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Gardening Essentials

San Antonio Garden Center 3310 North New Braunfels Avenue, San Antonio, TX, United States

Whether you’re a seasoned gardener or a beginner, this in-person event is perfect for anyone looking to enhance their gardening knowledge or skills. You’ll have the opportunity to learn from expert gardeners and fellow gardening enthusiasts, who will share their knowledge and tips on various gardening techniques. From choosing the right plants for your garden […]

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2nd Saturday Habitat Work Day at Mitchell Lake (Rescheduled)

Mitchell Lake Audubon Center 10750 Pleasanton Rd, San Antonio, United States

(Rescheduled to the 3rd Saturday this month.) Learn native plant landscaping techniques by joining members of the community at Mitchell Lake Audubon Center as they work in the area around the Visitor Center. MLAC depends on amazing volunteers to help manage the habitat; tasks can involve trail maintenance, removal of invasive species, and planting native […]

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How to Create a Hummingbird Haven – Online Learning

What does it take to create a haven for hummingbirds? Join Green Spaces Alliance and the San Antonio River Authority so you can learn how to host hummingbirds naturally in your yard or container garden. Presenter Lee Marlowe will highlight the best native plants and practices that attract and support hummingbirds during this virtual lunch […]

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Saving Water and More with At-Home Composting

Eco Centro at San Antonio College 1802 North Main Avenue, San Antonio, TX, United States

Grow your understanding of best practices for starting a backyard composting effort. Learn about different methods, systems, and water-saving effects that make residential composting beneficial. We'll use our senses to identify what healthy compost can be and do for our gardens. Turn your home's food scraps into a resource!

$5

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Guided Tour: Sustainable Gardening

San Antonio Botanical Garden 555 Funston Place, San Antonio, TX, United States

Explore many sustainable gardening practices in the San Antonio Botanical Garden on this seasonally changing walking tour. Learn about native plants, rain gardens, and sustainable architecture. Explore more ways to conserve our local resources through sustainable practices. $15 ($10 SABOT members.) Registration open until tour fills.

$15
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Hot Composting: How to Cook High Quality Compost – Online Learning

Are you looking to cook high quality hot compost? If so, this online workshop is for you: join Eco Centro for a deep dive into a super effective, time tested method for producing high quality hot compost. We'll get into the process, science, feedstocks, inoculants, ""pro tips"", and much more.

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2nd Saturday Habitat Work Day at Mitchell Lake

Mitchell Lake Audubon Center 10750 Pleasanton Rd, San Antonio, United States

MLAC depends on amazing volunteers to help manage the habitat; tasks can involve trail maintenance, removal of invasive species, and planting native plants for birds and butterflies depending on the day. Learn why well-adapted native plants are more sustainable choices for water conservation. This is a free event. All training provided. All children 18 and […]

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Monarch & Pollinator Workshop

Eco Centro 1802 North Main Avenue, San Antonio, United States

Butterfly gardens are carefully created habitats that provide food and shelter for butterflies as well as vibrant plants. Cultivating a lively garden for butterflies to provide seasonal delight is easy and entertaining. Join us as and learn about the plants that butterflies are attracted to in San Antonio and how to design a habitat with […]

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Intro to Composting at Home

San Antonio Botanical Garden 555 Funston Place, San Antonio, TX, United States

Grow your understanding of best practices for starting backyard composting. Learn about different composting methods, tools and systems that make residential composting possible. Learn to use your senses to identify healthy compost and gather an understanding of how compost can be used in a home garden. Get ready to turn home food scraps into a […]

$15
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Gardening Begins with Soil at the San Antonio Rose Society

San Antonio Garden Center 3310 North New Braunfels Avenue, San Antonio, TX, United States

Gardening in Bexar County often means identifying, understanding, amending, and protecting our soil that can range from beach sand to a thick “gumbo” clay soil. Poor soil can be amended to maximizes water usage while minimizing fertilizer & pesticide usage. However, even the richest soil needs protection from the brutal sun, oppressive heat, and wind. […]

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Gardening Essentials

San Antonio Garden Center 3310 North New Braunfels Avenue, San Antonio, TX, United States

Two local authors will share their personal journeys of interest in butterflies that grew into research quests and sharing what they discovered along with the methods of utilizing native plants and methods to reduce utilization of natural resources including water conservation. Merry Langlinais will share her photographs and observations of butterflies and native plants together; […]

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Event Series Yard Redesign: Lawnscape to Landscape

Yard Redesign: Lawnscape to Landscape

San Antonio Botanical Garden 555 Funston Place, San Antonio, TX, United States

Texas weather is tough on lawns. Dig in and learn how to redesign a home lawn and landscape. Make it ready for the heat of summer and water restrictions. Fee: $17 ($12 for SABOT members). Registration ends when class fills. Instructor: John Hamilton, Conservation Educator, San Antonio Botanical Garden

$17