Is the green in your lawn weeds or grass? Do you have brown circles in your yard? Proper lawn care maintenance is a key component to a healthy lawn. This program covers basic lawn maintenance practices and selecting the right turf grass to improve the health and longevity of your landscape. You will learn how to maintain your landscape using less water, fertilizers and pesticides.
Looking to add a little color or texture to your front entry or back patio? Container gardens can be a great way to give a little curb appeal or jazz up a back patio. This program teaches how to prepare and install a container garden. You will learn how to prepare the container, prepare the soil, and install a well-planned mix of annuals, perennials, and other colorful foliage plants.
February is the time to plant, so come gather all the do’s and don’ts you’ll need for the planting season! This is a great class for people new to gardening or that would like a refresher to start the season off strong. Free.
Please note that the BEC is tucked into the Coppell Nature Park located at Wagon Wheel Park. For closest access, park on the northwest side of the parking lot and follow green signs to the building. It is a short walk that takes less than five minutes.
Doug Tallamy, author of “Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants,” will speak on the importance of using native plants in residential landscapes during the Bringing Nature Home event on Saturday, Jan. 14, 8:15 a.m.-1 p.m., at Medical Center of Lewisville Grand Theater, 100 N. Charles Street. The native landscaping event is sponsored by the Friends of Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA) and Lewisville Parks and Leisure Services.
Participate in the demonstration garden and learn from other native plant experts. Bring your gloves, pruners, planting spade, your favorite weeder (a spouse or friend). We usually are planting, dividing, pruning and weeding and have a short education session. This site is a wonderful place to see native plants in a landscape setting so you can see what they might look like in your landscape at your home, school or business.
Carol Clark will cover the amazing story of the monarch butterfly lifecycle and migration, clarify some common misconceptions about monarchs, explain historic and current threats to monarch populations, and tell why Texas is a pivotal location for monarchs' future success. The program also covers real steps North Texas residents can take to help bolster the monarch population, and what to plant to feed monarchs. Free packets of local native milkweed seeds and plant lists for North Texas will be available.
The 3-day conference will include a day of pre-conference workshops and farm tours, and two days of learning sessions that will cover diverse topics including pest management techniques, marketing and distribution strategies, livestock and crop management and food policy. The Friday night banquet will feature Mark Kastel of the Cornucopia Institute and a delicious locally-sourced dinner.
Early Bird registration through Dec. 15. Discounts for students, members and volunteers.
Come seed bomb the Great Trinity Forest during this free community hike supporting RETREET's Rowlett ride for tornado victims. Join River Activation for the Trinity (RAFT) and Great Seed Bomb in exploring the Great Trinity Forest's AT&T Trail.
Dirt Doctor Howard Garrett is the keynote speaker. $15.
RSVP to 972-237-4566 or Composting@GPTX.org
Begun in 1935, this holiday event draws area children into the Garden to share a little holiday gift-giving with our feathered friends. Children bring homemade, biodegradable bird feeders to hang in the trees of the Botanic Garden’s “Grove.” (Children need to BRING these treats to the Garden rather than make them on site.) Recipes for feeders are available at the Garden Center’s information desk and on the Garden’s website. Santa and Mrs.