from Bayou Preservation Association archives of 20 years of events
• Opportunities to win bayou-related items
• and much more!

As a participant, you won’t have to worry about coming up with a costume (as fun as that can be) or navigating parking. You can relax and enjoy the show, knowing that you have made a difference in the health of our waterways.

Get the most out of your visit with a one-hour garden tour led by one of Houston Botanic Garden knowledgeable volunteer docents.

Docent tours require the purchase of a general admission ticket ($15/adult, $10/child) + the tour fee ($3/adult, $1/child).

A maximum capacity of 10 per tour, so spots on a tour must be purchased/reserved in advance. And tours are offered rain or shine.

RSVP Required to steve.stelzer@houstontx.gov.

Walk through a construction progress Net-Zero mash up with SIP (short for Structural Insulated Panel) and combined with Fortified and Indoor Air Plus, and the living space is elevated to the second floor. Sounds resilient, doesn’t it?

Net-Zero means high performance building envelope and efficient appliances zeroed out by solar panels. Fortified is a rating system to ensure the home survives hurricanes. DOE Indoor Air Plus along with Energy Star ensures more attributes are included to promote higher indoor air quality. And the garage is on the ground so the people and the furniture above don’t flood.

Tours start on the hour and half hour
Masks required

Time: 10:30 to 12:00 pm
Parking: City Lot H
Location: The Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park (105 Sabine St.)

Enjoy a free walking tour in Buffalo Bayou Park highlighting the landscape and ecology of 19th century Texas that created Houston, as well as the importance of prairies in rebuilding this astonishing and all but vanished ecosystem.

Get the most out of your visit with a one-hour garden tour led by one of our knowledgeable volunteer docents.

Docent tours require purchase of a general admission ticket ($15/adult, $10/child) + the tour fee ($3/adult, $1/child).

Maximum capacity of 9 per tour, not including the docent guide, so spots on a tour must be purchased/reserved in advance. And tours are offered rain or shine.

Attracting birds to your property is not only good for them, but fun and relaxing for you as well. Learn tips to support local and visiting birds and how to make your yard a sanctuary for our feathered friends. Face coverings are required.

Join Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “Jojo” Bradbury on a bird walk along the Spring Creek Nature Trail.

RSVP required to jojobirder@comcast.net.

Meet at the Creekside Park West Trailhead at the intersection of Creekside Forest Dr. and Dr. Ann Snyder Way in The Woodlands.

Join Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “JoJo” Bradbury on a bird walk along the Spring Creek Nature Trail.

RSVP required to jojobirder@comcast.net

Meet at the Creekside Park West Trailhead at the intersection of Creekside Forest Dr. and Dr. Ann Snyder Way in The Woodlands.

Time: 10:30 to 12:00 pm
Parking: City Lot H
Location: The Water Works at Buffalo Bayou Park (105 Sabine St.)

Enjoy a free walking tour in Buffalo Bayou Park highlighting the landscape and ecology of 19th century Texas that created Houston, as well as the importance of prairies in rebuilding this astonishing and all but vanished ecosystem.