Gardening

Plant the seed and watch your child’s love for gardening grow in this special hands-on class. Registration is required. Ages 5-10. Free.

Learn how to recognize helpful garden insects and attract them to your yard in order to prevent pests and diseases through organic techniques.  Amanda Vanhoozier will teach the class. Free.

Gather your friends, family, scout troop, and neighbors and do the “buffalo stomp” with the herd of seeders.  Enhance the beauty of the trail system by participating in the annual seeding. Free.

Donelle Simmons, garden coach and co-host of The Farm Girls Organic Gardening radio show, will share secrets and techniques for fall organic  vegetable gardening. Donelle, along with her mother Marilyn, grow and feed 15 families a year through their educational CSA program, offer an organic gardening radio sho, and garden coaching advice to help others grow bountiful gardens. Free.

 $1 admission to the Dallas Arboretum during August. Discounted parking $5.

There are many ways for our members to participate. If you enjoy working outside among the trees or if you prefer research, the study of maps or working to help keep things organized and running smoothly, there is a place for you in the Dallas Historic Tree Coalition. No dues at this time.

Build a scarecrow to decorate your home garden. Each family will work as a team to design an individual scarecrow.  Drop in to this come-and-go program with the Garden’s Education Team. Free.

The Dallas Arboretum decks out for the autumn with fall flowers as many as 50,000 pumpkins, gourds and squash to form the storybook pumpkin village. Take home a pumpkin from the pumpkin patch. Trick or treat during Family Fun Weekend Oct. 26-27.

Class led by Tarrant County Master Gardener. $5. Pre-registration required: Billie Hammack at blhammack@ag.tamu.edu or call 817-884-1296.

Learn the secret to making your own fresh organic salsa. Doug Renfro from Renfro Foods will teach the class how to make classic red, verde and fruit salsas to take home in decorative containers. $55.

This class was originally scheduled for Sept. 7 but has been rescheduled for Oct. 19.