This calendar includes Heartwood’s scheduled chapter, volunteer, and training events.
For a list of unscheduled (work at your own pace) volunteer activities, check out the approved chapter activities: Heartwood Volunteer Projects
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Join the team to work in the pollinator gardens and possibly sweep for litter. Bring your own garden gloves and tools. For the latest information, download Slack and join the Jones Forest channel. Team chat is found there. VMS: RM: W. G. Jones State Forest (Maintaining Pollinator Garden or Litter Pick-up)
Trail maintenance, volunteer work crew and garden group. For information on volunteer opportunities at Kleb Woods, contact [email protected] or call (281) 357-5324. VMS CODE: RM: Kleb Woods
Blossom Brigade: Pollinator Garden Work Recurring Every Wednesday 9 am - 11 am (weather permitting) Mercer Botanic Gardens, 223 Aldine Westfield, Humble 77338 Join this weekly effort alongside volunteer programming staff to care for plants in and around the pollinator garden and Honeybee Corral. These beds provide sustenance for native pollinators including, hummingbirds, butterflies, moths,... Read More →
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2024 Time: 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Zachary C. Adcock, Ph.D. Senior Ecologist Cambrian Environmental Webinar Description: Salado Salamanders are one of several fully-aquatic salamander species in central Texas that occur in groundwater and groundwater-fed springs and creeks. This species is listed as federally threatened and is only known from... Read More →
Thursday, March 21 @ 11:00 AM Central. Register AT: Single Presentation (Cornell Lab of Ornithology- The Red-tailed Hawk Project)
Houston Arboretum & Nature Center 120 W Loop N, Houston, TX 77024 We will also stream via zoom. CLICK HERE to register for the zoom meeting. Please use the following VMS code: AT: Native Plant Society of Texas (Restoring Riparian Buffers Throughout Houston)
Interns: This is the initial training schedule. Any changes communicated by the committee take precedence over this schedule. VMS Code: Initial Training (Description: Class 6 - Climate and Weather; CoCoRaHS)
What: Native Plant Booth - March Mart Plant Sale and Festival When: March 22-23, 2024 Where: Mercer Botanic Gardens, 22306 Aldine Westfield Road, Humble Tx 77336 Contact: Colleen Powell [email protected] or 713 274-4160 Volunteers with plant knowledge are needed to consult with visitors who are interested in purchasing native plants from the Friends of Mercer Botanic... Read More →
Are you curious about how people lived in Southeast Texas in the past? This will be the focus of our Public Archaeology Day at Arrowwood Preserve on Friday, March 22nd. March 22nd Public Archaeology Day This 90-minute site visit will include opportunities to observe and interact with ASH&E archaeologists during excavations, work with archaeologists to... Read More →
What: Native Plant Booth - March Mart Plant Sale and Festival When: March 22-23, 2024 Where: Mercer Botanic Gardens, 22306 Aldine Westfield Road, Humble Tx 77336 Contact: Colleen Powell [email protected] or 713 274-4160 Volunteers with plant knowledge are needed to consult with visitors who are interested in purchasing native plants from the Friends of Mercer Botanic... Read More →
