GARDEN CALENDAR
TUESDAYS-SUNDAYS
The Mercer Society Gift and Plant Shoppe 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays at 400 Main, Old Town Spring; 281-6515475, themercersociety.org/ways-to-give/donate. Sales proceeds benefit flood-damaged Mercer Botanic Gardens.
SATURDAY
Brazoria County Master Gardeners’ 20th Annual Spring Plant Sale 8 a.m.-noon at Brazoria County Environmental Education Station, 799 E. Hospital, Angleton; brazoria.agrilife.org. Free.
Educational Classes Session 1: Gardening in the Shade: 8-10 a.m. Session 2: Herbs! 10:30-12:30 p.m. at Montgomery County Master Gardeners, 9020 Airport, Conroe; mcmga.com, 936-539-7824, $5 per session or $8 for both.
Cockrell Butterfly Center Spring Plant Sale and Garden Festival Sale 8:30 a.m.-noon for members, 9 a.m.-noon for the public. Festival with gardening organizations’ booths 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Drive; 713639-4742, hmns.org.
Bromeliad Sale Sponsored by the Bromeliad Society/Houston. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, 1475 W. Gray; bromeliadsocietyhouston.org. Free.
Creating a Serenity/ Meditation Garden 10 a.m. at Enchanted Forest, 10611 FM 2759, Richmond; 2 p.m. at Enchanted Gardens, 6420 FM 359, Richmond; myenchanted.com. Free.
Container Gardening that Makes a Statement With Gaye Hammond. 10 a.m. at the Arbor Gate, 15635 FM 2920, Tomball; 281-351-8851, arborgate.com. Free.
Peckerwood Garden Open Day 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Peckerwood Garden, 20559 FM 359, Hempstead; 979-826-3232; register at peckerwood garden.org. Members free, nonmembers $10.
Herbs & Veggies 10:15 a.m. at Cornelius Nursery, 2233 S. Voss; corneliusnurseries.com. Free.
Soils and Composting Harris County Master Gardener event. 10:30 a.m. at Maud Smith Marks Library, 1815 Westgreen, Katy; 713-274-0950, hcmga.tamu.edu. Free.
SATURDAY -SUNDAY
Weekend Market 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Another Place in Time,
MONDAY
Platyceriums With Don Callard. Sponsored by the Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society. 2 p.m. at Judson Robinson Jr. Community Center, 2020 Hermann Drive; tgcfernsoc.org. Free.
TUESDAY
Repurposing “Things” For Your Yard With Lenette Roehl, Garden Girl of Texas. Sugar Land Garden Club program, plus Annual Silent Auction. 9:30 a.m. at St. Basil’s Hall 702 Burney, Sugar Land; sugarland gardenclub.org. Free.
Soils and Composting Harris County Master Gardener event. 6:30 p.m. at Spring Branch Memorial Library, 930 Corbindale; 713-274-0950, hcmga. taum.edu. Free.
The Diversity of Ferns With Darla Harris of Fern Plantation Nursery and president of the Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society. Petal Pushers Garden Club program. 7 p.m. at Burgess Recreation Center, 4200 Kalwick, Deer Park; 281-479-1223. Free.
Carnivorous Plants for Home and Garden With Mike Howlett, sponsored by the Bromeliad Society / Houston. 7 p.m. at the Metropolitan MultiService Center, 1475 W. Gray; bromeliadsociety houston.org. Free.
WEDNESDAYS
Gardening Daze Join horticultural coordinator Matt Abernathy for native plant landscaping and habitat restoration in the park. 8:30 a.m. at Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center, 20634 Kenswick, Humble; 281446-8588, hcp4.net/ community/parks/jones. Free.
THURSDAY
Soils and Composting Harris County Master Gardener event. 6:30 p.m. at Freeman Branch Library, 16616 Diana; 713274-0950, hcmga.taum.edu. Free.
Deep Resilience: Learning the Song of Our Land With John Jacob. Native Plant Society of TexasHouston Chapter event. 6:45-8:30 p.m. at Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, new entrance West Loop N. access road before Woodway; npsot.org/houston. Free.
FRIDAY
Reservation deadline for Botanic Trip to Peckerwood Garden Tour of Peckerwood, lunch at restaurant 8:15 a.m.-4:30 p.m. April 25. Meet at Mercer Botanic Gardens’ East Side pedestrian entrance, 22306 Aldine-Westfield, Humble; registration, call Melodie Hill at 713-274-4160. $1 fee, plus bring lunch money; ages 50 years and older.
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