The popular program is from 10 am-12 noon on the first Saturday of each month, except April, when the nature center hosts its Nurture Nature Festival. The family-friendly offerings with hands-on-topics are free with regular admission. Enjoy a fun, educational morning; then stay to picnic, bird, hike, fish or just relax – a great way to spend a morning. For August’s program, bring the kids and their bikes to go through different stations learning bicycle safety, maintenance and even ride through an obstacle course.  Free with general admission.

The Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Education Center is hosting a free Open House to celebrate its 20th anniversary. For more information, see the Facebook event .

Wild and Scenic Film Festival, a festival by activists for activists, leaves you feeling inspired and motivated to make a difference in your community and the world. Here you can experience the adrenaline of kayaking wild rivers, climbing the highest peaks and trekking across the globe with adventure films from around the world. You’ll witness how individuals and communities across the globe are taking action.

Our selected films will cover a variety of environmental topics and offer spectacular scenery, breathtaking journeys, and stories of human connections.  

Thursday, August 30 from 6 – 9:30 pm

Cocktail Hour at 6:00 pm

Films begin at 7:00 pm

Star Cinema Grill in Vintage Park 

114 Vintage Park Blvd. Houston, TX 77070.

For more information and to purchase tickets, visit bayoulandconservancy.org.

As part of Mercer Botanic Gardens’ Pollinator Festival and Fall Plant Sale on Saturday, October 6, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., individuals and groups are invited to create a pollinator-related scarecrow for display in the gardens from Saturday, October 6 to Wednesday, October 31.

Entry forms are available at hcp4.net. Forms also available at Mercer Botanic Gardens on the Visitor’s Center table. All entrants will be contacted by Mercer upon receipt of the form.

For more information, visit hcp4.net.

Join Houston Arboretum & Nature Center for their Fall Plant Sale. They will be offering native grasses, flowers, shrubs, and trees – perfect for attracting butterflies, bees, and other pollinators to your yard or garden. Proceeds benefit the Arboretum’s conservation and education efforts. Members receive discounts on all plant sale purchases. For the list of plants, visit houstonarboretum.org.

Join Houston Arboretum & Nature Center for their Fall Plant Sale. They will be offering native grasses, flowers, shrubs, and trees – perfect for attracting butterflies, bees, and other pollinators to your yard or garden. Proceeds benefit the Arboretum’s conservation and education efforts. Members receive discounts on all plant sale purchases. For the list of plants, visit houstonarboretum.org.

Come celebrate what makes the watershed special with Bayou City Waterkeeper! Hike Armand Bayou Nature Center’s forested paths, wetlands, and prairie and be a part of urban conservation as you walk to support your backyard bayous.

10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Interactive Nature 5k (Registration required)

12 – 2 p.m. Free Public Event with live music, wildlife exhibitions, and non-profit booths

All proceeds benefit Bayou City Waterkeeper’s conservation, advocacy, and education programs. This event is part of the Waterkeeper Alliance SPLASH Series, presented nationally by Toyota USA.

To register or for more information, visit bayoucitywaterkeeper.salsalabs.org.

Support local and migrating pollinators in your community while adding color to your fall landscape!

Discover caterpillar – and butterfly- host plants. These plants not only provide a critical food source for bees and butterflies, they also add beauty to the landscape. Click here for a sneak peek of some of the plants that will be available at the plant sale.

Butterfly Bonanza is a free, fun, family-friendly, interactive event to learn more about butterflies, bees, and other pollinators, and how we can all help to create habitats to help them. Join the Gulf Coast Monarch Project for crafts, games, demonstrations, seedballs, tours, and more. Wear a butterfly costume to enter a drawing for a prize.

Maker Faire is a gathering of fascinating, curious people who enjoy learning and who love sharing what they can do. From engineers to artists to scientists to crafters, Maker Faire is a venue for these “makers” to show hobbies, experiments, projects. It the Greatest Show (& Tell) on Earth – a family-friendly showcase of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness. Glimpse the future and get inspired! For more information, and to purchase tickets, visit houston.makerfaire.com.