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Friends of Tandy Hills Natural Area Present

The 3rd Annual Fort Worth Prairie Fest
Saturday, April 26, 2008, 11 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!

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Prairie Fest is About

  • 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

Guest Speakers

  • Jarid Manos, Founder and CEO, Great Plains Restoration Council
  • John Snowden, Owner and Native Plant Expert, Bluestem Nursery

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 by a special artistic gathering with these Fort Worth artists:

Learn more about En Plein Air here.

Food & Beverage

Exhibitors

Check out these ENVIRONMENTALLY CONSCIOUS BUSINESSES at Prairie Fest this year! The list is growing daily, so be sure to revisit frequently.

Stage Schedule
(subject to change)

 
Big Prairie Stage
Little Prairie Stage
11am - 12:00 pm
Ackermans
 
 
(music)
 
12:00 - 12:45 pm  
Mondo Drummers
   
(tentative)
12:45 - 1:00  
John Snowden
   
(Speaker)
1:00 - 2:15 pm
Trigger Fish
 
 
(music)
 
2:15 - 2:30pm
Footprints
 
 
(preformance art)
 
2:30 - 3:15 pm  
Kerri Arrista
   
(music)
3:15 - 3:30 pm  
Elizabeth Anna
   
(Speaker)
3:30 - 4:45 pm
Blackland River Devils
 
 
(music)
 
4:45 - 5:00 pm
Mimi Kayl-Vaughn
 
 
(modern dance)
 
5:00 - 5:15 pm
Footprints
 
 
(preformance art)
 
5:15 - 5:45 pm  
Walking Contradictions
   
(music)
5:45 - 6:00 pm
Jarid Manos
 
 
(Keynote Speaker)
 
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Brave Combo
 
 
(music)
 

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Our Sponsors

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Toyota Fort Worth

Natures Guide

Green Mountain Energy

Save Our Soil

Green Living

East FW Business Association

New Belgium Brewery

Herb n' Health

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Ellis & Marshall

Tom Huckabee Photography

Jim Marshall

The Old Home Supply House