Come see what’s in bloom!  Explore the Botanical Garden’s WaterSaver Gardens with a SABOT volunteer.  Learn the characteristics of different drought tolerant landscapes, including Cottage, Hill Country, Manicure Xeriscape, and Spanish style. Space is limited and face coverings are required. Meet at 10:00 AM behind the Admission kiosk. Fee:  $15 ($13.50, Garden members)  Registration deadline is at 10:00 AM the ...

Celebrate Halloween and the fall season at the San Antonio Botanical Garden with a variety of hands-on activities for the whole family.  Dress up in your favorite costume, trick-or-treat, and explore the world of other creatures in the garden. Fee:  Included with paid admission ($15-12) and membership admission Tickets

Do you want to attract more pollinators to your yard?  Just a couple small changes to what you are growing can make a big impact.  Plant Passion Vine, and you’ll get Gulf Fritillary butterflies.  Plant Mealy Blue Sage and your yard will soon be abuzz with bees.  Native plant “newbie” Haeley Giambalvo has spent the last year incorporating native pollinator ...

Composting is one of the best ways to reduce our own waste, produce new life for plants, drastically improve soil quality, increase moisture retention, and so much more.  Come join us in this FREE workshop as we cover many different methods for compost, from worms to hot, trench to Takakura.  There is a compost method that is perfect for your ...

For thousands of years Texas plants have been used for sustenance, medicine, and the establishment of the area.  As the region and its populations changed, so did the ethnobotany (relationship between people and plants).  This seasonally changing tour will explore the Texas Native Trails, exploring the diverse relationships people have had, and still have, with plants in Texas. Instructor:  Maeve ...

Learn how to make the most of the rain to improve your landscape for wildlife and water quality.  Rain gardens are shallow depressions that help temporarily capture rainwater runoff from hard surfaces like rooftops and allow the water to be filtered and cleaned through plants and soils.  When plants are selected properly, these gardens can help pollinators, birds and other ...

San Antonio Garden Center Monthly Meetings and Programs are free and open to the public.  Meetings and Programs are the 1st Wednesday of each month, September–May.  A Coffee Social and Plant Exchange / Sale begins at 9:30 AM with the program following at 10:00. Making Wreaths with Herbs Speaker:  Mary Dunford, Owner, Nature’s Herb Farm Mary will show how to ...

Learn how the Botanical Garden showcases ways to conserve scarce resources.  Its infrastructure, architecture, and plants offer important lessons on building sustainable communities.  Join a specially trained docent on a walk to examine these diverse features. Space is limited and face coverings are required. Meet behind the Admission kiosk. Fee:  $15 ($13.50, Garden members)   Registration deadline is at 10:00 AM ...

Explore our 11–acre Texas Native Trail with Master Naturalists.  Learn about how native plants conserve water, adapt to their environment, and work in landscapes and what their growing requirements are.  Topics include medicinal uses of native plants as well as their historical and cultural uses, and which are favored by birds, butterflies and other wildlife.  There are more than 250 ...

Introductory course to asexual plant propagation.  Methods taught will include division, soft, and leaf cuttings with some emphasis on tropical plants, which can be applied to an at-home set up.  Live and hands-on demonstration will allow participants to go home with small propagation container and plant material. Instructor:  Layni Langham, Gardener & Propagation Specialist, San Antonio Botanical Garden Fee: $20 ...