Dallas Blooms is the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest. Presented by Veritex Community Bank, Dallas Blooms will feature larger-than-life peacock topiaries along with more than 500,000 spring blooming bulbs to create the largest and most colorful floral display in the Southwest. An explosion of spring flowers comes from 100 varieties of spring bulbs, thousands of azaleas and hundreds of Japanese cherry trees.
Mar 24 2022
Dallas Arboretum: Dallas Blooms - Dallas (Feb. 19-April 10)
Feb 19 2022 - 9:00am to Apr 10 2022 - 5:00pm
Dallas Arboretum
8525 Garland Road
Dallas
, TX
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Slow Food DFW: Growing Grants - Deadline March 31
Mar 1 2022 - 7:00am to Mar 31 2022 - 5:00pm
Each year, Slow Food DFW awards 10 $500 Growing Grants to deserving schools, organizations and community gardens and farms. The awards are given to groups who show dedication and passion for growing food, building communities and understanding how to cultivate and provide good, clean, fair food for all.
The Slow Food DFW Growing Grants program was created to fill gaps in traditional funding sources for local food-related projects. Priority for funding is given to Black, Indigenous, LatinX, People of Color, women and/or veteran lead, use of local skills and resources and availability of locally grown food.
Application deadline: March 31. See website link below for application.
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Fort Worth Botanic Garden/BRIT: Butterflies in the Garden - Fort Worth
Mar 4 2022 - 10:00am to Apr 10 2022 - 4:00pm
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd
Fort Worth
, TX
See map: Google Maps
The Fort Worth Botanic Garden hosts the largest exhibit of live, exotic butterflies in north central Texas with the Butterflies in the Garden exhibit in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden’s Rainforest Conservatory.
Cost: Tickets for timed entrance are currently for sale online. Admission is $12 for ages 16-64; $10 for seniors (65+); $8 for ages 6-15; and free for children under five.
For those who want to visit both the Garden and the butterfly exhibit, the price is $18 for adults and seniors and $10 for children.
School groups of 20 or more may purchase tickets in advance for $8 per person. FWBG|BRIT members receive a discounted price of $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, and $6 for children.
Dallas College: E-Waste Recycling - Irving
Mar 24 2022 - 10:30am to 1:30pm
Dallas College North Lake Campus
5001 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Irving
, TX
See map: Google Maps
Dallas College is hosting a series of free e-waste recycling events at our seven campuses. You’ll be able to recycle computers, network and communications devices, CRTs and LCDs, point of sale equipment, wires and cables, other office equipment, consumer goods, batteries, appliances, and audio and video equipment.
Most of the items can be recycled at no cost; however, there is a charge by the vendor for certain items that is used to cover the cost of environmentally responsible disposal.
These events are offered by Dallas College as a community service.
More information, including prices for items with a disposal fee, can be found on the e-Waste Recycling Events webpage. See website link below.
Info: Faye Davis, FDavis@dcccd.edu
