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 4, 2024
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	Judy Meagher - Insects of the Prairie
	11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Karin and Roberto Saucedo - Coyotes: Living in Harmony with America's Song Dog
	12:15 pm - 1:00 pm	Amy Martin - Discover North Texas Prairies
	1:15 pm - 2:00 pm	John Watts - What's the Buzz: An Introduction to the Bees of North Texas
	2:15: pm - 3:00 pm	Nancy Wilson - Landscaping for Birds
	3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Janet Smith - Year-Round Blooms with Native Perennials

Prairie Tours

10:30	11:30	12:30	1:30
Ricky Linex - Prairie Plants & Their Uses	Canaan Sutton - History and Ethnobotany of the White Rock Prairie	Ricky Linex - Prairie Plants and Their Uses	Sam Kieschnick - Documenting Nature
Sam Kieschnick - Documenting Nature	John Snowden - Prairie Flowers and Native Grasses	Randy Johnson - Prairie Plant “How To” for the Home Landscape	Canaan Sutton - The Secret Lives of Prairie Plants
John Watts - Inch High Prairie Perspective	Judy Meagher - Let’s Go Find Some Bugs	Bob Richie - Edible, Medicinal, and Useful Plants of the Blackland Prairie	Jake Poinsett - Birds at White Rock Lake
	Nancy Wilson - Bath House Native Plants		John Snowden - Prairie Flowers and Native Grasses

Hands-on Children's Activities

Nature trunks ** Nature crafts ** Art activities

Exhibitors

Blackland Chapter Native Prairies Association of Texas	NTMN Program Table
Dallas County Herbarium	Dallas County Herbarium
Dallas County Master Gardeners	Randy Johnson Organics
Dallas County Office of Environmental Sustainability	Redenta's Garden
Dan Northcutt Native Trees Tennison Park Pollinator Garden	Tennison Park Pollinator Garden
DFW Wildlife Coalition	DFW Wildlife Coalition Texas Conservation Alliance
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center	Texas Discovery Gardens
For the Love of the Lake	For the Love of the Lake Texas Native Bees
Friends of the Bath House	Texas Native Cats
Ft Worth Chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas	Texas Wildlife Association
Greater Dallas Organic Gardening Club	Trinity River Audubon Center
Jenani Tzhone – Author of The Coots of White Rock	Twelve Hills Nature Center
LGBT Outdoors	LBGT Outdoors Windows To the Wild
Amy Martin – Author of 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