Published Friday, February 17, 2012 12:15 AM

Garden calendar

Saturday

* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. Texas Avenue and William Joel Bryan Parkway in Bryan. Locally grown fresh produce and other items. www.brazosvalleyfarmersmarket.com, wisefamilyfarm@gmail.com or 229-5503.

* Brenham Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to noon. 307 South Park Street, Brenham.

* Tenth Street Farmers Market, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Washington Avenue and 10th Street, downtown Navasota. Fruits, vegetables, herbs, jellies & jams and more. 936-661-3210.

* "Successful Gardening in Challenging Climates," 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Brazos Center. Learn about Earth-Kind methods that will make you a successful gardener in times of climatic stress. Topics: "Building Soil Nature's Way," "Texas Tough Plants that Perform," "Water Conserving Landscape Management Practices" and "The Highs and Lows of Gardening: Surviving Extreme Weather." $35 per person includes lunch and snacks. Doors open at 8:30 a.m. brazosmg.com or 823-0129.

Tuesday

* Grimes County Master Gardener's 2012 Training Class, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Grimes County Expo Center Go Texan Building. Earn a Texas Master Gardener Certification. Learn landscaping, soils, botany, entomology, plant diseases, herbs, composting, vegetables and fruits along with many other horticultural topics. Class is each Tuesday through May 15. Applications: www.txmg.org/grimes. 936-874-2728 or 936-873-3907.

* Texas A&M University Women's Club Garden Interest Group, 9:30 a.m. George Bush Presidential Library, education classroom. Program: "Herbs" presented by Henry Flowers, garden director at Round Top Festival Hill Institute. Learn about the herb of 2012 and other edibles that grow well in the Brazos Valley. Free. Visitors welcome. gsmith203@suddenlink.net.

* Gardening 101 Seminar Series, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The Brazos Center. Topic: "Composting and Vermiculture" presented by Molly Harris, master gardener. Learn how to use Earth-Kind methods to turn garbage into gardening gold. Free. Open to the public.

Wednesday

* Brazos Valley Farmers Market, 4 to 7 p.m. Village Foods parking lot, 1760 Briarcrest Drive, Bryan. villagefoods.com or 691-7160.

Thursday

* "Garden Success" Radio Show, noon to 1 p.m. Dr. Doug Welsh, professor at Texas AgriLife Extension Service, Department of Horticultural Sciences. Get advice on gardening in the Brazos Valley on KAMU-FM 90.9. Call in with gardening questions at 845-5689 or email gardensuccess@tamu.edu.

Tell us

* To have your gardening event listed in The Eagle, email calendar@theeagle.com or contact Ginny Smith at gsmith203@suddenlink.net.

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