Summer Species: Invasive Plant Eradication Unit Pop-Up
2025-07-12 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | THE WATER WORKS, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Join us on the second Saturday of the month from May through August from 9 – 11am for the Invasive Plant Eradication Unit will pop-up!
Artist Mark Dion created the Invasive Plant Eradication Unit in 2011 as an interactive artwork responding to the one of Buffalo Bayou’s key challenges: the proliferation of non-native species. For Summer Species, the Invasive Plant Eradication Unit will pop-up at The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park to share information on common invasive species in our area, the importance of native species, and what we can do to sustain them.
Visitors will also be able to make native seed “bombs” to help spread native species at home or in the park!

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In the Weeds Walking Tour
2025-07-19 09:00 - 10:30, 2025-08-16 09:00 - 10:30 (America/Chicago) | LOST LAKE, 3422 Allen Parkway, Houston, 77007, United States
Join in Summer Species, BBP’s annual celebration of a native plant or animal found along Buffalo Bayou!
This year, our In the Weeds Walks will explore native plants and the insects that pollinate them along Buffalo Bayou! Follow along this discovery tour of Houston’s historic waterway ecosystem with Nancy Greig, founding director of the Cockrell Butterfly Center (now retired). An avid natural historian “jack of all trades”, she has particular interest in plants and insects, but birds, mammals, herpetofauna, and fish are all on her radar. At home she keeps busy with a butterfly garden, honey bee hives, and purple martin houses.

Cost
12 and over: $5
Children under 12: free
Duration
90 minutes
Meeting Location
Lost Lake, just below Flora Restaurant (3422 Allen Parkway at Dunlavy)
Parking is recommended at the 300 block of Jackson Hill Street off Memorial Drive. More information available here.
Walking tours are 90 minutes and cover approximately 3 miles. Comfortable clothing, good walking shoes, and a water bottle are recommended.

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Summer Species: Invasive Plant Eradication Unit Pop-Up
2025-08-09 09:00 - 11:00 UTC | THE WATER WORKS, 105 Sabine Street, Houston, TX, 77007, United States
Join us on the second Saturday of the month from May through August from 9 – 11am for the Invasive Plant Eradication Unit will pop-up!
Artist Mark Dion created the Invasive Plant Eradication Unit in 2011 as an interactive artwork responding to the one of Buffalo Bayou’s key challenges: the proliferation of non-native species. For Summer Species, the Invasive Plant Eradication Unit will pop-up at The Water Works in Buffalo Bayou Park to share information on common invasive species in our area, the importance of native species, and what we can do to sustain them.
Visitors will be able to make native seed “bombs” to help spread native species at home or in the park!
In addition, visitors can join Lualo Studio and Buffalo Bayou Partnership for a hands-on flower pounding workshop using native Texas plants to create eco-printed notecards. As we make art together, we’ll share stories about land, migration, and memory—honoring those who came before us and those who continue to grow roots here. Come connect, reflect, and create with community.

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