Monday

Aquaponics: With Glen Miracle, part of Houston Urban Gardeners meeting. 6:30 p.m. at the Houston Garden Center, 1500 Hermann Park Drive; www.HoustonUrbanGardeners.org. Free.

Tuesday

Urban Harvest's prepare-for-the-fruit-tree-sale talk: 6:30-9 p.m. at United Way, 50 Waugh Drive; 713-880-5540, www.urbanharvest.org. $5.

Harris County Master Gardeners Fruit Sale Overview: 6:30 p.m. at Harris County AgriLife office, 3033 Bear Creek Drive. Free.

Wednesday

How to Attract Birds and Butterflies: A Precinct 2 Harris County Master Gardeners program with Kathy Adams Clark. 10 a.m. in the meeting room at Clear Lake Park, 5001 NASA Parkway, Seabrook. Free.

Friday

Inside the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Gardens: Reception and presentation by Jimmy Turner, senior director of gardens.6-8 p.m. at Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens, 22306 Aldine-Westfield. Reservations required; 281-443-8731, www.hcp4.net/mercer. Mercer Society members $18 single, $30 couple; nonmembers $20 single, $35 couple.

Email events in this format at least two weeks in advance to kathy.huber@chron.com.