Registration begins at 10:00 a.m. No pre-registration required. Class fee of $5 (for one class) payable at door – cash only please (exact change will be greatly appreciated). $8.00 for both classes on same Day.

Refreshments provided: coffee, water and snack.

Held on the “2nd Saturdays” of each month, they will enjoy a delicious vegan potluck and meeting, along with a discussion, film screening, food demo or speaker presentation on intersectional issues of veganism, animal rights, environmentalism, nonviolence, health and more. Each month will be something new! Their new venue is at the HCC Conference Center.

They are asking for a donation of $5 per person to help cover our facility rental expenses. All attendees must bring a vegan entree to share at the potluck (serving size to feed 10 people)!

Please remember to bring a vegan dish to share with the group! Their events are always vegan, so please only vegan or raw vegan foods (no animal-derived ingredients). Also bring reusable dinnerware and plates to keep the event earth-friendly. If you have questions on ingredients, feel free to contact them.

They will also feature a new discussion topic on inter sectional issues each month, such as: animal rights, ethical vegan living, vegan health & nutrition, cooking, world hunger solutions, eco-friendly living, nonviolence and more! Some months will also include film screenings and/or guest speakers and food demos.

Houston Community College Conference Center is located at 3100 Main St, 3rd Floor, Houston, TX 77002. See below for map. Free Parking is available on level 7 & 8 of the HCC Administration parking garage at Main & Elgin. Use elevator from parking garage to 3rd floor breezeway, which leads to the Conference suites. You must enter the building through the parking garage and not street-level.

All attendees must sign in at the Security Desk.

RSVP is appreciated for seating!

Habitat Restoration

Our volunteer group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon at the HPARD Greenhouse.

We propagate plants from locally collected native seed. A typical workday may include seeding pots, bumping up trays into 1-gallon containers, separating seedlings, and weeding pots. We will also have special seed collecting trips, invasive species removal workdays, and planting events in our restored prairies!

We are also beginning to conduct semi-annual vegetation transects and monthly bird surveys at our current and future restoration sites. If you’re good at identifying plants or birds or if you would like to learn more about them, come join us!

If you’re interested in volunteering for the NRMP, email kelli.ondracek@houstontx.gov.

Harris County Master Gardener event & plant sale

Leading national experts discuss flood mitigation strategies, how these strategies interact with broader planning efforts and communities, and how to best pay for this work. They will explore a range of site-specific mitigation strategies including low impact design, green infrastructure, and urban-scale green space preservation.

Moderator

• Kyle Shelton, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Kinder Institute for Urban Research

Panelists

• Isabelle Michele Sophie Anguelovski, Director, Barcelona Lab for Urban Environmental Justice & Sustainability
• John Stewart Frey, Landscape & Urban Designer, Liveable Cities Lab, Ramboll Group
• Shalini Vajjhala, Founder & CEO, re:focus partners
• David Waggonner, President, Waggonner & Ball

Free. Houston Rose Society event

When the area garden clubs go on summer hiatus, we have the perfect solution for not only garden club members but anyone who would just like to be a part of a fun Summer Saturday Workshop.

Call 713-274-4160 to register or click here to link to The Mercer Society Online Registration.

Registration is required. Your registration fee includes all project materials for your take home projects.  Register for one, two, three or all four workshops. Seating is limited so register today! These classes will fill up quickly!

Workshops will be held at Mercer’s Westside Arboretum.
Please follow the directional signs to the workshop location.

Free. Harris County Master Gardener event

Galveston County Master Gardener event. Free. Register

Free.  Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society event