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John Bunker Sands Wetland Center: Classroom Recycling Made Easy - Seagoville

Teachers earn 3 CPE credits. Workshop includes door-prizes, classroom give-aways and every teacher receives a CD with resources. Workshop limited to first 30 registrants. 

 Get your first step into the ‘cool’ of recycling. Teach students how to make recycling easy and the importance of the Earth as a resource we can and should take care for. Learn about the 4Rs of recycling, available resources for developing schoolyard recycling programs, plus other outdoor and classroom activities in this popular workshop. Included are classroom activities to understand recycling the organic way with earthworms – Vermicomposting. Decomposition, compost critters and life-cycles will be discussed. All activities presented in workshop are aligned with TEKS standards.

$25. Info: LDunn@WetlandCenter.com or 972-474-9100.

John Bunker Sands Wetland Center: Friendly School Gardens - Seagoville

Workshop includes door prizes, classroom giveaways and every teacher receives a CD with re- sources. Workshop limited to first 30 registrants.

This workshop is for educators with a passion for gardening with children. It will cover the basics of school-year organic gardening, how to connect school curriculum to gardening activities, gather ideas for school garden programs and how to implement a safe habitat for wildlife and pollinators. Learn the links between individual behavior and changes that school gardens inspire and the larger impacts on families, schools and communities. This workshop will cover:

1. Small steps to implement a school garden
2. Native and well adapted plants
3. Pollinators: Special guest the butterflies
4. Gardening with low watering in mind

$25. Info: LDunn@WetlandCenter.com or 972-474-9100.

Twelve Hills Nature Center: Work Day - Dallas

Help remove invasive plants that are growing by leaps and bounds with the warm weather. Target plants are Johnson grass and trumpet vine especially, but there are plenty of others we’ll tackle as well. Most work will occur in the butterfly garden and along the paths. Bring work gloves, sun hats and sun protection, water, and your favorite tools for weeding.

Info: Marcie Haley marcieh@gmail.com or 214-535-9373

Texas Worm Ranch: 365 Days a Year of North Texas Edible Gardening - Garland

Class days: Aug. 2 and Aug. 9, 9am-noon

The North Texas Climate is both harsh and promising to the Edible Gardener. What works in most of the country, does not work in our micro-climate, but other strategies can make a difference between garden success and failure. The instructor's family eats something from their garden nearly 365 days a year and she would like to help you plan for that as well. This in-depth class will help you succeed in providing fresh and healthy food to your family every day.

 Class Topics:

• Soil Health-the key to it all

• Garden Ecosystems-Grow a Jungle or Die in the Desert?

• Season by Season Planning

• 10 Day Weather Forecast

• Seasonal Extension

Texas Worm Ranch: Herb Gardening From Seed to Plate - Garland

Held July 29, 2014, Aug. 5 and Aug. 12, 8:30 a.m. -noon  

Herbs are the gateway learning tool for successful gardening, healthy living and tasty meals. Learn from all natural herb farmer Holly Ross of Hollyberry Farm and lifelong gardener, Heather Rinaldi of Texas Worm Ranch. This in depth class will take you from the necessity of microbes in the soil to seed and plant propagation to successful uses of herbs in meals and essential oils.

Class includes:  Workbook, 5 herb plants and 3 seed packets, 10 lbs of premium worm castings and one gallon of Worm Wine ™ to improve soil health.

Day 1: Intro in to herb gardening: How to grow, harvest and preserve herbs. In depth overview of how herbs work in the body to promote health and the importance of the essential oils. How to preserve herbs as essential oils.  Design your own herb garden for your yard's distinct needs.

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