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.

Open to the public on the third Monday of every month through October from 8:00 am-11:00 am. Master Gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions

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.

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.

Workdays are held once a month, October through March on the second Saturday of the month. We start work around 8:30 AM and work until about noon, when we break for lunch, provided by Houston Audubon and prepared by the lunch crew. Lunch at the picnic area of Boy Scout Woods is a good chance to visit with other volunteers and recharge from a morning of exercise and work. After lunch, we take about an hour to tie up any loose ends and clean up.

Come be a part of sanctuary maintenance, habitat restoration, and Houston Audubon’s amazing volunteer workforce. Email Pete Deichmann at pdeichmann@houstonaudubon.org for more information or to be put on the email list.

• November 10
• December 8
• January 12
• February 9
• March 9

Looking for a way to get your hands dirty and get back to nature? Become a Nature Conservancy volunteer! We’ve established a robust volunteer program at our Texas City Prairie Preserve, a 2,300-acre expanse of coastal prairie and marshland just south of Houston. Established in 1995, the preserve provides vital habitat for more than 280 different bird species. Its coastal grasslands also act as natural buffers during storms and hurricanes, absorbing and dispersing water from storm surges and floods, making Texas City Prairie a critical component of the Conservancy’s ongoing effort to restore and protect the Gulf Coast.

We’re hosting volunteers the second Friday of every month, and welcome eager volunteers of every background and ability level. Work days will include a variety of opportunities, from removing invasive species and harvesting native seeds to planting marsh grasses and tending the butterfly garden.

Below is a list of upcoming volunteer days; each day requires a three-hour commitment, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Volunteers should wear jeans, closed-toe shoes, a long-sleeved shirt and hat. Please bring a refillable water bottle and work gloves (if you have them); the Conservancy will provide tools, gloves, sunscreen, water and snacks.

• January 12
• February 9
• March 9
• April 13
• May 11
• June 8
• July 13
• August 10

If you have questions or would like more information, please contact Adriane Arnold at adriane.arnold@tnc.org or (409) 941-9114.

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.

Open to the public on the third Monday of every month through October from 8:00 am-11:00 am. Master Gardeners will be available to answer your gardening questions

Beginning this Fall: Blackwood Farm School