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
Open Gardens Day 9-11 a.m. Bring your kids, ask gardening questions and tour Montgomery County Master Gardeners’ demonstration gardens at the Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Office, 9020 Airport, Conroe; 936-539-7824, mcmga.com. Free.
What is an Orchid? With Galveston County Master Gardeners and orchid experts Joyce McMillan and Clyde Holt. 9-11 a.m. at Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Building, 4102-B Main, La Marque; 281309-5065, register at aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/index.html. Free, but registration required.
Lone Star Daylily Society Flower Show and Plant Sale Sale 10 a.m.-4 p.m., show 1-4 p.m. at Epiphany Lutheran Church, 5515 W. Broadway, Pearland; lonestardaylilysociety.org, 713-882-9958. Free.
Easy Care Perennial Color and Grasses With Heidi Sheesley. 10 a.m. at Enchanted Forest, 10611 FM 2759, Richmond; 2 p.m. at Enchanted Gardens, 6420 FM 359, Richmond; myenchanted.com. Free.
Ginger and Its Edible Cousins With Henry Flowers of Festival Hill Gardens. 10 a.m. at the Arbor Gate, 15635 FM 2920, Tomball; 281-351-8851, arborgate .com. Free.
Gardening for Butterflies and Bees With Jim Maas, Pat Cordray and Jean Griffin. 10 a.m. at Maas Nursery, 5511 Todville, Seabrook; 281474-2488, maasnursery.com. $40.
Insiders’ Tour at Peckerwood Garden Lesser-Known Trees in the Peckerwood Collection: 10 a.m. at Peckerwood Garden, 20559 FM 359, Hempstead; 979826-3232; register at peckerwoodgarden.org. Members free, nonmembers $15.
Make, Take Containers for Pollinators 10:15 a.m. at Cornelius Nursery, 2233 S. Voss; RSVP at corneliusnursery.com. $35.
Beneficials in the Garden With William M. Johnson, Galveston County extension horticulture agent. 1-3 p.m. at Texas A&M University AgriLife Extension Building, 4102-B Main, La Marque; 281309-5065, register at aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/galveston/index.html. Free, but registration required.
SATURDAYSUNDAY
Annual Plant and Garden Accent Sale Petal Pushers Garden Club event. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday at 1302 Center, Deer Park; 281-479-1223. Free.
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.
MONDAY
Tomball Garden Club Installation of officers and lunch: 10 a.m. at 23503 Holly Hollow, Tomball; tomballgardenclub@gmail.com. Free.
WEDNESDAYS IN MAY
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
Which Rose is Right for You? With Chris VanCleave. 7 p.m. at the Lott Clubhouse, 6201 Hermann Park Drive; houstonrose.org . Free.
FRIDAY
Honey Bees With James and Chari Elam of the Bluebonnet Beekeepers. Houston Federation of Garden Clubs meeting. 10 a.m. at the White Oak Conference Center, 7603 Antoine; houstonfederationgardenclubs.org. Free.
FRIDAY, MAY 12-13
Weekend Market 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. May 12, 10 a.m.-5 p.m May 13 at Another Place in Time, 1102 Tulane; 713-864-9717. Free.
MAY 12
Urban Harvest’s Square Foot Gardening 9:30-11:30 p.m. at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, 5555 Hermann Park Drive; register at 713-880-5540, urbanharvest.org/ classes-calendar. $30.
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, nonmembers $10.
Art in the Garden With author Felder Rushing. 10 a.m. at the Arbor Gate, 15635 FM 2920, Tomball; 281-351-8851, arborgate.com. Free.
Picking Shrubs and Perennials for Summer 10:15 a.m. at Cornelius Nursery, 2233 S. Voss; RSVP at corneliusnursery.com. Free.
Brazosport Daylily Society Daylily and Plants Sale 1-3 p.m. or until sold out at St Mark’s Lutheran Church, 501 Willow, Lake Jackson; 281-413-4844. Free.
MAY 12-13
Magical World of Orchids Show Sponsored by the Galveston Bay Orchid Society. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at South Shore Harbour Resort and Conference Center, Marina Plaza, 2500 South Shore Blvd., League City; galveston bayorchidsociety.org. Free.