Voted Best Outdoor Cultural Event by Fort Worth Weekly.
[ibimage==6767==original_size==none==self==ibimage_left]Held in the picturesque Tandy Hills Natural Area, this popular down-home festival includes wildflower tours, nature hikes, green vendors, storytellers, plein air painters, live music and food.
Brave Combo performs at 6:30 pm.
Free.
Learn how to identify frogs and other species, gather ecological data, participate in Citizen Science. Be prepared for a night hike. Register: Lisa Cole, 972-219-3930 or LisaCole@UNT.edu.
Learn basic water harvesting strategies, how to calculate the amount of water that you can capture and then help you construct your own rain barrel. Each student will construct and go home with a rain barrel that is ready to start capturing water on their property. $75. Preregistration required.
Paint Your Rain Barrel class follows at 12:30 p.m. Take both classes for a discounted $100.
Local chapter of bipartisan lobby group aimed at creating the political will for a livable world. Visitors welcome. Info: swetha.kannan@gmail.com.
Sign up to participate in the annual citywide cleanup from 8-11 am. From 11 am to 2pm, celebrate the earth at environmental education event, featuring green vendors, music, activities in downtown Fort Worth.
Volunteers are invited to help restore this native prairie. Come help make seed balls, remove invasive plant species, plant native grasses and more. Activity will be cancelled if raining. Info: DanaWilson59@yahoo.com.
The program is part of the Dallas County Community College District's spring 2014 Clean Economy Series. Patrick Dickinson, program coordinator for Texas A&M AgriLife in Dallas, is the featured speaker.
The morning workshop will provide property managers with information about techniques they can implement for indoor water conservation; drip irrigation; new water conservation technologies; “cycle and soak”; lawn care during drought or water restrictions; proper plant selections; foundation watering; tree watering; and irrigation scheduling.
This program is designed for apartment managers, large-facility managers, commercial property managers, landscaping companies and others whose responsibilities include water use and conservation, which also helps control costs.
$49. Info: 469-554-9202 or cleaneconomyseries@gmail.com.
Learn how to care for orphaned, ill or injured squirrels. Class fee of $25 includes instruction, manual and hands-on experience. To register, contact Belen at 817-676-6079 or email sra.ardilla@yahoo.com.
"Whooping Cranes" presented by Joan Garland of the Crane Foundation. Learn about whooping cranes and the efforts in place by the Crane Foundation to ensure the cranes and the habitats along their migration routes are protected. Garland, outreach coordinator for the Crane Foundation, has accompanied the cranes on their migration from Wisconsin to Florida. She will share her experiences and the ongoing efforts of the Crane Foundation. Bird ID session @ 6:50 pm, social time @ 7:15 pm. Free.
Artist Ken O’Toole's appearance is part of Mountain View College's Sustainability Speaker Series. O'Toole is an experimental artist working in various media. His works include “Cultural Ghosts,” a monograph of photos exploring the unintended beauty of refuse on our nations highways and “Quintina,” which is constructed of hundreds of pieces of recycled cardboard, reclaimed from discarded pizza boxes, soda pop cartons, and frozen TV dinner boxes.