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 2, 2026
10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Bath House Cultural Center at White Rock Lake
521 East Lawther Drive, Dallas, TX
Native Plant Society of Texas Texas Master Naturalist Native Prairies Association of Texas

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 Sam Keischnick - Best Trees for North Texas
11:15 am - 12:00 pm Janet Smith - Year-Round Blooms with Native Perennials
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm Brett Johnson - Goats at Work: Clearing Invasive Plants at White Rock Lake
1:15 pm - 2:00 pm John Snowden - Attractive Native Grasses For Your Monarch Way Station and Pocket Prairie Restoration
2:15: pm - 3:00 pm Erika Swyryn - Tarantulas: SO Awesome!
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm Mei Ling Liu - From Cities to Backyards: Restoring Ecosystems by Reclaiming the Dark

Prairie Tours

10:30 11:30 12:30 1:30
Jake Poinsett - Birds at White Rock Lakes Randy Johnson - Prairie Plants How To for the Home Landscape Ryan Giesecke - Bees in the Urban Ecosystem Sam Kieschnick - Ecosystem Walk
Nancy Wilson - Bath House Garden Native Plants Jocelyn Womack and Tom Willard - Birds at White Rock Lake 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 Canaan Sutton - Traditional Uses of Prairie Plants Judy Meagher - Let’s Go Find Some Bugs
Bob Richie - Useful & Medicinal Prairie Plants Bob Richie - Useful & Medicinal Prairie Plants

Hands-on Children's Activities

Nature trunks ** Nature crafts ** Art activities

Exhibitors

Audubon DallasLGBTQ Outdoors 
Camp Fire First Texas Native Plant Society
Constellation Cemetery ProjectNative Prairie Association, Blackland and Fort Worth Chapters
Dallas Crime PreventionNothaven Trail
Dallas Environmental CommissionNorth Texas Wildlife Center
Dallas Parks & RecreationOakland Cemetery
Dallas Water Utilities - Stormwater CompliancePreservation Society for Spring Creek Forest
Dan Northcutt TreesRandy Johnson Organics
DFW WildlifeTenison Park Pollinator Garden
Dogwood Canyon Audubon CenterTexas Conservation Alliance
Downtown Dallas Parks ConservancyTexas Discovery Gardens
Environment Texas Texas Native Cats
For the Love of the LakeTexas Wildlife Association
Friends of the Bath HouseTrinity River Audubon Center
Greater Dallas Organic Gardening ClubTrinity Valley Bee Association
HerbariumTwelve Hills Nature Center
Hot Potato Food TruckWild DFW
John Snowden Grassman Windows to the Wild
Lakewood Library FriendsXerces Society


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.


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