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2009 Community Green Calendar
March 2009
March is Smartscape Month!
Wednesday, March 4th
Mayor Proclaims “Earth Hour Day in Dallas” / Earth Hour Meet & Greet
9 am to 11 am
Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St Dallas, TX 75201
Council Briefing Room, 6ES—Proclamation Ceremony
Auditorium, L1FN—Meet & Greet (immediately following Proclamation Ceremony)
Sunday, March 8th Daylight Saving Time Begins
Monday thru Wednesday, March 9th -11th
Sustainable Communities Conference
Presented by the City of Dallas, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the North Texas Council of Governments
For more, visit the Sustainable Skylines Conference web page.
Saturday, March 14th
Modern Victory Gardens: a Vegetable Garden Educational Series at Texas Discovery Gardens
9 am to 12pm: Class at Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Dallas 75210
12pm - 2pm: Field trip to the Lake Highlands Community Garden 7901 Goforth Rd. Dallas, TX 75238
More: Victory Gardens are alive and well in Dallas. Learn how to maintain yours or create your own with this popular community and backyard garden educational series. The last class sold out, so be sure to register early.
The March class will focus on preparation for planting, when and what to plant, planting techniques, feeding and fertilizing, companion planting, and integrated pest control.
At noon, participants can bring a sack lunch to Lake Highlands Community Garden and enjoy a picnic and meet and greet. This is a great opportunity to see fellow community gardeners and swap gardening tips and stories. It’s a great chance to see a thriving community garden in action.
The Lake Highlands Community Garden is located on City-owned property behind the old armory building located near the intersection of Goforth and White Rock Trail (7901 Goforth Rd. Dallas, TX 75238).
Note: Wear appropriate clothing for an outdoors class.
Cost: $25 per class. Become a Garden Member and save $5 each class!
Meet the panel!
Randy Johnson, horticulturist for Texas Discovery Gardens, enjoys trying different vegetable crops in the Gardens. His specialties are native plants of Texas and organic gardening.
Mike Merchant, Ph.D., BCE, is a professor and Extension Urban Entomologist with
Texas A&M University Research and Extension Center. Dr. Merchant serves as co-director of the Southwestern Technical Resource Center for Integrated Pest Management (IPM) in Schools and Daycare Facilities. He is a Board Certified Entomologist and, as BCE Director, helped originate the new Associate Certified Entomologist program with the Entomological Society of America.
A.L. Nickerson, a local supporter of community gardens, started the first community garden in Lake Highlands in April 2008.
For more information, contact Blake Morgan, Programs and Volunteers Manager, or call (214) 428-7476 x 24.
Saturday, March 14th
Reverchon Park Roundup: A park cleanup event
8:00am-12:00pm
Cleanup co-sponsored by the Friends of Reverchon Park and Scottish Rite Hospital
For more information call (214) 670-7720.
Tuesday, March 17th
Sustainability Brown Bag on Social Entrepreneurship
Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St Dallas, TX 75201
L1FN Conference Room A
12pm – 1pm
Brian Weinberg, Director of Recycle to Eradicate Poverty, is an avid world traveler, aspiring runner, and guru for innovative ideas ranging from creative capitalism (or social entrepreneurship) to microfinance. He is dedicated to environmental and poverty-related issues, founding Recycle to Eradicate Poverty; a program of The Chiapas Project that recycles cell phones to fund microfinance loans to the poor. Their latest project is to beat the One Million Cell Phone Challenge; recycling one million cell phones to save 350 trillion gallons of water from potential pollution and help 100 thousand people rise out of poverty through microfinance. Anyone in the US is encouraged to participate by requesting free pre-paid mailers at the Turn Phones into Loans web site.
For more information call (214) 670-1200.
Tuesday, March 17th
Roadmap to Planning and Planting Trees: News Conference and Announcement
1:00pm — 4:00pm
Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak Street, Dallas, TX 75204 (Oak Corner Room)
The Texas Trees Foundation and NCDC Imaging & Mapping will unveil the Roadmap to Planning and Planting with Trees, a national mapping model that prioritizes tree planting sites using GIS and remote sensing technologies and environmental factors. This exciting and informative meeting will highlight the Roadmap project and how it can be used as a tree planting tool in the City of Dallas and beyond.
Partners/Supporters: City of Dallas, Texas Forest Service, North Central Texas Council of Governments, UC Davis, USDA Forest Service, Communities Foundation of Texas, Esurance, EPA, Urban Renewal, TXU Energy, Houston Advance Research Center, Dallas Urban Forestry Advisory Committee and Good Company Associates.
For more information call (214) 821—0911
RSVP your attendance to Catina Grant.
Wednesday, March 18th is National Biodiesel Day
Thursday, March 19th
Go Green Lecture Series
12:30 pm– 1:30 pm
Mountain View College
4849 W. Illinois Ave. Dallas, TX 75211
More: The Go Green Lecture Series is a monthly event held on the 4th Wednesday of each month. Each lecture series event features a different guest speaker addressing the issue of the environment and going Green. The Go Green Lecture Series is the International Service Project of the Omega Omega Chapter of Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society.
For more information contact Evens Pierre at (214) 860-8775.
Friday, March 20th is First Day of Spring & National Agriculture Day
Saturday, March 21st
Water-Wise Landscaping Seminars
Brookhaven College Performance Hall, 3939 Valley View Lane, Farmers Branch 75244
9am to 12:30pm Water-Wise Landscape Design 101
1:30pm to 5pm Fantastic Plants for North Texas
Space is limited! To make a reservation call 214-670-3155
Seminars sponsored by City of Dallas Stormwater Management, Dallas Water Utilities Conservation and Brookhaven College.
Saturday, March 21st
Life in the Soil Garden Walk at Texas Discovery Gardens
10 am to 11 am
Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Dallas, Texas 75210
More: The key to gardening success is to start from the ground up. Join Michael Bosco with Soils Alive as we show you what to do for your soil type.
Free with paid Garden admission. Ages 12+
For more call (214) 428-7476
Sunday, March 22nd is U.N. World Water Day
Monday, March 23rd is U.N. World Meteorological Day
Tuesday, March 24th
NEW! City Sustainability Spotlight on Trees of the Urban Forest
12 pm – 1 pm
Dallas City Hall, 1500 Marilla St Dallas, TX 75201
L1FN Conference Room A
City Forester Karen Woodard will discuss what an Urban Forest is and why we should care. Water quality, property values, quality of life, and most of all, temperature are all affected by “the Right Tree in the Right Place”. Learn about the effects we have on our urban environment, how trees help us, and what we need to do to help them.
For more information call (214) 670-1200.
Saturday, March 28th
Earth Hour
8:30 pm
Join millions of people around the world in taking a stand against climate change! It’s simple: turn out your lights for one hour, Earth Hour, beginning at 8:30pm.
Dallas residents throughout the city are encouraged to turn off their lights for the event. The central focus of Dallas’ Earth Hour celebration will be the downtown area – watch the famous Dallas skyline dim.
Many “watch parties” are being planned in Uptown, Deep Ellum and Oak Cliff including events at the Belmont Hotel and West Village to watch the Dallas skyline turn off its lights. For updated information on Earth Hour events, continue to check the official Dallas page of the Earth Hour web site.
Saturday, March 28th
Arbor Day in Dallas
8am – Noon
Skyline High School
7777 Forney Road, Dallas, TX 75227
More: The Texas Trees Foundation, students, and volunteers will be planting 100 trees on the Skyline High School campus. Come out and volunteer!
RSVP: Cat Grant or call (214) 273-6689.
Saturday, March 28th
Conservation in Action: an Earth-Friendly Fun Event
11am – 3pm
Texas Discovery Gardens at Fair Park, 3601 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd Dallas, Texas 75210
‘Green’ your family! Come to Conservation in Action, the fourth annual City of Dallas Environmental Education Initiative community fair. The first 500 attendees get free hot dogs, popcorn, T-shirts and other cool stuff!
Sponsored by: The City of Dallas, University of North Texas and Texas Discovery Gardens.
Free admission.
For more information call (214) 428-7476.
