There are over 5000 native vascular plant species reported for Texas, and the majority of our flora depend on pollinators for breeding and survival. This presentation will discuss gardening in north central Texas using native plants, and the amazing connections you can create between the flora and fauna in your yard.
Speaker Bio
Taylor Quedensley grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended college at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, where he studied horticulture. After college, he worked at the San Francisco Botanical Garden and became involved with growing New World cloud forest species. He attended the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and subsequently, the University of Texas at Austin, where he researched sunflower species in Mexican and Guatemalan cloud forests. Currently, Taylor is the manager at Cox Farms Nursery in Duncanville and holds a research appointment through the University of Texas herbarium in Austin.
Zoom Registration: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_niEONV4VT7aYG4zo10OoQQ
If you are in the DFW area, join us in North Dallas at Dallas College Brookhaven Campus, Building H, Room 125. (Brookhaven Campus map).
Schedule:
6:30 Camera Roll and Socializing
7:00 Introduction and Announcements
7:20 Featured Presentation
8:45 Adjournment
Bring Food and Snacks to share!