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; 281-651-5475, themercersociety.org. Sales proceeds benefit flood-damaged Mercer Botanic Gardens.
SATURDAY
Fall With Bulbs Margaret Cherry, bulb and 9-10:30 colorscape a.m. at Galveston expert. County Building, AgriLife 4102-B Extension Main, La Marque; aggie-horticulture.tamu 281-309-5065, .edu/galveston/index.html. Free, but preregistration required. Fall Spring — Our Forgotten With Angela Chandler. 10 a.m. at the Arbor Gate, 15635 FM 2920, Tomball; 281-351-8851, arborgate .com. Free. Miniature Fairy Garden With Jim Maas and Pat Cordray. 10 a.m. at Maas Nursery, 5511 Todville, Seabrook; 281-474-2488, maasnursery.com. $40. Fall Bed Prep and Veggie Gardening With Tom LeRoy and David Young. 10 a.m. at Enchanted Forest, 10611 FM 2759, Richmond; 2 p.m. at Enchanted Gardens, 6420 FM 359, Richmond; myenchanted.com. Free. Roses: Planting, Growing and Upkeep Harris County Master Gardeners’ Green Thumb Series. 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. at Maud Smith Marks Library, 1815 Westgreen, Katy; 713-274-0950; hcmga.tamu.edu. Free. Kitchen Gardening With Galveston County Master Gardener Mary Demeny. 1-3 p.m. at Galveston County AgriLife Extension Building, 4102-B Main, La Marque; 281-3095065, aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/ index.html. Free, but preregistration required. How I Was Schooled by an Old Rose With Mike Shoup. 5 p.m. lecture at Peckerwood Garden, 20559 FM 359, Hempstead; 979-8263232; register at peckerwoodgarden.org. Members lecture only $5, nonmembers lecture only $15; members lecture and 3:30 p.m. tour $15, nonmembers $25 for both; tour only $10.
SATURDAY -SUNDAY
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.
SUNDAY
Ferns of Nepal With George Yatskievych. sponsored by the Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society. 2 p.m. at Judson Robinson Jr. Community Center, 2020 Hermann Drive; tgcfernsoc.org. 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.
TUESDAY
Love Your Hippeastrum, aka Amaryllis With Charles Prasek. Sugar Land Garden Club event. 10 a.m. at St. Basil Hall, 702 Burney, Sugar Land; sugarlandgardenclub.org. Free. Roses: Planting, Growing and Upkeep Harris County Master Gardeners’ Green Thumb Series. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Spring Branch Memorial Library, 930 Corbindale; 713-274-0950; hcmga.tamu.edu. Free. A Short Visit to Colombia and Collecting the World’s Largest Tillandsia With Dennis Cathcart, Tropiflora Nursery, Sarasota, Fla. Sponsored by the Bromeliad Society / Houston. 7 p.m. at Metropolitan Multi-Service Center, 1475 W. Gray; bromeliadsocietyhouston.org. Free.
THURSDAY
Roses: Planting, Growing and Upkeep Harris County Master Gardeners’ Green Thumb Series. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Freeman Branch Library, 16616 Diana; 713-2740950; hcmga.tamu.edu. Free. A Plan for Houston’s Greenspace Future with Native Plants and for Restoring Local Ecoregions With Carolyn White. Native Plant Society of Texas-Houston Chapter event. 6:45-8:30 p.m. at Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, West Loop N. access road before Woodway Drive; npsot.org/ houston. Free.
FRIDAY-SEPT. 23
Weekend Market 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 22, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sept. 23 at Another Place in Time, 1102 Tulane; 713-864-9717. Free.
SEPT. 22
Wildscapes Workshop Native Plant Society of Texas-Houston Chapter event. 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at Houston Community College, 5601 West Loop S.; registration at npsot.org/wp/houston/ wildscapes-workshop, $35-$40. Starting a Community or School Garden Workshop 8:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at the University of St. Thomas, O’ Rourke Building, 3800 Montrose; register at 713-880-5540 or urban harvest.org/classes -calendar. $20. Composting With Galveston County Master Gardener Jim Gilliam. 9-11 a.m. at Galveston County AgriLife Extension Building, 4102-B Main, La Marque; 281-309-5065, aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/index.html. Free, but preregistration required. Fall Vegetable Garden With Tom LeRoy and Bill Adams. 10 a.m. the Arbor Gate, 15635 FM 2920, Tomball; 281-351-8851, arborgate.com. Free. Gardening for Birds and Hummingbirds With Jim Maas, Pat Cordray and Jean Griffin. 10 a.m. at Maas Nursery, 5511 Todville, Seabrook; 281474-2488, maasnursery .com. $40. Peckerwood Garden Open Day 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Peckerwood Garden, 20559 FM 359, Hempstead; 979-826-3232; register at peckerwoodgarden.org. Members free, $10 nonmembers. Scarecrow Making 10 a.m. at Enchanted Forest, 10611 FM 2759, Richmond, 281-937-9449; 2 p.m. at Enchanted Gardens, 6420 FM 359, Richmond, 281-341-1206, myenchanted.com. Call for reservation. $20. A Passion for Plumeria With Galveston County Master Gardener Loretta Osteen. 1-3 p.m. at Galveston County AgriLife Extension Building, 4102-B Main, La Marque; 281-309-5065, aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu /galveston/index.html. Free, but preregistration required.
SEPT. 23
The Gulf Coast Daylily With Everett Crainer of Crainer’s Daylily Farm. Cypress Creek Daylily Club lecture. 2-3 p.m. at Klein United Methodist Church, 5920 FM 2920, Spring; cypresscreekdaylilyclub.simplesite.com. Free.
SEPT. 25
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 Sept. 23 to: ogd.harrishort@gmail.com. Free.
SEPT. 26 Water for Wildlife With Angela Chandler.
Noon at the Arbor Gate, 15635 FM 2920, Tomball; 281-351-8851, arborgate.com. Free. In the Garden: Basic Organic Vegetable Gardening 6-7:30 p.m. at McGovern Centennial Family Gardens, 1500 Hermann Drive; register at 713-8805540 or urbanharvest .org/classes-calendar. $20.
SEPT. 28
Urban Gardening Certification Six-part weekly series. 1-3 p.m. at Alice Young Library, 5107 Griggs; register at 713-274-0950, hcmga.tamu.edu. Free.