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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Attending one of the virtual training classes on either August 24th or 25th and then the August 28th in-person session is required to become a Houston Botanic Garden docent. Please RSVP to volunteers@hbg.org. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Attending one of the virtual training classes on either August 24th or 25th and then the August 28th in-person session is required to become a Houston Botanic Garden docent. Please RSVP to volunteers@hbg.org. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Please consult the weekly bulletin or monthly newsletter for meeting details. Board meetings are typically hosted via Zoom. To receive a link to the board meeting, contact heartwoodpres@gmail.com.
Beginner Birding Series (Mondays at 7pm, July 11 – August 29, 2022): Excited about birding, but not sure where to start? Join Kristine Rivers (832-372-8236) via Zoom for this fun 8-week series of interactive classes. Register for the entire series or just the topics that interest you! Duration: 1 hour per class; 8 hours per... Read More →
Over the course of 8 weeks and 30+ instructional hours, you can gain a greater understanding of entomology, integrated pest management, be able to identify common insects, spiders and arthropods in Texas, learn about butterfly gardening and native pollinators and much more. iNaturalist training, invasive insects to watch for in Texas, medical entomology, using dichotomous... Read More →
Trail maintenance, volunteer work crew and garden group. For information on volunteer opportunities at Kleb Woods, contact klebwoods@hcp4.net or call (281) 357-5324. VMS CODE: RM: Kleb Woods
Date Change: August 30, 2022: Climate, Weather, and Monarchs Climate, Weather, and Monarchs. Presenters: Karen Oberhauser, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison & Leslie Ries, Georgetown Univ. 1:00 PM CST Weather is a key determinant of monarch numbers, but the story is complicated and interesting. Join us to learn the latest on what we know about monarch... Read More →
Attending one of the virtual training classes on either August 24th or 25th and then the August 28th in-person session is required to become a Houston Botanic Garden docent. Please RSVP to volunteers@hbg.org. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Hot on the Trail! (Thursdays at 7pm, Ongoing): Ready to take your birding to the next level? Each week we'll surprise you with virtual field trips to current birding hotspots, sharing our videos of species we've encountered there – but you’ll have to identify them to discover what we saw! In this fun workshop, you'll practice... Read More →
Date: Every Wednesday (Except Sept. 1) Time: 8:30-11:30 AM Description: Do you love gardening or working outdoors with tools? Then we need you to join the Homestead Team and help rejuvenate the Redbud Hill Homestead at Jesse Jones Park. Some activities include debarking the logs, sharpening the woodshop tools, maintaining the herb and vegetable gardens,... Read More →
Date: Every Wednesday (Except Sept. 1) Time: 8:30-11:30 AM Description: Every day is Earth Day at Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center! Volunteers are invited to join staff and assist with a variety of conservation projects such as maintaining the pollinator gardens, plant propagation, and habitat restoration. VMS code : RM :JJones Park and... Read More →
Attending one of the virtual training classes on either August 24th or 25th and then the August 28th in-person session is required to become a Houston Botanic Garden docent. Please RSVP to volunteers@hbg.org. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Volunteers are needed each Thursday to help remove invasives and maintain trails. Contact Lauren Hollenbeck, Park Naturalist, at Lauren.Hollenbeck@houstontx.gov to volunteer. For trail maintenance, use VMS code: NPA: Nature/Public Access for other organizations (Lake Houston Wilderness Park) For removing invasives, use VMS code: RM: Other locations (Lake Houston Wilderness Park)
Help establish and maintain a butterfly/pollinator garden at Friends of Texas Wildlife while listening to the owls and other raptors calling from the mews. VMS code: NPA: Nature/Public Access for Other locations (Friends of Texas Wildlife pollinator garden)
Attending one of the virtual training classes on either August 24th or 25th and then the August 28th in-person session is required to become a Houston Botanic Garden docent. Please RSVP to volunteers@hbg.org. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Texas weather is notorious for changing rapidly and going to extremes. What's your best bet for a home landscape that can withstand those extremes? Resilient Texas native plants that are already adapted to Texas' extremes can help keep your yard looking great--whatever the forecast says. Carol Clark is an amateur botany enthusiast, a Texas Master... Read More →
The public is invited to join the Coastal Prairie Chapter in person at the Rosenberg Civic Center for our September 1 program by Dr. Dan Worrall: "Lifeways of Indigenous People on the Southeast Texas Coastal Landscape, in the Early Historic and Prehistoric Eras." NOTE: NEW MEETING TIME & LOCATION! Coastal Prairie Chapter programs are free and open to... Read More →
Attending one of the virtual training classes on either August 24th or 25th and then the August 28th in-person session is required to become a Houston Botanic Garden docent. Please RSVP to volunteers@hbg.org. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Bayou Land Conservancy and Houston Audubon will resume the monthly (Saturdays) bird walks/surveys at Creekside Park West beginning Saturday, Sept 3. The walks begin at 7:30 a.m. from the George Mitchell Nature Preserve Trailhead, the parking area located at the end of Dr. Anne Snyder Drive, and walk approximately 2.5 miles until around 10:00 a.m.... Read More →
Attending one of the virtual training classes on either August 24th or 25th and then the August 28th in-person session is required to become a Houston Botanic Garden docent. Please RSVP to volunteers@hbg.org. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)