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The 4th Annual Fort Worth Prairie Fest
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 10 AM - 8 PM

An outdoor festival to celebrate our connection to the natural world through Music, Art, Dance, Environmental Stewardship & Wildflower Tours.

Free and Open to the Public!

prairie fest logo PRAIRIE FEST 2008 Podcast on West and Clear
PRAIRIE FEST 2007 VIDEO and Photos

Sponsorship 09 Form

Park & Prairie Preservation: Tandy Hills Natural Area - Best place in D/FW to see wildflowers!

  • Organics
  • Green Building
  • Clean Energy: We are Solar Powered by Exeltech and the first local festival to be Solar Powered.
  • Sustainable Living Products & Services
  • Native Plant Gardening: Get free advice!
  • Recycling - Composting - Conservation
  • Hybrid Vehicles: Latest models on display!
  • Music - Arts - Dance: Entertainment Galore for ALL ages!

Entertainment

Brave Combo will be back for Prairie Fest 09's evening entertainment!

PF 08 Included the Following

Speakers
PF 08 Speakers:

  • Jarid Manos, Founder and CEO, Great Plains Restoration Council
  • John Snowden, Owner and Native Plant Expert, Bluestem Nursery
  • Elizabeth Samudio, Owner and Native Landscape Expert, Elizabeth Anna's Old World Garden

Sponsors
PF 08 Sponsors:

NBC Channel 5
Exceltech
Fort Worth Weekl
Toyota of Fort Worth
Rahr & Sons Brewery
West and Clear
Green Mountain Energy
S OS (Save Our Soil)
Green Living
New Belgium Brewing
Herb 'N Health

East Fort Worth Business Association
West Meadowbrook Neighborhood Association
Redenta's Garden Shops
Jim Marshall
eOnline Sports
Ellis and Marshall
Tom Huckabee Photgraphy
Kwik Kopy Printing
The Old Home Supply House
Starbucks Coffee
Kolache Shoppe

Wildflower Walks

Take a complimentary stroll through Tandy Hills Natural Area with native plant experts from the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge. Come witness and learn about the beauty of nature untouched by the human hand. Wildflower Walks will begin at 12:00 noon at the Nature Center's booth and continue on the half hour until 4:30 p.m.

En Plein Air Event

Witness the beauty of Tandy Hills Natural Area and possibly take a memory of it home with you as it is captured on paper at a special artistic gathering with Fort Worth artists throughout the day.

PF 08 Artists:

Learn more about En Plein Air here.

Parking

Street parking will be in the neighborhood. Transportation from your parking spot to the festival will be available through Go Green Taxi. Just call 817-412-9196 when you are ready to be picked up.

Food & Beverage
PF 08 Food & Beverage:

Exhibitors

Check out the ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESSES that were at Prairie Fest 2008.


Prairie Fest Entry

Prairie Walking

Naturalist

Wildflower Tour

artist

Musicians

wildflower toujr

fish and wildlife

artist

art booth

naturalist

Pedicab

wildflower tour

akermans

Artist