5 THINGS TO DO
Weekend full of activities includes a bar crawl and a bacon festival.
SATURDAY
Fall Festival: family activities 9 a.m.-7 p.m., pumpkin decorating classes at 10 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m. at Cornelius Nursery, 2233 S. Voss; register at corneliusnurseries.com. Free. Nature Revealed: Monarchs: with Kelsey Low. 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, 4501 Woodway; 713-681-8433, register at houstonarboretum.org. $20 members, $35 nonmembers.
Peckerwood Garden’s Oak
Collection: 10 a.m.-noon at 20559 FM 359, Hempstead; 979-826-3232; register at peckerwoodgarden.org. Nonmembers $15, members free.
Hibiscus Class and Hibiscus
Grafting: with Jim Maas and Joe Miller. 10 a.m. at Maas Nursery, 5511 Todville, Seabrook; 281-474-2488, maasnursery.com. $35.
Perennial Companions to
Heirloom Bulbs: with Heidi Sheesley. 10 a.m. at the Arbor Gate, 15635 FM 2920, Tomball; 281-746-6320, arborgate.com. Free.
Fall Festival: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Buchanan’s Native Plants, 611 E. 11th; 713-861-5702, buchanansplants.com. Free.
Pumpkin Palooza: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at Enchanted Forest, 10611 FM 2759, Richmond, 281-9379449; Enchanted Gardens, 6420 FM 359, Richmond, 281-341-1206; myenchanted.com. Free.
Fall Vegetables: with Harris County Master Gardeners. 10:30 a.m.-noon at Parker Williams Branch Library, 10851 Scarsdale; 281-484-2036. Free.
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; 713-8649717. Free.
Spring Branch African Violet
Club Annual Fall Sale: 10 a.m.4 p.m. Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday at the Judson Robinson Jr. Community Center, 2020 Hermann Drive; 281-748-8417, kjwross@yahoo.com. Free.
SUNDAY
Edible Wild Plants: with Mark Vorderbruggen. 1-5 p.m. at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center, 4501 Woodway; 713-681-8433, register at houstonarboretum.org. $40 members, $70 nonmembers.
Urban Harvest’s Designing Bountiful Gardens Through
Permaculture: first of six lessons taught by the Permaculture Guild of Houston at the University of Houston, Central Campus, Wheeler at Cullen, Charles McElhinney Hall, Room 106; 713-880-5540, urbanharvest.org. $310.
MONDAY
Sage Advice: A Review of Texas Salvias: with Stephen Brueggerhoff, Brazoria County extension horticulture agent. Native Plant Society of TexasClear Lake Chapter program. 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the University of Houston Clear Lake, 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Bayou Building, Room 1418; npsot.org/wp/ clearlake. Program free, fee for parking.
TUESDAY
The Plumeria Society of America meeting: 7:15 p.m. in the Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion, McGovern Centennial Gardens, 1500 Hermann Drive; theplumeriasociety.org. Free.
WEDNESDAY
What Your Weeds are Trying
to Tell You: with Angela Chandler, The Garden Academy. Noon at the Arbor Gate, 15635 FM 2920, Tomball; 281-7466320, arborgate.com. Free.
THURSDAY
Indoor Plant Purifiers: with Linda Gay, former director of Mercer Botanic Gardens. Harris County Master Gardener event. 10-11:30 a.m. at Genoa Friendship Garden Education Building, 1202 Genoa Red Bluff; hcmga.tamu.edu. Free.
Rose Treasures of New Orleans — Surviving Heat, Hurricanes and Floods: with Leo Watermeier. Houston Rose Society program. 7:30 p.m. in the Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion in McGovern Centennial Gardens, 1500 Hermann Drive; houstonrose.org. Free.
THURSDAY-OCT. 14
75th annual Bulb Mart: sponsored by the Garden Club of Houston. Early-bird shopping, 4:30-7 p.m. Thursday, $20; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday, free; 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 14, free at St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, 2450 River Oaks Blvd.; gchouston.org.
FRIDAY
All About Succulents: with Veronica Lewandowski. Houston Federation of Garden Clubs meeting. 10 a.m. at White Oak Conference Center, 7603 Antoine; houstonfederationgardenclubs.org. Free. Ohara School of Ikebana Demonstration, Entertainment and Banquet: with associate professor Akishiro Nishi. Sponsored by the North American Ohara Teachers Association and the Houston Ohara Chapter. 5:30-7 p.m., Japanese entertainment and a Sayonara banquet 7-10 p.m. at the Westin Hotel Memorial City, 945 Gessner; general inquiries, email ohara.sushila@gmail.com. $100 demonstration and banquet, demonstration only $40. Advanced reservations are required by sending a check payable to: Ohara School of Ikebana Houston Chapter, c/o Reiko Smith, Treasurer, 12539 Cloverwalk Lane, Houston, TX 77098.