Oct 24 2024

Lights Out Texas: Fall Migration Season - Texas (Aug. 15-Nov. 30)

Aug 15 2024 - 11:00pm to Nov 30 2024 - 6:00am
Statewide TX

Lights Out Texas organizers ask that residents, building managers and businesses turn off their outdoor lights from 11 p.m. till 6 a.m. from Aug. 15 to Nov. 30 to prevent bird deaths. Outdoor lighting distracts and confuses migrating birds who typically fly at night.

Peak fall migration season is Sept. 5 to Oct. 29.

NPSOT & TPWF: Native Plant Promotion - Select H-E-B Stores (Oct. 16-Oct. 30)

Oct 16 2024 - 11:00am to Oct 30 2024 - 2:00pm
Select H-E-B stores TX

From Oct. 16-30, 200-plus H-E-B stores will offer a wide selection of native plants, including stores in Allen, Burleson, Cleburne, Ennis, Frisco, Fort Worth (Alliance), Granbury, Hudson Oaks, Mansfield, McKinney and Stephenville.

In celebration of Texas Native Plant Week, the nonprofit Native Plant Society of Texas will table and educate customers, at select H-E-B stores, about Texas native plants.

In addition, a Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation Pollinators & Prairies Seed Giveaway will be held on Oct. 19, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. 

See participating H-E-B stores.

Wild Ones: Matrix Landscape Design - Online

Oct 24 2024 - 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Online TX

Presentation: Featuring author, landscape designer, activist and educator Benjamin Vogt

Learn how to enhance ecological functions, support biodiversity and design aesthetically pleasing, sustainable gardens with native plants. Explore the benefits of matrix planting techniques and gain practical insights from an expert in the field. Transform your landscape into a thriving habitat!

Matrix planting is a landscape design approach that mimics natural ecosystems by closely planting and layering compatible perennials and grasses to cover the soil, provide more ecosystem services and eliminate the need for wood mulch or aggressive weeding.  

You will also learn about Benjamin’s latest collaboration with Wild Ones on the new Native Garden Design for Lincoln, NE. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain insights from a leading voice in natural garden design and take your gardening skills to the next level. 

Register on the link below to secure your spot!

About the Presenter:

Benjamin Vogt is the author of Prairie Up: An Introduction to Natural Garden Design and A New Garden Ethic: Cultivating Defiant Compassion for an Uncertain Future. His design work has been featured in The American Gardener, Dwell, Fine Gardening, Horticulture, Midwest Living, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. He operates Prairie Up, a firm dedicated to offering garden design, online classes, workshops, webinars, and guidebooks, and speaks nationally on natural garden design and landscape ethics. 

Growing up in Minnesota, Benjamin was influenced by the urban and suburban wild spaces filled with diverse wildlife. His early years in Oklahoma, combined with research on his German Mennonite heritage and Native American Plains tribes, have deeply shaped his appreciation for prairie landscapes. Now based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Benjamin enjoys the state’s rich prairies and wildlife. 

Benjamin holds an M.F.A. from Ohio State and a Ph.D. from Nebraska in English. Benjamin lives in Lincoln with his wife, son and two rescue cats.

Dallas Sierra Club: Nature Photography Class - Dallas (Oct. 24 & Oct. 26)

Oct 24 2024 - 7:00pm to Oct 26 2024 - 12:30pm
Dallas REI classroom & White Rock Lake
See website link for directions
Dallas , TX

Sign up for this fantastic class in Nature Photography with two of the Dallas Sierra Club's best known photo wizards. Whether you take pictures with your phone in the neighborhood or venture into the backcountry with a tripod and 300mm zoom, this class is for you!

There will be a classroom session on Thursday, Oct. 24, at the Dallas REI classroom, followed by an optional hike at White Rock Lake to practice you new photography skills. The hike will be on Saturday, Oct. 26. 

Don't miss out. Class size is limited. Click here for full information about the class and how to sign up.

DETAILS:
Class: Dallas REI classroom, 5929 East Northwest Highway, Dallas 75231.
Walk: White Rock Lake, Dallas. Starting location will be provided at the class.

When: 
Class: Thursday, Oct. 24. 6:45 pm to meet/sign-in. Class is 7:00-8:30 pm. 
Walk:  Saturday, Oct. 26. Meet/sign in at 9:45 am, hike 10:00 am – noon or 12:30 pm, as group prefers.

Sign-up/Cost: Spots are limited.
Cost: $10. Contact Liz Wheelan for information to mail your payment. Reservation confirmation email will be sent to you once your payment is received. 
Info: [email protected] or 214.207.4997.

 

TCEQ: Public Meeting on GAF Permit - Dallas

Oct 24 2024 - 7:00pm
West Dallas Multipurpose Center
2828 Fish Trap Road
Dallas , TX

Building Materials Investment Corporation has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality (TCEQ) for renewal of Air Quality Permit Number 7711A, which would authorize continued operation of GAF, an asphalt roofing materials manufacturing facility located at 2600 Singleton Boulevard, Dallas.

See the GSDFW article from 2021.

 

Arlington Organic Garden Club: Annual Potluck - Arlington

Oct 24 2024 - 7:30pm
Bob Duncan Center
2800 S Center St
Arlington , TX
Event Website: