Tree Cycling Begins Today
Turn your Christmas tree into mulch and compost through the City’s Tree Cycling program.
Holiday Box Recycling Fights Crime, Helps Environment
While large items such as computers and flat screen TVs are often popular holiday gifts, setting out their boxes for trash or recycling pick-up can communicate to would-be thieves about what’s inside your home.
Annual Grease Recycling Event Strikes Oil
As it has done for the past three years, the Richardson community keeps breaking records in its Thanksgiving grease collection/diversion efforts. Around 240 gallons of used cooking oil were collected during the City’s annual “Cease the Grease” event held Nov. 25-Dec. 7, 50 gallons more than what was collected in 2020, 70 gallons more than in 2019 and double the amount collected in 2018.
Free Landscape Design Workshop Dec. 16
Create a lush North Texas yard and garden by learning how to design your landscape with smart choices and efficiency in mind.
“Cease the Grease” Cooking Oil Collection Continues through Dec. 7
Help our water system stay clog-free—dispose of leftover Thanksgiving cooking oil and grease at the City’s temporary oil/grease drop-off site, near the southwest corner of Plano Road and Columbia Drive.
“Cease the Grease” Cooking Oil Collection Starts Tomorrow
Help our water system stay clog-free—dispose of leftover Thanksgiving cooking oil and grease at the City’s temporary oil/grease drop-off site, near the southwest corner of Plano Road and Columbia Drive.
AgriLife Extension Offers Tips on Choosing, Caring for Natural Holiday Trees
If you’re planning to buy a natural Christmas tree from a local tree lot or cut-your-own farm, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension has helpful information online regarding the differences between types of trees, how to care for a natural tree after you bring it home, and how to buy a tree so that it can be planted in your landscape after the new year.
“Cease the Grease” Cooking Oil Collection Begins Nov. 25
Help our water system stay clog-free–dispose of leftover Thanksgiving cooking oil and grease at the City’s temporary oil/grease drop-off site, near the southwest corner of Plano Road and Columbia Drive.
Fall Leaf Color Peaking in North Texas, at Richardson Parks
Thanks to the “perfect” combination of 1) rainy days and sunny days this past spring and summer, plus 2) an entire month of warm days and cool nights this fall, this week through next week is expected to be the peak time for seeing the reds, yellows and oranges of fall leaf color in North Texas.
Free Online Herb Gardening Class Nov. 18
Rooted In and the City of Irving are co-hosting “Herb Your Enthusiasm: Herb Gardening Essentials” Nov. 18 online.