Eagle Scout Sculpture Brings the Community Together
Wende Burton poses in front of son's sculpture. The Pollinator Garden at Bird’s Fort Trail Park now has a sculpture in the shape of...
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David Gladden
- Jan 10
- 2 min
The Importance of Timing in Pruning Plants
Pruning is an essential aspect of plant care that can improve the health, shape, and yield of your plants. However, the timing of pruning...
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Fatema Biviji
- Sep 15, 2022
- 2 min
FIG discovers the Irving Garden and Arts Club!
Friends of Irving Gardens, or "FIG", is a relatively new kid on the block when it comes to garden clubs in Irving. We soon discovered...
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jenbridg
- Jul 7, 2022
- 6 min
Native Plants? They're the Bee's Knees
A test of my resolve to grow more native plants has taken on a new dimension in my garden this month. Behind my vegetable bed, a stand of...
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Ernestine Chipman
- May 5, 2022
- 1 min
DON’T PULL THOSE WEEDS JUST YET
I was looking the other day at a section of my yard that is rather ugly, trying to decide what to do with it, when I noticed a new weed...
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Fatema Biviji
- May 4, 2022
- 1 min
Interfaith Alliance of Irving / FIG Earth Day 2022
Despite chilly weather, the FIG / Interfaith Alliance Earth Day Celebration 2022 at the Butterfly Garden at Birds Fort Trail was a...
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Fatema Biviji
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Messages of hope decorate the Butterfly Garden
The Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program brought together a lively group of local youths to paint messages of inspiration and hope...
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jenbridg
- Mar 18, 2022
- 3 min
Coneflower Happy Hour
by Jennifer Bridgforth When the pandemic gave us more time at home than most of us would have liked, I went a little nuts with an app...
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Fatema Biviji
- Mar 6, 2022
- 1 min
Mexican Plum blooms!
March 5, 2022 The butterfly garden at Bird's Fort Trail has begun to awaken with gorgeous white blooms from the Mexican Plum trees. The...
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Fatema Biviji
- Feb 22, 2022
- 1 min
Feb 20, 2022 Garden Update
By Debra Fournerat Here's what is growing this week at the butterfly garden: 1) Goldenrod is growing at the back of the Joe Pye bed. The...
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Fatema Biviji
- Feb 10, 2022
- 1 min
Monarch Meet Success
On September 19 of 2021, FIG hosted our very first Monarch Meet event to coincide with the annual migration of monarch butterflies...
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Fatema Biviji
- Feb 7, 2022
- 1 min
Butterfly light structure- where to get this?!?
My fellow Friends, I have been watching evening events at other gardens on YouTube and came across this structure. I would love to have...
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Fatema Biviji
- Oct 6, 2021
- 1 min
Yarrow, our extreme weather superstar!
Yarrow plants were first planted at the Butterfly Garden in fall of 2020. The idea was to get a head start on establishing some plants by...
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