Share your holiday gift giving with our feathered friends! Children of all ages are invited to make biodegradable bird treats ahead of time and bring them to the event to hang in the Garden’s Grove, providing food for wildlife and a little holiday cheer! This free event, complete with music and entertainment, is one of Fort Worth’s oldest holiday traditions.
Feast your eyes on the fall color of the Japanese Garden while you and your family enjoy traditional Japanese dance, music, martial arts demonstrations, papermaking, and tea ceremonies. Admission: Adults $5.00, Children (4-12yrs.) $3.00, under 4 free.
Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fall is the second great planting season, so come peruse our perennials and native Texas plants. Browse our selection of decorative grasses, shrubs and bulbs as well. Planting in the fall is a great opportunity to give your plants a jump start on the Texas summers.
Choose from a wide assortment of trees, shrubs, grasses, ground covers, perennials, vines, and spring-flowering bulbs. The sale features many specialty plants grown at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden. In addition, rose, African violet, begonia, iris, daylily, cactus & succulent, and daffodil societies will be selling their plants. Other vendors will be selling garden-related merchandise as well.
Garden staff will be on site to answer your plant questions. BYOW (Bring Your Own Wagon) for loading plants! In “The Grove,” the wooded area west of the Trial Garden and the Japanese Garden parking lot.
The Greater Fort Worth Herb Society was founded in 1985 with the purpose of "sharing knowledge of herbal folklore, planting, growing, propagating, cultivating, harvesting and using herbs." A further goal is the fostering of education and knowledge regarding herbs and other botanical subjects.
Contact:
8:00 a.m. – 8:30 a.m. Registration with continental breakfast (Music Hall Lobby)
8:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. Opening Session – Guest speakers include:
Collin County Hobby Beekeepers’ Association (CCHBA) meets on the second Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at the Heard Craig Center in McKinney, Texas. Click here for directions.
Collin County Hobby Beekeepers Association (CCHBA) is comprised of men, women and youth interested in the art of beekeeping.
Our membership ranges across many professions. We have members with several hundred to one to NO bee hives. We foster an environment in which you can increase your knowledge and teach others.
The meeting starts at 7:30 PM, but generally most people come at 7:00 to socialize and talk about ponds. Each month's meeting will feature a different guest speaker and topic. Please see website for the latest topics.
This course is designed for all individuals interested in becoming certified energy improvement professionals, verifying the performance characteristics of an existing home and participation in Residential Energy Efficiency Standard Offer Programs.
Click here for more information and to register.
Be a part of the world's largest grassroots solar event!
The
Texas Solar Energy Society is pleased to announce four Solar Tours this
October in conjunction with the American Solar Energy Society's National Solar Tour.
Join our TXSES chapters and colleagues around the state. Look for a self guided tour near you!
The 27th annual Texas renewable energy conference, including:
Founder and Chief Executive
Citizens for Affordable Energy, Washington, D.C.
Former President Shell Oil Company, Houston, Texas
Author, Why We Hate The Oil Companies
John Hofmeister brief biography