More Color Coming for the Creekmere Meadow
Maximilian sunflower.
Greenbelt Guild 2026 Restoration Days
Our restoration days are the Sunday before the bulk pick up. We’ll play it by ear for the hot weather months — sometimes we do get cool spells. In cold weather, we may shift to afternoons. Mark your calendars! We always meet somewhere on Creekmere between Peavy and Sylvania. Look for the parked…
Could Dixon Branch Greenbelt become a grassland bird sanctuary?
Grassland birds are the fastest-declining bird species in the US, with a 34% loss since 1970. Native grass expert John Snowden knows how we can help! Last week in the greenbelt, a distinctive bird call caught my ear — dick-sis-sel, dick-sis-sel. The onomatopoetic call of a dickcissel, a grassland bird that’s…
Eastward Ho, part 2! Discovery of the Druid, Saw Palmetto, & Big Ole Bois D’Arc
Eastward Ho, part 2! Discovery of the Druid, Saw Palmetto, & Big Ole Bois D’Arc by Amy Martin, Guild coordinator Earlier this month — after the Greenbelt Guild continued trail-making eastward from Steve Pickett’s re-routing of the Woods trail from the creek — Steve returned and continued their work. Find…
Greenbelt: The Woods Trail — Eastward, Ho!
by Amy Martin, Greebelt Guild coordinator A merry band of five — Hala, Katherine, Keith, Rudy, and I — gathered on Sept. 7 Sun. to work on the easternmost section of the Woods Trail. Take the Creekmere Meadow Trail from the big pecan by Overglen and as it turns left/west,…
Greenbelt: skipped exercise classes, ragweed, Indiangrass, chainsaw maniac, and the police
There it was on my iCal: Total Body Lab at the gym on Friday. But the morning was blessedly cool, and pushing a deadline had me indoors all week. Removing ragweed from the beautiful blue-leaved line of Indiangrass in the Entry Meadow would be a total body workout, while salvaging…
Plants of the Main Meadow Trail: East End
by Amy Martin, Greenbelt Guild coordinator As you walk the newly reclaimed Main Meadow Trail from the start on Creekmere between Sylvania and Overglen, you may wonder what the plants are in this summer season. Here’s what’s growing until the trail turns to follow along the edge of the creek…
Dixon Branch Greenbelt Projects: Is it crazy to dream big?
By Amy Martin, Greenbelt Guild coordinator The Dixon Branch Greenbelt Guild stewards eight acres of Dallas Parks and Recreation riparian land in the Dixon Branch Greenbelt. This linear swath of riparian land flanks the Dixon Branch feeder of White Rock Lake. Located mainly along Creekmere between Peavy and Easton, our…
Greenbelt Guild Rescues the Trails & Historic Pecans
By Amy Martin It was a hot and sweaty Sunday morning filled with hard outdoor work. Volunteering with six of the best people you could ever hope for, the Greenbelt Guild reclaimed a half-mile of trails with a rented brush mower, laid waste to an entry meadow seriously overgrown with…
Beautifying the Knoll & Clearing the Woods Trail
Photo: Just a small part of the ultimate pile of brush Matt and his young gang pulled from the woods. by Amy Martin, Greenbelt Guild coordinator An impromptu work session last Saturday. Matt Cadwallader had a bit of spare time and a few younguns who needed a task or two….
In the Greenbelt Woods: mid-June edition
by Amy Martin, author, Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth As summer ensues, the shady woods trail is needed more than ever. But it needs work. Woods Issues The eastern poison ivy Toxicodendron radicans was making the woods trail downright dangerous. But after three assaults on it, it’s starting…
In the Greenbelt Meadow: mid-June edition
by Amy Martin, author, Wild DFW: Explore the Amazing Nature Around Dallas-Fort Worth The greenbelt is still looking good in late spring, but a few issues, too. Flowering Beauties The reigning flower at present is Carolina woollywhite, Hymenopappus scabiosaeus. You need to look at this one up close. The flowers are…