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Join us for the Arboretum’s largest Spring Plant Sale ever! This year we are partnering up with Houston Audubon and the Houston Parks & Recreation Department to offer you an even wider variety of native plants. As usual, we will be selling native grasses, flowers (including milkweed), shrubs, and trees – perfect for attracting butterflies, bees, and other pollinators to your yard or garden.
Plants are priced as follows:
- $4.50 – 4 inch
- $9 – 1 gallon
- $12 – Milkweed
- $30 – 3-5 gallon
Arboretum Members receive a 10-25% discount (depending on Membership level) on all plant sale purchases!
Plants & Pints Happy Hour
Friday, April 19
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Help us wrap up day one of this exciting Plant Sale by enjoying a beverage with us! Sip on Saint Arnold brews as you plan your spring garden and pick out your plants. If you’re an Arboretum Member, or become one that day, the first beer is on us!
Location: The Spring Plant Sale will be located just inside the 610 Entrance gate on the south side of the entrance road (the yellow star on the map). Shoppers are asked to park along the 610 Parking Loop and then walk over to the sale. There will be a small pull in area at the Plant Sale for people to load their plant purchases.
The deadline for discounted early bird registration is April 22, 2019.
Texas ASLA Conference is a platform to explore topics like the process, next: innovative/expanding markets, green/sustainable practices and principles, and landscape/case studies. For more information, visit www.texasasla.org.
The North American Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Conference, sponsored by Blank Rome, is designed to address the energy, environmental, natural resources legal issues that span Canada, the United States and Mexico. This year the conference will address issues surrounding energy infrastructure buildout, demand and integration of renewable energy, and updates on changes in energy, environment, and climate policy in North America and its effect on business.
The North American Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Conference, sponsored by Blank Rome, is designed to address the energy, environmental, natural resources legal issues that span Canada, the United States and Mexico. This year the conference will address issues surrounding energy infrastructure buildout, demand and integration of renewable energy, and updates on changes in energy, environment, and climate policy in North America and its effect on business.
Rice Design Alliance will host their 44th annual Architecture Tour. This year’s theme “ADAPT†refers to how architects and owners of Houston homes have modified their living spaces to adapt to changing conditions. The tour will feature six Houston houses that had adapted to generational succession, family change, climate crisis, neighborhood expectations, and rising waters. To purchase your tickets or for more information, visit arch.rice.edu.
Please join us for the Rice Design Alliance 2019 Architecture Tour: ADAPT on Saturday-Sunday, April 27-28 from 1:00-6:00 p.m. This year’s theme “ADAPT” refers to the different ways in which architects and owners of Houston homes have modified their living spaces to adapt to changing conditions. The six Houston houses featured on the tour have adapted to generational succession, family change, climate crisis, neighborhood expectations, rising waters, and preserving in place. In some cases, architects have adapted existing spaces. In others, they adapt their designs to shifting, sometimes unpredictable circumstances. Much in contrast with current trends in building unnecessarily large and inefficient homes, the six homes featured in ADAPT all respond to an intent to reuse existing spaces through adaptation. Whether expressed through rehabilitation, addition, retrofitting, or raising, the ethic of adaptation promotes the preservation of a neighborhood’s fabric while avoiding obsolescence in a constantly evolving suburban landscape.
The Rice Design Alliance 2019 Architecture Tour: ADAPT is chaired by Joyce Lander, Larry Lander, Marybeth Flaherty, and Tom Flaherty.
Current RDA members may purchase discounted tickets for $25. RDA membership is open to all! Tickets for non-members are $35. Student tickets are $15 with a valid ID. Tickets are non-refundable.
Each ticket provides access to all six locations.
Rice Design Alliance will host their 44th annual Architecture Tour. This year’s theme “ADAPT†refers to how architects and owners of Houston homes have modified their living spaces to adapt to changing conditions. The tour will feature six Houston houses that had adapted to generational succession, family change, climate crisis, neighborhood expectations, and rising waters. To purchase your tickets or for more information, visit arch.rice.edu.