The North Texas Water Garden Society

is a nonprofit organization
that was formed to encourage a greater appreciation and
interest in water gardens.
The NTWGS also promotes the study and culture of aquatic plants,
fish and ponds.


We provide information on all aspects of water gardening,
and publish a monthly newsletter,

Water Works,

that contains articles of interest to the beginner
as well as the advanced water gardener.


Now that the official statement is out of the way, the
NTWGS is a bunch of folks who have ponds, wish they had ponds,
or just like the idea of water gardening.

We are an enthusiastic, energetic group of volunteers dedicated to the preservation and enhancementof White Rock Lake Park as an urban oasis.

Working together since 1995, For the Love of the Lake has helped enhance the lake and park with hands-on projects such as picking up litter and recyclables during our monthly Second Saturday Shoreline Spruce-Up events, helping to create the White Rock Lake Museum and The Celebration Tree Grove, working to restore the historic Big Thicket building and other park facilities, painting buildings and restroom murals, and generally assisting the Dallas Park and Recreation Department in maintaining White Rock Lake Park as the Jewel of Dallas.

The Texas Trees Foundation has a vision for our community. It is a community comprised of beautiful, well maintained parks, shady tree-lined streets and boulevards, hiking, biking and nature trails, and other outdoor amenities which combine to form a living and working environment that enhances the economic value of its commercial areas and its neighborhoods, and nurtures the health, safety and quality of life of all its citizens; a community in which its citizens actively participate in building and sustaining its “urban forest.” The Foundation will serve as a catalyst in creating such a community.

The mission of the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center is to both educate the public and provide research opportunities in the areas of water quality and supply, wildlife management, and wetland systems.These ideas reflect and extend the vision of Bunker Sands, a holistic ranch management advocate, who directed the creation of over 2,100 wetland acres on Rosewood Ranches properties in Kaufman, Henderson, Ellis, and Navarro counties.

The constructed wetlands included seasonal emergent wetlands, scrub swamps and flooded bottomland hardwood forest. Several of the original wetlands occurred at Rosewood’s Seagoville Ranch, the site of the Center and of the East Fork Wetland Project, developed and operated by North Texas Municipal Water District.

La Reunion TX is an artist residency in the making in Dallas. It is inspired by nature, that sustains, and renews artists and community through education and outreach. Currently we engage a 35 acre
urban forest as outdoor studio and gallery space.

Someday, we will host artists working in a variety of meida for periods ranging from one week to one year. In exchange for live/work space, jury selected artists will be expected to give back to the community through programs, exhibits, performances and installations. The residency will be as green and high performing as possible, modeling to the community sustainable living.

Our business plan has an eye toward long-term sustainability not only with our facility, but also with the bottom line. We seek to transform our community through art and create lasting social change in Dallas. 

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