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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September 9-11th is Girl Scouts Love Our State Parks. Plans for this weekend include: A Friday night hike, a day of activities on Saturday, and Sunday morning fishing with a ranger. Volunteers are needed to help organizing and running activities each day. VMS code: DO: Huntsville State Park (Girl Scout weekend activities)
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 [email protected]. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Bayou Land Conservancy and Houston Audubon will resume the weekly (Mondays) bird walks/surveys at Creekside Park West beginning Monday, Sept 5 (Labor Day). 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... 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 [email protected]. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Beginner Birding Series (Mondays at 7pm, September 12 – October 31, 2022): Excited about birding, but not sure where to start? Join Kristine Rivers 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 series.... Read More →
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
Advanced Training occurs from on the second Tuesday of each month. Register Join other Texas Master Naturalists on September 13th at 10am-11am for our next #TMNTuesday talk with John Nielsen Gammon, Regents Professor and Texas State Climatologist at Texas A&M University! By mid-September, summer will be over, or almost so. It's time to take stock and figure... 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 [email protected]. 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: 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 →
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 →
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 [email protected]. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
NOTE: This meeting will be held via Zoom only. Teri MacArthur has been a certified Texas Master Naturalist since 2001. She serves The Woodlands Township as Water Conservation Specialist, reflecting her passion about water. With drought a part of our lives now, yet flooding a concern despite the dry summer, Teri will bring Heartwood members... Read More →
Volunteers are needed each Thursday to help remove invasives and maintain trails. Contact Lauren Hollenbeck, Park Naturalist, at [email protected] 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)
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 [email protected]. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Presenter: Cin-Ty Lee, Rice University Twice a year, the skies become highways for millions of migrating birds. In spring, birds take flight from their southerly wintering grounds and journey north to take advantage of the plethora of sunlight and food in the summer. As fall approaches and food resources dwindle, they return back to the... Read More →
Lake Houston Wilderness Park hosts a bird walk every third Friday of the month. Birds are added in eBird to create a census. Experienced birders are needed to lead walks. Novice birders are needed to spot birds. For more information, contact Lauren Hollenbeck at [email protected]. VMS code: FR: eBird Monitoring (Lake Houston Wilderness Park)
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 [email protected]. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)
Huntsville State Park is planning a lake clean up day. Volunteers are needed on the shore directing canoes in and out, as well as working on the water collecting litter. VMS code: RM: Huntsville State Park (Lake clean up)
The Houston Chapter of Native Plant Society of Texas (HPSoT) invites you to participate in this year’s Wildscapes Workshop, Native Plant & Book Sale Please consider being a Wildscape Workshop Sponsor - see https://npsot.org/wp/houston/wildscapes-workshop-2022/wildscape-workshop-sponsors-2022/ for Sponsorship Opportunities and Benefits. Any donation you add to your purchase will be appreciated. Wildscapes Workshop raises funds used to advance our... Read More →
Program: Invasives Beware Date: Every 3rd Saturday Time: 9 AM – 12 PM Description: Join the Jesse Jones Park Eradicators to remove invasive plant species and restore native habitats of Jones Park. VMS code : RM:JJones Park and Nature Center Description, removal of invasives
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 [email protected]. VMS code: AT: Specific project (Houston Botanic Garden docent training)