Listen in as we talk gardening with horticulture expert Megan Proska of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanic Gardens. Ms. Proska currently serves as Horticultural Manager of the Arboretum’s Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden and Trials Garden. The benefits of gardening and growing tips are among the topics discussed. We also get a glimpse at what the Arboretum and Botanic Gardens offers gardeners and others who enjoy gardens.

Listen in as we talk gardening with horticulture expert Megan Proska of the Dallas Arboretum and Botanic Gardens. Ms. Proska currently serves as Horticultural Manager of the Arboretum’s Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden and Trials Garden. The benefits of gardening and growing tips are among the topics discussed. We also get a glimpse at what the Arboretum and Botanic Gardens offers gardeners and others who enjoy gardens.

In this episode The P.O.N.D. visits a nearby slice of nature characterized by a wetland habitat. Tune in for a conversation with John DeFillipo, Director of John Bunker Sands Wetland Center in Seagoville, and Linda Dunn, Education Manager for the Center, in which they illuminate the nature and roles of wetland ecosystems, and what the "constructed" wetland on which John Bunker Sands Wetland Center is all about.

In this episode The P.O.N.D. visits a nearby slice of nature characterized by a wetland habitat. Tune in for a conversation with John DeFillipo, Director of John Bunker Sands Wetland Center in Seagoville, and Linda Dunn, Education Manager for the Center, in which they illuminate the nature and roles of wetland ecosystems, and what the "constructed" wetland on which John Bunker Sands Wetland Center is all about.

In this episode we talk about both the forest and the trees. Our guests are Bill Seaman, Director of the Historic Tree Project for the Texas Historic Tree Coalition, and naturalist Tim Dalbey, expert on the Great Trinity Forest.

Join our conversation with Ryan Giesecke, President of the Trinity Valley Beekeepers Association, as we discuss threats to honeybees and what is being done to support their populations.

We welcome back urban wildlife biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife, Rachel Richter, for this podcast on the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. This proposed legislation, if passed, would impact how Texas funds wildlife and ecosystem management.

While the Dallas Public Library P.O.N.D. team prepares for our July 28, 2018 Nature Expo, we are re-airing the episodes which have been most-downloaded since The P.O.N.D. series began. In this episode, our number one most downloaded episode, Urban Biologist Brett Johnson of the City of Dallas Parks and Recreation Department talks with us about local wild relatives of our pet dogs and cats.

Want to see a live bobcat up-close? One of the nature groups exhibiting at the Expo is planning to bring one!

While the Dallas Public Library P.O.N.D. team prepares for our July 28, 2018 Nature Expo, we are re-airing the episodes which have been most-downloaded since The P.O.N.D. series began. In this episode, originally aired in August 2017, City of Dallas Urban Biologist Brett Johnson shares with listeners how the City of Dallas improves pollinator productivity inside city limits. (Picture courtesy of Dallas Parks & Rec)

While the Dallas Public Library P.O.N.D. team prepares for our July 28, 2018 Nature Expo, we are re-airing the episodes which have been most-downloaded since The P.O.N.D. series began. In this episode, originally aired in September 2017, Urban Biologist Rachel Richter of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department describes bat biology and behavior, and tells about Texas nature tourism opportunities that feature bats.