Join Us for a Spring Coming Out Party!

Exchange Plants, Talk Gardening, Walk Oakland Lake Park Loop

Fourth Annual West Meadowbrook Neighborhood Association Garden Party & Plant Swap

Saturday, April 25, 1-4 p.m. West Pavilion, 1645 Lake Shore Drive

No time, no worries. Volunteer. Or Donate here

Sponsors: District 11 Councilperson Jeanette Martinez,‍ Home Depot, ‍Texas Health Resources Community Hope, WMNA business member Megan Lasch, Sunset at Fash Place, Leslie Shields Botvidson, The Shields Agency, PetSense

Exhibits: Fort Worth Water Department, Fort Worth Library, PetSense, District 11 Jeanette Martinez, Master Gardeners, Easyside Artists

Activities: Pet Garden Hat Decorating Contest, Spring Saunter raffle, Plant Swap, Button making, Plant Art, Plant Potting

Plant Swap

Bring a plant, take a Plant, swap unwanted gardening or lawn tools

Bring cuttings from perennial beds, native plants, or bring annuals in plastic cups, disposable containers or plantable pots. Label with name and preferred planting location (full sun, part sun, shade, etc). Have extra or unwanted gardening tools you want to swap? Bring them to the Tool Swap Bin.

Spring Saunter

Take a walk, jog, roll, or around a scenic one-mile loop; enter raffle

Put on your walking shoes, ride a bike, grab some roller skates or push a stroller, just move. Bring the kids, start your journey at the park’s west pavilion, receive a map to follow. Once you complete a loop around Fosdick Lake, you earn the right to compete for a door prize. The walking trail is approximately one mile in a setting with wildlife and mature trees. Refreshments for walkers

West Meadowbrook’s 2025 Garden Party and Plant Swap earned the Healthy Neighborhood Award from the City of Fort Worth in March.

Games and Prizes

Learn about native plants, compete in a pet garden hat contest, kids art projects

Kids can pot plants, make art with NEW! Easyside Artists, and decorate bikes, trikes and strollers. Get creative and design a hat for your pet (and yourself). Enter your hat and your pet in a contest for best pet hat design. Prize for winner. Native plant expert will be available to explain the advantages of local flora. New! Master Gardeners will be there to advise.

Giveaways and Exhibits

Visit pet care, water conservation, home gardening, lawn maintenance exhibits

Tour the for the first time the new Clip and Snip spay and neuter mobile clinic; visit with District 11 Councilperson Jeanette Martinez, PetSense representatives, Fort Worth Library employees, Fort Worth Water experts and FWPD NPOS. Explore the Mobile Tool Shed available to all residents free who need lawn care tools to keep their property mowed and trimmed.