To Bee Or Not Too Bee

Garden Club of Dallas Public CEU This talk explores the differences between bees and wasps and explains how they live. It also profiles a variety of native and imported bees and how they help in plant reproduction. Speaker is Janet D. Smith

Year-Round Blooms with Native Perennials

Garden Club of Dallas Public CEU This presentation shows how to have flowering plants year-round by using native perennials instead of having to spend time and money planting for each season Speaker is Janet D. Smith  

Going Native – Saving Nature in Your Yard

Kaufman County Master Gardeners MG Event-CEU Bees are dying, birds are disappearing, and wildlife extinctions are alarming, the headlines say.  What can you do? Plant natives. Join us to learn about selecting flowers, shrubs, and trees that restore nature's balance and look good doing it, while also using less water, fertilizer, and pesticide, saving both time and money....

Monarch Butterflies

Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake jessica.trevizo@dallas.gov This talk explains why the number of monarchs, our state butterfly, is dwindling and what we and others are doing to help them. Includes how YOU can join the movement! The Bath House Cultural Center (presentation in lower level) Speaker is Janet D. Smith

Meet Hummingbirds In Your Yard

Growing Saints Garden Club, Elizabeth Small stanliz96@gmail.com Learn more about our lovely ruby-throated hummingbirds: their biology, migration, courting, nesting and chick rearing. Also learn how to make your yard one of their favorites. Public Event-CEU Speaker is Janet D. Smith

White Rock Bath House Demo Garden workday

Let’s meet at the Bath House garden this Friday morning to weed especially the back beds. We also need to trim back anything that blocks the path in the oval garden. According to the 10 day forecast it should be in the 70s and with any luck we will get rained on. Let me know if...

Landscaping for the 21st Century

Explains why Texans need to reduce the use of municipal water in our landscapes and how to do it. Homeowners can have any style landscapes by choosing the right plants, placing them correctly and watering efficiently. Iris Society of Dallas, Kelly Patterson kelly@well-in-hand.com Public Event-CEU Speaker is Janet D. Smith

Plants for Pollinators

Dallas Library, Office of Environmental Quality & Sustainability – Grow With Us series giana.williams.dallas.gov Public Event-CEU This program presents flowers for feeding bees and butterflies in all seasons. The list of flowers includes shade loving plants. https://dallaslibrary.librarymarket.com/event/grow-us-plants-pollinators Zoom thru Green Dallas Speaker is Janet D. Smith

White Rock Bath House Demo Garden workday

We welcome your help on Friday morning, June 2, at 9:00 am, to finish weeding and improving the soil in the lakeside bed by the live oak trees.  Please bring weeding tools, kneeling pads, buckets, pitch forks, sharp shooters and rakes with your name on them. Let me know if you can come.   Janet D Smith 214-929-3844 Dallas County Master...

White Rock Bath House Demo Garden workday

Let's spiff up the south lakeside bed this Friday starting at 9:00 am when it should still be in the shade.  Then it will look as good as the north bed we did last week! Please let me know if you join the fun. Bring you weeding tools labeled with your name, knee pads, water and buckets. Janet...