Press & Awards
Constellation of Living Memorials is changing how people think about cemeteries
April 24, 2024
Dallas Morning News
by María Ramos Pacheco
Ebony Brock’s mission is to transform cemeteries as places of fear and sadness to land where nature can take its course…
Celebrate Oak Cliff History Day With Clyde Barrow’s Ghost at Western Heights Cemetery
May 2, 2024
Dirt Candy
by Karen Eubank
Oak Cliff History Day, celebrating the rich history of the area, takes place on Saturday, May 4, at the Western Heights Cemetery, the final resting place of the infamous gangster Clyde Barrow…
Thorny Task
April 2024
Texas Coop Power
by Sheryl Smith
Scientists, landowners and plant lovers work to preserve hundreds of threatened Texas natives…
Scary Texas cemeteries are their passion
October 31, 2023
Dallas Morning News
by Dallas Morning News Editorial
Old, spooky graveyards are all over North Texas. They lie off unpaved country roads outside of town, tucked beside commercial buildings in urban areas, even in the corners of some people’s backyards…
Old cemeteries to get new life with rewilding program
October 27, 2023
Green Source DFW
by Marshall Hensley
Eight historical cemeteries in Dallas will soon be resurrected into the beautifully natural memorials that they were when they were founded…
Old cemetery provides new learning experience
August 30, 2023
White Rock Lake Weekly
by Natalie Merrill
Nestled in the Forest Hills area of East Dallas, the Warren Ferris Cemetery serves as a historic landmark that honors early settlers and individuals in the indigenous community…
How to spend a summer staycation in East Dallas
June 26, 2023
Lakewood Advocate
by Renee Umstead
Illustration by Jynnette Neal
Step into a haven for nature at Warren Ferris Cemetery (corner of San Leandro Drive and St. Francis Avenue). It’s a bit of a misnomer, because there’s only one headstone, and it doesn’t mark the specific burial site of the deceased. But a group of committed volunteers have toiled to transform the lot into a sanctuary for native plants and wildlife. Take a minute to bask in the peace and listen to the sounds.
Friends of Warren Ferris Cemetery to host fundraiser
April 11, 2023
Lakewood Advocate
by Renee Umstead
Friends of Warren Ferris Cemetery has big plans for the site they nurture, and they want to see other historical cemeteries in the area do the same…
The Fascinating History of the Warren Ferris Cemetery
April 3, 2023
What In East Dallas Is Going On?! Podcast
Located in Dallas’ s Forest Hills neighborhood on the original homestead of pioneer Warren Angus Ferris, the 1847 Ferris Historic Cemetery is the final resting place of prominent early settlers. It is the mission of the Friends of the Warren Ferris Cemetery to recognize and honor…
Project Highlight: Warren Ferris Cemetery
January 2023
North Texas Master Naturalists
The Dragonflyer
North Texas Master Naturalists are helping to restore the neglected landscape of the Warren Angus Ferris cemetery. The cemetery is a designated historic site…
Texan By Nature Recognition
2023
Texan By Nature
The Constellation of Living Memorials program is a native landscape restoration project. Friends of the Warren Ferris Cemetery has designed a plan to transform historical cemeteries into native wildlife habitat in order to bring attention to their histories and increase native biodiversity…