Houston Environmental News Update February 11, 2014 COALITION NOTES Gardening Daze at Jones Park. Join horticultural coordinator Teri MacArthur for plant identification and weeding in the native flower beds surrounding the Jesse H. Jones Park Nature Center on February 12, 2014, at 8:30am. Later, help tend the demonstration heritage vegetable garden in the pioneer homestead beginning at 9:30am. Participants are…
The Rice Farmers Market will have a Valentine’s Special on Tuesday, February 11, 2014. Vendors will sell Valentine-themed confections, and Salento will be selling wines and empanadas. This Valentines Day, give a gift that gives back, by adopting an endangered red-crown crane at the Houston Zoo on behalf of your Valentine. The birds are an endangered species. In Chinese mythology, the…
Houston Environmental News Update February 4, 2014 COALITION NOTES Urban Harvest Class: Pruning Your Grapes, Muscadines, Jujubes, Persimmons and Mulberries. Winter is the season for this garden maintenance activity so critical to healthy trees and successful fruit production. Learn by observing an experienced pruner. Winter is the season for this garden maintenance activity so critical to healthy trees and successful…