Barbara Dupont, 2021 – Restoration at Erwin Park with the “guys”
I volunteer mostly at various projects but mainly:
Erwin Park in McKinney which is undergoing a prairie restoration and Heritage Farmstead in Plano where Master Naturalists maintain a native plant garden.
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Our Tribe’s Fortune 1,000 Hours – Deb Hartman
Deb Hartman, 2017 – “I now know not to kill the caterpillars that are eating my dill, fennel and Passion flower as someday they will reward me with turning into beautiful butterflies.“
2022 Heard Plant Sale
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 and Past President – More than 10,00 plants unloaded, cataloged, labeled and placed according to scientific name in 4 days for this years’ 36th Heard Plant Sale. It is one of the longest-running, largest, and best native plant sales in the state. BPTMN members play a big role in the pre-sale preparation and in helping customers choose the proper native plants for their gardens.
Our Tribe’s Fortune 2500 Hours – Tom Shackelford
Tom Shackelford, 2018 and Past President (2020-2021)
I was born in Great Bend, Kansas and grew up farming and raising cattle along the Santa Fe Trail on land south of the Arkansas River, from Fort Larned to Dodge City. I did not realize it at the time but our home and the pasture lands where we grazed cattle were undeveloped, never used for agriculture beyond grazing and composed of western wheatgrass, blue grama, prairie three awn, little blue stem – native mixed prairie lands. This was my “Playground.”
‘Dem Bones Update
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 and Past President
Master Naturalists in the Heard Fossil Lab recently laid out Colombian Mammoth bones that have been prepped just to see how they may go together. More exist and they are trying to decide how to best display.
Blackland Prairie Master Naturalists at the Collin County MG Garden Show
Rhonda Sanchez, 2019
Here are a few photos from the garden show.
We tracked that we shared the TMN program and mission with more than 250 participants in the show over the two day event.
Plano Heritage Farmstead Light Festival
From Lu Anne Ray (BPTMN VH/AT Director): We all know that COVID has made it difficult for many of the places where we volunteer to continue to operate including The Plano Heritage Farmstead Museum. But hats off to the Farmstead Board and management as they continue to look for creative… Read More →
Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Ernie Stokley, 2015
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 Curator’s Note: It is wonderful to know about the continuing individual involvements of our members that leads to milestone status. Now and then a member’s response says it all about what turns a Chapter into a tribe. Ernie Stokley’s musings sort of reflect the reasons why every… Read More →
Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Cindy Napper, 2017
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 Congratulations to Cindy Napper on her 500 hour pin. Cindy Napper, 2017 I graduated with the 2017 class and became a Naturalist because I saw how much fun Paul was having. There’s a whole chapter I could write on how he was revitalized before my eyes while… Read More →
Our Tribe’s Fortune 500 – Michelle Connally, 2018
Deborah Canterbury, 2014 Congratulations to Michelle Connally on her 500 hour pin. Michelle Connally, 2018 Came across the Texas Master Naturalists training program on my quest to learn all things about growing food in North Texas. Each year as a Master Naturalist I learn more about the beautiful clay soil,… Read More →