City Hosts Trash Bash Saturday
Trash Bash 2022 takes place this weekend.
Virtual Gardening Class: Learn About Site Preparation, Healthy Soil April 26
Join the experts from Rooted In for “Digging In: Soils, Site and Bed Preparation,” a program that will provide the foundation your garden and landscape need for long-term success.
HOA Helps Clean Up Breckinridge Park
Eight neighbors from The Enclave at Breckinridge HOA picked up 10 bags of trash last weekend as they cleaned up along the creek near their homes as well as along streets and the western edge of Breckinridge Park.
RWC Garden Festival April 23 Includes Plant Sale, Gardening Seminars
Tour local gardens and learn about gardening from Master Gardeners and other gardening experts at the Richardson Woman’s Club Garden Festival and Tour.
YMSL Helps Beautify Nature Trail
Two dozen volunteers from the North Dallas chapter of the Young Men’s Service League (YMSL) cleaned up trash along the Spring Creek Nature Trail earlier this month, as participants in the City’s Community & Corporate Environmental Cleanup Program.
Ways to Celebrate Earth Day April 22
Earth Day 2022 is Friday, April 22, celebrated annually across the globe for 52 years to raise awareness about the environment and encourage people to make the planet better.
It’s Monarch Migration Time: Report Sightings, Consider Butterfly-Friendly Plants
The annual monarch butterfly migration from Mexico to the northern U.S. and Canada is in full swing, and luckily for fans of the beautiful orange and black pollinators, Richardson is in the pathway and is a great place to spot them.
What to Do About Tree “Tassels”
April is usually the month when spring winds blow oak tree “tassels,” or “catkins,” around North Texas, causing them to pile up in yards, streets and on cars, like snow, and this year is no exception.
Free Recycling Blue Bag Vouchers at Two Locations this Month
Public Services staff will be at Fire Station 6, 3591 Park Vista Rd. and Whole Foods Market-CityLine, 1411 E. Renner Rd., on select afternoons in April to spread the word about the benefits of recycling.
City Sponsors Free Container Gardening Class April 5
The City of Richardson and Rooted In team up for an informative class entitled, “Perfectly Planted Pots: Container Gardening.” If you have a small yard or patio that needs a pop of ornamental color, are frustrated with the poor soils on your property, or just simply don’t have the space to grow your own produce, then give container gardening a try.