Family Friendly

Experience the beauty of fall on the prairie as LLELA staff lead a two-hour walking tour. Minimum age 10 years. Registration required: 972-219-3930 or LisaCole@unt.edu. $10.

Has it been years since you camped with the scouts or just need to update your knowledge of camping equipment, wilderness cooking and clothing yourself for hiking? Virgin campers are welcome and will find this information basic and easy to understand. Join experienced and patient Sierra Club outings leaders who will conduct the class, demonstrate equipment, answer questions and advise on trip planning. Topics to be covered include selection and care of tents, back packs and day packs, stoves, hiking boots, clothing, sleeping bags, sleeping pads as well as meal and trip planning. $15 to be prepaid. Preregister by Sept. 3 with Claudia Blalock. Info: claudia.blalock@att.net or 817-924-6242. Please include your phone contact when emailing Claudia.

Hours:

Sat, 10am-5pm

Sun, 11am-5pm

Organizers have booth spaces open for crafters who would like to offer for sale their crafts made of recycled items. There is a $30 fee for a 10-foot-by-10-foot space. 

Additionally, there are several free spaces open for non-profit environmental groups to pass out information about their organizations, their projects, their issues. These spaces are 10 feet by 10 feet, but we do encourage organizations to share with another compatible group. Sales, however, are not allowed.

Contact: grumpdopey@gmail.com or call Judy at 972-291-2710.  

Info: http://www.oakcliffjazzfest.org.

Come out and support local art and handicrafts, enjoy art space for kids and food on the South Parking Lot lawn of the Garden. Free.

The Rosine Smith Sammons Butterfly House & Insectarium turns five in September. The celebration will feature crafts and activities, as well as interactive fun with longtime friends of the gardens. See silkworms, native butterflies and other cool creatures up close. Giveaways include a pair of tickets on Southwest Airlines worth up to $800. $5. Kids and senior discounts.

The annual even provides free entertainment and educational activities for the entire family. Master gardener booths at the festival will cover topics such as propagation, lawn care, designing a water-wise landscape, herb growing, worm composting and a dozen other topics. Seminars on gardening will be offered in classroom areas, including “Perennial Gardening” by Marilyn Simmons and “Transitioning from Sprinkler to Drip” by Patrick Dickinson.

 Live entertainment will be provided by the Flower Mound Community Orchestra, Voices of Flower Mound, Studio B Performing Arts Center, Texas Harmony Chorus (Sweet Adelines) and Dallas Tap Dazzlers. Vendors will offer hand-crafted items and information about maintaining a sustainable environment.

Join in a nationwide celebration and movement toward more healthy, affordable, sustainable food. It is a time to eat real, and what better place to start is to let the children experience the tastes of the many colors of whole food. Free.

This will be a family friendly event, so bring the entire family.

Admission is bottle of wine valued at $25 for individuals or $40 per family. The wine will become a part of our “wine pull” auction at Into The Meadow on Sept. 20. Your tax-deductible wine donation will also enter you into a raffle for a $100 Watters Creek shopping spree to be given away at Sunday’s brunch.

RSVP by Thursday, August 28, by calling 940-230-4077 or e-mail Executive Director Sandra Greenway at sandra@connemaraconservancy.com.

ART IN THE GARDEN: As part of the cultural district’s Gallery Night, the Garden Center of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden will feature more than 90 entries of juried art for sale. The media include jewelry, watercolor, 3D art, drawing/pastel, mixed media, photography and oil/ acrylic. Reception featuring artists on a come-and-go basis will be hosted on Sat. from 6-8 pm. 

Hours: 

Fri, Sept. 5, noon-7pm

Sat, Sept. 6, 9am-8pm

Sun, Sept. 7, 1-5pm

ARTISAN FAIR: On Sat, Sept. 6 from 10am-5pm, this outdoor event will feature a variety of arts & crafts from over 35 local artists and a Kids’ Artspace. 

PARKING: Free parking in front of the Garden Center.  

Info: Steve Huddleston, senior horticulturist, Steve.Huddleston@fortworthtexas.gov.