Fort Worth Chapter

Prairie Seekers – Toolbox – Saturday, September 24, at Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge

The Prairie Seekers Toolbox is an educational series designed to build identification skills and ecological knowledge of prairies. In addition to plant identification, the focus of this training session will be the use of prescribed burning and the resulting fire effects. The Prairie Seekers Toolbox program is underwritten in part by a Read more…

By Fort Worth, ago

Watch this space!

We’ve got a Fall Prairie Seekers planned for Saturday, September 26 at the Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge. We’ll post registration information and details soon. The Prairie Seekers Toolbox is a five-part educational series designed to build identification skills and ecological knowledge of prairies. Each event can be attended Read more…

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Matt White, the author of Prairie Time: A Blackland Portrait at BRIT Reads Book Club Meeting – Monday, June 27, 2022 at Noon

From: Ana Niño, Librarian at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden|Botanical Research Institute of Texas (FWBG|BRIT) I wanted to reach out to personally invite your membership to attend our next BRIT Reads book club meeting on Monday, June 27, 2022 from 12 – 1 PM.  Matt White, the author of Prairie Time: A Blackland Portrait, will be Read more…

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People for Prairies Pre-Tour
The tour starts at 4:00 p.m. and there is no extra cost.

Enjoy a fascinating step into both ancient history and a commercial model of modern, low impact, land development. The unique field trip starts with a brief walking tour to the top of The Mound ~ Town of Flower Mound’s namesake. Situated on the highest ground between Dallas, Ft Worth, and Denton. The Mound is a spectacular, never been plowed 12.5-acre Blackland Prairie remnant that once blanketed 12 million acres of Texas. Views from atop The Mound offers a vista into the vastness of the Metroplex and a place to reflect upon the past and future.

Next stop on the pre-dinner tour we visit Prairie Commons, a 5-acre mixed-use office and retail complex featuring 100% native prairie landscaping from seed, a 100,000-gallon capacity rainwater harvest system, rain gardens that filter stormwater runoff, and night sky friendly lighting.

Bill Neiman, founder of Native American Seed, will lead the tour. You will be captivated by his deep knowledge of both properties. Diane Wetherbee, Director of The Flower Mound Foundation, will also join to provide additional insight.

The tour starts at 4:00 p.m. and there is no extra cost. If interested, make your selection as you purchase tickets. You will receive more information about the tour logistics within a couple of weeks prior to the event.

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