Vote for your favorite green volunteers and leaders in North Texas. The top three finalists will be judged by a panel. Winners will be announced at the Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards on Nov. 3 at the Dallas Arboretum.
NORTH TEXAS FARMERS MARKETS:
See websites for location, hours and season.
COLLIN COUNTY
Collin County Farmers Market: http://www.collincountyfarmersmarket.org
Fairview Farms Marketplace, Plano: http://www.fairview-farms.com
Frisco Rotary Farmers Market: http://www.friscorotaryfarmersmarket.com
McKinney Farmers Market: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp
DALLAS COUNTY
Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carrollton-Farmers-Market/150017371728897
NORTH TEXAS FARMERS MARKETS:
See websites for location, hours and season.
COLLIN COUNTY
Collin County Farmers Market: http://www.collincountyfarmersmarket.org
Fairview Farms Marketplace, Plano: http://www.fairview-farms.com
Frisco Rotary Farmers Market: http://www.friscorotaryfarmersmarket.com
McKinney Farmers Market: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp
DALLAS COUNTY
Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carrollton-Farmers-Market/150017371728897
NORTH TEXAS FARMERS MARKETS:
See websites for location, hours and season.
COLLIN COUNTY
Collin County Farmers Market: http://www.collincountyfarmersmarket.org
Fairview Farms Marketplace, Plano: http://www.fairview-farms.com
Frisco Rotary Farmers Market: http://www.friscorotaryfarmersmarket.com
McKinney Farmers Market: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp
DALLAS COUNTY
Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carrollton-Farmers-Market/150017371728897
NORTH TEXAS FARMERS MARKETS:
See websites for location, hours and season.
COLLIN COUNTY
Collin County Farmers Market: http://www.collincountyfarmersmarket.org
Fairview Farms Marketplace, Plano: http://www.fairview-farms.com
Frisco Rotary Farmers Market: http://www.friscorotaryfarmersmarket.com
McKinney Farmers Market: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp
DALLAS COUNTY
Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carrollton-Farmers-Market/150017371728897
Marshall Grain, the leading retailer of organic gardening supplies and pet and animal care products in North Texas, will host Kate Radomski of Lady Bug brand natural gardening products, who will discuss the types and varieties of veggies best suited for fall planting in our area. She’ll cover planting, watering, and fertilization, and answer your questions about organic methods. Free.
The Memnosyne Institute's Green Source DFW Sustainable Leadership Awards was launched in 2012 and has since honored many outstanding green leaders in North Texas.
Help prep trails for laying new mulch which was washed out in the spring rains, and work on our butterfly and wildflower beds.
Drawing for the winner of the Rangers Suite will also be held.
Seventh annual event benefiting Promise of Peace Community Garden featuring 20 celebrity chefs and live music by Mack Price and friends rocking a Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan cover set, beer will be provided by Lakewood Brewing Co.
20 celebrity Chefs will be bringing the best okra dishes for guests to savor the exquisite flavors. In addition there will be a community table of garden to table side dishes and a children’s area sponsored by the Texas Discovery Gardens. A silent auction of local love will showcase a few of POP s favorite things
Chrissy Cortez-Mathis will present “Plants that Love to Grow Here-Texas Native & Adapted Plants.” Chrissy is a Dallas County Master Gardener. This program introduces great shrubs, ground covers and perennials to use in the landscape. All plants covered are drought tolerant and easy to care for. Chrissy’s passion for reducing grass in the landscape was born when she was in charge of mowing her family’s big corner lot lawn as a teenager. It would often take her two days; now it just takes 10 minutes to do her own. In 2004 she and her husband bought a house in Richardson.