Soil and Green

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Modern Victory Gardens: Vegetable Gardening Educational Series

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75210)
Website: http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/upcoming_events.shtml
Cost: $20.00 for garden members, $25.00 for non-members.
Registration is required.  Please call (214) 428-7476 ext. 240, or visit https://secure.groundspring.org/dn/index.php?aid=9640 to register for this event.

Join a growing trend and learn how to create a bountiful organic community or backyard vegetable garden. We cover hands-on seasonal topics in each class.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Fall Plant Sale

Time: 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75210)
Website: http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/upcoming_events.shtml
Cost: free to attend.  Plants are not free.

Our 2008 Fall Plant Sale proved so popular we’re making it an annual affair!  Enjoy a selection of perennials and annuals at a reduced price as we clear out the greenhouse for the winter.  Plants go quickly, so line up early for the best deals. Before the sale…enjoy our annual garden walk on native trees.  The walk will end right in time for you to shop! There is no member’s discount in this sale due to already reduced prices.

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Texas Trees Garden Walk

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75210)
Website: http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/upcoming_events.shtml
Cost: FREE

Join staff horticulturist Randy Johnson on this annual tour of native trees.  Learn proper planting and care techniques. You’ll finish the tour just in time to go to the Fall Plant Sale! Program appropriate for ages 8 and up.

Saturday, October 31, 2009

Plants of North Central Texas: Connections to the Past

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75210)
Website: http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/upcoming_events.shtml
Cost: FREE

How are prairie grasses, pronghorns, horse-apples, and mammoths all part of the story involving native plants? Discover little-known secrets about Texas plants and the surprising and exciting things they tell us about what it was like here in the past.  This is the first in a series by Austin College and Texas Discovery Gardens.  The talk includes a guided tour of the Gardens.

Saturday & Sunday, September 12 & 13, 2009

Grand Opening of the Rosine Smith Sammons Butterfly House and Insectarium

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m both days
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75210)
Website: http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/upcoming_events.shtml
Cost: Half-price admission: $4.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors, and $2.00 for children ages 3 to 11.

The butterflies are coming!  Make plans to be a part of our historic opening of this year-round tropical butterfly house.

Be the first to walk down a spiral walkway to the ground floor, immersed in butterflies the entire way.  A ribbon cutting Saturday (more…)

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Third Annual EARTH-KIND Environmental Stewardship Day at Texas Discovery Gardens

Time: 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75210)
Phone and Email: (214) 428-7476.  tdg@texasdiscoverygardens.org
Website: http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/upcoming_events.shtml
Reservations: bgollman@phytopia.com
Cost: FREE

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Caterpillar Crawl

Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Texas Discovery Gardens (3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, Dallas, Texas, 75210)
Website: http://www.texasdiscoverygardens.org/upcoming_events.shtml
Cost: FREE

Go on a caterpillar search as we show you creepy crawly wonders!  This is a great introduction to the world of butterflies.  Program appropriate for ages 2 and up.