The San Antonio Garden Center invites you for coffee at 9:30 AM and speaker at 10:00 AM; meetings are free and open to the public.  For more information go to http://sanantoniogardencenter.org/monthly-meetings-2/ or call 210-824-9981. Topic:  Consider Growing Texas Natives Speaker:  David Winningam, owner of Natives of Texas Nursery  

Join Molly Keck, Entomologist, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, and learn about the top 20 insects you're likely to see in your yard this season! Nonresidents and residents of Cibolo are welcome to attend.  Program is FREE but please RSVP to [email protected]. 2 CEUs.  BCMG Code: 001.

The Alamo Orchid Society meets on the first Wednesday of each month. The social starts at 6:30 PM with the meeting beginning at 7:00, and all orchid enthusiasts are welcome to attend. For more information contact Carole Gage at [email protected] or visit the website at http://sanantonioalamoorchidsociety.com/ Topic:  My Impressions of Ecuador-Ecuagenera Tour and World Orchid Conference Speaker:  Dan Tappmeyer Dan ...

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:  Assessment of Effects of Aeration on Lifespan and Bacteria Presence of Lilium Orientalis Speaker:  Hannah Taylor, First Place Winner, Senior Botany Division, Science and Engineering Fair

Learn how the Garden showcases ways to conserve scarce resources.  Its infrastructure, architecture, and plants offer important lessons on building sustainable communities.  Join our specially trained docents on a walk to examine these diverse features. This walk is offered on April 5th, May 3rd, and June 7th.  Participants meet behind the Admissions kiosk and the walk begins at 10am. Instructor: ...

Note: on May 3, the link to the live webinar, in the title below, opens about 15 minutes before the webinar.  If you try to log in earlier, you will get an error message.  The URL is subject to change.   Please click on the title prior to the start time in order to get the correct URL. 2019 All Bugs Good and Bad ...

FREE Bus Tour! Parking is available at Canyon Ridge Elementary School, 20522 Stone Oak Parkway, San Antonio, TX 78258. Five amazing WaterSaver Yards will be featured in this year’s tour.  Get a rare look at landscapes that offer different approaches in design, but share a common goal of saving water in two separate Stone Oak neighborhoods. Featured Homes

The Cibolo Nature Center and Farm will host its Mostly Native Plant Sale for the 29th year on May 4, 2019. You can find native Hill Country plants for your landscape and gardens, nature inspired art, bird baths and houses, pottery, organic soils, plant food, honey-based products, as well as information on landscape design and rainwater harvesting systems. Fee:  $5, ...

This seminar covers every aspect of pond construction, from general design and excavation techniques to specific pump and filter advice!  Bring your questions–we’ll be happy to answer them! $20 class fee For more information call, 210-659-5841, or visit http://watergardengems.com/NewSite/let-us-help-you/pond-building-101/.

Whether you already have bees or just thinking about getting started, this is the seminar for you!  You'll learn about the types of bees in our area, the needs of pollinators in our gardens, and what it will take to get started beekeeping. Speaker:  Mark de Kiewiet, Master Beekeeper and organizer of Bees in the East RSVP to attend this ...

Native plants can adapt to whatever extremes our weather throws at them and they are low maintenance!  Come explore these plants and how to use them at this FREE seminar. Speaker:  Drake White, Certified Texas Master Naturalist RSVP to attend. For more information visit https://www.rainbowgardens.biz/seminar-and-event-calendar/.

Learn the art of cultivating edible and medicinal mushrooms at home using a variety of materials.  Topics to be covered are the mushroom life cycle, how to choose materials, substrate preparation, indoor cultivation methods, mycelial expansion, and how to incorporate fungi into your garden and landscape.  There will be a hands-on portion of the class where we make oyster mushroom ...

Walk is free to members or with paid admission ($12-$9), but registration is required. Meet behind the Admissions kiosk.  Tour leaves at 10:00 A.M. Explore the Texas Native Trails of the San Antonio Botanical Garden and learn about how native plants conserve water, adapt to their environment, work in landscapes, and what their growing requirements are.  Discover what their cultural and wildscape uses ...

This seminar covers the structure of plants, their important parts and their parts' functions.  Students will learn how these functions help the plants survive the extremes of the San Antonio climate.  Participants will receive a free plant. Instructor:  Mary Irish, award-winning horticultural consultant, author of several books on landscaping in the Southwest US, and manager of plant sales at the ...