Native Plants and Prairies Day

Presented by Native Plant Society of Texas, Dallas Chapter; Texas Master Naturalist, North Texas Chapter; and the Native Prairies Association of Texas, Blackland Prairie Chapter

Saturday, May 3, 2025
10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake
521 East Lawther Drive, Dallas, TX

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.

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	Guest Speakers
	10:15 am - 11:00 am	Zandra Faris - Best Trees for North Texas
	11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Canaan Sutton - Saving Hall's Prairie Clover in Dallas' Disappearing Limestone Prairie
	12:15 pm - 1:00 pm	Sean and Chrissy Cortez-Mathis - Creatures in the Garden
	1:15 pm - 2:00 pm	Monica Morrison - Mountain Lions and Ocelots: A Turning Point
	2:15: pm - 3:00 pm	Michael Smith - Mindfulness in Nature
	3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Karin and Roberto Saucedo - Coyotes: Living in Harmony with America's Song Dog

Prairie Tours

10:30	11:30	12:30	1:30
Jake Poinsett - Birds at White Rock Lakes	John Watts - Inch High Prairie Pespective	Zandra Ferris - Identifying Trees in Your Neighborhood	Sam Kieschnick - Ecosystem Walk
Nancy Wilson - Bath House Garden Native Plants	Randy Johnson - Prairie Plants How to for the Home Landscape	Sam Kieschnick - Ecosystem Walk	Canaan Sutton - Traditional Uses of Prairie Plants
John Watts - Inch High Prairie Perspective	Judy Meagher - Let’s Go Find Some Bugs	Robert Richie - Useful & Medicinal Prairie Plants	Ryan Giesecke - Bees in the Urban Ecosystem
Robert Richie - Useful & Medicinal Prairie Plants

Hands-on Children's Activities

Nature trunks ** Nature crafts ** Art activities

Exhibitors

Blackland Chapter Native Prairies Association of Texas	Constellation Cemetary Project
Dallas County Master Gardeners	Dallas Environmental Commission
Dallas Parks	DFW Wildlife
Dogwood Canyon	Environment Texas
For the Love of the Lake	Friends of the Bathhouse
Ft Worth Native Prairies Association of Texas/Blackland	Greater Dallas Organic Gardening Club
Herbarium	Jenani Tzhone
John Bunker Sands	Michael Smith
North Texas Wildlife Center	Native Plant Society of Texas
North Texas Master Naturalist Outreach Table	Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest
Randy Johnson	St Marks Horticulture Team
Tennison Park Pollinator Garden	Texas Conservation Alliance
Texas Discovery Gardens	Texas Native Cats
Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation	Texas Wildlife Association
Trinity River Audubon Center	Trinity Valley Bee Association
Wild DFW

NOTE ABOUT PARKING: Nearby overflow parking is available in White Rock Lake Park at Dreyfuss Point, Stone Tables, Big Thicket, Boy Scout Hill, and along E. Lawther Dr. Additional parking may be available on adjacent neighborhood streets, as permitted.

https://npsot.org

https://public.ntmn.org

https://texasprairie.org