Native Plants and Prairies Day

Saturday, May 7, 2022
10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Bath House Cultural Center 521 East Lawther Drive Dallas, TX
Presented by Native Prairies Association of Texas and Texas Master Naturalist, North Texas Chapter

Native Plants and Prairies Day is a fun free event for families to celebrate our blackland prairies here in North Texas. Join us for our speakers, exhibits, tours and kid's activities.

Native Plants and Prairies Day highlights the importance and value of our North Texas prairies as habitat for bugs, birds and mammals and as a vital natural resource.


	Guest Speakers
	10:15 am - 11:00 am	Daniel Cunningham founder of Rooted In
	11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Becky Rader White Rock prairie history
	12:15 pm - 1:00 pm	Ben Sandifer Birds of White Rock Lake
	1:15 pm - 2:00 pm	Brett Johnson Urban Biologist, Dallas Parks Department
	2:15: pm - 3:00 pm	Sean Fitzgerald Prairie and nature photography
	3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Sean Fitzgerald Photo field trip (limited to 15 people) Field trip will have demonstrations of equipment and techniques. Participants are welcome to bring their own camera or phone and a tripod if they wish. Wear long pants and shoes since we will walk into the prairie.

Prairie Tours

10:30	11:30	12:30	1:30
Randy Johnson -- Prairie Plant Identification, Growing Culture and How to Use in Home Landscapes	John Snowden -- Spring Grasses, Wildflowers and Their Community as a Prairie	Dana Wilson -- Invasive Species and Threats to the Prairie	Carol Garrison -- iNaturalist: How to Identify Plants and Animals in the Wild
Bob Richie -- Edible, Medicinal and Useful Plants of the Blackland Prairie	Megan Peoples -- Prairie Plant Ecology	Nancy Griswold -- A tour of the Bath House Gardens	John Snowden -- Spring Grasses, Wildflowers and Their Community as a Prairie
Nancy Griswold -- A tour of the Bath House Gardens	Suzanne Tuttle -- The Prairie and its Pollinators		Suzanne Tuttle -- The Prairie and its Pollinators

Hands-on Children's Activities

Nature trunks ** Nature crafts ** Art activities

Exhibitors

North Texas Master Naturalists	Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center
Texas AgriLife Extension Center	Spiders and Snakes with Meghan Cassidy
Blackland Chapter Native Prairies Association of Texas	John Bunker Sands Wetland Center
Fort Worth Chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas	LGBT Outdoors
Native Plant Society of Texas	Randy Johnson Organics
Greater Dallas Organic Garden Club	Quail Forever/Pheasants Forever
For the Love of the Lake	North Texas Municipal Water District Stream Hydrology
Texas Conservation Alliance	Greater Dallas Organic Gardening Club
Tenison Park Pollinator Garden	Michael A. Smith, Herpetologist

https://public.ntmn.org

https://texasprairie.org