Houston Federation of Garden Clubs

07/16/2025

INTERNATIONAL MASTER GARDENER VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

August 25-28, 2025

4 day celebration of gardening, innovation and sustainability- all in the comfort of your own home!

Register TODAY and get out there and… Plant Happiness, Y’all!

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Proudly hosted by the Texas Master Gardener Program.

06/06/2025

Nature in the Garden Series to Feature Monarch and Butterfly Gardening Program

TYLER, TX – The Smith County Master Gardeners and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service invite the public to a special installment of the “Nature in the Garden Series” on Thursday, June 12, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. The program will be held at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Office located in the Cotton Belt Building at 1517 W. Front St., Suite 116, Tyler, Texas 75702.

04/29/2025

03/29/2025

Event: Annual Gardener's by the Bay Plant Sale

Also, there's a FREE Raffle for a $25 gift card to Ace Hardware at the Gardeners by the Bay Plant sale

03/25/2025

Join us for our Volunteer Appreciation Celebration!

When: April 14 | 2-4 PM
Where: Galveston County Extension Office
RSVP: https://galveston.agrilife.org/

03/21/2025

How about some plants that can repel some bugs. Here is a short list of some of them

03/21/2025

Final sale for Spring Vegetables - Cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash and a large variety of peppers and tomatoes. The sale is in person in our Discovery Garden in Carbide Park, Thursday, March 23rd from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Come get your veggies, tour our garden and visit with your Galveston County Master Gardeners. We also have annuals and perennials, mushroom and cotton burr composts, MicroLife, tomato cages and Sam’s mix. Take a tour around our Discovery Garden and bring your gardening questions to a Master Gardener.

03/21/2025

Clean up beds of established perennials if you haven't done so. Trim away the old dead growth to spruce up the area. Save those trimmings for the compost pile or for garden-pathway materials. Organic matter is free natural fertilizer. And who doesn't love free stuff?!

Plant Happiness, Y'all!

03/21/2025

The first day of spring is here! As the days grow longer and the soil warms, native grasses and wildflowers begin their seasonal resurgence.

🌿 Native Plants Wake Up - Deep rooted prairie grasses like Big Bluestem and Little Bluestem send up fresh shoots, while wildflowers start blooming. These plants do more than add color to the landscape - they support pollinators, stabilize the soil, and help filter water.

🦋 Pollinators Return - Bees, butterflies, and other pollinators reappear, searching for nectar from early bloomers. Monarch butterflies rely on native milkweed as they migrate north, and the prairie provides an essential stop along their journey.

🔥 Fire and Grazing Shape the Prairie - These grasslands evolved alongside fire and grazing. Many land stewards use prescribed burns in early spring to mimic these natural cycles and keep prairies thriving.

🦉 Wildlife is on the Move - Spring is nesting season for grassland birds and amphibians begin their evening chorus as seasonal wetlands (hopefully 🤞🏻) fill with rain.

Want to help prairies this season?
🌾 Plant native wildflowers and grasses to support pollinators.
🔥 Learn about prescribed fire and its role in prairie health.
🐦 Visit a prairie or restoration site and experience the land in bloom.
🤝 Support conservation efforts that protect and restore Texas’ native grasslands.

03/21/2025

The Lone Star Daylily Society has two sales coming up in April and May.

April 12: 9-3
7124 Booth Lane, Manvel, Tx
Sale will include daylilies and companion plants.

May 3: 8-3
309 West Sealy, Alvin, Tx
Sale will include over 500 pots of daylilies.

A flyer for the May Sale is show below.