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NPSOT: Wildscapes Workshop and Native Plant Sale
@ Houston Community College - West Loop Center
NPSOT: Wildscapes Workshop and Native Plant Sale
@ Houston Community College - West Loop Center
Sep 9 @ 8:00 am – 3:30 pm
 The Native Plant Society of Texas-Houston Chapter’s 2017 Wildscapes Workshop is a one-day, not-to-be-missed educational event and local native plant sale. This year’s 19th annual event will involve four featured speakers in an effort to provide up-to-date information on the relationship between native plants and our local wildlife and environment, and Houston’s prairie history, culture, and its future. There will...
8:30 am
Starting a Community or School Garden Workshop
@ University of St. Thomas, Hall/RM TBD
Starting a Community or School Garden Workshop
@ University of St. Thomas, Hall/RM TBD
Sep 9 @ 8:30 am – 2:30 pm
 There are many reasons for starting a community garden: creating a strong sense of community and stewardship; developing a community’s identity and spirit; providing a space for communities to grow safe, nutritious food; empowering communities with the knowledge to grow their own food and offering education and support to manage the food they grow and their own health. In this...
9:00 am
Memorial Villages Farmers Market
@ First Congregational Church
Memorial Villages Farmers Market
@ First Congregational Church
Sep 9 @ 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...
10:00 am
Beach Exploration with Texas Parks & Wildlife
@ Galveston Island State Park
Beach Exploration with Texas Parks & Wildlife
@ Galveston Island State Park
Sep 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
 Galveston Island State Park has two thousand acres of surf, beach, dunes, coastal prairie, fresh-water ponds, wetlands, bayous and bay shoreline. It is a richly diverse preserve with hundreds of species of wildlife — you may see roseate spoonbills resting in an oak mott, tree frogs croaking out their mating calls, skimmers nesting in terraced wetlands, egrets fishing the ponds,...
10:00 am
Nature Revealed: Prairies
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Nature Revealed: Prairies
@ Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
Sep 9 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
 Nature Revealed: Prairies Saturday, September 910:00 am – 12:00 pm $20 member / $35 nonmember Instructor: Kelsey Low Ages 13 and up Register Online What kind of landscape thrives in fire, flood, and drought? A prairie! Houston used to be a prairie, but human practices have destroyed almost all our local grasslands. In this class, we’ll discuss the fall and rise of...
10:30 am
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Woodlands Chapter Meeting
@ Virtual Event
Citizens’ Climate Lobby Woodlands Chapter Meeting
@ Virtual Event
Sep 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
 Citizens’ Climate Lobby (CCL) is a non-partisan, grass-roots organization that works to create political will for climate solutions by building constructive and respectful working relationships with members of Congress. CCL advocates for Carbon Fee and Dividend (CF&D), a revenue-neutral, market-based climate change solution, with all revenue returned directly to households. Come out to their monthly meetings every 2nd Saturday of...
1:00 pm
Farm Life Demonstration
@ Armand Bayou Nature Center
Farm Life Demonstration
@ Armand Bayou Nature Center
Sep 9 @ 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
Sep 9 @ 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.
6:00 pm
Full Moon Hike
@ Baytown Nature Center
Full Moon Hike
@ Baytown Nature Center
Sep 9 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Full Moon Hike Join us each month to explore a different section of the nature center in hopes of seeing nocturnal animals. All sorts of things have been spotted – no lions, tigers, or bears, but definitely raccoons, opossums, coyotes, owls, fireflies and even flying squirrels! The monthly 90 minute hikes begin just after sunset. Hikers are asked to wear...
6:00 pm
Vegan Society of P.E.A.C.E. Monthly Meeting
@ Houston Community College Conference Center
Vegan Society of P.E.A.C.E. Monthly Meeting
@ Houston Community College Conference Center
Sep 9 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
 Join Vegan Society of P.E.A.C.E. for their “Vegan 2nd Saturdays†Monthly Meetings, Presentations & Vegan Potlucks Held on the “2nd Saturdays†of each month, they will enjoy a delicious vegan potluck and meeting, along with a discussion, film screening, food demo or speaker presentation on intersectional issues of veganism, animal rights, environmentalism, nonviolence, health and more. Each month will be...
7:00 pm
Waugh Bat Colony Boat Tour
Waugh Bat Colony Boat Tour
Sep 9 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Learn more about these 250,000 magnificent Mexican free-tailed bats that share the city with us! Led by a “bat girl†docent, guests will enjoy an amazing view of the bats’ dusk emergence from the Waugh Drive Bridge on Buffalo Bayou. Date: September 9, 2017 Time: Dusk – Boat departs 30 minutes before sunset (1½ hour boat rides) Cost: $30 per person (children under 4...
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