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2024 March Chapter Meeting with Dave Powell | Blackland Prairie and Prairie Restoration

02/14/2024 by mconnally

Michelle Connally, Class of 2018

After Meeting Note from Dave Powell –

After the chapter meeting one of the questions ask was what a pocket prairie looks like.
I thought about that and realized that is a difficult question to answer because they all depend on space and desire of the homeowner.
I have friends that have the whole backyard in native grasses and forbs, I have some that preferer on forbs. Some use only a park of their backyard yet others have converted their gardens to all natives.
I personally live in a condominium and have very limited space to us, so we got creative with our pocket prairie that has only forbs to attract pollinators to my patio.
The picture is of my pocket prairie, enjoy get creative just use natives.

Also requested was a list of my books:

  • Guide To Texas Grasses by: Robert B. Shaw
  • Grasses of Southern Oklahoma and North Texas, published by Noble Foundation by: Chuck Coffey & Russell Stevens
  • Range Plants of North Central Texas by: Ricky Linex
  • Know Your Grasses By: Barron Rector
  • Field Guide to the Grasses, Sedges And Rushes of the United States by: Edward Knobel
  • Native American Seed Company’s catalogue

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 – 7PM – Click here to view our Calendar

Come early for the Spring Potluck beginning at 6:30 PM.  Pizza will be provided. 
Members sign up to bring drinks, sides, and desserts via SignUp Genius:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080A4DAFAD29A5F85-48131469-potluck
If you are bringing a dish, please arrive at 6:00 PM.

Our own Blackland Prairie Master Naturalist, Dave Powell, will present on the Blackland Prairie and Prairie Restoration.

About our Speaker:
In 2005, after retiring, I became a volunteer Trail Guide at the Heard Science Museum and Wildlife Sanctuary. In 2007, I became a contract educator teaching the natural environment. I joined the Blackland Prairie Chapter of Texas Master Naturalist in 2007, holding several leadership positions. As an Independent Science Educator, I teach a wide range of topics about the natural environment in Texas. 

I love learning and sharing what I have learned over the past 17 years. 
Keeping Nature Real is my motto. – Dave Powell

Physical Meeting Location:  Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary, 
1Nature Place, McKinney TX 75069, Science Resource Center (SRC) building.
Directions to SRC:  Drive through Heard gates; go past parking lot and museum building; continue until the road ends at the large white SRC building. 

Online Zoom Meeting Registration:  
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUqc-yrqT4rHtzVMlNaWFk_mL0NlAjq0Lpj
Please register ahead of time for this meeting using your Zoom Account Email address. 
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with information about joining the meeting.
Online Meeting Host: Heather Fell – heatherf@bptmn.org

Logging AT:  The monthly meeting presentation will allow members to earn 1-hour of AT. Log as AT: BPTMN Chapter Monthly Meeting Only (1 hour) with the speaker’s name and topic in the description box.

For any additional questions, please contact.
Chapter Meeting Organizer – Stephanie Cleveland – stephaniec@bptmn.org


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