Fall 2026 Native Plant Sale
Online ordering opens Wednesday, October 7. Shop online throughout the fall sale, visit us during one of our in-person sale events, or find us at select community events around North Texas.
Inventory changes frequently as plants sell out, so shop early for the best selection.
Shop In Person
Saturday, October 17 · 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Native Plant Sale
Our primary in-person shopping day, with volunteers available to help you
select the right plants for your garden.
Saturday, October 31 · 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Native Plant Sale – Encore
An additional opportunity to browse and shop remaining fall inventory.
Selection will be limited as varieties sell out throughout the season.
Saturday, November 14 · 9:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
Fall for the Birds + Final Native Plant Sale
Celebrate birds, plants, coffee, and conservation while browsing and
shopping our remaining fall plant inventory.
For personalized help selecting plants for your garden, plan to visit during our October 17 Native Plant Sale.
Order Online
Online ordering opens October 7.
Order plants online and select from scheduled pickup windows at Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center.
Pickup opportunities are available on select days throughout the sale, from October 10 through November 14.
Find Us Around Town
Look for Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center at select community events. Offsite plant sales feature a limited selection of available plants. For the widest selection, shop online or visit the plant sale at Dogwood Canyon.
Saturday, October 10 · 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Country Day on the Hill →
Historic Downtown Cedar Hill
Monday, October 12 · 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Cedar Ridge Preserve Fall Festival
7171 Mountain Creek Parkway, Dallas
Saturday, October 17
Harvest Heritage Festival
Cedar Hill State Park · Historic Penn Farm agricultural site
Friday–Saturday, October 23–24
Texas Master Naturalist 2026 Annual Meeting →
Waco Convention Center
100 Washington Ave, Waco
Celebrate Native Plant Week · October 17–25
Join Dogwood Canyon Audubon Center and community partners for a week celebrating native plants, wildlife, gardening, and conservation across Cedar Hill.
Programming is being developed in collaboration with Texas Conservation Alliance, Cedar Hill Parks & Recreation, Traphene Hickman Library, and other community partners.
Watch for individual program announcements as the schedule is finalized.
Learn & Grow
Native plant gardening is about more than choosing what's pretty. Explore resources to help you choose plants for your space, understand the wildlife they support, and discover what happens when you bring habitat home.
Find Plants for Birds
Audubon's Plants for Birds resources can help you find native plants for your area and learn how they support the birds you love.
Use Audubon's Native Plant Database to explore bird-friendly plants for your location.
From the Blog
Practical advice, native plant stories, and ideas from Dogwood Canyon for creating wildlife-friendly landscapes in North Texas.
Start With Your Soil: Native Plants That Actually Work in North Texas →
Learn how to choose native plants that match the conditions in your own yard.
Native Plants Are Busy Raising Birds →
Discover how native plants help provide the food birds need to raise their young.
Rethinking Your Lawn (Without Overthinking It) →
Find simple ways to replace some turf with native plants that work in North Texas.
Listen: Days at Dogwood Canyon
Take Dogwood Canyon with you. Explore native plants, wildlife, conservation, and the stories behind the landscape through our podcast.
The Perfect Pollinator Plant: Texas Lantana →
Learn why this Texas native is such a valuable addition to a pollinator garden.
Native Plants of Dogwood Canyon: Texas Cupgrass →
Discover an often-overlooked native grass and the habitat it can provide.
Native Plants of Dogwood Canyon: Cherokee Sedge →
Meet a versatile native sedge and learn how it fits into a Texas landscape.
Watch What Happens
Once your native plants are in the ground, take time to notice who shows up. Watch for birds searching for food, caterpillars and other insects using leaves, pollinators visiting flowers, and wildlife feeding on seeds and fruit.
You can take the next step by turning those observations into useful scientific data through community science projects.
Great Backyard Bird Count →
Observe birds where you live and contribute your sightings to an annual
global snapshot of bird populations.
Project FeederWatch →
Observe birds visiting your yard and contribute observations that help
researchers track populations over time.
iNaturalist →
Photograph and identify plants, insects, and other wildlife while
contributing your observations to biodiversity science.
Fall for the Birds · November 14
Plants. Birds. Coffee. Conservation.
Join us for the final day of our Fall Native Plant Sale and a celebration of bird-friendly choices for your garden and your morning cup.
Bird-friendly coffee, plant shopping, gift shop specials, conservation activities, and more are being planned.
Support Our Work
All plant sale purchases support conservation, education, and community programs here in North Texas.