Classes and Events

The Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful Community Garden program offers Grand Prairie residents and employees an opportunity to grow their own vegetables and develop their gardening skills.

There are six Community Garden locations that are free to join.

Monthly classes focus on a variety of topics to help your garden thrive.

Contact: kgpb@gptx.org or 972-237-4546

Solid Waste and Recycling Division

The city of Grand Prairie's Solid Waste and Recycling Division conducts a composting class that teaches citizens how to turn yard trimmings and other organic waste into soil.

Contact: composting@gptx.org or 972-237-4566

Register

Crime Stoppers is a volunteer run, non-profit organization that offers Grand Prairie residents a chance to shred their personal documents twice per year, once in April and once in October.

The service is free, but a donation to Crime Stoppers of $5 is suggested.

A maximum of 3 boxes of personal documents will be accepted per household.

Business and industrial documents will not be accepted.

For more information, please call 972-890-4130. 

Kirby Creek Experiential Gardens

The Kirby Creek Nature Center's Exhibition Garden is a collaborative effort of the city of Grand Prairie and the Grand Prairie ISD. Kids work with an onsite environmental science instructor to learn about nature and how we impact it. Every student in the district comes out to the garden at least one time in a year.

Contact: composting@gptx.org or 972-237-4566 

Public Works and Environmental Services Departments

The "Make It and Take It Rainwater Barrel Class" teaches residents how to collect and recycle rainwater for gardening and lawn care by using a handmade rain barrel using a large plastic drum, a few parts and some basic tools. The cost for the class including supplies is $40 for Grand Prairie residents and $55 for non-residents.

For information on the next class, call 972-237-8377.

Keep Grand Prairie Beautiful

Topics at the ShadeMakers classes include Good Native Trees for Grand Prairie Soils, How to Plant, Prune and Care for Your Trees, City of Grand Prairie StreetScaping Program, and Volunteer Opportunities.

Information on when the next class is scheduled: 972-237-8152, kgpb@gptx.org.

Public Works Department

The city of Grand Prairie has several water wise demonstration gardens available for tours to civic and educational groups upon request. We have a site at 620 Small Hill that includes a brochure to guide you through the maze of beautiful native and adaptive water wise plants. This includes appropriate signs to identify the plants listed on the brochure map. Several of our water well sites are located in neighborhood situations, and to enhance the community the sites have been landscaped with water wise plants that require less water, fertilizer and pesticides.

These can be toured on request by calling 972-237-8377.