Groundwork Dallas Cleanup Saturday 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM Join Groundwork Dallas at Frasier Dam Recreation Area, a unique 116-acre urban wilderness. Help us restore and improve this area through litter clean-up and removal, trail building, and maintenance. Location: 9300 Stemmons Fwy, Dallas, TX 75247. Take the I-35 South ramp off of Harry Hines Blvd; entrance is to the right just under the bridge. **Look for the Yellow Feather Flags That Say ‘Parking’ to Find Us** Please wear closed-toe shoes, pants, high socks, and long sleeves. All......
Let’s Go EcoParking! Saturday, June 22, 2019 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM The 2019 NTMN class is hosting an open house at the new AgriLife EcoPark on June 22. Daniel Cunningham, Project Director for the AgriLife Water University, of which EcoPark is a part, will give a presentation, followed by a tour. The presentation and tour will describe this exciting new facility’s green infrastructure, rainwater harvesting and rainwater catchment and detention system, including a 3-acre detention pond that is planted in native plants, and four acres of blackland......
Native Landscape Certification Program Saturday, June 22, 2019 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM The Level 2 class of the Native Landscape Certification Program, Design and Development with Native Plants, will be held June 22 in Fort Worth. This class covers learning to create landscape designs incorporating native plants, recognizing important considerations for creating a design, and determining how to preserve native plants in your landscape. The class consists of an indoor training session and a 2-hour outdoor plant walk. The class is sponsored by the Native Plant Society......
Seductive Succulents at TDG Saturday, June 22, 2019 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Learn how to grow and propagate these intriguing plants and take home several succulent cuttings. $15; $10 members Register online at https://txdg.org/workshops Location: Texas Discovery Gardens, 3601 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Gate 6, Dallas 75210 Website: https://txdg.org TA 5/29/19
Benthic Algae as Indicators of Texas Stream Health Saturday, June 22, 2019 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM This talk, Benthic Algae as Indicators of Texas Stream Health, is presented by Dr. Katrina Pound of University of Texas at Arlington. She studies stream ecology, especially the algal producers which make up the base of aquatic food chains. Location: Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center, 1206 W. FM 1382, Cedar Hill, TX 75104, just south of Cedar Hill State Park entrance Organization website: http://tx.audubon.org/dogwood.html For information: Rose Mercer at rmercer@mcguirewoods.com TA 3/24/19
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