Fall Kids Fest at the Museum, September 26, 2015 

Bring the entire family out for a fun filled, FREE outdoor event at the Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land on Sept 26 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Great Grow, Inc, a 501(c)3 charitable organization, supporting organic school gardens, along with H-E-B and H-E-Buddywill present a Pumpkin Patch adventure and a food tasting.   Learn all about the importance of our pollinators to our food supply, view a living bee hive, tour the museum butterfly garden, learn to raise endangered Monarch butterflies in your own back yard! There will be an array of children's activities and vendors including a Habitat Plant sale featuring plants from Treesearch Farms and the Brookwood Community. Sugar land Police Officers and their families will receive free James Coney Island Hot Dogs at the event.

The Great Grow, Inc. sponsors an annual school garden competition and donates $500 to each participating school to be used for the implementation of their garden. The gardens must be organic, incorporate rain harvesting and composting. This year's participating schools include Middle Schools: David Crockett, First Colony, Elementary Schools: Arizona Fleming, Barbara Jordan, Highlands, Lakeview, Mission Bend, Mission West, Oyster Creek, Ridgemont, Townewest, Walker Station.

For more information on the Fall Kids Fest or to volunteer, visit www.TheGreatGrow.com or Diana Miller at 713-724-3113. The Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugar Land is located at 13016 University Blvd, just north of Highway 59 in the Telfair neighborhood.