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 NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS

Kerrville Chapter

Website:  www.npsot.org/kerrville

NATIVES ON THE GROW

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

The Kerrville Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas holds monthly meetings on the first Tuesday of the month (September through June) at Riverside Nature Center, 150 Francisco Lemos St. in Kerrville.  These meetings are free and open to the public

September 2007

Invasive Plants-The Problem and What We Can Do About It

Phyllis Muska, President of the Hill Country Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalists and a member of NPSOT will be the speaker.

Date: Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Time: 2:00

Location: Riverside Nature Center

Officers for 2007-2008
President – Sandra Magee
VP – Programs – Cynthia Johnson
VP – Outreach – Jo Hodge
Secretary – Edna Platte
Treasurer – Jerry Brown
Membership – Linda Smith
Communications – Marilyn Butcher
Director-at-Large – Scott Magee

Upcoming Events

TOUR OF YARDS

2007 Tour Of Yards - Looking for Landscape Inspiration?

Look no further. The Cibolo Nature Center (CNC) and the Native Plant

Society of Texas (NPSOT) Boerne Chapter are hosting their annual Tour of

Yards event on Saturday, September 29, 2007, from 9AM until 4PM. This

event allows interested visitors to tour homeowner yards and view native

and adapted plants that do well in the Hill Country and South Central

Texas.

Ten homeowners are opening their yards to visitors who share an interest

in promoting the use of native and adapted plants in their landscapes.

These successful xeriscape and wildscape yards will be open to the

public during this one day event. Tours and one-on-one discussions with

the owners who have developed and, in most cases actually completed the

work themselves, will be part of the offering.

The project is part of a collaborative effort of the CNC and the NPSOT

to demonstrate the many ways water-wise, low maintenance plants can be

successfully used in landscape design. By

encouraging visitors to tour yards that display various ways a homeowner

can employ native  and adaptive plants in the landscape, the Tour of Yards is intended to promote the conservation of natural resources and local plant biodiversity through education and stewardship.

Visitors to the yards are sure to be inspired by the butterfly gardens,

water features or backyard wildlife habitats. They also will have the

opportunity to learn first hand how they can use similar techniques in

their own yards.

Tour maps and directions will be available in the near future on the CNC  website (www.cibolo.org), at the CNC Visitor Center, and at local sponsoring locations.

Wildscapes Workshop 2007
Waterwise Gardening for Birds, Plants and People
Saturday, September 22nd – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
Fredericksburg United Methodist Church
Fredericksburg, TX

Don’t hesitate to call or email  Peggy Benson at 830-997-9960 (peggybe@austin.rr.com) if you have any questions or need any more information.

Helpful hints about membership dues

Membership dues cannot be accepted locally.  They must be sent to the State Office which is now in Fredericksburg at the following address.

Native Plant Society of Texas

P.O. Box 3017

Fredericksburg, TX 78624

The membership form is available at chapter meetings and the NPSOT website www.npsot.org.

When completing the form please indicate the Kerrville chapter name because our chapter gets refunded a portion of the dues for our chapter expenses.

If you are renewing your membership, please send your renewal to the address above and include your membership ID to ensure we credit the correct account.
Also include any address, phone or email changes.
(You will find your membership ID printed on the mailing label of the state newsletter.)

Membership Categories and Annual Dues:

Benefits of Joining the Native Plant Society of Texas

Goals:

    To educate both its members and the general public and to foster a greater awareness and understanding of our native flora;
    To preserve rare and endangered species and their habitats;
    To encourage landscaping with appropriate native plants, for their beauty, ease of maintenance, and water-conserving qualities;
    To protect, conserve and restore native plants threatened by development;
    To encourage the responsible propagation of native plants;
    To promote an appreciation and understanding of current, historical and potential uses of native plants.

THANKS TO THOSE WHO RENEWED MEMBERSHIPS

See membership information above.

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