Prairie Notes Archive

Earth Day has a double significance for Friends of Tandy HIlls. On April 22, 1960, exactly 10 years before the founding of Earth Day, the Fort Worth City Council and Mayor Tom McCann agreed to purchase the land now known as Tandy Hills Natural Area.

Barbara's Buttons (Marshallia caespitosa)

Photo by Don Young

01) Good Bone Structure

02) Don't Forget > Membership

03) Why We Do What We Do

01) Pics & Proverbs 2017
02) ReMembership
03) Attagirl of the Year: Anne Alderfer
04) Attaboy of the Year: Joseph Lippert
05) MM&WW HIke the HIlls is TODAY
06) 10th Annual Brush Bash
07) Painted Prairie Skies 2017
08) Prairie Proverb

01) Pics & Proverbs 2017

With Tandy Hills more or less at rest, January is a good time to review and reflect on the past year via 2017's, Prairie Proverbs and a few of my favorite pics from each issue of Prairie Notes. 

01) Do Look Back
02) Field Report - November
03) Manly Men Wild Women RSVP
04) PrairieSky / StarParty 2017 Schedule
05) Imitation is...
06) Event Reports - November
07) New Scenic Overlook 
08) New Species for Tandy Hills
09) Prairie Proverb

01) October People
02) Field Report - October
03) October Vistas
04) Scary Prairie IMPORTANT
05) Freaks of Nature: UPDATE
06) Little Bluestem Seeds: In Stores Now!
07) Painting the American Prairie Reserve
08) Prairie Proverb

01) October People

If an ad agency were to come up with a concise blurb to promote Tandy Hills they would probably write something like this:

Giving Day 2017 Instruction Manual:

1. Wake up September 14, 2017.

2. Log on to your computer between 6 a.m. and midnight.

3. Go to this Tandy Hills page of the North Texas Giving Day website: https://northtexasgivingday.org/npo/friends-of-tandy-hills-natural-area-inc

4. Make a donation of $25. or more.

5. Pat yourself on the back.

01) Rainbow Across the Prairie
02) Field Report - July
03) TH Pavilion Design Honored
04) The Dragonfly Picnic
05) The Dragonfly Woman
06) Summer Sunsets
07) A Tale of Two Bluebells
08) Prairie Proverb