Places to go: Garden classes and nature-friendly activities in DFW
▪ Take a bus tour of the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, 1:30-3 p.m. Saturday. Visit the prairie dog town, lotus marsh and more. $10, registration required. At 1:30 and 3 p.m. Sunday, kids can learn to fold a paper jumping frog during a program on frog species. The program is free with admission ($2-$5).
▪ Learn about chile peppers and how to grow them at a meeting of the Organic Garden Club of Fort Worth. It’s at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Redbud Hall at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden Center, 3220 Botanic Gardens Blvd. For more information, call Esther at 817-263-9322 or visit www.ogcfw.webs.com.
▪ The Botanical Research Institute of Texas and the city of Fort Worth are having a rain barrel and compost bin sale. For more information and to order, visit www.rainbarrelprogram.org/britfortworth.
▪ At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, take an evening stroll with a naturalist. Bring water and bug spray. At 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 28, bring your preschooler to Discovery Club and learn about trees and leaves. The program is for ages 3-5. Both activities are $10 each, registration required.
▪ Take a full moon paddle beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28. Canoes, paddles and lifejackets are provided. Registration is required and costs $20. Meet at the back gate. Call for more details. 9601 Fossil Ridge Road, Fort Worth. 817-392-7410; www.fwnaturecenter.org.
▪ Get your gardening questions answered with a call to the Tarrant County Master Gardener Association help desk, 817-884-1944. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.
▪ Johnson County Master Gardeners also answer gardening questions and give advice 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Fridays. Call the Johnson County Extension Office at 817-556-6370 and ask to speak to a master gardener.
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▪ For a Tarrant County Master Gardener fall vegetable gardening class, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 29. $30. Resource Connection, Building 2300, 2300 Circle Drive, Fort Worth (and at the nearby demonstration garden). To register, visit www.tarrantmg.org or call the Master Gardener help desk at 817-884-1944.
▪ For a fall garden class led by the Men’s Gardening Club of Arlington, 10 a.m. Aug. 29, at the River Legacy Living Science Center, 703 N.W. Green Oaks Blvd., Arlington. $5. RSVP to 817-860-6752, ext. 102. www.riverlegacy.org.
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This story was originally published August 20, 2015 at 2:20 PM with the headline "Places to go: Garden classes and nature-friendly activities in DFW."