Here are other gardening events held in the East Texas area:
Oct. 1 – Smith County – First Tuesday in the Garden This popular series continues at noon in the IDEA Garden with “Summer Bulbs” (which will be featured in the SCMG From Bulbs to Blooms event) with Anne Pattullo and Tommie Grinnell, Smith County Master Gardeners. This event is free with limited seating so bring your own chair for your comfort.
Oct. 5 – Pineywoods Native Plant Center, located at 2900 Raquet St in historic Nacogdoches. The sale will feature more than 300 varieties of hard-to-find, “Texas-tough” plants, including natives, edibles, heirlooms, perennials, shrubs and trees, with an emphasis on pollinator friendly selections, as well as exclusive SFA introductions. The featured plants are extensively trialed before being offered to the public and are produced by SFA Gardens staff members and volunteers. For more information and a list of available plants, call (936) 468-4404, or visit sfagardens.sfasu.edu two weeks before the sale. For list of available plants, go to Plant List (Excel file).To view the list of bulbs available (as of September 24th), go to 2019 Bulb list. Revisit this site for updates from time to time.
Oct. 5 – Vintage Garden Market, hosted by Kaufman Co. MG
9am-6pm Kaufman Co. Poor Farm Museum.
Oct. 10-Free State MG Meeting – Library 9:00am
Oct. 11-East Texas Fruit, Nut and Vegetable Conference
Oct. 12 – ET Daylily, Iris societies Fall Bulb and Plant Sale. Location: vacate lot at 2700 SW Loop 323 from 9am- sold out.
Oct. 12 -From Bulbs to Blooms Fall Conference and Sale Harvey Hall, 2000 W. Front St., Tyler – Free & Open to the Public. Registration at 8:30am, Conference starts at 9:00am
Tyler State Park
Oct 5 – 2:00pm Wildflowers, Pollinators, and Predators
Texas Pollinator Bioblitz!
Oct 12 – 8:15am,Tyler State Park Birding Tour, Let’s Go Birding!
Oct 12 – 10:30am, Birding 101: Introduction to Birding, Everybody’s a birder!
Oct 12 – 2:00pm Wildflowers, Pollinators, and Predators
Texas Pollinator Bioblitz!
Oct. 15 – Henderson MG Library Series, on Tuesday at 5:30pm at the Clint W. Murchison Memorial Library, 121 S. Praireville, Athens, will present, Brenda Swagerty, manager and grower for Plants of Texas, a family owned nursery located in Lindale, TX, will speak on the topic of
roses. This presentation is free and open to the public.
Oct. 17 – Van Zandt Co. Library Series, Bees, 10 AM, Speaker Beth Derr Mg and Master Beekeeper will speak at the library 317 First Monday Lane, Canton, TX.
Oct. 17-20 86th Annual Texas Rose Festival – Tyler, Free Rose Queens Tea in Rose Garden, Saturday, 19th 1-3:00pm., Parade, Art Fair in Bergfield Park, etc.
Schedule of events: https://www.texasrosefestival.com/
Oct. 18 & 19 – Southern Garden Symposium at St. Francisvillecisville, Louisiana. For full schedule and other details, go to http://www.southerngardensymposium.org/
Oct. 26 – Henderson Co, Mg will host Tomato Town and all day event at Athens Country Club, 500 Park Drive, Athens. 8:00am-3:30pm. Tickets are $75 and may be purchased at https://hendersonmgejoinme.org/tomatotown or by calling 903-675-6130. The program includes four experts who will explain all you need to know to grow fat, juicy, flavorful tomatoes. Breakfast and lunch are also included in the $75 ticket price. Email questions to tomatotown2019@gmail.com.
Nov. 2 – The Official Opening of the Longview Arborteum, Free & Open to the Public, donations appreciated. 706 W. Cotton St. (44.14 mi) Longview, Texas 75608, (903) 237-1398October