Full Circle Trail Run Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area – 201 East Jones St. Lewisville, TX, 75057 Saturday, April 18, 2025 – 7:30 to 10:30 am This incredible natural area (now known as LLELA) was originally wild and beautiful, full of an endless number of native species. But the area around it became urbanized and the
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Getting to Your Roots: The Soil Food Web Saturday, January 17, 2026 9:30 am to 4 pm Thrive Recreation Center 1950 S Valley Pkwy, Lewisville, TX 75067 Join the Friends of LLELA for our annual Native Landscape Seminar at Thrive in Lewisville. This year’s event, Getting to Your Roots: The Soil Food Web, will
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Members Only Field Trip: Our Northern Neighbors Meet at LLELA and carpool to Clear Creek Natural Heritage Center and Lake Ray Roberts State Park: Johnson Branch for guided tours. Nov. 15 Sat. – 8 am – 12:45 pm Denton County is home to three amazing natural places, and if you’ve only visited LLELA, you
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Friends of LLELA General Meeting: LLELA news – Citizen science – Book reviews – Wildscaping November 11 Tuesday Thrive Recreation Center — Sage Room 1950 S. Valley Parkway in Lewisville Doors open for meet & greet 6 pm Meeting from 6:15 to 8 pm Friends of LLELA welcomes all residents from Lewisville and the surrounding
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Friends of LLELA lecture: Fall Migration & Winter Birds with Scott Kiester Saturday, November 22, from 10 am to noon There is no cost for the event itself, but the entrance fee to LLELA is $5 per vehicle, payable by credit card or Lewisville parks pass. LLELA: 201 E. Jones St. in Lewisville Enter
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Friends of LLELA – September Lecture Dark Skies Are Essential to the Health & Security of Humans & Wildlife Saturday, September 27 – 10 am to noon LLELA Education Center 201 E. Jones St. Lewisville TX 75057 — Enter LLELA at the corner of Jones and Kealy. LLELA is not accessible via Fish Hatchery Road
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Attention families of high school and college students! This fantastic program has been successful in getting youth on ecological career paths that they are enjoying greatly. Natural Pathways Open House A service learning program for high school and college students Saturday, September 13, 2025 10 to 11:30 am LLELA 201 E. Jones
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Snack Like a Naturalist: Edible Plants & Foraging Basics Friends of LLELA Summer Lecture Series August 23 Saturday – 10 am to noon Nature has a pantry—if you know what you’re looking for. In this lecture, we’ll share ideas for recipes, discuss the cultural history of local wild foods, explore how to forage ethically without
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Friends of LLELA August 2025 Quarterly Meeting Tuesday, August 12, 2025 Doors open for Meet & Greet 6:00 PM; Meeting from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Lewisville Thrive: Sage Room 1950 S Valley Pkwy, Lewisville, TX 75067 – map The Friends of LLELA welcomes all residents from Lewisville and the surrounding areas at our
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Talk & Demonstration: Terrific Tarantulas! with Erika Swyryn July 26 Saturday – 10 am to noon Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area LLELA 201 E. Jones St. Lewisville, TX US 75057 Enter LLELA at the corner of Jones and Kealy. LLELA is not accessible via Fish Hatchery Road from Hwy 121. Map apps often get it
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Trail Run – Camino De Los Muertos November 1 Saturday — Day of the Dead ~ 100k – 6:00 am ~ 50k & 25k – 7:00 am ~ 10k – 8:00 am ~ 5k – 8:30 am LLELA, 201 E. Jones St. Lewisville, TX US 75057 — Corner of Kealy & E Jones. Not
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LLELA Summer Lecture Series: Desert Ecology and its Influence on North Texas Heat June 28 Sat –10 am to noon When people think of Texas weather, they often imagine a desert-like environment and are surprised by the humidity and rainfall of North Texas. Despite these differences, the southwestern deserts continue to have a significant impact
Talk & Walk: Native Wildflowers & Nature Photography May 31 Saturday – 10 am to noon free with LLELA admission LLELA Education Building take first right after gatehouse, park, walk past picnic tables under trees and veer left Carol Clark, native plants, native bees, and monarch butterfly maven, will speak on Texas Native Wildflowers. Great
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Friends of LLELA May 2025 Quarterly Meeting Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Doors open for meet & greet at 6:00 pm Meeting from 6:30 to 8:00 pm Lewisville Thrive: Dogwood Room 3 — 1950 S Valley Pkwy, Lewisville, TX 75067 – Google maps The Friends of LLELA welcomes all residents from Lewisville and the surrounding areas to our
LLELA FULL CIRCLE TRAIL RUN Saturday, April 12 from 7:30 to 10 am Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA, lee-lah) 201 E Jones St, Lewisville, TX 75057 LLELA Full CIrcle Trail Run is Friends of LLELA‘s biggest live fundraiser of the year — please join us! Race entry fees help support LLELA’s habitat and wildlife
All are invited to join this Eagle Scout project at LLELA. Reducing privet is the #1 thing we can do to improve wildlife habitat at LLELA. Here’s an article that’s essentially a privet primer and highlights Richard Freiheit’s efforts on privet management at LLELA.
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LLELA FULL CIRCLE TRAIL RUN Saturday, April 12 from 7:30 to 10 am Lewisville Lake Environmental Learning Area (LLELA, lee-lah) 201 E Jones St, Lewisville, TX 75057 This is Friends of LLELA‘s biggest live fundraiser of the year — please join us! Trail runs include 5k, 10k, 13 mi, and 26 mi, plus Youth
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Just Dig It! Practical Ideas for Adding Native Plants to Your Yard Saturday January 18, 2025 9 am to 2:30 pm Lewisville Thrive, Dogwood Room 1950 S Valley Pkwy. Lewisville, TX 75067 Keynote Speaker: Noted horticulture author Neil Diboll, owner of Prairie Nursery, consulting ecologist, and author of The Gardener’s Guide to Prairie Plants, will present via Zoom: Prairie Garden Design
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The annual appreciation dinner in November for LLELA volunteers was a blast. Joining the volunteers were various staff dignitaries, some bearing big news. But first the stats. From Erin Piper, City of Lewisville Outdoor Recreation Supervisor: 84 programs 960 participants 8242 hours of programming interacted, taught, and entertained 1906 children from the age of 18
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