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 6, 2023
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.


	Guest Speakers
	10:15 am - 11:00 am	Carly Aulicky - Pockets and Remnants: Saving Texas Prairies
	11:15 am - 12:00 pm	Carol Clark - Our Native Bees
	12:15 pm - 1:00 pm	Ben Sandifer - Birds of White Rock Lake
	1:15 pm - 2:00 pm	Janet D. Smith - Nature's Best Hope
	2:15: pm - 3:00 pm	Paula Selzer - Nature Photographer, Birding in the City
	3:15 pm - 4:00 pm	Michael Smith - Mindfullness in Nature

Prairie Tours

10:30	11:30	12:30	1:30
Randy Johnson - Prairie Plant Identification, How to for the Home Landscape	Meghan Cassidy - Spiders in the Prairie, Why You Should Love Them	Sam Kieschnick - Documenting Nature on the Prairie	Carol Garrison - iNat: How to Identify Plants in the Wild
John Watts - Inch High Prairie Perspective	John Snowden - Prairie Flowers and Native Grasses	Ricky Linex - Prairie Plants and Their Uses	John Snowden - Prairie Flowers and Native Grasses
Sam Kieschnick - Documenting Nature on the Prairie	Andrew Levi - Plant Identification Using PlantTAGG®	Paula Selzer - Nature Photography Tips	Ricky Linex - Prairie Plants and Their Uses

Hands-on Children's Activities

Nature trunks ** Nature crafts ** Art activities

Exhibitors

Blackland Chapter Native Prairies Association of Texas	Native Plant Society of Texas
Dallas County Herbarium	North Texas Master Naturalists
The City of Dallas Environmental Commission	Quail Forever/Pheasants Forever
DFW Wildlife	Randy Johnson Organics
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center	Spiders and Snakes with Meghan Cassidy, Michael Smith and Carly Arlicky
For the Love of the Lake	St Marks School of Texas Plant Sale
Fort Worth Chapter of the Native Prairies Association of Texas	Tennison Park Pollinator Garden
Greater Dallas Organic Gardening Club	Texas Conservation Alliance
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center	Texas Discovery Gardens
LGBT Outdoors	Texas Native Cats
Native Bees with Carol Clark	Texas Wildlife Association
Window to the Wild

https://npsot.org

https://public.ntmn.org

https://texasprairie.org