2024 – 2025 Evening Meeting Topics

September - Preparing for the Fall Garden - Bio-charged Biochar for the Best Garden Ever
October - Tagetes - Stinky Weed or Sacred Flower...or Both?
November - Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream
January - Eyes on the Garden - Herbs that Affect the Eyes from Belladonna to Eyebright
February - A Journey to Wellness after Lyme Disease
March - Accidental Sisters: Refugee Women Struggling Together for a New American Dream
April - The Art of Pysanky - Traditional Ukrainian Easter Egg Writing 
Lagniappe: Cut Your Own Bouquet at Shamba Ya Amani Farm

June - Secrets to Successful Container Gardening


​2025 – 2026 Day Section Meeting Topics

* September – Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: What Were the Herbs in Macbeth’s Witches’ Cauldron? 
Book Group following program to discuss - Assault and Pepper by Leslie Budewitz 
October – Fieldtrip Visit to Arbor Gate Nurseries in Tomball with a picnic afterward
* November – Pumpkins and Spice: Global Cuisine with a Fall Favorite (Benée Curtis)
December – The History of Mulled Spices and a Make-and-Take Workshop (Presenter(s)?) Program and potluck luncheon at the home of Cynthia Card
January – Adventure Luncheon at ChòpnBlọk North African cuisine in Montrose
* February – Making Yogurt, Mozzarella and Ricotta 
Book Group following program to discuss Endangered Eating by Sarah Lohman 
* March – Celebrating Nowruz, the Persian New Year (presenter to be contacted)
April – Picnic and Plant Swap at the Memorial Park Land Bridge
April 15 to 17 – HSA’s Educational Conference in San Antonio “It’s Spicier in Texas” 
* May – Shrubs: The Beverage, not Boscage and Bushes 
Book Group following program to discuss Miss Benson’s Beetle by Rachel Joyce 
June 9 – Adventure Luncheon at Arpi’s Phoenicia Deli and tour of Phoenicia Market

* at Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion 

Where You'll Find Us

What We're Talking About

We meet at the beautiful:

Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion

1500 Hermann Dr.

Houston, Texas 77004

​​in Hermann Park

With a few exceptions, our daytime meetings are now open meetings. The daytime meetings start at 10 a.m. and are followed with a "bring-your-own" luncheon.


Our evening meetings are always open to the public.  Doors open at 6:30 p.m. with a potluck supper and meeting starting at 7 p.m.  

​​​

Our Meetings