Green Building Events

A calendar of events, classes and seminars of interest to the green building community of North Texas.

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Oct. 7-10, Denton (and field trips to various locations) -- 30th anniversary symposium, Native Plant Society of Texas

The use of native, Texas-hardy landscaping saves water (and therefore money) and often reduces maintenance needs, so it's an important part of greenbuilding's emphasis on conserving resources, reducing operating costs, and increasing durability of the built environment. This event is open to the public.

With a theme of "$ave Texas One Landscape at a Time: Our Native Plants Light the Future," this special event includes presentations from and for a wide audience including developers, builders, farmers and ranchers, landscapers, landscape architects, nurseries and growers, neighborhood associations, city staff (parks, arborists) and city council members, educators at all levels, corporations, botanical gardens, conservation groups and other non-profits such as Habitat for Humanity and Master Naturalists, gardening editors in local newspapers. Classroom sessions are held at Texas Women's University in Denton. Field trips are also part of the event.

The Woodson Place award-winning conservation development on the eastern edge of the Metroplex, proudly represented by myself and Keller Williams, is featured among both presentations and a field trip associated with this event. Everyone welcome! This is the only developer ever to receive recognition under Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Lone Star Land Steward Award. Tours of the model home with its five-star rating from the Austin Energy Green Building Program will be led by Woodson Place project manager and sustainability consultant, Chris Allen. Guided walks through the subdivision’s open space will include both prairie and wooded areas within this Post Oak Savannah ecological region. Prairie grasses and wildflowers are thriving in the wake of the controlled prairie burn last winter.

Further details forthcoming. See also: http://www.npsot.org/symposium2010/home/welcome.shtml