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Urban Harvest’s Designing Our Green Homes & Communities Through Permaculture series
9:30 am
Urban Harvest’s Designing Our Green Homes & Communities Through Permaculture series
@ University of Houston Central Campus, Charles F. McElhinney Hall
Feb 2 @ 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
 A series of 7 classes First class: Feb. 2, 2019, 9:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m.
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Deadline: Water Innovation Strategies of Excellence (WISE) Awards
12:00 pm
Deadline: Water Innovation Strategies of Excellence (WISE) Awards
Feb 6 @ 12:00 pm
 Eligible applicants include: Local Governments Businesses & Industry Non-Profit Organizations Universities and Educational Institutions Utility Districts The Water Innovation Strategies of Excellence (WISE) Awards recognize innovative strategies and projects in the Houston-Galveston region that serve as models for improving water quality. Joint applications for larger, collaborative projects are encouraged. Winning projects must exhibit efficiency, effectiveness, and innovation and serve as...
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HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
9:00 am
HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
@ HPARD Greenhouse
Feb 7 @ 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,...
KPC Greenhouse Volunteers
9:00 am
KPC Greenhouse Volunteers
@ Memorial Park Conservancy Greenhouse
Feb 7 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
 The Memorial Park Conservancy has generously offered Katy Prairie Conservancy use of their greenhouse while the Native Seed Nursery at KPC’s field office in Waller is being renovated. Volunteers will help grow plants that will be used for various Katy Prairie Conservancy spring projects and for the Great Grow Out. The Memorial Park Conservancy Greenhouse is located in Memorial Park...
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Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony
8:30 am
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony
@ Houston-Galveston Area Council, Conference Room B, Second Floor
Feb 8 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
 Save the date for H-GAC’s first Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony from 9 a.m. to noon Friday, February 8, 2019, at H-GAC Conference Room B, Second Floor. The Summit will include presentations about various H-GAC programs that can provide goods, services, technical assistance, and funding for parks and natural areas projects. The event will also include the...
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony
9:00 am
Parks and Natural Areas Summit and Awards Ceremony
@ Houston-Galveston Area Council, Conference Room B, Second Floor
Feb 8 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
 The Summit will include presentations about various H-GAC programs that can provide goods, services, technical assistance, and funding for parks and natural areas projects. These projects serve as models for planning and project implementation for parks and natural areas in the region. Projects will be honored in three categories. The event will also include the annual Parks and Natural Areas Awards recognition...
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High Island Workdays
8:30 am
High Island Workdays
@ High Island
Feb 9 @ 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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Organic Gardening Hacks by Shawna Coronado
2:00 pm
Organic Gardening Hacks by Shawna Coronado
@ Buchanan's Native Plants
Feb 12 @ 2:00 pm
 Learn eco-friendly solutions to improve any garden and top tips, tricks, and solutions unearthed by Shawna Coronado. In this discussion, she will help you discover clever ways to upcycle everyday items in your garden in order to save your pennies and save the environment. Each hack is natural or organic and super-easy to accomplish in the garden and will give...
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HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday
9:00 am
HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday
@ Memorial Park Greenhouse
Feb 14 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
 Volunteers meet the second and fourth Thursday of every month to 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. They will also have special seed collecting trips, invasive species removal workdays, and planting events in restored prairies. If you’re interested in volunteering for the...
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Urban Harvest’s Starting a Community or School Garden Workshop
8:30 am
Urban Harvest’s Starting a Community or School Garden Workshop
@ University of Houston Downtown
Feb 16 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
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RDA Spotlight Award 2019
7:00 pm
RDA Spotlight Award 2019
@ Museum of Fine Arts – Brown Auditorium
Feb 19 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
 The Spotlight Award considers architects from around the world within the first 15 years of their professional practice who have demonstrated design excellence and curiosity through their body of work. Rice Design Alliance has selected DUST as the recipient of the Spotlight Award 2019. DUST Principals, Cade Hayes and Jesús E. Robles, Jr., will be delivering the Spotlight Lecture 2019...
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HW Annual Luncheon
11:30 am
HW Annual Luncheon
@ River Oaks Country Club
Feb 20 @ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
 On Wednesday, February 20, 2019, Houston Wilderness will have the honor of presenting its annual Wild Life Award to Joe B. Allen at the Annual Luncheon at River Oaks Country Club. The award will honor his legacy of environmental-based laws that are providing new parks, trails, and open space in subdivisions all over the state.
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HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
9:00 am
HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
@ HPARD Greenhouse
Feb 21 @ 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,...
KPC Greenhouse Volunteers
9:00 am
KPC Greenhouse Volunteers
@ Memorial Park Conservancy Greenhouse
Feb 21 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Memorial Park Conservancy has generously offered Katy Prairie Conservancy use of their greenhouse while the Native Seed Nursery at KPC’s field office in Waller is being renovated. Volunteers will help grow plants that will be used for various Katy Prairie Conservancy spring projects and for the Great Grow Out. The Memorial Park Conservancy Greenhouse is located in Memorial Park...
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Community Workdays
9:00 am
Community Workdays
@ Edith L. Moore Natural Sanctuary_
Feb 23 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Join Houston Audubon at the Edith Moore Nature Sanctuary for a morning of gardening and sanctuary maintenance. Houston Audubon’s team works 9 a.m. – 12 p.m., once a month on the 4th Saturday from September through May (3rd Saturday in November and December).  Activities include trail maintenance, filling bird feeders and baths, litter pick-up, native gardening, and invasive species removal. It’s...
Urban Harvest’s Basic Fruit Tree Care & Planting
9:30 am
Urban Harvest’s Basic Fruit Tree Care & Planting
@ Houston Museum of Natural Science, Moran Conference Room
Feb 23 @ 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
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Urban Harvest’s In The Garden – Spring Vegetable Planting
6:00 pm
Urban Harvest’s In The Garden – Spring Vegetable Planting
@ McGovern Centennial Family Gardens
Feb 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
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HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday
9:00 am
HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday
@ Memorial Park Greenhouse
Feb 28 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Volunteers meet the second and fourth Thursday of every month to 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. They will also have special seed collecting trips, invasive species removal workdays, and planting events in restored prairies. If you’re interested in volunteering for the...
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