Here's a roundup of Native Plant Sales starting this month. Above, Turk's cap provides food for hummingbirds. Photo by Karl Thibodeaux.
Sept. 5, 2018
Now that the long hot summer is winding down, it’s time to spruce up your gardens. Make sure you’re including native plants in your landscape.
Not only do native plants do better in the Texas heat, they require less water than exotics. They also provide food for pollinators and native wildlife.
Dallas and Plano are hosting their annual waterwise garden tours in October. Photos courtesy of city of Plano.
Can you have an attractive yard in DFW without running up your water bill? Two garden tours give North Texans a chance to check out the yards of folks who have mastered the art of sustainable gardening.
The city of Dallas pioneered the event, launching its annual Waterwise Tour 24 years ago. Plano began its own tour six years ago and both cities have transitioned from a spring event to a fall tour in October.
PLANO TOUR
Birding tourism, a huge industry in the Rio Grande Valley, could be affected by negative environmental impacts of the border wall. Above, a Kisskadee perches at Resaca de la Palma, a World Birding Center Texas state park. Photo by Callie Richmond/The Texas Tribune.
Aug. 1, 2018
The whimsical frog fountain at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden entrance is one of the features in need of repair at the city-owned park. Photos by Julie Thibodeaux.
June 26, 2018
The frog fountains at the entrance to the Fort Worth Botanic Garden aren’t flowing, the Moon Bridge is closed, the Scent Garden dismantled and the Conservatory has been shuttered for nearly two years.
Former First Lady Laura Bush inspects the monarch station at Klyde Warren Park in Dallas, a project of her nonprofit Texan by Nature. Photos courtesy of Texan by Nature.
May 25, 2018
Lady Bird Johnson was an advocate for conservation who inspired the Highway Beautification Act and founded the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Now a fellow First Lady from Texas is following in her footsteps.
Tracey Fandre of Garland uploaded the most observations for DFW during the recent iNaturalist bioblitz. Photo by Debra Stovall-Tromble.
May 4, 2018
Nature still thrives in the concrete jungle we call the Metroplex – And so do nature lovers.
That’s what more than 800 North Texas nature enthusiasts proved last weekend, when they descended on backyards, alleys, creekbeds and parks armed with their smart phones and cameras for the global iNaturalist City Nature Challenge.
DFW will be competing with 70 cities around the globe to record most observations of nature on iNaturalist April 27-30. Photos courtesy of Sam Kieschnick via iNaturalist.
April 24, 2018
Last year when iNaturalist hosted the nationwide City Nature Challenge, no one expected DFW to win.
