Celebrate National Gingerbread House Day! Senior Naturalist, Tiffany Ritter, leads this interactive live Zoom class where we’ll assemble a house made of recycled cardboard “gingerbread” and decorate it with all the natural fixin’s to create a beautiful house for your backyard birds.
Incorporate art, science, and nature into your home through the beauty of pressed leaves, plants, and wildflowers!
The most important part of creating a native plant garden is planning. In this class, we’ll discuss how to evaluate your growing space and pick the right plants for your situation and gardening style.
In this class, we’ll focus on some of our local fungi and their complex relationships with plants, insects, and humans.
Keep the winter chill away with delicious homemade beer bread and cheddar apple beer soup featuring Saint Arnold's beer!
Wetlands are one of Texas’ most valuable treasures! Explore our wetlands and learn why we need to protect this precious resource for people and wildlife.
Impress all your friends on Go Texan Day with the fascinating history of Texas state symbols like armadillos, bluebonnets, and more.
Join us for a crash course in identifying common invasive plants in the Houston area using botanical specimens and examples out on the Arboretum’s trails.
In this two-part series, we'll give you everything you need to make a beautiful mosaic flower pot for your home or garden!
Enjoy a fun evening of bingo on the new Nature Center Lawn! Blankets, daubers, and lawn chairs are encouraged.
Wind down from a long day with a walk in the woods! Join Arboretum staff for a sunset tour of the Ravine Trail.
In preparation for our Spring Plant Sale next week, our staff is excited to share their tips and tricks for prepping and planting your native plant garden!
Enjoy a fun morning of bingo on the new Nature Center Lawn! Blankets, daubers, and lawn chairs are encouraged.
If you’ve always wanted to learn how to identify flowers but don’t know where to start, this is the class for you.
Bring your family to the Arboretum for a day of hands-on, dirt-digging fun! We will have Naturalists and Conservationists on site providing instruction and answering all of your questions.
To celebrate the completion of the Master Plan, this year's Alfresco Gala will be held along the trails as a roving dinner experience.
Come out and learn the basics of kayaking, paddling, and general water safety with an Arboretum Naturalist.
Go beyond “wildflowers” and bug hotels and learn what bees really need from your garden.
In honor of the iNaturalist City Nature Challenge, we’re holding an Arboretum BioBlitz where we'll try to observe as many species as we can!
Celebrate International Harry Potter Day with our own Woodland Wizards program! Create your own magical creature, mix up bubbly potions, and decorate your own wand! We will go for a hike in the Forbidden Forest and learn about the woodland creatures that dwell there. Come dressed as your favorite witch, wizard, or muggle! (Costumes encouraged but not required.)