Urban Sustainability

Learn how and when to water your plants, how to make simple sprinkler repairs, and where to go for help. Free.

Drip irrigation is 90 percent more efficient, inexpensive and easy to install. Drip systems promote healthy plants and conserve water use. Learn how to install your own system. Free.

Dale Clark, president of the Dallas County Lepidopterists’ Society and owner of Butterflies Unlimited, will introduce you to some of our local residents and discuss which plants attract which butterflies, must-haves for every butterfly garden as well as easy tricks to identify different types of butterflies. $27.

Lynda Strain, owner of LKS Garden Designs, will show you how to incorporate native plants into your landscape. She will cover colorful flowering trees, shrubs and perennials, will perform well in the area. 
$27.

Get tips for growing a vegetable or flower garden on your balcony or patio sustainably. Bring home a finished container! $60.

All ages are invited to join this free outdoor walk hosted by the city of Dallas' Environment Education Initiative. The first 175 people to register online get free Camelbak water bottle and T-shirt.

Vintage Tex, Colleyville’s vintage clothing boutique, is hosting its 2nd annual Spring Tea Party to promote upcycling, recycling and enjoying all things vintage. 

The outdoor fair features local artists and purveyors of vintage clothing, accessories and home goods, live music, coffee and gourmet teas and baked goods. Photographer will be on hand to capture portraits of shoppers in vintage clothing. Free.

Annual festival dating back to the 1930s, featuring local vendors selling trees and plants, gardening products, landscaping and home improvement items. In addition, there will be workshops, children's environmental activities, a recycled fashion show  and festival foods. Free.

Dallas Sierra Club meeting will feature speaker Linda King of the Dallas Zoo sharing her experience at the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy in Africa. Also Ginger Bradley will talk abou opportunities at the Cedar Ridge Preserve (formerly the Dallas Nature Center). Contact: Kirk Miller, 972-699-1687 or KirkMiller@DallasSierraClub.org.

Follow National Geographic photographer James Balog across the Arctic as he deploys time-lapse cameras to capture a multi-year record of the world's changing glaciers. Sponsored by Citizens Climate Lobby and the Dallas Sierra Club.