From tracking bat acoustics and banding migratory birds to planting native pocket prairies and cooling down raptors, our Spring 2026 grant awardees are doing incredible work across North Texas! Click through to see the full list of funded projects, meet the project leads, and find out how you can volunteer to get your hours.
McKinney Green Gardens
Last Saturday Workday – Monarch Gardens at Gabe Nesbitt Park – June Update
Thank you to those who volunteered with us! The summer is in full bloom at the Monarch Gardens ☀️🐝
Thanks to your hard work and dedication, we tackled plenty of garden tasks, including weeding beds, clearing pathways, and turning compost to keep the garden healthy and thriving. Your efforts help make the Monarch Gardens a welcoming space for people, pollinators, and wildlife alike.
Last Saturday Workday – Monarch Gardens at Gabe Nesbitt Park – Updated Summer Hours!
Join us for the Last Saturday Workday in the Monarch Gardens at Gabe Nesbitt Park! We offer hands-on opportunities focused on native and drought-tolerant gardening, composting, water conservation, and general garden maintenance.
Update – Last Saturday Workday – McKinney Green Gardens at Gabe Nesbitt Park
Check out these photos from our Last Saturday Workday in Green Gardens at Gabe Nesbitt Park! We offer hands-on opportunities focused on native and drought-tolerant gardening, composting, water conservation, and general garden maintenance.
Last Saturday Workday – Green Gardens at Gabe Nesbitt Park
Join us for the Last Saturday Workday in Green Gardens at Gabe Nesbitt Park! We offer hands-on opportunities focused on native and drought-tolerant gardening, composting, water conservation, and general garden maintenance.
We NEED you to help us transplant over 400+ Native Plants!
Join us on Saturday, October 25th at McKinney Green Gardens in Gabe Nesbitt Park for a special workday! We’ll be transplanting over 400 native plants, and we’d love your help to make it happen.
McKinney Green Gardens Last Saturday Workday Update
Wow, what an incredible Saturday. We had our largest turnout yet at the Green Gardens! 💚 We are so grateful to everyone who came out and made this our largest workday ever. Your generosity of time and spirit creates lasting impacts: healthier soil, thriving pollinators, and the joy of native plants taking root in McKinney. 🌱🐝🌸
BPTMN Grant Program Update September 2025
The Blackland Prairie Texas Master Naturalists (BPTMN) are dedicated to various conservation efforts. Their “Eco Explorers” program educates Girl Scouts, while their “Texas Bat Acoustics” project monitors bat populations. They assist the Blackland Prairie Raptor Center with equipment and invasive species removal. Habitat restoration projects at Collin College and Prosper United Methodist Church show successful native plant growth. The Green Gardens of McKinney project is creating a learning garden, and community outreach efforts are bolstered by grant funds.
Rooted in Paulette: The First Books & Blooms Library Blooms at Green Gardens
Mary Abercrombie, Class of 2020 – Books & Blooms, a new passive engagement program that reimagines Little Free Libraries as vibrant community touchpoints for ecological literacy and neighborhood beauty.
Our very first Books & Blooms installation is now blooming at the Green Gardens of McKinney at Gabe Nesbitt Park, and we couldn’t have asked for a better partner to bring this pilot to life than Paulette Platko, local artist, garden steward, and Texas Master Naturalist with the Blackland Prairie Chapter.
Summer hours for McKinney Green Gardens Last Saturday workday!
Mary Abercrombie wants to share to good news! McKinney Green Gardens is updating its summer hours to help beat the heat.