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…
Saturday, July 16 from 11am – 2pmREGISTER This workshop will be held at Russell Farm in Burleson on Saturday, July 16 from 11 am – 2pm. Herbalist Christina Moon, will teach us how to incorporate herbs into your daily life. Christina will share this knowledge, some easy herbal collections, balms, Read more…
Saturday March 26th was a beautiful day for a prairie hike at Rocky Creek Park! Many thanks to our hosts from the US Army Corps of Engineers for sharing their knowledge and caring for these valuable public resources.
Saturday, May 28 from 9am – 1pmRegister Join us for this hike to explore some Blackland Prairie flora at the Caddo National Grasslands east of Bonham. Located in Fannin Co., the grasslands encompass 17,873 acres. We will travel to the Ladonia unit. Jeff Quayle & Mary Curry are co-leading this Read more…
Explore the pocket prairie atop hidden hills overlooking the river at Oakmont Park. Join us for a hike to explore a unique hilltop example of the Fort Worth Prairie at Oakmont Park, overlooking the Clear Fork of the Trinity River, just north of the Lake Benbrook spillway. Meet at the Read more…
Join us on this trip to a prime example of an ancient Western Cross Timbers forest, with prairie openings. Slopes and ridges are covered in numerous Pennsylvanian strata with rocks and gravel at the surface. The topography is hilly, with elevations from 1050 feet at the top of the hill Read more…
Monday, February 14, 2022Zoom. Register here. Tonight we welcome Kim Conrow, Immediate Past-President of the Native Plant Society of Texas. We are fortunate that she also lives in the Fort Worth area. The pandemic got Kim and her family outside more often looking for places to explore nature. Thanks to a Read more…
2021 has been another unusual year but we’ve been able to accomplish so much! Join us to see what we’ve done in 2021 & what we’ve got planned in 2022. https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZArduqqqDIjGNRhV8MqHDTLDEyOTC-PYCK7
Save the Date: May 7, 2022–Volunteer Opportunity–Native Plants and Prairie Day at White Rock Lake Bath House Cultural Center This White Rock Lake event will be “revived!” Following in the footsteps of veteran North Texas Master Naturalist leadership, the Blackland Chapter of Native Prairies Association of Texas, in partnership with Read more…