Environmental Organization or Group

Come to this Tower Garden Demo and learn how you can grow your own food (non-gmo, organic if you choose) in 1/3 of the time on your front porch. The tower garden is a vertical aeroponic system, that takes no dirt, 90 percent less water, 90 percent less space and little knowledge of gardening.Featuring Marcy Malkey, director & Eeducator for Community and Neighborhood Gardens, Tower Garden Farming and Eco Friendly Instructor for the city of Irving.

Registration is required. Limited seating. $20 check is your reservation. Mail to:
Marcella Malkey
2434 LaSalle Dr., Irving, TX 75062

Info: Marcella Malkey, 214-404-2447 or marcymalkey@verizon.net

Hosted by: Leanne Harris, 940-395-0181

We will have a brief general meeting for new and existing members. Please meet at the pavilion in the Dogwood parking lot. (Johnson Branch). 

Outdoor activities planned for the morning and afternoon below. Bring water, snacks, lunch and your friends, dogs and family! Park fee: $7. Age 12 and under are free. 

Learn about the exceptional Trout Lily plant that blooms at Dogwood Canyon on this guided walk and participate in a flower dissection. $25/nonmembers. Free/members.

Learn about the exceptional Trout Lily plant that blooms at Dogwood Canyon on this guided walk and participate in a flower dissection. $25/nonmembers. Free/members.

Presentation by New York Times best-selling author Amy Stewart. Author of The Drunken Botanist, Stewart takes a new perspective on the leaves, bark, seeds, roots, flowers and fruit imbibed around the world. The evening will be mixed with botanical cocktails and savory hors d’oeuvres. 

$30. Info: 817-332-4441.

"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.

The presentation is part of Interfaith Power & Light's national preach-in on climate change being held across the country Feb. 14-16.

11 a.m.: Tour begins at Scrap Denton for registration, networking and browsing the facility.
11:30 a.m.: Lunch at Banter Bistro of Denton (219 W. Oak St, Denton) sponsored by CDM Smith, along with two presentations. Order at the bar and identify yourself with the WE event.

Presentions by:
1. Amanda Austin, co-founder and Director of Cardos Farm Project
2. Katherine Barnett, city of Denton's Sustainability Plan

1 p.m.:  Tour of the Querencia Community Bike Shop (219 W. Oak St., Denton)    

Free to current members. Non-members can join on the WE website or pay cash/check for membership at the door. Info: www.womenintheenvironment.org.

Register by Feb. 26 at 5 p.m. at the link below:

http://www.eventbrite.com/e/mastering-the-3-rs-reduce-reuse-recycle-registration-10423201075

The only thing Molly likes more that chocolate cake is to see a gigantic pile of privet, so let's give her her wish. You may come and go, work or goof off; you decide. Lunch and cake at Mijo's at 12:30 pm. 

What to Bring - If you have loppers, bring them. What to Wear - Long sleeves and pants, gloves, hat and a smile.

Feb. 2 is known in the U.S. as Groundhog Day. Well, the FWNC does not have Puxsatawney Phil or General Beauregard, but they have prairie dogs and they are declaring it Prairie Dog Day at the Nature Center. Learn about these social animals. Hike through their habitat and learn about the prairie and visit with the dogs of the Prairie. Free with paid admission ($3-$5).