Lantrip Blooms!
Events
Sparkle Days!
About Sparkle Days
One Saturday a month to care for the land together with Lantrip's community. Everyone welcome! Kids must be accompanied by an adult. Please RSVP for each event using the links below.
For this year's Sparkle Days, there will be time for tending in the garden spaces, and time for learning through workshops and demonstrations.
Sparkle Days are come and go as you please! Please dress for time in the garden -- long pants and closed-toed shoes. Event will happen in light rain or shine. If thunderstorm / flooding / safety is a concern, we will reschedule or cancel.
Feel free to share your Sparkle Day nature observation photos here.
Sparkle Days Partners
Sparkle Day is a community event supported in part by:
Parking & Meeting
Park in the school parking lot. Entry to the parking lot is on Telephone Rd here. The entrance to the garden is through this gate here.
Schedule
You can connect to a calendar listing (.ics) of the events using this linkwebcal://lantripblooms.org/events/lantrip-blooms-events.ics
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Sat, Sep 12, 2026 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 Courtyard Native Planting & Workshop on Nature Journaling
Project
September's projects include:
- planting native plants in the courtyard. We have a selection of native plants that tolerate shade and thrive in wet environments to beautify the area by the pond. The plants are from Next Door Nursery and Green Star Wetlands, and are provided to Lantrip through our partnership with Urban Harvest Permaculture.
- planting vines to improve the pre-K dismissal area.
- weeding and seeding the pocket prairie.
Workshop
Nature journaling introduction with a group journaling exercise. There is also a potential berry show and tell :).
If you have a journal or notebook you would like to do your nature journaling in, please bring it! And any other art supplies you would like to use. We will also have some notebooks and art supplies on hand.
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Sat, Oct 17, 2026 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 BioBlitz & Workshop on Monarchs and Milkweeds
Project
October's projects include:
- a BioBlitz - "a communal effort to record as many species within a designated location and time period as possible." We'll pair up to take photos of as many different species of plants and their friends in the garden as possible.
- greenhouse clean-up and organizing.
- planting our barbados cherry tree.
We will likely have additional projects related to planting. More details to come.
Workshop
Workshop will be a show and tell about monarchs and milkweed! We'll also talk about citizen science and other efforts like BioBlitz.
Nature journaling is always welcome!
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Sat, Nov 14, 2026 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 Project TBD & Workshop Tentatively on Working with Water
Project
Details coming soon.
Workshop
Tentatively - working with water
Water is a powerful force of nature and a source of life. In Houston, we have so many bayous and we are right off the Gulf Coast, and at Lantrip, we have a pond and a rain garden. There are so many ways to garden with water in mind, from thinking about what different plants needs to how different roots can be to techniques like rain collection and using ollas. We'll explore how to work with water in the garden.
Nature journaling is always welcome!
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Sat, Dec 12, 2026 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 Project TBD & Workshop on Making with Mallows
Project
Details coming soon.
Workshop
Tentatively - Making with Mallows (plants of the Malvaceae family)
Mallows grow great in Houston! Different plants of the mallow family can be used for refreshing teas, food, ink, fibers for weaving...even for marshmallows. We'll learn about the possibilities and do some hands-on making.
Nature journaling is always welcome!
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Sat, Jan 23, 2027 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 Project & Workshop TBD
Project
Tentative - fruit tree pruning and propagation.
Workshop
Tentative - Fruit tree pruning and propagation. For this sparkle-day, we will likely have our workshop first before project time.
Nature journaling is always welcome!
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Sat, Feb 20, 2027 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 Project & Workshop TBD
Project
Planning in progress.
Workshop
Tentative - composting and/or soil sampling.
Nature journaling is always welcome!
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Sat, Mar 20, 2027 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 Project & Workshop TBD
Project
Planning in progress.
Workshop
Planning in progress.
Nature journaling is always welcome!
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Sat, Apr 24, 2027 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 Project & Workshop TBD
Project
Planning in progress.
Workshop
Planning in progress.
Nature journaling is always welcome!
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Sat, May 15, 2027 from 8 AM - 12 PM 🌱 Project & Workshop TBD
Project
Planning in progress.
Workshop
Planning in progress.
Nature journaling is always welcome!
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