Some events may require pre-registration. Please check with the event organizer beforehand.
Mercer is a great place to volunteer! Whether you love gardening, or want to learn more about horticulture and botany, we have a spot for you. Keep in mind that Mercer has native and non-native gardens. Your time is recordable only when working with native species. You'll record your time as Mercer - Trails and... Read More →
Help us care for the Katy Prairie! Every Tuesday and Friday on the Indiangrass Preserve, volunteer stewards participate in activities critical to the success of our restoration and public access programs. Volunteers maintain the Ann Hamilton Trail, grow out native species in our Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery, plant native wildflowers and grasses, remove invasive... Read More →
Coastal Prairie Conservancy AT: Coastal Prairie Conservancy Lunch & Learn: 20,000 Milkweeds Project – Jun 25 | 12:00p – 1:00p VIRTUAL Join our Lunch & Learn program on our new Monarch Butterfly Habitat Enhancement project! Through a generous grant, we are 1) collecting native milkweed seed, 2) growing out 20,000 milkweed plants, 3) planting those... Read More →
Monarch Joint Venture AT: Other Join us for a Monarch Conservation Webinar monthly throughout the 2024 calendar year! Every 4th Tuesday (3rd Tues May, Nov, Dec) at 1PM Central Time. DATE AND TIME Tue, January 23, 2024 – Tue, December 17, 2024 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM CST LOCATION Virtual- Monthly on the 4th Tuesday... Read More →
Every Wednesday, garden in the Jesse Jones Greenhouse or one of the Gardens. Sign up HERE VMS: J H Jones Park:Trails and Wildscapes
Exploration Green Wetlands Nursery Volunteer Workday The Tree and Wetland Nursery at Exploration Green is located at the corner of Seakale Ln and Bay Area Blvd. For driving directions use this address : 2007 Seakale Ln, Houston TX 77062. There is parking on the street or in the Exploration Green Parking lot on Bay Area Blvd.... Read More →
If you are interested in becoming a summer camp volunteer or would like to be a guest speaker, please email Katharine.leboeuf@houstontx.gov for more details. Camps run from 8:30am-3:30pm Wednesday-Friday and there are 6 different weeks. It would be great if a volunteer could commit for the week, but HPARD would also appreciate it if they... Read More →
Mercer is starting our Blossom Brigade on Wednesdays. Come work with Mercer's Colleen and Rebecca from 9 am to 11 am in the Pollinator Garden and areas around the bee hives.We are looking forward to working with our volunteers and getting our hands dirty. Hope to see your smiling faces soon, Colleen Powell Mercer Volunteer... Read More →
Discover how you can utilize management practices such as: Prescribed burns Herbicide application Selective thinning Mechanical brush control AT: TPWD State Parks
TPWD & Texas A&M Agrilife Extension AT: Agrilife VIRTUAL Plant Party: Monitoring Native Vegetation – Jun 26| 10:00a – 11:30a Must register in advance in order to receive Zoom link: Plant Party | South Texas Rangelands (tamu.edu) The Plant Party webinar series is a collaboration between Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service, and Texas A&M AgriLife... Read More →
