Mar 23 2024

Dallas Arboretum: Dallas Blooms - Dallas (Feb. 24-April 8)

Feb 24 2024 - 9:00am to Apr 8 2024 - 5:00pm
Dallas Arboretum
8525 Garland Road
Dallas , TX

Dallas Blooms, the largest floral festival in the Southwest, returns February 24-April 8, with 500,000 spring-blooming bulbs, thousands of azaleas, hundreds of Japanese cherry trees and the all NEW living backdrops of sprawling plant walls. These six installations, placed throughout the garden, will feature over 10,000 plants covering 565 square feet.

Lights Out Texas: Statewide (March 1 to June 15)

Mar 1 2024 - 6:00am to Jun 15 2024 - 11:00pm

Help migrating birds by turning off lights from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. during spring migration.

Fort Worth Botanic Garden: Butterflies in the Garden - Fort Worth (March 1-April 14)

Mar 1 2024 - 9:00am to Apr 14 2024 - 5:00pm
Fort Worth Botanic Garden
3220 Botanic Garden Blvd
Fort Worth , TX

Ned and Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail Restoration: Texas Buckeye Walks - Dallas (March 16-April 13)

Mar 16 2024 - 10:00am to Apr 13 2024 - 12:00pm
Ned & Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail Trailhead
7000 Bexar Street
Dallas , TX

Take a spring amble on the newly restored Ned and Genie Fritz Texas Buckeye Trail. A highlight of early spring is the blooming season for Texas buckeyes (Aesculus glabra var. arguta) with their conical clusters of fragrant yellow-ivory flowers. The slight understory tree with a slender trunk and branches is a sub-species of the more famous Ohio buckeye, being more compact with greater heat tolerance, though it often sheds leaves in summer.

These hikes will fill, so reserve soon here.

• March 16, Saturday: 10 a.m. to noon
Leader: Richard Grayson – Gain crucial insight into the Trinity River and its plight. - CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN. RESCHEDULE BELOW.

• March 17, Sunday: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Leaders: Michael McKee with Eileen Fritz McKee and Kristi Kerr Leonard – Great Trinity Forest trail restoration and tales of Fritz family nature excursions. - CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN. RESCHEDULE BELOW.

NEW: March 19, Tuesday, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Leaders: Amy Martin and Kristi Kerr Leonard - Spring Equinox Wet Walk.

NEW: March 23, from 10 a.m. to Noon:  Leader: Richard Grayson – Gain crucial insight into the Trinity River and its plight. CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN. RESCHEDULE BELOW.

• March 23, Sat: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Private hike for Bonton families led by kids from T.R. Hoover Community Development Center.

NEW: March 24, Sun: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Leaders: Michael McKee with Eileen Fritz McKee and Kristi Kerr Leonard – Great Trinity Forest trail restoration and tales of Fritz family nature excursions.

• March 30, Sat: 10 a.m. to noon
Leader: Bob Richie – Learn about edible and medicinal plants found in the Great Trinity Forest.

•March 31, Sun: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Leaders: Marion Lineberry of the Texas Historic Tree Coalition with Kristi Kerr Leonard.

• April 6, Sat: 10 a.m. to noon
Leader: Amy Martin – The legacy of Ned and Genie Fritz, and Trinity River history and ecology.

• April 7, Sun: 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Leaders: Shelby Smith and Caleb Hinojos of North Texas Master Naturalists – The ecology and cultural history of the Bonton Woods.

SPECIAL HIKE: April 13, Sat: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Leader: Steve Smith of Trinity Coalition – For hearty hikers only. A apx. 5-mile trail-in-the-making, taking the in-progress Trinity-White Rock Trail to the river-creek confluence, and then onto the in-progress Bois d’Arc Trail to the Bonton Pond and levee.

In cooperation with North Texas Master Naturalists and Ned Fritz Legacy. Trail restoration support provided by Trinity Coalition.

City of Fort Worth: Great American Cowtown Cleanup - Fort Worth

Mar 23 2024 - 8:00am to 1:00pm
Cleanup - Citywide
Earth Party @ Sycamore Park 2400 E. Vickery Blvd.
Fort Worth , TX

The Cowtown Great American Cleanup is Fort Worth's largest annual litter cleanup and beautification event of the year. In 2023, Cowtown Cleanup volunteers removed over 174,000 pounds of trash from our city!

Join Keep Fort Worth Beautiful for the 39th Annual Cowtown Great American Cleanup in 2024 and work with thousands of volunteers across the city. Schools, churches, businesses, families and individuals are all welcome to join!  

Earth Party: Volunteers are invited to join KFWB from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sycamore Park (2400 E. Vickery Blvd., Fort Worth, 76104) immediately following the Cowtown Cleanup! Celebrate with a free hot dog lunch, entertainment, the Trashion Fashion Show, pet adoptions, exhibitors, and volunteer appreciation! 

Native Plant Society of Texas, North Central Chapter: Marion Sansom Park Field Trip - Fort Worth

Mar 23 2024 - 9:00am to 12:00pm
Marion Sansom Park
2501 Roberts Cut-Off Road Fort Worth
TX

RSVP

Info: Jeff Quayle, [email protected], 817-729-0283

Optional lunch afterwards at Navajo Burgers (7028 Navajo Trail, Fort Worth)

Acton Nature Center: Feather Fest - Granbury

Mar 23 2024 - 10:00am to 2:00pm
Acton Nature Center
6900 Smoky HIll Ct
Granbury , TX

Family friendly event featuring live raptors, educational booths, wildflowers walks and children's crafts.

Wildflower walks are 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Friends of LLELA - North Texas Ecotone & Blackjack Trail Hike - Lewisville

Mar 23 2024 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
LLELA
201 E Jones St
Lewisville , TX

Learn about tne North Texas ecotone with Wild DFW author Amy Martin. How do tilted layers of bedrock shape our three ecoregions, foster a plethora of soil types, and lead to our plant and wildlife diversity? From the ancient inland ocean and melting ice caps that forged North Texas, to the goliath creeks and many forks of the Trinity, get clear on how water shapes our local landscape.

Afterward, enjoy a Spring Equinox walk the Blackjack Trail, recreating the hike from LLELA's chapter in Wild DFW. Amy, Scott Keister, and Vinny Merrill will point out the creek where ebonywing damselflies can be found, places where the Blackland Prairie and Eastern Cross Timbers intersect, and the borrow pit for the Lewisville Lake dam dirt as an example of go-back land gone bad.