Gardening

Speaker:  Michael Brooks, District Conservationist, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), U.S. Department of Agriculture

Join us this month to learn about sustainable cattle operations in North Central Texas. Michael Brooks of NRCS will discuss grazing management on native prairies, including how much grass can be produced and proper stocking rates per acre. Drought factors will be discussed, as well as range resource inventories, good and bad management practices, control of invasive species and wildlife considerations.

20-year-old cacti enthusiast John Chmielewski will present an overview of cacti and succulents well suited for local gardens.

Speakers galore on sustainability lifestyle

Amy Hays, Hugh Aljoe, Mike Proctor present “Moving Forward in Sustainable Management of Natural Resources – the Noble Foundations relationship with innovative producers, applied research, and partnerships.”

In 2015, the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation celebrated its 70th anniversary. The independent, nonprofit agricultural research headquartered in Ardmore, Oklahoma, assists farmers and ranchers and conducts plant science research and agricultural programs to enhance conservation, natural resource management and sustainability regionally, nationally and internationally.

Program by Gail Manning, an entomologist who leads the education team at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. Learn about milkweed, and the garden’s involvement in the citizen science programs Monarch Larva Monitoring Project and Monarch Watch (butterfly tagging). Get an update on Fort Worth’s conservation efforts and find out three things you can do to help monarchs and advance our knowledge about their annual migration.

Part of BRIT's Brown Bag Speaker Series. 

Robert O'Kennon & Kim Norton Taylor present “Flora diversity of the LBJ National Grasslands.”

Presentation by Don and Tiah Lambert of "Gardeners in Community Development."

In addition to the gardening slide show, there will also be a cooking demonstraion.

Meetings are held on the fourth Sunday each month, except for November and December.

Social and snacks @ 2:30 pm, educational lecture @ 3 pm.

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 at the Adriatica: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp

DALLAS COUNTY 

Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carrollton-Farmers-Market/150017371728897

Coppell Farmers Market: http://www.coppellfarmersmarket.org  

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 at the Adriatica: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp

DALLAS COUNTY 

Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carrollton-Farmers-Market/150017371728897

Coppell Farmers Market: http://www.coppellfarmersmarket.org  

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 at the Adriatica: http://www.chestnutsquare.org/programs/farmers_market.asp

DALLAS COUNTY 

Carrollton Square Community Farmers Market, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Carrollton-Farmers-Market/150017371728897

Coppell Farmers Market: http://www.coppellfarmersmarket.org