Get Inspired at YardSmart!
YardSmart is a free and engaging half-day seminar packed with practical tips and creative ideas to help you use water wisely in your landscape. Each session is tailored to the season, covering exciting topics like butterfly gardening, efficient landscape watering, container gardens, perennials, trees, and so much more!
This highly anticipated semi-annual event takes place every spring and fall—don’t miss the opportunity to transform your outdoor space while conserving water.
Next seminars:
The next YardSmart event is scheduled for Saturday, March 1, 2025 in the Fort Worth Botanic Garden, 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107.
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Seminar's Agenda:
| 8:30 a.m. |
On-site registration/Check-In |
| 9 a.m. |
Building and maintaining a bee hotel
Christina Garcia, Bee Charmer
Lecture Hall |
| 9:55 a.m. |
Drip irrigation
Jon Kirk, Landvisions
Lecture Hall
|
Composting
Steve Chaney, Tarrant County Master Gardener
Orchid room
|
| 10:40 a.m. |
BREAK |
| 11:10 a.m. |
Managing water restrictions
Kelsey Kosik and Danielle Britt, Fort Worth Water Utility
Lecture Hall
|
Raised beds and container gardening
Laura Miller, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Orchid room |
| 12:05 p.m. |
Mushrooms
Angel Giron
Lecture Hall
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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.