Participants will become skilled at planting, pruning and maintaining trees while learning how to manage trees in urban settings.
Classes will be held 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on five Wednesdays: Feb. 19, March 19, April 16, April 30 and May 21. The locations will vary by topic, but will all be in Fort Worth.
$50. A limited number of scholarships are available.
Info: 817-392-5738 or forestry@fortworthtexas.gov
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.
Andrea Bithell, owner and president of Oak Cliff Organics, will give a presentation of The Basics of Growing. Andrea will speak on the different growing seasons, what to plant when, how to read a seed packet, soil prep, how to plant, soil testing and how to synergize gardening.
RSVP: info@trinityhaymarket.com or 214-202-2163
Botanical Research Institute of Texas ecologist Karen Hall speaks. Free.
Info: Laura Gough at gough@uta.edu or 817-272-2872.
The butterflies of Asia will be featured in 2014′s Butterflies in the Garden exhibit.
$10/adults, $8/seniors, $6/children. Under 3/free. No strollers. Walkers and wheelchairs are permitted.
During the Butterflies in the Garden exhibit, mark a special occasion with a live butterfly release. Cost is $10 for one butterfly, and $5 for each additional butterfly. Info: Gail Manning at 817-392-5540 or gail.manning@fortworthtexas.gov.
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.
Seating is limited. Contact classes@urbanacresmarket.com for reservation and class info.
Learn how easy it is to make your own preserves. This class will cover basic knowledge of safely canning and preserving using the water bath method.
Participants will make a preserve using local, seasonal, 100% organic produce and take home a jar of preserves.
$55. Class size limited to 10 students.
Reserve your seat: www.urbanacresmarket.com/classes-register-canning-preserving-1
Dr. Ed Gilman discusses proper pruning techniques and “Replanting The Urban Forest."
Steve Huddleston and Kathleen Cook, of the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, will lead participants in a swale tour and discussion of parking lot plantings as well as an optional tour of the Japanese Garden.
CEUs will be offered for ISA Certified Arborists, Society of American Foresters, Texas Nursery and Landscape Association TCNP,TCMNP, and TCLP, and Texas Department of Agriculture licensed pesticide applicators.
Registration includes snacks and lunch. $85/in advance, $100/at event. $35/students.