Horticultural Happenings (Regional) Events
Wildflower Center – Foraging for Native Edibles (Austin, TX)
Fruits and flowers everywhere, but not a bite to eat? This class will help you reconnect with the land by learning foraging skills and how to ID native plants that are safe for your palate, such as prickly pear and Texas persimmon. Not only will you be primed to dress your salad and fill your snack bag with local native plants, but learning to forage will make your forays into nature richer as you tune in to the land around you.
View event website »Houston Botanic Garden – Flutter: The Monarch Butterfly Project (Houston, TX)
On Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, from 4-7 p.m., the Houston Botanic Garden and Open Dance Project will present the site-specific work “Flutter: The Monarch Butterfly Project” – a series of three half-hour, immersive contemporary dance performances – in the Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden. This family-friendly event includes after-hours access to the Susan Garver Family Discovery Garden and its many hands-on opportunities for learning and play. Food and beverage will be available for purchase, including savory options from Maria Rita’s Tex-Mex and dessert from Cupcake and a Smile.
View event website »Fort Worth Botanic Garden – Florigami in the Garden (Fort Worth, TX)
Enjoy a new outdoor sculpture exhibition by Santa Fe artists Jennifer and Kevin Box. The show presents a fresh look at paper folding in the 21st Century with large-scale origami-inspired metal sculptures. Emerging butterflies, big birds, grazing deer, and blooming flowers all celebrate the process of plant pollination. The colorful, whimsical, and kinetic sculptures were created in collaboration with modern masters of paper folding; Robert J. Lang, Michael G. LaFosse and Beth Johnson. Their intricate folds have been transformed into monumental metal sculptures by Kevin Box and his studio team to inspire, educate and entertain audiences in the outdoor setting of public gardens. FLORIGAMI IN THE GARDEN is presented by Rosa’s Café.
View event website »Chihuahuan Desert Nature Center – Lecture (Marfa, TX)
Please join us at the Crowley Theater in Marfa, Texas, on Thursday, September 14, 2023, as we welcome back Gary Paul Nabhan as CDRI’s Roger Conant Distinguished Guest Lecturer. Known for his work as an Agricultural Ecologist, Ethnobotanist, Ecumenical Franciscan Brother, and author whose work has focused primarily on the interaction of biodiversity and cultural diversity of the arid binational Southwest, Gary is considered a pioneer in the local food movement and the heirloom seed saving movement.
View event website »Amarillo Botanical Gardens – Christmas in the Gardens (Amarillo, TX)
Christmas in the Gardens will be open Thursdays through Sundays from 6:00p-8:30p. From the 14th – 23rd of December we will be open every day!! Didn’t get the chance to come see us we will have one extra day on the 26th of December!!
View event website »Maui Nui Botanical Gardens – Native Wreath Making (Kahului, HI)
Make a holiday wreath with living, growing native plants OR cut, green, and dried native plants. Living wreaths will grow outdoors for several months or years if watered regularly, and cut foliage wreaths need no further care! Join Executive Director Tamara Sherrill and Horticulturalist Emmely Felipe in this annual Maui Nui Botanical Gardens tradition.
View event website »Maui Nui Botanical Gardens – Land, Sea, & Kalo Workshop (Kahului, HI)
Ka pili oha mai kaʻāina a ka moana ke kalo: The interconnections Between Land, Sea, & Kalo with Namea Hoshino. Hawaiian kalo varieties names also refer to other things. Gain hands-on experience in harvesting and identifying heritage varieties. Learn about Hawaiian land, sea, animal, plant names and their connections to kalo varieties names with MNBG Hawaiian Cultivars Manager Namea Hoshino.
View event website »Maui Nui Botanical Gardens – Seed Conservation Workshop (Kahului, HI)
This workshop is part of a series in the Rapid ‘Ōhi‘a Death Seed Banking Initiative, which aims to expand capacity for collection and banking of ‘ōhi‘a seeds across all islands in response to the ROD crisis. It is free and open to anyone who wants to learn how to properly collect, handle, and process ‘ōhi‘a seeds, without doing harm to trees or forests, using methods that protect seed viability and ensure conservation value for future restoration.
View event website »University of Delaware Botanical Gardens – Bulb Propagation Class (Newark, DE)
FROM FIELD TO GARDEN: ALL ABOUT BULB PROPAGATION
Many bulbs divide and multiply in the garden. Learn how bulbous plants naturally divide and reproduce as well as methods practiced by industry growers and bulb enthusiasts to produce the classics we love for display in our gardens. Through presentation and demonstration, David will share and demonstrate techniques such as the “chipping” method of asexual bulb propagation on Galanthus and Narcissus bulbs as well as scooping the basal plate of hyacinths to form new bulbils, and how to divide lily scales to encourage the generation of more lily bulbils.
Delaware Center for Horticulture – Women in Horticulture Lecture (Wilmington, DE)
6:00 PM Social Hour with Cat Meholic
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Lecture and Questions
Join Cat Meholic as she discusses the founding of the nonprofit group, Women in Horticulture. She will discuss why and how it was created, the meaningful impacts it has had on the green industry, and highlight the work being done through the website to highlight both modern and historic women in horticulture.