Texas Wildflower Day
Beyond the Bloom
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Protecting Pollinators | Preserving our Future
Friday-Saturday, April 24-25, 2026
Pollinators are essential partners in our food system and natural world, responsible for helping plants reproduce and ecosystems thrive. Native gardens feature plants carefully selected to nourish pollinators year-round, providing food, shelter, and safe passage throughout every season.
Our 2026 Texas Wildflower Day celebrates these pollinators. Learn how native plants support bees, butterflies, birds, and other pollinators—and how simple choices can help protect them for generations to come.
Speakers & Activities
Keynote Speaker
Kim Eierman
Kim Eierman is the Founder of EcoBeneficial LLC, an ecological landscape designer, and environmental horticulturist specializing in native plants. Based in New York, Kim teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center and Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
Kim is an active speaker nationwide on many ecological landscape topics, presenting for industry conferences, sustainability events, corporate events, environmental organizations, and other groups interested in environmental improvements. Kim also provides horticultural consulting and ecological landscape design to residential, municipal and commercial clients, including landscape architects and engineers.
In addition to being a Certified Horticulturist through the American Society for Horticultural Science, Kim is an Accredited Organic Landcare Professional, a Steering Committee member of The Native Plant Center, and a member of The Ecological Landscape Alliance and Garden Communicators International.
Kim Eierman (pronounced like "Fireman") is the author of the book, The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening.
Friday, April 24, 2026 Schedule
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| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 8-9 am | Breakfast | Book Signing | Posters & Exhibits (including DISD student art, photo contest) | 2nd Floor Lobby |
| 9-9:15 am | Welcome & Administrator Remarks | 301 |
| 9:15-10:15 am | Kim Eierman | The Pollinator Victory Garden Author of The Pollinator Victory Garden: Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening |
301 |
| 10:15 -10:45 am | Cory Ames | Digital Storyteller Texas storyteller focused on the people, plants, and places shaping a more sustainable future. |
301 |
| 10:45 - 11:00 am | Break & Book Signing | 2nd Floor Lobby |
| 11-11:55 am | Monika Maeckle | Plants for Pollinators Journalist and author of The Monarch Migration: its Rise and Fall and Plants with Purpose: Twenty-five Ecosystem Multitaskers |
301 |
| 11:55 am | Announcements | 301 |
| 12-1:30 pm | Lunch Break* | |
| 1:30-2 pm | Book Signing | 2nd Floor Lobby |
| 2-3 pm | Kathy Saucier | Virtual Session | Winter Rosettes & Seedlings for Identification Native Plant Society of Texas member |
301 |
| 3-4 pm | Carol Clark | Planting for Monarchs and Other Pollinators Includes Milkweed Seed Germination Demonstration |
301 |
| 4-4:15 pm | Break & Book Signing | 2nd Floor Lobby |
| 4:15-4:30 pm | Photo Contest Awards Ceremony | 301 |
| 4:30-4:45 pm | Concluding Remarks | 2nd Floor Lobby |
Saturday, April 25, 2026 Schedule
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| Time | Activity | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9-10 am |
Chelle Deskeere | Composting Workshop |
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| 9-10 am | Kim Eierman | Walk and Talk: Plant-pollinator Interactions | |
| 10-11:30am | Watercolor Workshop & Kids' Activities | |
| 11:45am - 12:55pm | Lunch Break* | |
| 1-2:30 pm | Tour of the Gardens |
*Lunch costs are not included, but we hope you join us at the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Dining Hall
Page last updated 10:27 AM, April 15, 2026