October 18-21, 2018 NOTE TIMES:  Thursday, 1pm-7:30pm; Friday, 7:15am-8pm; Saturday, 7:15am-9pm; Sunday, 10am to 4pm Join the Native Plant Society of Texas at our annual symposium which will focus on the San Antonio River.  Some highlights include: Friday and Saturday morning Plenary Sessions: Discover the history of the River, the Headwaters, the Mission Reach, learn about restoration projects in riparian ...

2018 Monarch Butterfly and Pollinator Festival -- October 19 - 21, 2018 The Festival takes place during peak Monarch migration season in San Antonio, October 19 -21, when migrating monarch butterflies east of the Rocky Mountains funnel through Texas on their way to Mexico to roost for the winter.  It’s a story of Butterflies without Borders. The festival includes: Butterflies Without ...

San Antonio Daylily Society meeting is free and open to the public.  Meeting is held in the Sunday House at the San Antonio Botanical Garden.  For more information, contact Ray Elizondo at [email protected]. Topic:  The Early Daylily Hybrids: Daylily History 2

Please meet behind the Admissions Kiosk. Join Jessica Leslie on a walking butterfly workshop in the Old Fashioned Garden and on the Texas Native Trail in the San Antonio Botanical Garden.  Participants will learn to identify our resident and migrant butterflies as well as the plants they require for food and reproduction.  Jessica will also help participants identify which plants ...

The concept of hoop gardens is NOT a new concept, it's just adapted for year-round gardening.  The concept is really pretty simple; i.e., build a bed, make some hoops, cover them with either cloth or plastic or both, and you have a mini-greenhouse wherever it is located.  Flowers, herbs, vegetables, fruits, or whatever can be grown in hoop gardens.  Keyhole ...

Free.  The Native Plant Society of Texas-San Antonio (NPSOT) Chapter meeting begins at 6:30 pm with a Native plant/seed exchange & social time, followed by the Program at 7pm.  For more information go to: http://npsot.org/wp/sanantonio/ In 1969, J. David Bamberger bought what he described as “the sorriest piece of land” in the Texas Hill Country for the specific purpose of restoring the degraded ...

‘Xeriscape’ doesn’t mean “all rocks” You will learn why it’s important to create your design before you buy plants How to work with your property Tips on improving your soil Basics of plant selection, recommended varieties of native and adapted plants Class includes: 4 presentations on xeriscaping, design, improving soil, and plant selection 1-on-1 Idea Consultations Tuition includes 3 full-color plant and landscape guides         $30/individual; ...

Come join us as we learn more about the Monarch and other butterflies.  Learn how to tag, release, and track monarchs along with some pointers on how to raise butterflies. Presenter:  Drake White, Texas Master Naturalist and designer and project manager of the Butterfly Learning Center at Phil Hardberger Park.  We will tag a monarch and see the butterfly garden ...

Guests can visit the plant sale from 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM and choose from a variety of more than 200 native specimens, lovingly cared for by the Garden’s volunteers.  Find the perfect plants for your south Texas landscape during the plant sale. Members enjoy early shopping at 9:00 AM.  Admission is not required to shop the plant sale.  However, admission is ...

Bring your friends and family to make seed bombs to help our local pollinators.  This is a real hands-on seminar! Make and take -- $5/20 seed bombs Tickets. For more information, visit https://www.rainbowgardens.biz/seminar-and-event-calendar/   or call 210-680-2394.

Free and open to the public! The San Antonio Rose Society Fall Rose Show Come see a display of award-winning roses and rose arrangements grown in home gardens!  A Rose Seminar will be held at 2:00 PM.  NEW this show:  Six classes for young people, ages 3 – 10, in an effort to strengthen family relationships and encourage the children ...

Thin soils are found in large parts of San Antonio.  If your landscape is in one of these areas, Julie Strepek can help you discover which Texas native plants can thrive in your thin soil, creating beauty and visual interest. Instructor:  Julie Strepek, Texas Master Naturalist Free with Garden admission, but registration is required. For more information, visit http://www.sabot.org/walks/.

Less work.  Few weeds.  No digging.  With this system of gardening, everything you grow in a raised bed is spaced according to its growing needs combined with the spacing of drippers in a drip line.  If that sounds like your kind of gardening, you can learn this very simple yet revolutionary system that is perfect for beginning and experienced gardeners ...

The Men’s Garden Club of San Antonio meets on the first Thursday of each month and meetings are free and open to the public.  For more information, contact Darlene Badorski at [email protected]. Topic:  The Amazing World of Bats Speaker:  Fran Hutchins