Texas Smartscape Plant Sales featuring native and adapted plants will be held in 22 cities between April 11 and Sept. 12.
On April 11, sales will be held at the following garden centers:
The Home Depot, 6110 Lemmon Ave, Dallas, TX 75209
The Home Depot, 7100 North Freeway, Fort Worth, TX 76137
The Home Depot, 5995 El Dorado Pkwy, Frisco, TX 75034
Free event featuring breakout sessions, covering urban farming, fracking, honeybees, corporate sustainability, home energy efficiency and environmental legislation and more.
Field trip to DaVinci School, recycled art show, Earth Day fest and lunch.
Keynote speaker is Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr.
Family friendy event featuring live birds, backyard chickens, bird games, bird crafts, owl pellet dissection, hiking. Free.
Held at the Grapevine Botanical Gardens, the event features green vendors, kid’s activities, along with an alternative transportation demo with EV cars and bicycles and a Recycle Rally, where people can bring e-waste from 9am-1pm. Free.
The city named Bluebird Capital of Texas celebrates the iconic bird with arts and crafts, pageant, carnival and bluebird tours in Van Zandt county, east of Dallas.
The city hosts the family friendly celebration at the Government Center, 285 Uptown Boulevard. Event-goers can enjoy workshops, vendors, food and live music from Vocal Trash. Free trees will be given out on a first-come, first-served basis.
During the month of April, the bluebonnets are on display in Ennis and the city provides a map, showcasing the best viewing spots along 40 miles of driving trails.
In addition, the city puts on a weekend festival with arts and crafts, children’s activities, entertainment and bluebonnet souvenirs.
The combination Arbor and Earth Day event features green vendors, tree and plant sales, gardening products, along with family friendly activities.
The city of Plano hosts this eco event held at the Plano Centre, 2000 E Spring Creek Pkwy, featuring booths, kid’s activities and animal adoptions.
Highlights include New York-based Bash the Trash, which builds, performs and educates with musical instruments made from reused and repurposed materials. Sign up for the instrument-building workshop.
This community-wide clean up and fair hosted by Keep Flower Mound Beautiful is held at the Flower Mound Home Depot, 852 Long Prairie Road. Be sure to stop by the Trinity Forks Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas plant sale from 10am-1pm, featuring hard-to-find native plants.
Residents can also drop off paper for shredding and as well as housewares and electronics.