SATURDAY MARCH 26, 2011 10AM – 2PM
@ Land Heritage Institute 1349 Neal Road between Applewhite & Pleasanton Roads San Antonio, TX 78264
Contact: jlmorrisey@aol.com Website: www.nativesanantonio.org
Vendors and Exhibitors Welcome, Exhibitors free (table rental $15 if required), Vendors $25
Go to Download page to get registration form.
Schedule:
10:00 am Native Plant Sale & Talk Native Tree Giveaway
10:30 am Somerset HS’s Azul Real Mariachi Guided Nature Hike
11:00 am Keynote Presentation: “Curanderismo: Herbs for Healing,” Don Jacinto Madrigal & Dr. Elizabeth de la Portilla (English w some translated Spanish)
11:30 am Guided Nature Hike
12:00 noon Speaker: Lee Marlowe, San Antonio River Authority, “Mission Reach Plants”
12:30 pm Presentation: “Butterflies & their Plants” Guided Nature Hike
1:00 pm Speaker: Dave Matthews, Environmental Sciences Teacher, “Students love Natives!”
1:30 pm Speaker: Matt Reidy, Texas Parks and Wildlife, “Feral Hog Control” Guided Nature Hike
Other attractions:
- Hot Rock cooking with the American Indians in Texas
- Exhibition of native Texas snakes
- Scavenger hunts
- Hayrides
- Texas Longhorns
- Cedar Squeezers (alternative bluegrass)
- Environmental artists
- Hike/bike the Chaparral Trail
- Historic chuck wagon
Vendors & exhibitors including:
- Edwards Aquifer Authority with Recharge Zone Information
- Mitchell Lake Audubon Center
- San Antonio Audubon Society – Nature Hike
- San Antonio River Authority – River Health
- San Antonio Water System - Water Conservation Tips
- Sierra Club – Environmental News
Sponsors:
- Edwards Aquifer Authority
- Mission Park Chapel
- OCO Architects
- Pape-Dawson Engineering
- San Antonio River Authority
- SAWS
- Whole Foods
FREE ADMISSION! Food & H20 4 sale!