The North Texas Master Naturalists are hosting this family-friendly event to celebrate native plants and grasses. There will be activities for kids, including making seed balls and cornhusk dolls and storytellers. In addition to the demonstration and information outreach booths, there will be plant walks/talks beginning at 9 am. Speakers will give 20-minute talks on the hour and half-hour starting at 10 am. See website for list of speakers. Free.
Hike through the woods and prairie to learn which wild plants have edible parts, how to identify them, and how Native Americans and pioneers used these plants. For the daring; sample a few wild foods. Open to all ages. Pre-registration required. $5 with paid admission.
Joel Salatin will give a workshop titled "Ballet in the Pasture." Salatin, who was featured in the book "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and the documentary "Food, Inc.," operates Polyface Farm, a strictly local farm. Cost: $250. He'll also give the keynote address March 28 from 8:30 to 9:15 a.m. at Mountain View College as part of the DCCCD Sustainability Summit. Contact: 214-860-8564 or mboccalandro@dcccd.edu.
Learn the basics of backyard and vermi-composting to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill. Free.
Learn ways to use flowers in various recipes, which flowers are safe to eat, descriptions of their taste as well as how to best use organic/pesticide free flowers into your culinary entertaining. $30.
Bill Adams, the famous Tomato Man of Texas, will speak on vegetable gardening and tomato growing. Free. PatPape@yahoo.com. 214-437-9226.
Learn about Southlake Green Fest to be held April 6 from one of its organizers.
Free event touting vegetarian lifestyle sponsored by the Black Vegetarian Society of Texas. Activities include cooking demonstrations, holistic speakers, food sampling, food vendors, health screenings, health and environmentally-friendly exhibitors and children’s activities.
Free event featuring Earthen Ware vendors (carved wood art, organic foods, handmade jewelry, etc.), environmental education booths, kids' crafts/entertainment, plant sale, hybrid car show and live music. Drop off usable household goods and clothing/shoes, household documents for secured shredding and bulky trash items at Town Center Elementary School parking lot (185 N. Heartz).
NORTH TEXAS FARMERS MARKETS: COLLIN COUNTY Frisco Farmers Market: http://www.friscofarmersmarket.com/ McKinney Farmers Market at the Adriatica: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp Fairview Farms Marketplace, Plano: http://www.fairview-farms.com/2601.html DENTON COUNTY Denton Community Market: http://www.facebook.com/DentonCommunityMarket DALLAS COUNTY Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, http://www.cityofcarrollton.com Celebration Farmers Market, Dallas: www.celebrationrestaurant.com/farmersmarket/ Coppell Farmers Market: http://www.coppellfarmersmarket.org