YardSmart Fall Seminar 2024
YardSmart is a free, informative full-day conference designed to provide effective, beneficial ways to use water wisely in the landscape. Topics vary by season and have included butterfly gardening, landscape watering, container gardens, perennials, trees and much more. This semi-annual conference is offered each spring and fall.
Next seminars:
The next YardSmart event is scheduled for Saturday, September 7, 2024 inside the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107.
Registration starts: Now at Eventbrite
Seminar's Agenda:
| 8:30 a.m. |
On-site registration/Check-In |
| 9 a.m. |
Seed planting and transplanting
David Cole, Tarrant County College
Lecture Hall |
| 9:55 a.m. |
Native trees
Hannah Johnson, Fort Worth Parks and Recreation
Lecture Hall
|
Gardening soils and ideas you can dig!
Bobby Spence, Silver Creek Materials
Orchid room
|
| 10:40 a.m. |
BREAK |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Indoor gardening
Suz Reyes, Ephemera Terrariums and Plant
Lecture Hall
|
Safe use of fertilizers
Steve Chaney, Tarrant County Master Gardener
Orchid room |
| 12:05 p.m. |
Rain gardening
Heather Bass, Tarrant Regional Water District
Lecture Hall
|
More Information
For more information send an email to wpe@FortWorthtexas.gov. Facility is wheelchair accessible. To arrange for sign language interpretation, call TDD 817-392-8544 at least 72 hours prior to event.