Environmental

Animal Shelter staff would like to remind homeowners that this fall while you’re getting your property ready for a change in the season that it’s a good time to make sure it’s wildlife proofed as well, to keep wildlife intrusions and other problems at bay.   

Texas Pure, the regional composting/mulching facility that partners with the City of Richardson and four other area cities, is hosting its annual customer appreciation sale this month, taking place through Sept. 30.

Members of Richardson’s World Mission Society Church of God helped clean up trash from Foxboro Park last Sunday through Richardson’s Community & Corporate Environmental Cleanup Program. The program is open to any group who wants to help beautify Richardson. All supplies are provided, including gloves and trash tongs, and filled bags are picked up when the project is finished.   

The Dallas County Master Gardener Association, Inc. (DCMGA), a division of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, has released its Garden Task List for September.  

Monarch butterflies have begun their annual southbound migration, heading from Canada and the northern/Midwest U.S. to their winter home in Mexico, and have already been reported in the Dallas area. Richardson is a great place to spot them, as the City has been a Mayors’ Monarch Pledge city since 2015 (a program of the National Wildlife Federation), recognizing that the butterfly is an important part of our ecosystem.

This free class sponsored by Dallas Water Utilities (open to the public) will provide the foundation your garden and landscape needs for long-term success, simplifying terms like soil texture, structure and pH while providing tips on how to amend your site conditions for happy, healthy plants.