Where to See Native Plants
These native places are great for seeing what plants have either been planted in attractive combinations / landscaping or how native plants community associations occur by Mother Nature. Take some time to get outside and enjoy nature and native plants!
Chapter Demonstration Gardens
The Butterfly Garden at Fielder House
Lead: Josephine Keeney For more details, visit the Fielder House website The butterfly garden at Fielder House was started in 2006 and continues to be a work in progress on […]
The Fredericksburg Post Office Garden
The Fredericksburg, Texas Post Office Garden; an official NPSOT garden, managed by Linda Ross and Kim Lewis. In Fredericksburg, people still go to the post office! Once there, they are […]
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The Molly Hollar Wildscape
Leads: Ann Knudson and Hester Schwarzer Workdays: Every Wednesday of the month and first Saturday on the month The Molly Hollar Wildscape, located in Veterans Park, Arlington, TX was started […]
White Settlement Monarch Waystation
Garden Leaders: Avon Burton and Marcie Delgado Mission To attract and support local butterflies, Monarch butterflies, native bees, and other pollinators and to provide educational tools and volunteer opportunities that […]
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Parks, Trails, Preserves, and More
Crownridge Canyon Natural Area
Park has about 2 miles of trails, including level 1 trail surfaces to level 4 trails. Coming – soon Native Plants targeted to be tagged. Learn more.
Dr Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden and Carrol Abbot Wildflower Sanctuary
TWU’s Denton campus is host to two a native-plant butterfly gardens that attract and sustain monarchs and many other butterflies, bees and birds. The Dr. Bettye Myers Butterfly Garden is located next […]
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Edwards Aquifer Authority’s Education Outreach Center (EOC) Native Garden
The EOC Native Garden is a carefully curated space that highlights the beauty and importance of native Texas plants. It serves as a vital educational resource, teaching the community about […]
Eisenhower Park
20-acre park, containing excellent examples of Hill Country landscapes. Trail markers identify plants along portions of the Cedar Flats and Shady Creek trails and parts of the natural surfaced sections […]
Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
The Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge is a nature center located between Lakeside and Lake Worth, Texas within Fort Worth, Texas city limits. It consists of prairies, forests, and […]
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Frankford Blackland Prairie
A historic five-acre nature preserve situated in the midst of north Dallas. The site features a rare remnant of the Blackland Prairie once indigenous to the Dallas area, the historic […]
Friedrich Wilderness Park
600 acres of undeveloped Hill Country terrain, with over 10 miles of paved and unpaved trails including level 1 trail surfaces to level 4 trails. Learn more.
Gillespie County Leadership Class Project
In 2017, area pre-schools and after-school care centers were the recipients of raised vegetable bed and pollinator gardens; built as a project of the current Gillespie County Leadership Class. Our […]
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Good Sam Garden
A Master Gardener project. Ward Miller is the NPSOT point person at the Good Sam garden. As we see so many times among our NPSOT members, the maxim “one person […]
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Government Canyon State Natural Area
8622-acre area / 40 miles of trails Learn more.
Green Acres Farm Memorial Park
Green Acres is a Flower Mound town park of about 13 acres, located at4400 Hide-A-Way Lane, off of Simmons Road near to Grapevine Lake.The land was donated to the town […]
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Guadalupe River State Park Habiscape
Vitis: https://friendsofgrhc.org/discovery-center/
Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge
The 11,320-acre refuge on Lake Texoma includes shallow marshes, creeks, bottomland hardwoods, forested uplands and grasslands, that provide habitat for more than 300 species of birds and many varieties of wildlife.
Headwaters at the Comal
Visit: https://headwatersatthecomal.com/
Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary
A 289 acre nature preserve and natural science museum in McKinney. The grounds include a native plant garden, native Texas Butterfly house, and wildlife sanctuary with native grasses, trees, and perennials.
Huebner Onion Homestead
36 acre natural area. Learn more.
Jim Rodgers Hiking Trail
Wilco’s Interpretative Signs program To see plant signs along the trail, see the Interactive Map For more information visit: https://www.wilco.org/Departments/Parks/Special-Projects (The trail is located off of Park Headquarters)
John Bunker Sands Wetland Center
Set amid a working cattle ranch and an expansive wetland on the East Fork of the Trinity River, the John Bunker Sands Wetland Center is a nature center, an educational […]
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Johnson City Library
The Johnson City Library, in collaboration with The Hill Country Alliance, has received a donation of plants to establish a pollinator garden at the library. The two groups will sponsor […]
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
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Chapter Demo Gardens – beds, gardens or Monarch Waystations maintained by Native Plant Society of Texas volunteers from a specific chapter
Native Plant Gardens – any natural area where one can see native plants in the wild: park, trail, preserve, grassland, botanical garden, etc.
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