A Stake in the Prairie: Dallas’ Link to the Past March 2, 2010

Randy Johnson, Director of Horticulture at Texas Discovery Gardens, discusses how Dallas County was once dominated by the blackland prairie, a vast 12 million acre ecosystem now reduced to less than 5,000 original acres. Learn interesting facts about the soil, climate, flora and fauna of the prairie as well as the pioneer settlers who changed it forever.

Official Website: http://www.dallasheritagevillage.org/Event_Detail.aspx?EID=346