On October 18, 2022, at the Garland City Council meeting, the city of Garland’s Environmental and Community Advisory Board (ECAB) recognized Society president David Parrish for his environmental work in the Garland community. David was presented with a well-earned Special Recognition Award. David wears many hats – he is our Society president, a...
Honorary Lifetime Memberships Ginny Wilcox and Fay Danahy were awarded Honorary Lifetime Memberships at our March meeting. These two ladies were there at the beginning of the Society in 1989. They kept the Society going through several years when interest had ebbed. But they kept at it and found others who were interested and then found some...
On February 1, 2022, Tom Frey was the guest for our Speaker Series. Tom has been associated with our Preserve since before it was designated Preserve. He was a landscape architect with the Garland Parks Department, working for GPD Director Jim Stone, all during the time in the 1980s when the area was being evaluated. He worked with many people...
City of Garland Fire Department helps Society remove a rusting car In February 2016, the Society spearheaded the removal of a long-abandoned, rusting Subaru which had been hiding in plain sight in the Preserve behind the Curtis Culwell Center. Then-Mayor Doug Athas, who is now on the Society Trail Monitoring Team, approved a request made by...