Gardening

"From Garbage to Garden", learn to recycle naturally with the City of Dallas free program.

For Registration information call
214-671-9233 or email Joseph.hardyes@dallascityhall.com.

"From Garbage to Garden", learn to recycle naturally with the City of Dallas free program.

For Registration information call 214-671-9233 or email Joseph.hardyes@dallascityhall.com

Recognized as one of the top 14 places in the world to see spring flowers with over 500,000 blooming bulbs and 66 acres of colorful gardens. Includes Fairy Tale Castles Exhibit. Free with $12/adult, $8/children 3-12, and $10/senior admission.

Weekend of free education on bees, worms, vegetables, and more. See website for seminar schedule.

Discover the Art of Summer Vegetable Gardening -

Join a growing trend and learn how to create a bountiful organic community or backyard vegetable garden with our Director of Horticulture, Randy Johnson. We cover hands on summer gardening topics just in time for you to begin work on your summer gardens. $25; $20 for TDG Members.

April 12, 2011 6:30 Refreshments 7:00 Meeting

Movie night!
We will furnish popcorn and drinks.  If you want, bring your own favorite snacks.

Earth Day Dallas hopes to catalyze a "green" movement in North Texas by staging a two-day event on April 22nd and 23rd over several city blocks in the Dallas Arts District.  We anticipate 500 civic, corporate and non-profit participants engaged in an event that will be the biggest and best Earth Day celebration in this part of the United States.  Sponsors currently include:

    * The Environmental Protection Agency
    * D Magazine
    * The Nature Conservancy
    * Chevrolet
    * Dallas Independent School District
    * Half Price Books

This will be the seminal event in an ongoing movement to showcase green business and civic efforts that improve North Texas and the lives of North Texans.  Events will focus on entertaining, inspiring and educating attendees with various ways to think, work and live green by showcasing emerging green technology and providing eco-friendly activities. 

    * Up to 50,000 visitors in the downtown Arts District (accessible by DART).

DIY Gardening: Drip Irrigation
Thursday, March 24th, 7:00pm-8:30pm- Are you new to gardening or just looking for
ways to be more successful in the garden? The Do-It-Yourself Gardener classes are a
great introduction to the essentials of gardening. This class will cover drip irrigation.

Environmental Education Center (City Of Plano)
4116 W. Plano Parkway
Plano, TX 75093
Register @planoparks.org, Class #118533
$5 for Plano residents, $9 for non-residents

For more information contact Erin Hoffer at erinhof@plano.gov or (972)769-4228 or
visit www.livegreeninplano.com

DIY Gardener: Rainwater Harvesting
Thursday, March 10th, 7:00pm-8:30pm—Are you new to gardening or just looking for ways to be more successful in the garden? The Do-It-Yourself Gardener classes are a great introduction to the essentials of gardening. This class will cover rainwater harvesting.

Environmental Education Center (City Of Plano)
4116 W. Plano Parkway
Plano, TX 75093
Register online @planoparks.org, Class #118532
$5 for Plano residents, $9 for non-residents

For more information visit www.livegreeninplano.com or contact Erin Hoffer at
erinhof@plano.gov or (972)769-4228

Kids in the Garden Classes

Begins Wednesday, March 23rd— Every WEDNESDAY 3:30pm-5:00pm; March 23rd
through May 11th
2nd through 4th graders will experience the world through an exciting
hands-in-the garden program. This imaginative curriculum shows children that
growing and eating nutritious fruits and vegetables reaps its own rewards.
Participants will complete activities towards a Junior Master Gardener
certification.

Environmental Education Center (City Of Plano)
4116 W. Plano Parkway
Plano, TX 75093

$5 per class for Plano residents; $9 per class for non-residents
Additional fee of $25 paid to instructor on first day of class.

Registration begins March 2011:
Register online @planoparks.org; Course #118389 or contact Erin Hoffer at
erinhof@plano.gov or 972-769-4228