Is your lawn
scorched? Are your garden beds a jungle?

Enter our first annual Ugly
Garden Contest. Take pictures of your front or back garden, print them
out and bring to NORTH HAVEN GARDENS by 5pm, August 26th. We'll choose 5
finalists and visit their homes to assess how bad their landscape
really is.

Winner (or loser) announced Friday, September 2nd. You must
be in our NHG Delivery zone to qualify. Details here.

All Finalists win a FREE in-store session with our NHG Garden Coach.

The City of Arlington Master Composter
volunteers hold composting classes the second Saturday of every month
at the composting display in the Science Center's parking lot area. The
class includes demonstrations of proper pile building, and a worm
compost bin. Attendees will receive a free book. No need to register,
just show up. Dress for the weather. For more information, call
817.459.6778 or visit www.arlingtontx.gov. FREE.

The City of Arlington Master Composter
volunteers hold composting classes the second Saturday of every month
at the composting display in the Science Center's parking lot area. The
class includes demonstrations of proper pile building, and a worm
compost bin. Attendees will receive a free book. No need to register,
just show up. Dress for the weather. For more information, call
817.459.6778 or visit www.arlingtontx.gov. Free.

Visitors welcome. Free. July Speaker TBA.

Dallas Organic Gardening Club Monthly Meeting:

Our next program topic is SEX IN THE
GARDEN presented by Dallas Master Gardener Janet Smith. The most
synergistic relationship in nature!

Have you wondered about how this works? Or tried it before with limited results? Join us to uncover the science behind mental imagery and begin to decode the symbols in your home. This is the second of a 10 Session Series where we will understand and apply the BaGua, Holons, and other techniques to create symbolic spaces that enhance joy, harmony and propel us towards the realization of our deepest wishes and goals. Each participant will receive a BaGua (Map) and Elemental Assessment along with other materials included in the Per Session Fee. In this session we will be focusing on the Career areas of our home - floor by floor and room by room. Bring pictures for individual assessment and recommendations!

$10/person.

Update on July outreach & possible properties; discussion of member roles in moving project forward. Bring a snack to share.

Describing New York City's first cohousing project, a New York Times
article said cohousing speaks to people who want to own a home but not
feel lost in an impersonal city. That's how we feel.
And we want to live sustainably, with a smaller carbon footprint. To
know our neighbors, grow some of our own food and use our united buying
power to support local farmers and dairies. We want to model a more
resilient way of life for the DFW metroplex.

Although the temperatures are anything but "Fall-like" right now, we
will actually be able to start planting a limited selection of Fall
veggies later this month into early August. The majority will not be
planted until September-October, but it doesn't hurt to start preparing
now.

Urgent notice: If you are tomato fans (and who isn't), now until mid July is the time to put in your transplants.

Topics for discussion will include:

1. Discussing what's working or not in your gardens right now

2. Pest and disease control

3. Fall bed preparation

4. Planting schedules and crop selection

We will also be exchanging seeds, so bring your stash to share with
others, and get some in return.  Only if you have extra you haven't used
or want to exchange for something you don't already have! We can share!

 Oh, the rewards of having a Texas-sized growing season! (with an oppressive heat and dry spell in the middle, of course)

“It's good for businesses, consumers, neighborhood, and our environment.”

This meeting's speaker will be Jackie Peal, Master Gardener from Calloway's nursery, and will be speaking on the topics of landscaping with native species and the organic/natural fertilizers. Come out to meet one of the most influential residential landscape design companies, learn something new and meet other folks in the Sustainable culture that can help your business to grow!

Free.