Education is one of the most important allies to the almost-extinct Texas prairie ecosystem. This year Della led 7 teacher workshops that could reach over 22,000 students. Read more »
Saturday July 16, 2022 at the Russell Farm in Burleson, TX Native Plant Herbal Workshop$40*Registration is $40. Proceeds from registration support outreach & education for Native Prairies Association of Texas, provide light snacks & materials for the workshop, Russell Farm facility rental.REGISTER This workshop will be held at Russell Farm Read more…
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…
Fort Worth Star-TelegramJune 27, 2022 The Fort Worth City Council will vote Tuesday on whether to expand the future Rock Creek Ranch Park, which is slated to be developed south of Benbrook Lake in southwest Fort Worth. If approved, the city would pay $3 million for roughly 22 acres belonging Read more…
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…
We had a great day of Prairie Seekers training at Leo Ranch on Saturday. The heat didn’t even phase these prairie ramblers!
2022 Blackland Prairie Lone Star Land Steward “Over 99% of Texas’ tallgrass prairies have disappeared. But thanks to the efforts of one family, a piece of the prairie is being preserved forever. Karl and Kelli Ebel, along with their two sons, are restoring native grasslands that had been severely overgrazed Read more…
Fort Worth chapter of NPAT hosted a prairie walk on the Caddo National Grassland in NE Texas near Ladonia yesterday. We just missed yellow wild indigo blooming but saw it’s large seed heads. A tiny butterfly uses ONLY this plant to live. They also stay in one place so if Read more…
Our hosts, Kim and Kent Olson, have spent the past ten years transforming a worn-out 83-acre peanut farm into beautiful gardens for wildlife, an organic orchard and a maturing prairie restoration. 100% of their water is captured rainfall and a solar array provides more than half the power for their Read more…
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.
