October 26 Saturday – 1 to 3 pm

North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Rd, Dallas, TX 75230

A breathless and breathtaking photo-filled tour of 25 top nature spaces in North Texas from Amy Martin’s popular Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth (Timber Press).

Astounding color photos bring alive peak experiences from the 25 featured hiking adventures through hardwood bottomland forests and Eastern Cross Timbers, soaring limestone escarpments, lush wetlands, and rare remnants of Blackland and Fort Worth Prairies. Get to know a diverse community of volunteers working for nature.

Martin nearly died four years ago from a severely broken neck. She learned to walk again by hiking natural trails. Those hikes are an integral part of Wild DFW. Hear her inspiring story woven with rhapsodic passages from the book. Learn how a little knowledge about natural history and ecology can transform your perception of North Texas nature.

In honor of Native Plant Month, Martin will precede the talk with a few minutes of her favorite native plants from the book’s field guide and share which of the 25 places in the book’s hiking adventure section has the richest diversity of native plants.

Photo of wildflowers in Oak Point Nature Preserve in Plano by Carol Clark.