Renewing Your Green Space with Native Texas Plant Landscaping - Virtual Option

Our 2026 Lecture Series continues this summer with "Renewing Your Green Space with Native Texas Plant Landscaping" with Christopher Morris, Urban Biologist with Dallas Park and Recreation. Chris will talk about the non-native plants that our landscaping always seems to favor, why they are detrimental to our environment, and the native Texas greenery we can plant in their place.
This is a current hot topic with the many programs gearing homeowners toward planting native including Audubon's Plants for Birds! When you plant native everyone wins!
Chris has been the Park Biologist for the City of Dallas since May of 2023. Before then, Chris has worked in the Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability in Air Quality, Water Quality and Green Spaces for the Comprehensive Environmental Climate Action Plan. He was the Regional and Municipal Coordinator for the Texas Stream Team 2012-2022 for the City of Dallas and North Central Texas Council of Governments, bringing water quality education and programming to Citizen/Community Scientists. He holds a Bachelor's of Zoology from Texas A&M. As the Urban Biologist for the Dallas Park Department, Chris has worked on tree plantings and canopy assessments, the Emerald Ash Borer threat, Pollinator programs for gardening, Master Naturalist/Gardener and Eagle Scout service projects, Invasive Vegetation removals, wildlife education like coyotes and bald eagles, and alternative vegetation management - Goat project.
Attendees will receive a ticket for one adult beverage (21 and up), light snacks and 20% off select items in the gift shop. Tickets are $10 minimum donation. We greatly appreciate any gift above this amount to support our mission of protecting birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow.