Native Plant Society of Texas
Houston Chapter 2004 Programs

Location:   Houston Arboretum and Nature Center 4501 Woodway

Time:         7:00 pm to 8:45 pm third Thursdays Feb.-Nov.

FEBRUARY 19- Walter E. Hesson - Ferns and fern allies of the Piney Woods.

MARCH 18– Kate Hillhouse/Ralph Taylor - Wildflower Identification

(to be followed in April by a wildflower i.d. field trip)

Co-sponsored by Gulf Coast Master Naturalists

Wildflower identification

APRIL 15 – Thomas Adams – Plants of Brazoria County

May 20 - plant swap and social meeting.

June 17 - Jaime Gonzalez – trip to meadow.

July 15 – Kris Bitner, A&M Certified Plant Material Specialist

ISA Certified Arborist-

August 19 – Carmine Stahl

TOPIC – Edible Native Plants

September 16 – Dr. Carl Hacker, Alice in Wonderland, or the Green Roof over our Heads. Presentation about his creation and planting of a totally organic roof on a building at U.T. Health Science Center , and his vision for how green roofs can benefit us.

October 21 – David Montano and Faith Shaffer, Weedsworth

Medicinal native plants of Texas

November 18 – seed swap and social gathering.

For information contact Glenn Olsen at Houston@npsot.org or

phone 281-345-4151