GARDEN CALENDAR TUESDAY WEDNESDAY
TUESDAYSSUNDAYS The Mercer Society Gift and Plant Shoppe
10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdaysSaturdays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays at 400 Main, Old Town Spring; 281-6515475, themercersociety.org. Sales proceeds benefit flood-damaged Mercer Botanic Gardens.
SATURDAY Bonsai
With Galveston County Master Gardener Clyde Holt. 9-11 a.m. at Galveston County AgriLife Extension, 4102-B Main, La Marque; register at 281-309-5065 or aggie-horticulture. tamu.edu/galveston/ index.html. $25 fee to cover materials.
Plumeria Class
With Jim Maas and Loretta Osteen. 10 a.m. at Maas Nursery, 5511 Todville, Seabrook; 281-474-2488, maasnursery.com. $25.
Carnivorous Plants
10 a.m. at Jesse H. Jones Park and Nature Center, 20634 Kenswick, Humble; 281-446-8588, hcp4.net/ community/parks/jones. Free.
Fall Tomatoes with Urban Harvest
10 a.m. at Buchanan’s Native Plants, 611 E. 11th; 713-861-5702, RSVP at buchanansplants.com. Free.
Fall Vegetable Gardening
Harris County Master Gardeners’ Green Thumb Series.10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Maud Smith Marks Library, 1815 Westgreen Blvd., Katy; 713-274-0950, hcmga.tamu.edu. Free.
Urban Small Backyard Gardening
With Galveston County Master Gardener Herman Auer. 1-2:30 p.m. at Galveston County AgriLife Extension, 4102-B Main, La Marque; register at 281309-5065 or aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/ galveston/index.html. Free, but registration required.
Propagating Tomato Plants Using Cuttings
With Galveston County Master Gardener Nancy Langston-Noh. 2:30-3 p.m. at Galveston County AgriLife Extension, 4102-B Main, La Marque; register at 281-309-5065 or aggie-horticulture. tamu.edu/galveston/ index.html. Free, but registration required.
SATURDAYSUNDAY Weekend Market
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Another Place in Time, 1102 Tulane; 713-864-9717. Free.
MONDAY Harris County Master Gardeners’ Open Garden Day
9-11 a.m. at Genoa Friendship Gardens Educational Center Building, 1202 Genoa Red Bluff, Pasadena. Plants for sale in greenhouse. 713-274-0950; hcmga.tamu.edu. Free.
Gardening by the Square Foot
With Galveston County Master Gardener John Jons. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Galveston County AgriLife Extension, 4102-B Main, La Marque; register at 281-309-5065 or aggiehorticulture.tamu.edu/ galveston/index.html. Free, but registration required.
My Bromeliad Retrospective
With Charlie Birdsong. Sponsored by the Bromeliad Society/Houston. 7 p.m. at West Gray Multi-Service Center, 1475 W. Gray; bromeliadsociety houston.org. Free.
Hylocereus
Central America, Vietnam, Dragon Fruit, and How to Harvest and Prepare “Wet Seeds” for Sowing or Storage. With Wallace Ward, first vice president, Houston Cactus & Succulent Society. 7:30 p.m. at the Metropolitan Multi-Services Center, 1475 W. Gray; hcsstex.org. Free.
FRIDAY-AUG. 26 Weekend Market
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 25, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 26 at Another Place in Time, 1102 Tulane; 713-864-9717. Free.
AUG. 25 ‘Hill Country Red’ Oxblood lilies sale
Sponsored by Bayou City Heirloom Bulbs. 9 a.m.noon at 5842 Velma Lane, Humble; Patty Allen, 713471-4383. Free.
Fall and Winter Vegetable Gardening
With Jim Maas, Pat Cordray and Paul Nesrsta. 10 a.m. at Maas Nursery, 5511 Todville, Seabrook; 281-474-2488, maas nursery.com. $40.
Peckerwood Garden Open Day
10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Peckerwood Garden, 20559 FM 359, Hempstead; 979826-3232; register at peckerwoodgarden.org. Members free, $10 nonmembers.
AUG. 28 Harris County Master Gardeners’ Open Garden Day, Children’s Activities
10-11:15 a.m. at Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse, Cypress. Registration required by Aug. 26 to: ogd.harris hort@gmail.com. Free.
REGISTRATION OPEN Wildscapes Workshop
Native Plant Society of Texas-Houston Chapter event. 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Houston Community College, 5601 West Loop S.; registration at npsot.org/wp/houston/ wildscapes-workshop, $35-40.