Houston Arboretum & Nature Center

In-Person. Come explore some custom tricks of the trade for prepping soils specifically for a variety of native plants. We will delve into approaches for improving and restoring existing soils as well as recipes and techniques for blending your own Native Plant Soil mixes from scratch. Please bring your questions and/or existing soil samples relating... Read More →

In Person. Registration Required. Houston Arboretum & Nature Center is hosting an interactive and intimate environmental symposium in September 2023 to connect Houston area practitioners to share their on-the-ground knowledge and discuss larger conservation initiatives. The goal of this symposium is to foster meaningful dialogue across multi-disciplinary fields – practitioners, educators, designers, landscapers, planners, engineers,... Read More →

Hybrid – In Person (Houston Arboretum & Nature Center) OR Virtual (Zoom) Register for Zoom Link. Permaculture is coined from permanent culture and integrates a holistic perspective in the design of sustainability in food, housing and community. Carol will provide an introduction to urban permaculture and review the work of Urban Harvest Permaculture Design Certification... Read More →

Secondary school educators are invited to enjoy the Garden and spend the day networking with other teachers while learning about Texas Parks & Wildlife’s TEKS-aligned Project WILD curriculum – which is designed to help students better understand climate change through the study of wildlife and ecosystems – and Budburst, an app-based citizen science project from the Chicago Botanic... Read More →

Hybrid - In Person (Houston Arboretum & Nature Center) OR Virtual (Zoom) Register for Zoom Link. Please join us for our Thursday, July 20 Chapter Meeting at the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center! Dr. Russell Kane will give a talk on Texas Native Grapes: Know Them, Grow Them and Cherish Their Worldwide Legacy Texas has... Read More →

In Person and presented by the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center $20 member / $35 nonmember Instructor: Kelsey Low Ages 12 and up Love them or hate them, snakes are a part of life in Houston. Meet some snake ambassadors and learn the truth about our scaly neighbors. We’ll discuss what to do if you... Read More →

Hybrid. In Person (Houston Arboretum) or Virtual (Zoom Link) Along with many species of wildlife in our country, populations of Texas Gulf Coast butterflies are increasingly threatened by habitat loss and other factors. In this presentation, we will learn what butterflies need to survive and complete their life cycle, as well as ways we can... Read More →

Hybrid. In Person OR via Zoom. Register for Zoom Link. Erica will share a visual presentation about the process of converting an abandoned, vacant lot and an overgrown utility easement into a community garden and pocket prairie. Erica Hubbard is the co-founder of the Fifth Ward Pocket Prairie and Hershe Community Garden, an Urban Harvest... Read More →