Events

 Learn. Design. Plant: A Beginner’s Guide to Native Landscaping

Kickstart 2026 by transforming your yard into a thriving habitat for nature, beauty, and balance.

with Haeley Giambalvo, Owner, Native Backyards Home - Native Backyards and Author of “A Beginner's Guide to Native Landscaping”.

Join Haeley for a sixty-minute discussion and high-level overview of a beginner's guide to ecological landscaping with native plants in Texas.

1. Learn:   Native Plant Database - How to find the right plants for your ecoregion of Texas.

2. Design: Native Backyard's Landscape Design - How to plan and design the right place for native plants in your garden.

3. Plant:    Native Plant Gardening for Beginners - A story of how you start, where you find plants, how you comlete a landscape with native plants. 

4. Q&A:     Questions and Answers from the audience.

In this special collaboration, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, joins youth leader and Nurture Natives founder Esther Bonney for an intergenerational conversation about belonging, reciprocity, and native plant action. 

Together, they will explore questions such as:

How do we create opportunities for young people to have a voice and feel empowered, even when they are not homeowners or decision makers?What kinds of relationships and mentorships help people stay engaged in native plant work over decades?Why do stories, shared practices, and community invitations matter just as much as plant lists?

Robin and Esther will reflect on what invites people into this work, what keeps them here, and what elders and youth have to teach each other.

Green Acres iNaturalist Pollinator Photography Exhibition presented by the Texas Master Naturalist Elm Fork Chapter winners of the H-E-B Grocery “Pollinator's for Texas” 2026 grant.  Exhibit is free during regular library hours:

Monday - Thursday    9 AM - 9 PM CT
Friday- Saturday       11 AM - 5 PM CT
Sunday                               1  PM - 5 PM CT

Attendees vote for their favorite iNaturalist Pollinator Photo.  Wild Ones DFW received recognition as one of the sponsoring organizations of this exhibition.

Our upcoming webinar with Basil Camu explores practical, evidence based ways to heal suburban and urban landscapes by working with trees, soil, and natural systems, drawing on real world practices from Leaf & Limb and community centered models for restoring life where we live, work, and play.!  

Common Ground North Richland Hills Community Garden invites you to a free Spring Gardening Seminar on Saturday, February 21, 2026 starting at 9 AM and ending at 11 AM CT in the Grand Hall at the North Richland Hills Centre, 6000 Hawk Ave, North Richland Hills, TX 76180.

Gardening experts will speak on a variety of topics and answer all of your gardening questions.  Admission is free.

Wild Ones DFW chapter members can volunteer to provide Wild Ones information at this event.  Training and Wild Ones DFW Talking Points will be provided.  No prior experience necessary.

For more information, or to volunteer contact Teddi Zonker at [email protected]

Invasive species are non-native plants or animals that spread outside their natural range and can negatively affect ecosystems, wildlife habitat, and people.

During Native Species Awareness Week, take a look around your landscape and identify any invasive plants present.  Remove invasives and replace them with native plant alternatives that will support a healthier local ecosystem.

Want to help bees, butterflies, and other pollinators?  This presentation, presented by the Town of Flower Mound Environmental Services Spring Speaker Series, will guide you through creating a certified wildlife habitat to make your yard a welcoming place for these important helpers.  From choosing the right plants to creating cozy habitats, you'll learn the essential elements to enhance your garden's beauty and support local wildlife.  Free.  Registration in advance requested.

The monthly Wild Ones DFW Chapter Board Meeting is held monthly on the second Thursday of the month from 7 PM to 8:30 PM CT.

Wild Ones DFW Chapter Members are welcome to attend.  To attend, please send a request to [email protected] to receive an invitation to the Wild Ones DFW Board meetings.

March 16-20, 2026 is Phenology Week - a virtual celebration of the seasonal cycles of plants and animals. The purpose of Phenology Week is to celebrate YOU, Nature's Notebook observers, Local Phenology Programs, and partners! 

We'll have webinars, awards, daily challenges, observer stories, and more

Monday, March 16, 12 PM CT

Watching plants, witnessing change

Nature's Notebook, a platform for tracking seasonal activity in plants and animals, is used by both backyard observers and groups of individuals called Local Phenology Programs. 

USA-NPN Director Theresa Crimmins will discuss patterns emerging in observations that have been collected by dedicated observers in the Southwest region,with special focus on a long-running Local Phenology Program based at the ABQ BioPark.

March 16-20, 2026 is Phenology Week - a virtual celebration of the seasonal cycles of plants and animals. The purpose of Phenology Week is to celebrate YOU, Nature's Notebook observers, Local Phenology Programs, and partners! 

We'll have webinars, awards, daily challenges, observer stories, and more.

Bring your pencils, crayons, and paint and create a Phenology Wheel with us based on Nature's Notebook data! We'll walk you through how to create a circular calendar that displays your favorite plant and animal seasonal events. No artistry skills required! 

You'll need either a paper plate or piece of paper (with something round to use to draw a circle on top) and something to draw/color with.

March 16-20, 2026 is Phenology Week - a virtual celebration of the seasonal cycles of plants and animals. The purpose of Phenology Week is to celebrate YOU, Nature's Notebook observers, Local Phenology Programs, and partners! 

We'll have webinars, awards, daily challenges, observer stories, and more.

The first serious book I ever read was Alone by Richard E. Byrd. A gift from my father when I was eight, the book is a memoir about Byrd’s over-winter in Antarctica in the early 1930s. The book shaped my life around these themes: spending time alone, living a mobile life, making observations about the world around me, and shaping my life around the seasons.

Much of this is true of anyone who practices phenology, but the mobile part is distinct. In my talk, I will take you with me as I follow the seasons, back and forth between Acadia Park in Maine and the Pacific Coast in San Diego in my Dodge Grand Caravan, which I have fitted out for this grand sort of life.

Bio: Mark Hineline was trained as an interdisciplinary scholar in history, philosophy and sociology of science. He has taught at the University of California, San Diego, and is the author of Ground Truth: A Guide to Tracking Climate Change at Home..

Join Joey Santore, creator of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, for a candid Wild Ones National Webinar examining how inherited garden aesthetics shape native plant landscapes. Drawing on field experience and real ecology, Joey challenges tidy design norms and explores why dense, irregular plant communities are often the most resilient and ecologically sound.

March 16-20, 2026 is Phenology Week - a virtual celebration of the seasonal cycles of plants and animals. The purpose of Phenology Week is to celebrate YOU, Nature's Notebook observers, Local Phenology Programs, and partners! 

We'll have webinars, awards, daily challenges, observer stories, and more.

The new Nature’s Notebook mobile app includes new features long requested by Nature’s Notebook observers as well as a new leveled approach to making observations. This session will go in depth on the new features of the new app and answer your questions.

March 16-20, 2026 is Phenology Week - a virtual celebration of the seasonal cycles of plants and animals. The purpose of Phenology Week is to celebrate YOU, Nature's Notebook observers, Local Phenology Programs, and partners! 

We'll have webinars, awards, daily challenges, observer stories, and more.

Hear from scientists who have used Nature’s Notebook data in their research and have a chance to ask them questions. 

This workshop provides an overview of the USA-National Phenology Network and how you can use their application, Nature's Notebook, to record the life-cycle of native pollinator plants.  You'll receive training to be a community scientist and then observe phenological activity in youryard to help our understanding of how seasonal changes impact our environment, native host and nectar plants and pollinators.

This Native Plant Sale brings together three organizations: Texas Conservation Alliance’s Native Plant Propagation Center, Wild Ones DFW: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes and the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop - East Dallas for a community-focused celebration of Texas ecology. 

Shoppers can explore a diverse selection of locally propagated native plants—each grown by the Texas Conservation Alliance's Native Plant Propagation Center to support healthy habitats, conserve water, and attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. 

Members of Wild Ones DFW will be on hand to offer guidance and information about native plants and natural landscape designs. 

Hosted by Wild Birds Unlimited, the sale offers an inviting opportunity for gardeners, nature lovers, and conservation-minded residents to enrich their landscapes with plants that truly belong in North Texas.

This Native Plant Sale brings together three organizations: Texas Conservation Alliance’s Native Plant Propagation Center, Wild Ones DFW: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes and the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop - East Dallas for a community-focused celebration of Texas ecology. 

Shoppers can explore a diverse selection of locally propagated native plants—each grown by the Texas Conservation Alliance's Native Plant Propagation Center to support healthy habitats, conserve water, and attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. 

Members of Wild Ones DFW will be on hand to offer guidance and information about native plants and natural landscape designs. 

Hosted by Wild Birds Unlimited, the sale offers an inviting opportunity for gardeners, nature lovers, and conservation-minded residents to enrich their landscapes with plants that truly belong in North Texas.

This Native Plant Sale brings together three organizations: Texas Conservation Alliance’s Native Plant Propagation Center, Wild Ones DFW: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes and the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop - Keller for a community-focused celebration of Texas ecology. 

Shoppers can explore a diverse selection of locally propagated native plants—each grown by the Texas Conservation Alliance's Native Plant Propagation Center to support healthy habitats, conserve water, and attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. 

Members of Wild Ones DFW will be on hand to offer guidance and information about native plants and natural landscape designs. 

Hosted by Wild Birds Unlimited, the sale offers an inviting opportunity for gardeners, nature lovers, and conservation-minded residents to enrich their landscapes with plants that truly belong in North Texas.

This Native Plant Sale brings together three organizations: Texas Conservation Alliance’s Native Plant Propagation Center, Wild Ones DFW: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes and the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop - Burleson for a community-focused celebration of Texas ecology. 

Shoppers can explore a diverse selection of locally propagated native plants—each grown by the Texas Conservation Alliance's Native Plant Propagation Center to support healthy habitats, conserve water, and attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. 

Members of Wild Ones DFW will be on hand to offer guidance and information about native plants and natural landscape designs. 

Hosted by Wild Birds Unlimited, the sale offers an inviting opportunity for gardeners, nature lovers, and conservation-minded residents to enrich their landscapes with plants that truly belong in North Texas.

In 1980, Texas Woman's University was designated as the location for the annual celebration of Texas Wildflower Day, 

TWU adjunct instructor Carroll Abbott, who was also a wildflower preservationist and lobbyist and founder of the Native Plant Society of Texas, joined former TWU president Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey in lobbying the Texas legislature in the late 1970s to have the fourth Saturday in April designated as Texas Wildflower Day.

The Dr. Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden is the site of each year's celebration, as well as the Ann Stuart Science Center.

“The Texas Woman's University recognizes that the beauty of its native plants has enriched the history of our State and the lives of its people," Blagg Huey said in 1980. "Thus, it has a strong commitment to the conservation, dissemination and appreciation of our state's wildflowers. From this commitment, strong advocacy developed within the University community to support the statutory designation of a State Wildflower Day.”

Details about the events, exhibits, lectures, contests, guided tours of the Butterfly Garden, and workshops will be available in early April 2026.

In 1980, Texas Woman's University was designated as the location for the annual celebration of Texas Wildflower Day, 

TWU adjunct instructor Carroll Abbott, who was also a wildflower preservationist and lobbyist and founder of the Native Plant Society of Texas, joined former TWU president Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey in lobbying the Texas legislature in the late 1970s to have the fourth Saturday in April designated as Texas Wildflower Day.

The Dr. Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden is the site of each year's celebration, as well as the Ann Stuart Science Center.

“The Texas Woman's University recognizes that the beauty of its native plants has enriched the history of our State and the lives of its people," Blagg Huey said in 1980. "Thus, it has a strong commitment to the conservation, dissemination and appreciation of our state's wildflowers. From this commitment, strong advocacy developed within the University community to support the statutory designation of a State Wildflower Day.”

Details about the events, exhibits, lectures, contests, guided tours of the Butterfly Garden, and workshops will be available in early April 2026.

In 1980, Texas Woman's University was designated as the location for the annual celebration of Texas Wildflower Day, 

TWU adjunct instructor Carroll Abbott, who was also a wildflower preservationist and lobbyist and founder of the Native Plant Society of Texas, joined former TWU president Mary Evelyn Blagg Huey in lobbying the Texas legislature in the late 1970s to have the fourth Saturday in April designated as Texas Wildflower Day.

The Dr. Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden is the site of each year's celebration, as well as the Ann Stuart Science Center.

“The Texas Woman's University recognizes that the beauty of its native plants has enriched the history of our State and the lives of its people," Blagg Huey said in 1980. "Thus, it has a strong commitment to the conservation, dissemination and appreciation of our state's wildflowers. From this commitment, strong advocacy developed within the University community to support the statutory designation of a State Wildflower Day.”

Details about the events, exhibits, lectures, contests, guided tours of the Butterfly Garden, and workshops will be available in early April 2026.

This Native Plant Sale brings together three organizations: Texas Conservation Alliance’s Native Plant Propagation Center, Wild Ones DFW: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes and the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop - Frisco for a community-focused celebration of Texas ecology. 

Shoppers can explore a diverse selection of locally propagated native plants—each grown by the Texas Conservation Alliance's Native Plant Propagation Center to support healthy habitats, conserve water, and attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. 

Members of Wild Ones DFW will be on hand to offer guidance and information about native plants and natural landscape designs. 

Hosted by Wild Birds Unlimited, the sale offers an inviting opportunity for gardeners, nature lovers, and conservation-minded residents to enrich their landscapes with plants that truly belong in North Texas.

This Native Plant Sale brings together three organizations: Texas Conservation Alliance’s Native Plant Propagation Center, Wild Ones DFW: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes and the Wild Birds Unlimited Nature Shop - Flower Mound for a community-focused celebration of Texas ecology. 

Shoppers can explore a diverse selection of locally propagated native plants—each grown by the Texas Conservation Alliance's Native Plant Propagation Center to support healthy habitats, conserve water, and attract birds, butterflies, and other wildlife. 

Members of Wild Ones DFW will be on hand to offer guidance and information about native plants and natural landscape designs. 

Hosted by Wild Birds Unlimited, the sale offers an inviting opportunity for gardeners, nature lovers, and conservation-minded residents to enrich their landscapes with plants that truly belong in North Texas.

WILD ONES DFW presents THE EXTRAORDINARY CATERPILLAR film and panel discussion with North Texas conservationists on

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

6:30 PM Meet & Greet; 7:00 PM The Extraordinary Caterpillar; 8:00 PM Panel Discussion

at the Grapevine Palace Arts Center, 300 S Main St, Grapevine, TX 76051

The Extraordinary Caterpillar invites viewers into the hidden world of nature's tiniest superheroes and the vital role they play in sustaining healthy ecosystems. Through stunning macro‑videography and the insights of naturalists, scientists, and community advocates, the film reveals how caterpillars connect native plants, insects, birds, and other wildlife in an intricate food web. This captivating documentary encourages audiences to look more closely at the overlooked creatures in their own backyards and highlights why restoring native landscapes matters. 

Afterwards, learn more during a 30-minute lively, knowledge‑packed Q&A session with four outstanding local experts who are shaping conservation work right here in North Texas. 

•    Sam Kieschnick, Urban Biologist, Texas Parks and Wildlife
•    Jake Poinsett, Education Manager, Trinity River Audubon Center
•    Carol Clark, Conservation Specialist, Monarch Watch
•    Teddi Zonker, VP, Wild Ones DFW: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes

Enjoy a rare chance to learn directly from these local leaders, ask your questions, and walk away inspired to make a difference. 

Don't miss this opportunity to hear their insights, elevate your experience and spark new ideas.

 RSVP REQUIRED

RESERVE YOUR SEAT - REGISTER TODAY!

Fireflies are more than just a nostalgic childhood memory; they are vital indicators of a healthy ecosystem. In this presentation, Xerces Ambassador Mei Ling Liu explores the science-based efforts of the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation to protect these essential insects and their habitats. We will dive into the specific challenges fireflies face area and discuss actionable, science-backed strategies for conservation—from reducing pesticide use to implementing effective light pollution mitigation.

About Our Speaker

Mei Ling Liu serves as the Education Specialist for the Texas Conservation Alliance, educating the public on how to build better habitats through native plants and dark sky advocacy. As a Texas Master Naturalist, she is passionate about empowering others to become stewards of the natural world.

In 2025, Mei Ling became an Ambassador for the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. She is a vocal advocate for the science-based preservation of invertebrates and the global conservation efforts needed to protect the habitats that sustain them.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!