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Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
 Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
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Children’s Nature Classes
9:30 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 3 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
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HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
9:00 am
HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
@ HPARD Greenhouse
Apr 4 @ 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
Apr 4 @ 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...
Science Sprouts (ages 4-5)
10:00 am
Science Sprouts (ages 4-5)
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
 Science Sprouts is an exciting series for curious kids that love nature and science. Classes will include a short lesson on the topic of the day followed by a nature walk on the trails of the Arboretum. Each class will have a fun mixture of games, live animals, biofacts, crafts, story time, or music. Parents are welcome to participate with...
Gardening for Birds, Butterflies and Other Pollinators course
1:30 pm
Gardening for Birds, Butterflies and Other Pollinators course
@ Rice University
Apr 4 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
 As birds, butterflies and bees become increasingly imperiled, more homeowners are creating gardens to nurture and sustain pollinators. These dynamic gardens not only support wildlife but also provide an attractive and healthy environment for people. Master gardener and naturalist Glenn Olsen explains which wildflowers, flowering shrubs, fruit trees and even vegetables offer food and shelter for pollinators. Learn to create...
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Children’s Nature Classes
9:30 am
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
@ Houston Audubon's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center
Apr 5 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
 Introducing BIRD Buddies — The most fun for your 3 to 5-year-old on a Friday. Your children will discover a new bird and the other animals that live in its habitat every week. Natural history education, crafts, games, song and dance and more await your children on this fun journey through the bird world. This program will run from September...
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
1:00 pm
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
@ Houston Audubon's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center
Apr 5 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Introducing BIRD Buddies — The most fun for your 3 to 5-year-old on a Friday. Your children will discover a new bird and the other animals that live in its habitat every week. Natural history education, crafts, games, song and dance and more await your children on this fun journey through the bird world. This program will run from September...
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Naturalist Explorers (ages 5-8): Defenders of Planet Earth
9:00 am
Naturalist Explorers (ages 5-8): Defenders of Planet Earth
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 6 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Naturalist Explorers introduces children ages 5 to 8 to environmental and natural history topics in a fun and enthusiastic atmosphere. Classes include a short introduction inside followed by handsâ€on, engaging activities outside. Parents are welcome to participate with their child, or drop them off. This spring, come and learn how to be a Planet Defender! Discover how to make wise...
Tadpole Troopers (ages 3-5): Animals of the Night
9:00 am
Tadpole Troopers (ages 3-5): Animals of the Night
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:15 am
 As the sun sets a whole new world comes to life. Explore the nighttime world as parents and children learn all about nocturnal animals. Journey down armadillo tunnels, learn how to echo-locate, and meet two of the most amazing Houston mammals as the group ventures into the night and see who’s awake out there. Tadpole Troopers is a nature class and outdoor...
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Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event
1:30 pm
Interfaith Environmental Stewardship Event
@ Willow Waterhole Greenspace
Apr 7 @ 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
 Calling people of all faiths or no faith at all in Houston to care for our shared environment during Earth Month & Faith Climate Action Week! You will engage in hands-on environmental stewardship by mulching around plantings, planting native plants & removing trash at the Willow Waterhole Conservation Reserve. This event will offer activities for all ages and skill levels,...
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Arboretum’s Home School Program (ages 5-12)
1:00 pm
Arboretum’s Home School Program (ages 5-12)
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 8 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
A different three-week science unit is taught each month, with classes consisting of instructional time, hands-on activities, and outdoor activities. Extension ideas will be provided to parents so they can follow up with lessons and activities at home. Visit houstonarboretum.org for the class schedule.
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Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
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Children’s Nature Classes
9:30 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 10 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
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HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday
9:00 am
HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday
@ Memorial Park Greenhouse
Apr 11 @ 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...
Science Sprouts (ages 4-5)
10:00 am
Science Sprouts (ages 4-5)
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 11 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
Science Sprouts is an exciting series for curious kids that love nature and science. Classes will include a short lesson on the topic of the day followed by a nature walk on the trails of the Arboretum. Each class will have a fun mixture of games, live animals, biofacts, crafts, story time, or music. Parents are welcome to participate with...
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Children’s Nature Classes
9:30 am
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
@ Houston Audubon's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center
Apr 12 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Introducing BIRD Buddies — The most fun for your 3 to 5-year-old on a Friday. Your children will discover a new bird and the other animals that live in its habitat every week. Natural history education, crafts, games, song and dance and more await your children on this fun journey through the bird world. This program will run from September...
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
1:00 pm
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
@ Houston Audubon's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center
Apr 12 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Introducing BIRD Buddies — The most fun for your 3 to 5-year-old on a Friday. Your children will discover a new bird and the other animals that live in its habitat every week. Natural history education, crafts, games, song and dance and more await your children on this fun journey through the bird world. This program will run from September...
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Urban Harvest’s Edible Landscapes
9:30 am
Urban Harvest’s Edible Landscapes
@ Houston Museum of Natural Science, Moran Conference Room
Apr 13 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
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Arboretum’s Home School Program (ages 5-12)
1:00 pm
Arboretum’s Home School Program (ages 5-12)
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 15 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
A different three-week science unit is taught each month, with classes consisting of instructional time, hands-on activities, and outdoor activities. Extension ideas will be provided to parents so they can follow up with lessons and activities at home. Visit houstonarboretum.org for the class schedule.
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Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 16 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
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Children’s Nature Classes
9:30 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 17 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
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HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
9:00 am
HPARD’s Native Plant Propagation Workdays
@ HPARD Greenhouse
Apr 18 @ 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
Apr 18 @ 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...
Science Sprouts (ages 4-5)
10:00 am
Science Sprouts (ages 4-5)
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 18 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
Science Sprouts is an exciting series for curious kids that love nature and science. Classes will include a short lesson on the topic of the day followed by a nature walk on the trails of the Arboretum. Each class will have a fun mixture of games, live animals, biofacts, crafts, story time, or music. Parents are welcome to participate with...
Gardening for Birds, Butterflies and Other Pollinators course
1:30 pm
Gardening for Birds, Butterflies and Other Pollinators course
@ Rice University
Apr 18 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
As birds, butterflies and bees become increasingly imperiled, more homeowners are creating gardens to nurture and sustain pollinators. These dynamic gardens not only support wildlife but also provide an attractive and healthy environment for people. Master gardener and naturalist Glenn Olsen explains which wildflowers, flowering shrubs, fruit trees and even vegetables offer food and shelter for pollinators. Learn to create...
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Children’s Nature Classes
9:30 am
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
@ Houston Audubon's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center
Apr 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Introducing BIRD Buddies — The most fun for your 3 to 5-year-old on a Friday. Your children will discover a new bird and the other animals that live in its habitat every week. Natural history education, crafts, games, song and dance and more await your children on this fun journey through the bird world. This program will run from September...
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
1:00 pm
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
@ Houston Audubon's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center
Apr 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Introducing BIRD Buddies — The most fun for your 3 to 5-year-old on a Friday. Your children will discover a new bird and the other animals that live in its habitat every week. Natural history education, crafts, games, song and dance and more await your children on this fun journey through the bird world. This program will run from September...
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Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 23 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
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Children’s Nature Classes
9:30 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 24 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
Urban Harvest’s In The Garden – Summer Vegetable Planting
6:00 pm
Urban Harvest’s In The Garden – Summer Vegetable Planting
@ McGovern Centennial Family Gardens
Apr 24 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday
9:00 am
HPARD’s Greenhouse Workday
@ Memorial Park Greenhouse
Apr 25 @ 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...
Science Sprouts (ages 4-5)
10:00 am
Science Sprouts (ages 4-5)
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 25 @ 10:00 am – 11:15 am
Science Sprouts is an exciting series for curious kids that love nature and science. Classes will include a short lesson on the topic of the day followed by a nature walk on the trails of the Arboretum. Each class will have a fun mixture of games, live animals, biofacts, crafts, story time, or music. Parents are welcome to participate with...
Gardening for Birds, Butterflies and Other Pollinators course
1:30 pm
Gardening for Birds, Butterflies and Other Pollinators course
@ Rice University
Apr 25 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
As birds, butterflies and bees become increasingly imperiled, more homeowners are creating gardens to nurture and sustain pollinators. These dynamic gardens not only support wildlife but also provide an attractive and healthy environment for people. Master gardener and naturalist Glenn Olsen explains which wildflowers, flowering shrubs, fruit trees and even vegetables offer food and shelter for pollinators. Learn to create...
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Children’s Nature Classes
9:30 am
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
@ Houston Audubon's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center
Apr 26 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
Introducing BIRD Buddies — The most fun for your 3 to 5-year-old on a Friday. Your children will discover a new bird and the other animals that live in its habitat every week. Natural history education, crafts, games, song and dance and more await your children on this fun journey through the bird world. This program will run from September...
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
1:00 pm
Houston Audubon’s BIRD Buddies
@ Houston Audubon's Sims Bayou Urban Nature Center
Apr 26 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Introducing BIRD Buddies — The most fun for your 3 to 5-year-old on a Friday. Your children will discover a new bird and the other animals that live in its habitat every week. Natural history education, crafts, games, song and dance and more await your children on this fun journey through the bird world. This program will run from September...
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Community Workdays
9:00 am
Community Workdays
@ Edith L. Moore Natural Sanctuary_
Apr 27 @ 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...
HBG Spring Saturday Series: Introduction to Organic Gardening
9:30 am
HBG Spring Saturday Series: Introduction to Organic Gardening
@ Houston Botanic Garden
Apr 27 @ 9:30 am – 11:30 am
This is an introductory class to growing vegetables organically in Houston. In this class, you will learn how to select the site, build the beds, plant, care, and maintain a vegetable garden. Potting activity included.
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Webinar: How Water Conservation Will Save the Dry Day
6:00 pm
Webinar: How Water Conservation Will Save the Dry Day
Apr 28 @ 6:00 pm
Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2019 is environmental issues, and what you can do. In March, Robert Mace, professor of practice at U.T. – Austin, Department of Geography, will speak on water issues in Texas. Water Scarcity has been deemed one of the most significant environmental issues...
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Arboretum’s Home School Program (ages 5-12)
1:00 pm
Arboretum’s Home School Program (ages 5-12)
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 29 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
A different three-week science unit is taught each month, with classes consisting of instructional time, hands-on activities, and outdoor activities. Extension ideas will be provided to parents so they can follow up with lessons and activities at home. Visit houstonarboretum.org for the class schedule.
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Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
10:00 am
Houston Audubon’s Titmouse Club
@ Houston Audubon Society
Apr 30 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Through stories, hands-on activities, nature walks, and crafts, your children will be inspired with a deeper understanding and appreciation for the natural world around them. Each week’s Titmouse Club lesson features a different nature theme, focusing on Houston-area animals and habitats. Your children will enjoy nature stories and puppets, hands-on biofacts, nature crafts, up-close animal encounters, and a short walk in...
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