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Beautify the Bucket Competition
Beautify the Bucket Competition
Apr 22 all-day
The Beautify the Bucket Competition returns in 2017 for 2 events! One competition in the spring (April 22nd) and one in the fall (September 23rd). Registration for the spring event opens on March 3rd! You or your group can help beautify Galveston’s beaches by adding some extra life to those blue trash cans! Once you are finished not only will...
COCKRELL BUTTERFLY CENTER SALE @Houston Museum of Natural Science
@ Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS)
COCKRELL BUTTERFLY CENTER SALE @Houston Museum of Natural Science
@ Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS)
Apr 22 all-day
Erin Mills, the new Cockrell Butterfly Center Director, highlights some of the plants at this big annual sale that butterfly folks would like to see used more often. Never been to the Cockrell Butterfly Center? You’re missing out on one of Houston true treasures, a delightful experience for both adults and children alike . . . but especially for children....
Houston’s Compassion Week 2017
Houston’s Compassion Week 2017
Apr 22 all-day
Compassion Week features workshops, service projects and creative events for cultivating compassion. This event is family-friendly, and features live performances, games, food vendors, and more alongside many of Houston’s Compassionate Organizations. For more information, visit compassionatehouston.org.
Music Festival and Artist’s Village at Willow Waterhole
@ Schwartz Gazebo at Willow Waterhole Greenway
Texas Master Naturalist Program Training
@ Various locations in Fort Bend and Waller Counties
World Oceans Day Festival and Art Contest at Stewart Beach
World Oceans Day Festival and Art Contest at Stewart Beach
Apr 22 all-day
Come out and enjoy a fun and educational good time! Partner organizations will be hosting interactive activities to help ocean-lovers of all ages learn about the marine world and how we connect to it. Partner Organizations Include: Artist Boat, Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, The Adopt-A-Beach Program, FotoFest, Turtle Island Restoration Network, Houston-Galveston Area Council, Friends of Galveston Island State Park,...
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34th Herb Day Symposium
@ St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Fondren Hall
34th Herb Day Symposium
@ St. Paul's United Methodist Church, Fondren Hall
Apr 22 @ 7:00 am – 3:00 pm
 8:45 am –Registration, light continental breakfast, “thyme†for herbal shopping 9:30 am - Welcome and introductions Sally Luna, Unit Chair Dena Yanowski, Herb Day Chair Karen Cottingham, Program Chair 9:45 am - The Low-Down Down Under: The Underground World of Earthworms Mary Sacilowski 10:15 am – Biomimicry – Nature’s Garden of Inspiration and Innovation Linda Paisley 11:15 am - Break, displays, shops open 11:45 am - Lunch served,...
7:30 am
Deer Park Prairie: Bird Survey
Deer Park Prairie: Bird Survey
Apr 22 @ 7:30 am
Bird Survey, Saturday, February 27, 7:30 a.m. with Damien Carey 1222 E. Purdue Lane, Deer Park, TX 77536 See (MAP for more details) Please bring a signed liability release: adult or  adult+children Please do not park directly in front of our neighbors’ houses – park across the street. As always on the prairie, wear closed-toe shoes and long pants. For seed collecting, bring...
8:00 am
Bird Walk @ Sheldon Lake State Park
@ Sheldon Lake State Park
Bird Walk @ Sheldon Lake State Park
@ Sheldon Lake State Park
Apr 22 @ 8:00 am
Search the trails at Sheldon Lake State Park for some of the amazing birds of Texas. Bring your binoculars or borrow a pair! Everyone is welcome on this 2-mile walk, it is for beginners through advanced birders. We will be searching for some of Sheldon Lake State Park’s resident bird species as well as any migrants that may be flying...
8:00 am
Earth Day Workday
Earth Day Workday
Apr 22 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Urban Harvest works with over 100 community gardens throughout the greater Houston area, making fresh fruits and vegetables available to the people who need it most and fostering a deeper sense of community for all. Volunteers are needed to help the community garden partners accomplish large-scale projects this Earth Day. Make a healthy difference locally this Earth Day! To see...
8:00 am
Galveston County Plant Swap
@ NASA Gilruth Center
Galveston County Plant Swap
@ NASA Gilruth Center
Apr 22 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Seventeen years ago, Mary Ellen Beaupre contacted me at the Chronicle asking for some publicity on a “Plant Swap.” Over the years, I’ve watched this swap grow into the major event it is today. Best of all, Mary Ellen was always happy to let me share her expertise and undoubtedly has been a major help to so many of our...
8:00 am
Houston Audubon Bird Walks
@ Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary
Houston Audubon Bird Walks
@ Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary
Apr 22 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Houston is located along the Central flyway and over 500 species of birds migrate through or make Houston their home. Â March through May is the peak migration season. Â It is an exciting time for birders. Â Many people travel from all over the world to bird in our area during the Spring migration season. Houston Audubon is sponsoring free bird walks...
8:00 am
Spring Bird Walks
@ Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary
Spring Bird Walks
@ Edith L. Moore Nature Sanctuary
Apr 22 @ 8:00 am
March-May is Spring migration for many birds. Â Houston is located in the Central Flyway and we have good opportunity to see many different species. Â Come join Houston Audubon at Edith Moore Nature Sanctuary for free Spring bird walks. Â Please park in the Memorial Drive Methodist Church parking lot at 12995 Memorial Drive and follow the trail to the Edith Moore...
8:00 am
Spring Plant Sale at Bear Creek
@ Harris County Extension Office
Spring Plant Sale at Bear Creek
@ Harris County Extension Office
Apr 22 @ 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
This annual plant sale is where you can stock up on your Spring perennials and ask questions about their planting and care. There will be a symposium in the Auditorium at 8:00 before the sale starts.  Sale time is 9:00 am to 1:00 or when the plants are sold out! Master Gardener volunteers organize the plants sales annually as joint educational and...
8:30 am
ConSERVE Earth Day
@ Sims Bayou at Milby Park
ConSERVE Earth Day
@ Sims Bayou at Milby Park
Apr 22 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Join the Student Conservation Association for Earth Day to give back to Houston City Parks and help restore the Sims Bayou at Milby Park. With support from American Express and Southwest Airlines, SCA is mobilizing volunteers coast to coast in celebration of Earth Day. Click here to see the flyer.
8:30 am
Student Conservation Association for Earth Day at Sims Bayou at Milby Park
@ Sims Bayou at Milby Park
Student Conservation Association for Earth Day at Sims Bayou at Milby Park
@ Sims Bayou at Milby Park
Apr 22 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Join the Student Conservation Association for Earth Day to give back to Houston City Parks and help restore the Sims Bayou at Milby Park. With support from American Express and Southwest Airlines, SCA is mobilizing volunteers coast to coast in celebration of Earth Day. Here’s how YOU can help: PRESENTED BY With support from (2) Donate A Photo Can’t make...
8:30 am
Westbury Community Garden – April Work Day
Westbury Community Garden – April Work Day
Apr 22 @ 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Special Earth Day Projects in collaboration with Urban Harvest. Westbury Community Garden is an all volunteer organization that maintains a 7 acre property in southwest Houston. The property contains 62 allotment garden plots that rent for $72/year as well as 2 orchards, an NABA certified butterfly habitat garden, a prairie restoration project, compost and rain catchment systems and an outdoor...
9:00 am
Adopt-A-Beach
@ Texas City Prairie Preserve
Adopt-A-Beach
@ Texas City Prairie Preserve
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Nature Conservancy’s first-ever Adopt-A-Beach cleanup! This 2,300-acre coastal grassland provides critical habitat for a variety of birds and wildlife, and Nature Conservancy needs your help to keep it healthy.  You will be collecting debris along the craggy shoreline along Galveston Bayou, a popular spot for resident shorebirds. Adopt-A-Beach is the nation’s biggest all-volunteer coastal cleanup, so bring the whole...
9:00 am
Deer Park Prairie: Workday
@ Deer Park Prairie
Deer Park Prairie: Workday
@ Deer Park Prairie
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
Workday: Fourth Saturday of each month, 9:00 a.m. to noon or later Visitation of Deer Park Prairie is by appointment only. Since the prairie will be attended on scheduled workdays, they will be ideal days to visit. Please email HNPAT@TexasPrairie for appointment on either workdays or any other days. 1222 E. Purdue Lane, Deer Park, TX 77536  (Check out the map for...
9:00 am
Educators Earth Day at the Coastal Heritage Preserve
Educators Earth Day at the Coastal Heritage Preserve
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
West Bay is part of the Galveston Bay system, an estuary of national significance. The Coastal Heritage Preserve project area is one of the largest unfragmented, single-owner, undeveloped properties of its kind on Galveston Island. Located roughly midway along the length of Galveston Island, the Coastal Heritage Preserve project is a critical piece in the West Bay Corridor Initiative, a...
9:00 am
Exploration Green Conservancy’s Earth Day Celebration
Exploration Green Conservancy’s Earth Day Celebration
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Exploration Green Conservancy is planning their Earth Day celebration for Saturday, April 22! They are looking for individuals and groups to join them! Volunteers needed to help organizing a kids’ parade, exhibitors, games, exhibitors, entertainment, publicity and more.
9:00 am
Exploration Green Volunteer Day
Exploration Green Volunteer Day
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
We need your help! Join us as we host our annual Earth Day celebration next Saturdaymorning. If you’re willing to help, we need some extra hands. Please call 409.766.0656 or email holly.larsen@newhaven-design.com if you’d like to help.
9:00 am
GBF Marsh Mania
GBF Marsh Mania
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Come help plant marsh grass in Dickinson, TX as part of a Texas Parks and Wildlife project. Additional sites TBD. For more information on how to get involved, contact Emily Ford at eford@galvbay.org.
9:00 am
Memorial Villages Farmers Market
@ First Congregational Church
Memorial Villages Farmers Market
@ First Congregational Church
Apr 22 @ 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
 The goal of the Memorial Villages Farmers Market is to build a quality relationship between farmers, artisans and the community at large. Hosted by First Congregational Church in cooperation with the City of Hunters Creek Village, MVFM has quickly done just that, establishing itself as one of Houston’s premier farmers markets. Market Highlights High quality vendors Live music Playground and...
9:00 am
Party for the Planet
@ Houston Zoo
10:00 am
Houston Zoo Family Nature Club
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Houston Zoo Family Nature Club
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Apr 22 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
The Houston Zoo is partnering with Bayou City Play, Nature Discovery Center, and Houston Wilderness to organize monthly pop-up playgrounds through May 2017. The Zoo’s Family Nature Club facilitates exploration of Houston’s outdoors by hosting events in different natural spaces each month. The April event will be part of Houston Arboretum & Nature Center Earth Day 2017 Celebration. Hope to...
10:00 am
Pearland Earth Day 2017
@ Southdown Park
Pearland Earth Day 2017
@ Southdown Park
Apr 22 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
The City of Pearland, in partnership with Keep Pearland Beautiful, will host Pearland’s 21st annual Earth Day Celebration. The Earth Day Celebration is an outreach program designed to educate the community about their environmental responsibility. The annual event provides individuals with the opportunity to participate in educational activities and teaches families about recycling, conservation and respect for the environment. FREE admission,...
11:00 am
Champion Lake Earth Day Event
@ Champion Lake Public Use Area
Champion Lake Earth Day Event
@ Champion Lake Public Use Area
Apr 22 @ 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
In commemoration of Earth Day 2017, Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge along with the Friends of Trinity River Refuge, will host an afternoon of outdoor activities at the Champion Lake Public Use Area. The fun-filled afternoon is on Saturday, April 22 from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm. Activities will include refuge boat tours, canoeing, kayaking, bird and butterfly viewing, walking...
11:00 am
March for Science – Houston
March for Science – Houston
Apr 22 @ 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
The March for Science is a celebration of our passion for science and a call to support and safeguard the scientific community. Recent policy changes have caused heightened worry among scientists, and the incredible and immediate outpouring of support has made clear that these concerns are also shared by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The politicization of...
11:00 am
Willow Waterhole MusicFEST 2017
@ Schwartz Gazebo, Willow Waterhole Greenway
Willow Waterhole MusicFEST 2017
@ Schwartz Gazebo, Willow Waterhole Greenway
Apr 22 @ 11:00 am
Zydeco, Big Band, Rock, R&B, Blues, Latin, Jazz, you name it – the Willow Waterhole MusicFest fuses the sounds of professional performers and the talents of kids in the neighborhood for a free two-day community event.
12:00 pm
Spring Outdoor Celebration
@ Mont Belvieu City Park
Spring Outdoor Celebration
@ Mont Belvieu City Park
Apr 22 @ 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
 Free, fun, outdoor entertainment! Door prizes, kayaking, archery, rock climbing, fishing, airgun shooting, raptor shows and educational exhibits!
1:00 pm
Farm Life Demonstration
@ Armand Bayou Nature Center
Farm Life Demonstration
@ Armand Bayou Nature Center
Apr 22 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Observe life as it once was at the Martyn farm. Each week our knowledgeable volunteers demonstrate activities common to daily life on a 19th-century farm in southeast Texas. These vary from butter and cheese-making to carpentry and blacksmithing.
1:00 pm
Natural History Demonstration
@ Armand Bayou Nature Center
Natural History Demonstration
@ Armand Bayou Nature Center
Apr 22 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Learn about the animals of Armand Bayou and the habitats they live in. Demonstrations vary from week to week: mammals, birds and reptiles.
3:00 pm
Spring Biannual Art Stroll & Sale
@ Spring Street Studios
Spring Biannual Art Stroll & Sale
@ Spring Street Studios
Apr 22 @ 3:00 pm – 10:00 pm
WHAT: Celebrity Birdhouse Silent Auction, benefiting the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center   WHERE: Exclusively at Spring Street Studios (1824 Spring St.) FEATURING:  Silent Auction of birdhouses created by a pairing of local celebrities and certain Artists at Sawyer Yards  CELEBRITY/ARTIST PAIRS:  Mayor Sylvester Turner/Nicola Parente, Rod Ryan/Taft McWhorter, Sculptor David Adickes/Justin Garcia, Former Mayor Annise Parker/Michael Golden, Artist Sharon Kopriva/Chris Silkwood,...
5:00 pm
Discovery Green: Earth Day on the Avenida
@ Discovery Green - Downtown
Discovery Green: Earth Day on the Avenida
@ Discovery Green - Downtown
Apr 22 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Earth Day on the Avenida Saturday, April 22, 5-10 PM This Earth Day celebration will include a live performance of Squonk’s Pneumatica, a music-powered inflatable kinetic 35’ tall sculpture. There will be performances at 5, 7 and 9 pm, with workshop following 5 pm performance, art and science activities and Flea by Night artisan eco-friendly market.
6:00 pm
ABNC’s Party For The Planet
@ Armand Bayou Nature Center
6:37 pm
Sheldon Lake State Park: Folk Tales
@ Sheldon Lake State Park
Sheldon Lake State Park: Folk Tales
@ Sheldon Lake State Park
Apr 22 @ 6:37 pm
A folk tale is a story that is passed down throughout the years. Join Park Rangers as we share some of our favorites and have the chance to write your own!
6:44 pm
Sheldon Lake State Park: Skins, Skulls, and Tales
@ Sheldon Lake State Park
Sheldon Lake State Park: Skins, Skulls, and Tales
@ Sheldon Lake State Park
Apr 22 @ 6:44 pm
Don’s see an animal? Let’s see what we can learn from what they left behind.
7:00 pm
Celebrate Architecture Gala
@ Post HTX
7:00 pm
Celebrate Architecture Gala
@ Post HTX
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