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1. World’s Best Cactus Hotel Is In the Valley: (Around Town); By Colleen Hook, Executive Director at Quinta Mazatlán The best cactus hotel in the world is right in our backyard, the Prickly Pear Hotel. This hotel offers everything from food, water, shelter, medicines ...; Created on 23 June 2020
2. One Special Evening a Cactus May Surprise You: (Around Town); ... The cactus is also popular in rock gardens and can be grown from stem cuttings. The Night Blooming Cereus has a tuberous, turnip-like root weighing 15 pounds but in some specimens, they weigh over 100 ...; Created on 18 May 2020
3. Life is Like a Cactus-Prickly but Beautiful: (Around Town); Colleen Curran Hook, Executive Director of Quinta Mazatlán There is a saying, “Life is like a cactus, prickly but beautiful” and the Strawberry Cactus is like Life. They flower in April with purple-pink-red ...; Created on 17 April 2020
4. January 7, 2026 - Parks Calendar: (Parks Calendar); ... Cactus Willie & the Drifter, pass the hat. Entertainment - Pharr South Park, Pharr, 6:30pm, Jonny Bird, $10pp. 1402 S. Cage Blvd. Square Dance - Alamo Palms MH & RV Park, 6:30-9pm, MS & Plus with Rounds. ...; Created on 05 January 2026
5. December 31, 2025 - Parks Calendar: (Parks Calendar); ... 3-5pm, Ron Moshier, pass the hat. Happy Hour - Southern Comfort Resort, Weslaco, 3-4:30pm, Cactus Willie & the Drifter, pass the hat. Entertainment - Pharr South Park, Pharr, 6:30pm, Jonny Bird, $10pp. ...; Created on 29 December 2025
6. December 23, 2025 - Parks Calendar: (Parks Calendar); ... Hour - Southern Comfort Resort, Weslaco, 3-4:30pm, Cactus Willie & the Drifter, pass the hat. Entertainment - Pharr South Park, Pharr, 6:30pm, Jonny Bird, $10pp. 1402 S. Cage Blvd. Square Dance - Alamo ...; Created on 22 December 2025
7. December 17, 2025 - Parks Calendar: (Parks Calendar); ... Comfort Resort, Weslaco, 3-4:30pm, Cactus Willie & the Drifter, pass the hat. Entertainment - Pharr South Park, Pharr, 6:30pm, Jonny Bird, $10pp. 1402 S. Cage Blvd. Square Dance - Alamo Palms MH & ...; Created on 15 December 2025
8. Soar into 2024 with a First Day Hike: (Around Town); ... State Park. The scavenger hunt has two options and can be guided or self-guided. Participants can pick up a list at the main office. The guided hike is at 2 p.m. at the Cactus Cut Trailhead. Welcome ...; Created on 27 December 2023
9. Local artists featured at Holiday Night Shopping: (Around Town); ... in the Nature Gift Store, collect the precious knitted cactus by Elvira Uriegas & Lamb’s Loom. Unique to the Rio Grande Valley, Cappadona Ranch will be selling Mesquite Bean Natural Products and Chris ...; Created on 12 December 2023
10. The hardy mesquite tree: (Column: On The Road); ... irritation. Herbal cures have been used for ages. Books have been written regarding remedies found in native plants. Penicillin is produced from the mold that grows on bread. The prickly pear cactus ...; Created on 14 March 2023
11. Mandarin Duck spotlights at Harlingen park: (Around Town); ... duck. Galvan, who lives in Laredo, said he loves wildlife and nature. He has been collecting cactus of all species since he was seven years old. Being a nurse full-time, he developed photography as a hobby. ...; Created on 01 November 2022
12. Get ready for the Annual RGV Birding Festival : (Around Town); ... Laguna Madre, Arroyo Colorado, Bahia Grande, Bentsen-RGV State Park, bird banding, birding for new birders, Boca Chica, Cactus Creek, butterflies, Quinta Mazatlan, Estero Llano Grande, King Ranch, wetlands, ...; Created on 25 October 2022
13. Altar honors threatened, endangered animals and plant species: (Around Town); ... Lizard. There are also many plants that are endangered, like the beautiful Star Cactus and the Black Lace Cactus. “Why should we care about endangered species? Our ecosystem is like a spider web. It ...; Created on 02 November 2021
14. RGV full of festivals and other events: (Column: On The Road); ... originally by the Armadillos. That put Austin on the map as the music capitol of Texas. So why not a Pelican Festival? Or how about a Bob Cat Festival? Maybe even a cactus festival would be fun. Surely, ...; Created on 02 November 2021
15. Master Gardener Plant Sale this weekend: (Around Town); ... 509 E. Earling Rd. in San Juan. There will be a large variety of landscaping and house plants, cactus, succulents, Texas superstars, and native plants for sale. There will also be fruit trees such as ...; Created on 19 October 2021
16. Mission: Founded on Faith and Agriculture: (News); ... the newly departed and teaching the Word of God to the families who lived on the ranches. They rode through scrub brush filled with long thorns and cactus. They never dismounted in the little towns and ...; Created on 29 December 2020
17. McAllen forging ahead: (Column: On The Road); ... Actually, the native shrubs and trees were thorny, evergreen Rio Grande ash, cedar elm and honey mesquite mixed with a lot of cactus. Early land promoters saw the possibility and brought palm trees in ...; Created on 03 November 2020
18. Guided tram tour explores urban oasis: (Around Town); ... the Tamaulipas thorn forest found on both sides of the border 200 years ago, according to Tom. Several types of cactus, but especially the prickly pear variety serve as a food source for many animals, ...; Created on 11 March 2020
19. Free guided nature walks offered: (Around Town); Harlingen’s Hugh Ramsey Nature Park boasts 250 some species of Rio Grande Valley native plants, shrubs, trees, cactus and the untold numbers of birds, butterflies and critters that use this native habitat. ...; Created on 12 November 2019
20. Nominations sought for Valley Star Awards: (Valley Star Awards); ... Edwards, Jim Staton, Dennis Amundson, Tyler Volrath, Loren Wolfe, Richard Wolfe, Michael Quaintance, Rolando Reyes, Paul Eve, Tim Dirth, Willie Knight, Ralph Kuster, Doug Perser, Charles Casterline (Cactus ...; Created on 02 December 2016

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