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Coffee Chocolate Truffles

Join us from the comfort of your own kitchen to learn how to make beautiful and delicious coffee chocolate truffles.

Wild Tea

In this class discover how simple it is to prepare herbal tea using wild plants and garden herbs from your own backyard!

Teacher Workshop: A Habitat’s A Home

Bring nature explorations indoors during this teacher workshop! Discover creative ways to engage your students with hands-on activities.

Wild about Wildlife!

Help us clean the trails, learn about native animals, and find out how to create a healthy habitat in your own backyard!

Starry Night

Enjoy a family night of stargazing in the woods! We’ll provide treats, coffee, and hot chocolate to keep you warm as you explore our trails.

Holiday Sip & Stroll

Sip a delicious beverage and stroll along festive Arboretum trails. End your walk at the courtyard filled with holiday activities.

Homemade Holidays

With materials like grapevine, branches, berries, and pinecones, you will create a wreath, ornaments, and homemade holiday gifts.

DIY Candles

In this fun class, we’ll use soy wax, scented oils, and colors to make fancy glass jar candles to light up the darkest days of the year!

Winter Tree ID

Learn how to identify trees based on some not-so-obvious characteristics like twig morphology and get into the real nitty-gritty of tree ID.

Geocaching

Learn the basics of geocaching and treasure hunting etiquette before heading out on the trails in search of the Arboretum’s hidden caches! 

Adult Owl Prowl

Enjoy a unique night out in nature! In this fun, relaxed event, you can enjoy refreshments while you meet live owl ambassadors.

The Wonders of Wetlands

Come explore the Houston Arboretum’s wetlands in honor of World Wetlands Day and learn ways to help protect our local wetlands!

The Nature Playscape will be closed Thursday, December 7 as we work to remove several dead trees from the area.
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