WELCOME TO TEXAS SMARTSCAPE

Learn more about the fascinating world of hummingbirds and how to attract them to your garden in this free class hosted by North Haven Gardens!

Create a lush Texas yard by designing your landscape with smart choices and efficiency in mind! Join this free online class to learn how!

The climate in North Texas can be harsh, but lush home landscapes can be created using the right plants and design principles. Whether you want a traditional suburban yard or an extravagant butterfly garden, using native Texas plants and resource conscious design principles can help you get the best yard on the block without too much effort.
 

Learn about:

• The basic principles of landscape design
• How to take into account the needs and characteristics of your landscape
• The best types of plants to plant for various situations
• How to maintain your landscape and prune plants
• Plants that need less water and maintenance

The class will be 45 minutes long and taught by a Texas landscaping expert. Stick around after the presentation for a live Q+A session!

Plant a tree for the future!

Join this free class to learn about the best trees for North Texas homes!

Trees can be amazingly beautiful and create a focal point for our home landscapes. There is such a wide variety of trees, it can be hard to determine which type to plant. Learn which trees work best for your North Texas home landscape. Since trees get so large and are long-lived, it is important to plant the right tree in the right spot.

Learn about:

• Native and adapted trees of North Texas
• Planting and care tips
• The right types of trees to plant for different situations and landscapes

The class will be 45 minutes long and taught by a Tarrant County Master Gardener.

Create a drought-hardy landscape!

Join this free class to learn how!

North Texas summers can be a very harsh time to keep plants from drying out. Luckily, many of our native plants are drought-tolerant and accustomed to thriving with little water. Even non-drought tolerant plants can be helped by following smart watering strategies. Whether you want a yard full of plants or a lawn, choosing tough plants and knowing how to care for your landscape in a drought can help keep it lush, even in hard times.

Learn about:

• The importance of water efficiency in a drought
• Common gardening mistakes that lead to water loss
• The basic principles of landscape design
• The best drought-tolerant native plants for your garden
• How to choose native turf for your lawn
• How to keep your garden healthy in times of drought

This event is brought to you by the City of Fort Worth and Tarrant Regional Water District.

Does your landscape have problem areas where nothing seems to grow? Do you have mature trees and areas where your turf is receding? Are your trees throwing shade?  Don’t accept being shaded out. Instead, take advantage of these cooler landscape areas!

Learn about the many native and adapted plants that not only survive, but thrive, in shadier spots– along with tips and tricks to create beautiful shade gardens that beat the Texas heat. This virtual learning opportunity will also cover gardening under mature trees as well as turf alternatives and hardscape options for low-light areas.

North Texas summers can be a very harsh time to keep plants from drying out. Luckily, many of our native plants are drought-tolerant and accustomed to thriving with little water. Even non-drought tolerant plants can be helped by following smart watering strategies. Whether you want a yard full of plants or a lawn, choosing tough plants and knowing how to care for your landscape in a drought can help keep it lush, even in hard times.

Learn about:

• The importance of water efficiency in a drought
• Common gardening mistakes that lead to water loss
• The basic principles of landscape design
• The best drought-tolerant native plants for your garden
• How to choose native turf for your lawn
• How to keep your garden healthy in times of drought

The class will be about 45 minutes long and taught by an expert for the Native Plant Society of Texas.

North Texas summers can be a very harsh time to keep plants from drying out. Luckily, many of our native plants are drought-tolerant and accustomed to thriving with little water. Even non-drought tolerant plants can be helped by following smart watering strategies. Whether you want a yard full of plants or a lawn, choosing tough plants and knowing how to care for your landscape in a drought can help keep it lush, even in hard times.  

Learn about:  

• The importance of water efficiency in a drought 

• Common gardening mistakes that lead to water loss 

• The basic principles of landscape design 

• The best drought-tolerant native plants for your garden 

• How to choose native turf for your lawn 

• How to keep your garden healthy in times of drought 

Add life to your garden by attracting local wildlife to your landscape! 

Join this free class to learn how! 

Learn about the best plants to plant and features to install to attract butterflies, bees, birds, and other native wildlife to your North Texas yard.  

Learn about: 

• The types of plants to plant to attract the type of wildlife you want 

• The types of features to add to attract the type of wildlife you want 

• How to design a wildscape 

• How to find the correct plants for North Texas 

Have a shady area in your yard where NOTHING seems to grow? We’ve got you covered.  

Learn what native Texas plants thrive in shady regions in this free class!  

Learn about: 

• Texas native plants that love shade 

• How to maintain a shady yard 

• How to work with shade instead of against it 

Native Texas plants are amazingly resilient and can be used for a variety of landscape aesthetics and designs. Discover 50 native plants that do great in North Texas home landscapes. Join this free online class to learn how!

 

Learn about:

• Easy to grow plants
• Native plants that are easy to find in local nurseries
• Plants that bloom throughout the year
• Native plants that can replace traditional landscape plants
• Low maintenance plants

 

The class will be 45 minutes long and taught by a Texas landscaping expert. Stick around after the presentation for a live Q+A session!

Turn yard and kitchen scraps into lush compost to use in your garden!

Join this free class to learn how!

Composting at home can reduce waste sent to the landfill and create soil amendments for a heathy landscape. Compost piles can be made in a variety of ways and be maintained for different purposes.

Learn about:

• Benefits of composting
• Designing a pile
• Container options
• Effective methods to yield high-quality compost
• How and when to use it

Not sure what all the buttons do on your sprinkler controller? Confused about zones, heads, and nozzles? Discover the basics of a home sprinkler system and how to program your sprinkler controller.

Join this free class, hosted by Tarrant Regional Water District, to learn how!