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 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 Dallas	LGBTQ Outdoors
Camp Fire First Texas	Native Plant Society
Constellation Cemetery Project	Native Prairie Association, Blackland and Fort Worth Chapters
Dallas Crime Prevention	Nothaven Trail
Dallas Environmental Commission	North Texas Wildlife Center
Dallas Parks & Recreation	Oakland Cemetery
Dallas Water Utilities - Stormwater Compliance	Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest
Dan Northcutt Trees	Randy Johnson Organics
DFW Wildlife	Tenison Park Pollinator Garden
Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center	Texas Conservation Alliance
Downtown Dallas Parks Conservancy	Texas Discovery Gardens
Environment Texas	Texas Native Cats
For the Love of the Lake	Texas Wildlife Association
Friends of the Bath House	Trinity River Audubon Center
Greater Dallas Organic Gardening Club	Trinity Valley Bee Association
Herbarium	Twelve Hills Nature Center
Hot Potato Food Truck	Wild DFW
John Snowden Grassman	Windows to the Wild
Lakewood Library Friends	Xerces 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.

https://npsot.org

https://public.ntmn.org

https://texasprairie.org