The Dallas community garden hosts this event featuring music, food and eco-friendly activities at the Imagine Garden. A fun run precedes the fest at 11 a.m. Festival is free. Registration fee for run is $10/adults and $6/kids.
Arlington nature center presents nature walks, story times and crafts. Free.
Event goers can enjoy hands-on environmental demonstrations, education booths, kid’s crafts and entertainment, two bands, organic plant sale, Tesla electric car show, bungee trampoline, food trucks, Professor Brainius and kite flying at Coppell Town Center. Free.
Held at the Connemara Conservancy Meadow, the outdoor festival includes nature walks, kayaking, kite flying and wildlife ambassadors. Free.
Celebrate the history of the Blackland Prairie. The Heard will host demonstrations, entertainment, educational programming and vendors to give visitors a view into our region’s culture and history. This event also features the grand opening of the Heard’s new Pioneer Village.
Included in general admission: adults/$10; seniors and children: $7; city of McKinney residents/free get free admission with valid drivers license indicating McKinney residence or water bill and corresponding name on valid drivers license.
Join David Allen Sibley, an American ornithologist, author, and illustrator of The Sibley Guide to Birds, for a bird walk, presentation and book signing at Dogwood Canyon.
Bird walks: 6:30, 7:30, 8:30am. $40/hike, $65/hike and Sibley's new book. Advanced payment required.
Book signing: 10:30 am. Free.
RSVP required: 469-526-1980.
In addition to the discounts on select native and adaptive plants, you can talk with a master gardener, plant expert, or irrigation specialist and get ideas and tips for landscaping in North Central Texas. See website for other dates and locations.
E-Waste recycling event hosted by the city of Glenn Heights with E-Waste Collections. Free.
Info: Renee.Chatham@E-WasteCollections.net or 214-384-4289.
Items accepted include:
Desktop Computers
Laptops/Tablets
CRT & Flat Screen Monitors
Keyboards & Mice
Cables & Wiring
Printers, Copiers & Toner/Ink
Other Peripherals & Gadgets
Power Supplies & Chargers
UPS Systems & Batteries
Networking Equipment (servers, racks)
DOD-Hard Drive Wipes ($20 fee)
Kitchen Appliances (refrigerators, blenders)
Washer & Dryer
Light Fixtures & Fans
Rechargeable Batteries
Auto Batteries
TVs of all types
Other Multi-Media Equipment
Gaming Equipment
CDs & VHS Tapes
Digital Cameras
Cell Phones, PDAs
Fitness Equipment
Medical Equipment
Toys: plastic, electronic
Textiles: clothes, shoes, belts, purse
The Dallas Sierra Club and the Dallas Young Sierrans need volunteers to help pick up bottles and cans at the St. Patrick's Day parade for recycling. Get the Dallas Sierra Club Recycling Team T-shirt.
Annual cleanup event hosted by the city of Arlington, Keep Arlington Beautiful and Exelon Handley Power Plant.
Staff will be shuttling volunteers across the lake by boat from Richard Simpson Park to the cleanup sites or volunteers can canoe or kayak at their leisure. Exelon Handley Power Plant will be providing lunch for the volunteers afterwards.
Volunteers are encouraged to wear layered clothing with pants and long sleeves, sunblock and insect repellent. Consider possible poison ivy allergies before volunteering for this event. Cleanup supplies such as bags, gloves and pickers will be provided. No registration required. Meet at the park. Info: 817-451-6860 or Meagan.Fendley@arlingtontx.gov.