GARDEN CALENDAR
SATURDAY 18th annual Reforest the Forest Native and Fruit Tree Sale
8 a.m.-noon at Kingwood Town Center Park, 8 N. Main, Kingwood; kingwood gardenclub.org. Free.
Unplugged Adventure: Putting Down Roots
9-11:30 a.m. at Katy Prairie Conservancy’s Indiangrass Preserve, 31975 Hebert, Waller; register at 713-5236135, katyprairie.org/ kpcevents. Free.
Christmas Open House
9 a.m.-6 p.m. at Cornelius Nursery, 2233 S. Voss and 1403 Westborough, Katy; holiday inspiration and events. Register at calloways.com. Free.
SATURDAYSUNDAY Weekend Market
9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday at Another Place in Time, 1102 Tulane. Free.
MONDAY Ceremony
Arbor Day ceremony and Blue Star Memorial byway marker didication. District IV Coastal Prairie Council and Texas Garden Clubs event. 1:30 p.m. at Fisher House III, 2002 Holcombe; RSVP to buck1ann2gmail.com. Free.
Bats, Our Furry Insect-Eating Friends
With Phil Lindhurst, the Bat Man. Lake Houston Gardeners program. 6:30-9 p.m. at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 2929 Woodland Hills, Kingwood; lakehoustongardeners.org. Free.
WEDNESDAY Gardens Exhibit
Lunch Bunch with Gerry Aitken, Museum of Fine Arts Guild past president. Noon at Mercer Botanic Gardens, 22306 Aldine Westfield, Humble; register at 713-274-4160, mercerbotanicgardens@ hcp4.net. Free, bring lunch.
THURSDAY Harris County Master Gardeners’ Open Garden Day
10-11:15 a.m. at Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse, Cypress; register by Monday to ogd.harrishort@gmail.com. Free.
Maintaining the Garden
With Master Gardener
Tricia Bradbury. 7 p.m. at Cinco Ranch Branch Library meeting room, 2620 Commercial Center Blvd., Katy; 281-395-1311, fortbend.lib .tx.us. Free.
Growing Healthy Roses in Containers
With Donald Burger. 7 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 1819 Heights Blvd.; houstonrose.org. Free.
FRIDAY Houston Urban Tree Conference
8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Weekley Community Center, 8440 Greenhouse, Cypress; tickets at hutc2019.eventbrite.com. $45.
FRIDAY-NOV. 17 Weekend Market
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 16, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 17 at Another Place in Time, 1102 Tulane. Free.
NOV. 16 Garden Tour and Texas in Exile
How Texas Natives Have Revolutionized Colorado Landscapes lecture. With Panayoti Kelaidis, Denver Botanic Garden. 10 a.m. tour, 11:30 a.m. lecture at Peckerwood Garden, 20559 FM 359, Hempstead; register at 979-8263232, peckerwoodgarden .org. Tour $10, donations accepted for lecture.
Miniature Fairy Gardening Class
With Jim Maas, Pat Cordray and Brenda Hesse. 10 a.m. at Maas Nursery, 5511 Todville, Seabrook; 281-4742488, maasnursery.com. $45.
Unplugged Adventure: Dark Sky, Soft Light
With Debbie Moran. Katy Prairie Conservancy program. 11 a.m.-noon at Indiangrass Preserve,
Katy Prairie Conservancy field office, 31975 Hebert, Waller; 713-523-6135, katyprairie.org/events. Free.
NOV. 17 Looking for Ferns in All the Wrong Places
With Panayoti Kelaidis. Sponsored by the Texas Gulf Coast Fern Society. 2 p.m. at Judson Robinson Jr. Community Center, 2020 Hermann Drive; tgcfernsoc
.org. Free.
NOV. 19 A Trip to the Monarch Overwintering Sites in Michoacán
With Diane Russell. Sugar Land Garden Club event. 9:30 a.m. at the St. Basil’s Hall, 702 Burney, Sugar Land; sugarlandgarden club.org. Free.
Hechtias
With Andy Siekkinen, botanist and researcher from California. Bromeliad Society/Houston event. 7 p.m. at the West Grey Multi-Service Center, 1475 W. Grey; bromeliadsociety houston.org. Free.
Roses
With rosarian Baxter Williams. Petal Pushers Garden Club meeting. 7 p.m. at the Burgess Recreational Center, 4200 Kalwick, Deer Park; 281723-7409. Free.
NOV. 22-24 Weekend Market
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 22, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 23, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nov. 24 at Another Place in Time, 1102 Tulane. Free.
NOV. 23 Mercer Society Specialty Plant Sale
9 a.m.-2 p.m. sale, 10 a.m. Coushatta Camellia Society camellia care program at Mercer Botanic Gardens, 22306 Aldine Westfield, Humble; 713-2744160, mercerbotanicgardens@hcp4.net,hcp4.net/parks/mercer. Free.
Peckerwood Open Garden
10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Peckerwood Garden, 20559 FM 359, Hempstead; register at 979826-3232, peckerwoodgarden .org. Members free, nonmembers $10.
The Great Pepper Extravaganza
Presentation and tasting with Galveston County Master Gardener Gene Speller. 1-4 p.m. at Galveston County AgriLife Extension Service, 4102-B Main, La Marque; required registration at 281-309-5065, aggie-horticulture.tamu .edu/galveston/index .html. Free.
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