Learn basic design principles, plant placement, and all about the newest hardscape trends so you can “do it yourself” and save big! Transform your landscape into a beautiful low maintenance, water efficient landscape. Learn tips on how to use the ULandscapeIT tool on our website (WaterUniversity.tamu.edu) to become your own landscape designer. Free.

Presenter is Dr. Ken Steigman, director of the Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area, a 2,600-acre preserve managed by a non-profit consortium headed by The University of North Texas. LLELA's mission is to preserve and restore native ecosystems and biodiversity of north Texas and to provide and promote environmental education and research. Dr. Steigman has 36 years of experience in working with the public to participate and enjoy restoring and managing native ecosystems. 

Create a lush and vibrant landscape with our favorite “Top 100” native and adapted plants, ideal for your North Texas land­scape. You’ll also learn proper soil prepara­tion, proper planting, how to choose the right plant for the right place as well as tips to keep your plants beautiful and healthy year-round. 

Free.

Presented by Dan Caudle, Botanic Research Institute of Texas

The native grassland communities of North Central Texas were historically dominated by tallgrasses along with a diverse community of subdominant midgrasses, shortgrasses and wildflowers in a complex mosaic of vegetation. In recent decades, an alarming amount of native plant communities in our region have been replaced by development, cropland, intensively managed monocultures of introduced grass species, and/or invasive grasses.  

The DIY Sprinkler Expo is a free event to 

Learn the basics of a sprinkler system, easy repairs, new technology and upgrades, landscape recommendations from Master Gardeners, and more.

Free.

Escape to the “wild” side- spend an evening with the FWAS viewing some great wildlife and bird photography submitted by our globe-trotting membership. The annual membership “slide show” features pictures and videos of great birds, wildlife, landscapes and adventures from the past year whether it is from our back yard or far away. 

Info: Scott Hollinger, scotth150@verizon.net

Presentation by Lynda Harvey, a Denton County Master Gardener and member of the Trinity Forks NPSOT chapter. “Plant This, Not That” analyzes multiple factors to create a sustainable garden in North Texas. The objective is to design a residential landscape that is appealing, suitable, economic and responsible, where plants can serve a functional purpose in additional to their aesthetic benefits.

Jeremy Priest (Forester for the city of Arlington) will be leading a walk along the trails, looking at trees - identifying the variety of trees at the Preserve with a focus on historic trees. One of our post oaks may be 200 years old.

Spend "an evening on the ark” as National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore presents National Geographic’s The Photo Ark—a groundbreaking effort to document species before they disappear.

Presented by Jonathan Ogren, UT Austin, Architecture Environmental Planner