AT: Floral Fauna

Online Zoom

There is more going on in your garden than you might ever imagine. While it is well known that flowers lure such showy visitors as hummingbirds and butterflies, there is a lot more that occurs within this unique habitat. This talk will cover the wide range of arthropods that utilize blossoms as a place to... Read More →

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AT: Backyard Bugs Webinar series – Stinging & Biting Arthropods

Waiting for more information on this, but thought you might want to go ahead and get it on your calendar in the meantime. Join AgriLife WebEx meeting Meeting number: 924 319 646 Meeting password: Zap5nTeFm73 Join by phone Use VoIP only

AT: Research Reports from the Field: Monarch Biology and Rearing

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Join us for research updates from monarch programs and scientists. This month we hear from Dr. Sonia Altizer with Project Monarch Health, Dr. Ania Majewska at Emory University, and Ayse Tenger-Trolander with Dr. Marcus Kronski from the University of Chicago. Dr. Karen Oberhauser will moderate questions for each of our presenters as we learn about... Read More →

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Butterflies and Native Plants: Making Connections

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Sign-in begins at 10:15 AM Join Texas Nature Trackers Biologist Craig Hensley for a presentation focusing on using native plants to attract our scale-winged wonders. You’ll learn basic butterfly identification as well as to which plants they are attracted. We’ll use the last 15 minutes to visit Craig’s yard to see what is out and... Read More →

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AT: HNPAT – NATIVE PLANTS FOR GREEN ROOFS

Online Zoom

by Bruce Dvorak Green roofs provide essential ecosystem services that can mitigate ecological imbalances caused by urbanization. Green roofs retain and delay stormwater runoff, conserve energy in buildings, reduce urban heat islands, and can recover habitat for native biodiversity. Although green roofs hold much promise to improve urban ecology in western cities, exotic sedum are... Read More →

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AT: Garden For Texas Wildlife

Online Zoom

Register for this webinar, “How to Garden for Wildlife” and learn helpful gardening tips and creative ideas for your wildlife habitat garden! David will share his expertise on ways to get started, how to enhance an existing space, and will answer participant questions in this insightful video. Backyard habitats and community wildlife gardens are beautiful... Read More →

FREE

AT: The Bug Lady

Online Zoom

The 'Bug Lady' Webinar/Co-Hosted by OHBA & Urban Harvest May 28 2020 05:00pm - 06:00pm Reminder OHBA & URBAN HARVEST Present: Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, Bug Lady Consulting THUR. 5/28/20 5:00PM - 6:00PM ZOOM LIVE CLASS Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, owner of Bug Lady Consulting and a national speaker, will teach us how to encourage beneficial insects to our... Read More →

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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: Live From The Field: Terrific Trees

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Texas Nature Trackers (TNT), part of the Wildlife Diversity Program, tracks the status of wild populations of plants and animals throughout Texas. Participating in TNT projects is a great way to learn more about the biodiversity of the state and contribute to Texas Parks and Wildlife’s research and conservation efforts

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AT: The Story Of Plastic

Celebrate World Oceans Day with this eye-opening film, The Story of Plastic. Produced by the Story of Stuff Project, the documentary takes a sweeping look at the man-made crisis of plastic pollution and the worldwide effect it has on the health of our planet and the people who inhabit it. Spanning three continents, the film... Read More →

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