Calendar
Time:Â 10:30 to 12:00 pm
Parking:Â City Lot H
Location:Â 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)Â + the tour fee ($3/adult, $1/child).
Maximum capacity of 9Â 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.
SAT., JAN. 30: SEED SWAP SOCIAL. 9am, free. KICKERILLO-MISCHER PRESERVE, 20215 Chasewood Park Dr. Register at https://www.hcp4.net/tap/events
Join Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “JoJo†Bradbury on a bird walk on the first Saturday of every month.
VMS Code:  AT: Single Presentation – BLC Birding Walk
Meet at the back of the parking lot at 9am. Look for Teri MacArthur old red Ford Escape. Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter will spend a couple of hours along the trails behind the Rec Center. With some rain recently, Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter might just find something worth seeing! Hope you can join Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter. Questions? Call or text to Teri MacArthur cell number: 281.381.3281, or send an email to texasnaturelover@earthlink.net .
Join Spring Creek Greenway Ambassador and published birder Joanne “JoJo†Bradbury on a bird walk every Monday.
VMS Code:  AT: Single Presentation – BLC Birding Walk
Learn how to identify and remove non-native invasive plants from our pathways and green spaces so you can volunteer alongside your neighbors in the effort to keep native trees and plants healthy.
The Online training is FREE. Registration is required
The Heartwood Chapter Board of Directors meets the last Monday of every month (or Tuesday, if Monday is a holiday) at 6:00 p.m. at the Jones Forest Classroom.
Members and the public are invited to attend.
NOTE:   Meetings during the COVID-19 pandemic are being held virtually. If you’d like to receive an invitation to the board meeting, please contact heartwoodpres@gmail.com
Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter are having their second Plant Party Training on Feb. 24th from 10-11:30 am. The theme this time is “Talking Ecology†where Texas Master Naturalists – Heartwood Chapter will have 5, 15-minute presentation prepared on Ecological Site Descriptions, Using Plant as Indicator Species, Converting Introduced Grass Fields to Natives, and How Weather Changes Influence Ecology. It is really going to be an information-thick event, plus there are door prizes!
Again, these Plant Party quarterly webinar trainings are a collaboration between Extension, USDA-NRCS, and TPWD. They are offered FREE in an attempt to provide an easy learning opportunity for our employees and volunteers, although clientele are welcome.