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Meeting
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Meetings
are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month, 4th Thursday in October
Meeting opens at 7:00 pm.
Program at 7:30 pm
Feb., Apr., May, Aug., Sept., Oct.,
& November - Meetings
held at
the Houston
Arboretum and Nature
Center
4501 Woodway, Houston, Texas
77024 www.houstonarboretum.org
March- Meeting
held at the Nature Discovery Center 7112 Newcastle
77401 in Bellaire www.naturediscoverycenter.org
June & July - Meetings held
at the Houston Garden Center 1500 Hermann Dr., Houston TX
77044
(June -joint mtg with
the Men's Garden Club of Houston)
Green Home &
Garden Workshop – Feb.
16, 2008 Flyer at http://gcmn.tamu.edu/greenhome&gardenflyerfebruary2008.pdf
Houston Chapter Native Plant Society
Meetings 2008
January 17
Peter Loos, Plant Propagation at Bayland Community Center
February 21
Joe Blanton, Privet Reinfestation
Study
at Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
February 23 Native
Plant Society of Texas Spring Symposium, LadyBird Johnson Wildflower Center
http://www.wildflower.org/springsymposium/
March 20
Mark Kramer, Prairie Ecology,
at the Nature Discovery Center in Bellaire
April 17 Jack
Brady, Native Bees, at
the Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
May 15
Pauline Singleton, Plant of East Texas
-Houston Arboretum & Nature Center
June 19
Andy Sipocz Wetland Plants at the
Houston Garden Center in Hermann Park
(Joint Meeting with the
Men's Garden Club of Houston)
July 17
Glenn Olsen, Plants for Birds
at the Houston Garden Center in Hermann Park
August 21
Anita Tiller, Endangered Species of
East Texas & Center for Plant Preservation
at the Houston Arboretum & Nature
Center,
Memorial Park
September 13
Wildscapes Workshop & Native Plant Sale
September 18
Joe Turner, Linear Forests in
Houston's Esplanades at the Houston Arboretum
October
16-19 NPSOT Fall Symposium,
Big Thicket, in Beaumont www.npsot.org
October 23
(Fourth Thursday) Leonard Bachman Energy
Saving Ideas for Your Home (including landscaping for shade)
at the
Houston Arboretum and Nature Center
November 20-
Annual Social and
Seed & Plant Swap at the Houston Arboretum &
Nature Center
December
11 (Second Thursday) Annual Holiday Dinner at Kim Son,
Jefferson Street
Visitors Welcome!
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see Past Meeting Topics (2007)
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Here to see Past Meeting Topics (2006)
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(2005)
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(2004)
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(2003)
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On-Going
Projects
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Plant rescues -
save native plants in path of development.
Outdoor Learning
Centers - assisting local schools in developing wildlife habitat and
outdoor learning centers for children.
Field trips -
observe, enjoy, and learn about native plants in their natural habitat
Speaker's Bureau
- Houston
Hardy Natives
Creating Wildlife Habitat
Texas
Wildflowers
Attracting Hummingbirds and Butterflies, More!
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