Promise of Peace Community Garden is hosting a ribbon cutting celebration at its new location at White Rock United Methodist Church. Sign up for fall plots. Twenty 18 x 4 plots available @ $100/year.
POP’s mission is to connect East Dallas residents through horticultural, environmental and nutritional educational experiences
Market to Kitchen Series: Chef Jeff Bekavac with Neighborhood Services restaurant group of Dallas. Free.
Contact: info@coppellfarmersmarket.org or 972-304-7043
Learn the basics and benefits of rainwater harvesting and the effects stormwater has on the environment. Participants will learn how to collect and utilize rainwater at home and have the opportunity to construct their own 55-gallon rain barrel. $50 per barrel.
Presented by the Blackland Prairie Chapter. Dan Northcut, director of environmental studies at St. Mark's School of Texas, will present "Native Plants in our Landscape." Free.
Learn how to install a drip irrigation system from your faucet or how to convert an existing system to drip. Drip irrigation is the most efficient irrigation method and essential to sustainable landscapes. Drip irrigation for foundation watering will also be covered. Free.
Class hosted by the Tarrant County Master Gardeners. $5. Registration required. Billie Hammack at blhammack@ag.tamu.edu or 817-884-1296.
Class hosted by the Tarrant County Master Gardeners. $5. Registration required. Billie Hammack at blhammack@ag.tamu.edu or 817-884-1296.
Learn about materials, cost and maintenance of greenhouses. Ladan Goodrum, owner of Goodrum Construction Company, LLC, a company that builds and maintains greenhouses, is presenting the program.
Monthly meeting of the Collin County chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas. Dr. Gary Dick, US Army Corps of Engineers Research Ecologist, will speak.
The group will discuss the last 50 pages of Teaching the Trees: Lessons from the Forest by Joan Maloof. Geared to ages 15 and older. Free for members. Small donation required for nonmembers. Bring a lunch.
Reading schedule for Teaching the Trees book discussion:
1st Friday, 6/28 - pages 1-47 (“Old-Growth Air” through “Pine”)
2nd Friday, 7/5 - pages 48-95 (“Grandfather Trees” through “Holly”)
3rd Friday, 7/12 - pages 96-142 (“Bald Cypress” through “Things of this World”)