AT: All About Trees: Foraging Texas Living Pharmacies

Webex online

Registration: https://tfs.webex.com/tfs/onstage/g.php?MTID=e46376572ab72e9dea2d947c49b06c626 All About Trees: Foraging Texas – Living Pharmacies is bringing the science, the chemistry, the biology to the field of wild edible and herbal medicine instruction. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen is a chemist, with an MS in medicinal chemistry and a Ph.D. in physical organic chemistry. An estimated 50,000 plant species are used medicinally.... Read More →

Free

AT: Fire Ant Management with Wizzie Brown

Webex online

Wizzie does not put any description on her programs, but she is wonderful with insect talks. Meeting link: https://agrilife-tamu.webex.com/agrilife-tamu/j.php?MTID=m2a3d2b0b2f2b78a3b0acc65ed3ca1829 Meeting number: 145 712 2533 Password: M5Ud26a6Q9C

Free

AT: The Wonders Of Plant-Microbe Interactions

Online

Christ the King Evangelical Lutheran Church invites you to a monthly environmental education web meeting series whose theme in 2020 is The Wonders of Nature. Plants, like humans, interact with a diversity of microscopic organisms, and scientists are just becoming aware of the role that microbiomes play in influencing host health. Current evidence suggests that... Read More →

FREE

AT: Texas Nature Trackers- Bats Of Texas

Webex online

Texas is home to more species of bats than any other state. Join Texas Nature Trackers (TN) Biologist Craig Hensley for a look into the world of these denizens of the dark. You’ll learn about their life history, who’s who, and the challenges they face in today’s world. Find out what you can do to... Read More →

Free

AT: Specialist Bees Webinar

Online

The monarch butterfly is probably the most famous insect specialist (the caterpillars only feed on milkweed), but did you know that many native bees are also specialists? Female native bee specialists or oligoleges, only collect pollen from a narrow range of native plants; this could mean just one plant genus or many genera that belong... Read More →

Free

Chapter Program: Building Pocket Prairies

Zoom Online Meeting Advance registration required

Conservationist Lan Shen, will show us how to build our own pocket prairie.  A pocket prairie or prairie garden is a smaller site, typically 1/4 acre or larger, which has been planted with native grasses, sedges and wildflowers.  It reflects the original grassland vegetation dominant in our area prior to European settlement. It is a... Read More →

AT: Spiders with Wizzie Brown

Webex online

Meeting link: https://agrilife-tamu.webex.com/agrilife-tamu/j.php?MTID=m2a3d2b0b2f2b78a3b0acc65ed3ca1829 Meeting number: 145 712 2533 Password: M5Ud26a6Q9C

Free
Event Series AT: Edible Wild Plants

AT: Edible Wild Plants

Houston Arboretum & Nature Center 4501 Woodway Drive, Houston, TX, United States

Discover the delicious side of nature. Texas provides an abundance of wild edible leaves, seeds, flowers, roots, and shoots – if you know where to look. Learn where to find, how to identify, and how to properly prepare a seasonal selection of local edible plant species. As our landscape changes throughout the year, the selection... Read More →

$40 – $70

AT: Birds Before Twilight

Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens 22306 Aldine Westfield Rd, Humble, TX, United States

Gather the family, pack blankets and lawn chairs, grab snacks and drinks, then get outdoors for an entertaining, interactive program with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Urban Ranger Felice Yarbough! In a shaded area tucked in Mercer’s East Side Gardens, learn about native, stellar wildlife right here in Houston. Watch a locally produced video about... Read More →

Free (I think)

AT: Project WILD Webinar

Online Facebook

Jump-start your school year by joining us to learn how you can integrate STEM and the Arts through Project WILD. This webinar will give you fun, easy activities to engage your new class while laying a foundation of shared experiences and concepts to connect back to throughout the year. Preregistration required

Free