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HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
9:00 am
HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
@ HPARD Greenhouse
Mar 8 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
 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,...
Urban Harvest’s Growing Organic Vegetable Series
6:30 pm
Urban Harvest’s Growing Organic Vegetable Series
@ University of Houston, Central Campus, McElhinney Hall, Room TBD
Mar 8 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
 In a total of 10 classes (25 hours of instruction), this series covers everything you want to know about growing vegetables. Topics include the advantages of organic and ecological approaches over chemicals; vegetable garden design; irrigation and drainage; soil fertility, mulches and composts; organic pest control; seeds, transplants, where to get them and how to plant them. The last half...
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High Island Workdays
8:30 am
High Island Workdays
@ High Island
Mar 10 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
 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...
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H-GAC Parks and Natural Areas Roundtable
1:30 pm
H-GAC Parks and Natural Areas Roundtable
@ Houston-Galveston Area Council
Mar 12 @ 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
 Join the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) for the Parks and Natural Areas (PNA) Roundtable on Monday, March 12, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at H-GAC Conference Room A, Second Floor. The PNA Roundtable is open to anyone interested in participating. The topic of the meeting is Maintenance and Beyond. Speakers will discuss parks as flood mitigation and park maintenance before and after...
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Adopt-A-Trail!
9:00 am
Adopt-A-Trail!
@ Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center
Mar 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join sponsoring teams to help remove invasive plants. Learn more about this effort at www.texasinvasives.org. Ages 10+. Reservations required beginning Mar. 07, 2018. All Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center programs requiring reservations are limited in size and open to one family per phone call. Group reservations are not allowed unless otherwise indicated. Preferential reservations are given to Harris...
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Herb Society Meeting: The Bitter Herbs of Passover
6:30 pm
Herb Society Meeting: The Bitter Herbs of Passover
@ Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion
Mar 21 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
The Bitter Herbs of Passover presented by Jean Fefer, PhD. You can contribute to the educational value of Wednesday’s program by bringing a food item to the pot-luck dinner that contains at least one bitter ingredient. This is easier than it sounds – there are all the endives, chicories, and cruciferous vegetables to choose from; quinoa, millet or amaranth; artichokes, eggplant or white asparagus;...
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HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
9:00 am
HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
@ HPARD Greenhouse
Mar 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
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,...
Urban Harvest’s Growing Organic Vegetable Series
6:30 pm
Urban Harvest’s Growing Organic Vegetable Series
@ University of Houston, Central Campus, McElhinney Hall, Room TBD
Mar 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm
In a total of 10 classes (25 hours of instruction), this series covers everything you want to know about growing vegetables. Topics include the advantages of organic and ecological approaches over chemicals; vegetable garden design; irrigation and drainage; soil fertility, mulches and composts; organic pest control; seeds, transplants, where to get them and how to plant them. The last half...
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Fruitful Foraging
6:00 pm
Fruitful Foraging
@ Family Garden in the McGovern Centennial Gardens
Mar 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
 Hermann Park Conservancy’s FREE garden class series in the McGovern Centennial Gardens continues with a session on foraging. Believe it or not, indigenous foods that you can eat can be found all around you! Foraging foods is a fun and fast-growing movement all over the world. Foraging a meal could be picking winter weeds at a nearby park or going...
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Green Living: Growing Herbs
11:30 am
Green Living: Growing Herbs
@ Finca Tres Robles Urban Farm
Mar 31 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm
 The class will cover basic herb growing in the Houston area. Students will learn best practices for soil preparation, growing from seed or transplants, seasonality of various types of herbs, growing in containers vs. garden beds and dealing with our unique climate conditions. Time permitting, we will cover best harvesting practices and easy ways to use herbs in everyday food...
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