NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS

Kerrville Chapter

Website:  www.npsot.org/kerrville

NOVEMBER  NEWSLETTER - 2004
NATIVES ON THE GROW

Dedicated to the understanding, preservation and enjoyment of the native flora of the Hill Country

    NOVEMBER  PROGRAM        TOUR  OF PRIVATE RANCH

Our meeting on Tuesday,  Nov 2^h will be a tour of a ranch belonging to the parents of Pattie Leslie Pasztor. Pattie  is  co-author  with Paul Cox of “Texas Trees; A Friendly Guide”. She is an ethnobotanist and naturalist ( as well as being charming) and has worked at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. Pattie will guide us on this tour of the many native trees she has planted on the Leslie Ranch and also introduce us to the native shrubs and woody plants on the property

This trip is for NPSOT members only as we will be guests on private land. We will meet at the Leslie Ranch at 2PM. In the event of rain, the field trip will be cancelled. Check with the Riverside Nature Center if in doubt-257-4837. It is advisable to wear sturdy shoes and bring some water

If you prefer to carpool meet at the Riverside Nature Center at 1PM to organize carpools

DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS; Driving time is about 45 minutes from Kerrville. Coming from Kerrville on IH 10 , take the first exit to Comfort. Turn South (right) on HWY 87 towards Comfort. At Blinking Light turn Left on RTE 473 towards Sisterdale. After about 5 miles Rte 473 turns right going on to Sisterdale- DO NOT TURN- BUT CONTINUE STRAIGHT on Old # 9 for about another 5 miles to gate on left with Giles Ranch Rd. green street sign and Hillingdon Ranch big sign. Go through gate and after 2 miles, turn left at cattleguard with rock marker # 129. Road bends between a big red house and barn/pens. Continue on road through field for about ½ mile that dead ends into Leslie House

(Coming from Kerrville on Hwy 27, go through Comfort to Hwy 87 going towards Fredericksburg. Before the IH 10 Exchange, turn right at the blinking light at Route 473 towards Sisterdale.)

The Kerrville Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas holds monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of the month (September through June) usually at Riverside Nature Center, 150 Francisco Lemos St. in Kerrville.  These meetings are free and open to the public.  If you have any questions about the Native Plant Society of Texas, or this program, please call June Hartley at 896-5191. 

Calendar

December 7 at 2PM: Bill Lindemann will be giving a program entitled” Big Bend National Park: A Naturalist Dreamland” at the Riverside Nature Center. In this talk Bill will be concentrating on the PLANTS of Big Bend as opposed to other features of the area emphasized in a previous talk         

 DOOR PRIZES

Our door prizes will return for our December meeting  

REFRESHMENTS!

Refreshments  will not be available for our field trip but please volunteer to bring refreshments for our December meeting. Give your name to John or Julia or some member of the Board . We appreciate your help and generosity

Please send any suggestions or comments on this newsletter to the Editor: Julia Campbell jbcbell@ktc.com