Calendar

March 2018

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				1	2	3 Missouri City Green’s Earth Fest 9:00 am Missouri City Green’s Earth Fest @ Edible Arbor Trail's Oyster Creek Trail Mar 3 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Come celebrate Earth Day with FREE earth-friendly activities for the whole family along the Edible Arbor Trail! Visit educational booths, where you’ll learn aboutÂ recycling, composting, beneficial bugs, water conservation and native plants. There will also be a Treasure Hunt for children!Â For more information, visit missouricitygreen.org.
4	5	6	7	8 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 Tickets Habitat Restoration Our volunteer group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon at theÂ 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,... Creation Hymn Fest 5:00 pm Creation Hymn Fest @ Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church Mar 8 @ 5:00 pm Tickets Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to join them for a Creation Hymn Fest, a musical celebration of renewal during the season of Easter (and Earth month). The church will celebrate and give thanks for Godâ€™s good creation in hymns and songs from various lands and traditions and hear anew the call to care for the creation. Attendees... 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 Tickets 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...	9	10 High Island Workdays 8:30 am High Island Workdays @ High Island Mar 10 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm Tickets 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...
11	12	13	14 Kinder Institute Forum: Mayor Mitchell Landrieu 7:00 pm Kinder Institute Forum: Mayor Mitchell Landrieu @ Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Brown Auditorium Mar 14 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Tickets Mayor Landrieu will discuss lessons learned from a natural disaster.	15	16	17 Adopt-A-Trail! 9:00 am Adopt-A-Trail! @ Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center Mar 17 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets 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...
18	19	20	21 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 Tickets The Bitter Herbs of PassoverÂ presented byÂ Jean Fefer, PhD. You can contribute to the educational value ofÂ Wednesdayâ€™sÂ program by bringing a food item to the pot-luck dinner that contains at least one bitter ingredient. This is easier than it sounds â€“ there are all the endives, chicories, and cruciferous vegetables to choose from; quinoa, millet or amaranth; artichokes, eggplant or white asparagus;...	22 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 Tickets Habitat Restoration Our volunteer group meets the second and fourth Thursday of the month from 9 a.m. to noon at theÂ 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,... Homegrown: Green Innovation 6:30 pm Homegrown: Green Innovation @ Eureka Heights Brew Co. Mar 22 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm Tickets Vox CultureÂ will be continuing itsÂ 2018 Homegrown InitiativeÂ addressing the environment withÂ â€œHomegrown: Green Innovationâ€.Â Â Vox Culture is hosting this event in partnership withÂ Houstainable. Based locally, Houstainable seeks to build and enable the platform for clean technology entrepreneurs and sustainable capital to thriveÂ in Houston. Together, the organizations are bringingÂ a select group of rising Houston startups that are building and implementing new technologies to... 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 Tickets 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...	23 Sleuthing, The Avengers, and Chemistry 5:30 pm Sleuthing, The Avengers, and Chemistry @ Burdine Hall Mar 23 @ 5:30 pm – 8:15 pm Tickets Discover how superheroes like the Avengers use chemistry to keep villains in check and save the world, and how forensic chemistry can help real-life crime fighters. Join Dr. Burks as she shares her experiences, from working in a crime lab to being a professor and TV personality, all while developing research tools for chemical sleuthing. We encourage attendees to dress...	24 Bayou Greenway Day Bayou Greenway Day @ Tidwell Park Mar 24 all-day Tickets Get to know your bayou at Bayou Greenway Day, a FREE outdoor festival with games, music, giveaways and more. Experience the beauty of the Bayou Greenways while enjoying free activities, hosted by Houston Parks Board and other community organizations. – Zumba – Bike rides – Trivia – Musical guests … AND MORE! Featuring football clinics with the Houston Texans and... Easter Egg Hunt & Food Truck Fest 11:00 am Easter Egg Hunt & Food Truck Fest @ Town Square Mar 24 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm Tickets The Baytown Parks and Recreation Department is expecting nearly 40,000 Easter Eggs to be on site for 6 egg hunting sessions starting at 11:30am on Saturday, March 24th. Each session will be divided by age and have limited entries to ensure safety for all participants. FREE EVENT- Egg Hunt from ages 0-12 years
25 5th Annual Hermann Park Conservancy Kite Festival 10:00 am 5th Annual Hermann Park Conservancy Kite Festival @ Miller Hill and Jones Reflection Pool Mar 25 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Tickets On this day, thousands of Houstonians from every part of the city converge on Miller Hill to fly kites of all shapes and colors. The FREE festival, chaired byÂ Morgan Garvey, Molly Neff, and Linsay Radcliffe, also offersÂ entertainment, interactive activities and crafts in the H-E-B Kidsâ€™ Zone, friendly kite flying, face painting, food trucks, and much more! Sponsorship Kite FestivalÂ brings together...	26	27	28 Fruitful Foraging 6:00 pm Fruitful Foraging @ Family Garden in the McGovern Centennial Gardens Mar 28 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Tickets 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...	29	30 Brews for Big Bend 6:00 pm Brews for Big Bend @ Saint Arnold Brewing Company Mar 30 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Tickets Join the Big Bend Conservancy for another round of Brews for Big Bend this March. Houston area Big Bend fans, this is your chance to meet and greet with other West Texas enthusiasts. Â For those attending, the Conservancy invites YOU to submit your photos of the Park.Â Selected images will be shown onscreen at the event.Â Ticket purchasers can submit their...	31 Easter Games 10:00 am Easter Games @ Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center Mar 31 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Tickets Enjoy egg rolls, bunny races, spoon races, and other traditional Easter games at Redbud Hill Homestead. Bring a picnic lunch. Ages 12 or under. Reservations required beginning Mar. 21, 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... Green Living: Growing Herbs 11:30 am Green Living: Growing Herbs @ Finca Tres Robles Urban Farm Mar 31 @ 11:30 am – 1:30 pm Tickets 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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