YOUR 2026 SATURDAY MORNING CLASS SCHEDULE IS HERE!
Saturday classes are listed below, as soon as scheduled. Unless noted, all begin at 9:30 am,
in Education Station; and are covered by general admission that day, your Membership, or
$5 each class per person. Make RESERVATIONS to reserve one of 40 seats, at 361-852-2100.
Classes are designed, scheduled and often taught in conjunction with the Nueces
Master Gardeners.
2026 SATURDAY MORNING CLASSES
Feb 7: DYI RAINWATER HARVESTING
Nueces Master Gardener Tom Andrews talks about home rainwater harvesting
systems to reduce reliance on tap water for landscape.
Feb. 14: JUMP INTO SPRING!
Nueces Master Gardener Renee Brown gives insights into scheduling spring
garden chores including pruning and fertilizing so your yard is ready for warmer
weather.
Feb. 21: COMPOSTING FOR SOIL HEALTH
Master Composter and Nueces Master Gardener Donna Gonzales shows you how to start and maintain a home compost center to create amazing soil amendments for your garden.
Feb 28: LANDSCAPING WITH LESS WATER:
STBG Executive Director and Horticulturist Dr. Michael Womack helps you understand practical principles of Xeriscape to make your landscape waterwise.
Mar 7: TOMATOES 101
Choosing & growing the best tasty tomatoes, & treating disease or pests, with Justin Butts, Four String Farm.
Mar 14: ATTRACTING BUTTERFLIES, MOTHS TO GARDENS
Brenda Sattler, The Butterfly Lady & author, teaches you exactly what nectar & larval blooming plants will attract butterflies & moths to your landscape, keeping water conservation in mind.
Mar 21: MORE THAN BRUSH
Learning about native plants on the Brennecke Nature Trail & other regional native shrubs & trees surviving for centuries without irrigation, with expert Ernie Schertz, Native Plant Society, Mid-Coast Master Naturalist, Aransas/San Patricio Master Gardener.
Mar 28: IMPROVING CURB APPEAL WITH LESS WATER
Kathy Hubner, Landscape Designer for Gill Garden Center + Landscape Co.,
shares the latest trends in attractive water-saving landscape design.
Apr 4: CREATIVE WATER CONSERVATION & REUSE IDEAS
Discover ways you can collect & reuse water from your home to keep plants green without using the tap, with Dr. Micheal Womack.
Apr 11: STARTING MORE PLANTS:
Learn best plant propagation techniques from Master Gardener Propagation Specialist Renee Brown for multiplying your favorites!
Apr 18: GARDEN TO TABLE
Planning edible gardens for delicious home-cooked meals. including cooking demonstration, with Kayla Butts, dietician, nutritionist, author & co-owner of Four String Farms.
May, 2: BONSAI BONANZA
Learn to train your tiny tree with David Whitaker, CC Bonsai Club.
May 9: FLORAL ARRANGEMENT WORK SHOP FOR BEGINNERS
For Mother’s Day, learn to make beautiful floral arrangements from inexpensive super market bundles, with Alma Rayburn, retired H-E-B Florist. ($25 workshop fee; $20 members).
May 16: PICKING WATER EFFICIENT PATIO CONTAINERS
Learn how pot materials, shape & soil mix affect water efficiency for patio plantings, with Dr. Bill Fonteno, Prof. Emeritus of Horticulture, North Carolina State University.
May 23: KEEPING UP WITH THE MARTINS
Learn to attract Purple Martins to your home & see the babies in our Martin colony, with Louise Chambers, retired Biologist, Purple Martin Conservation Association.
May 30: FRIEND OR FOE?
Know which bugs are good guys, which are pests, with Renee Brown, Nueces Master Gardener.