• July 15 - PETER LOOS will be presenting "PLANTS OF THE BIG THICKET" in
  preparation for the October NPSOT annual meeting in Beaumont! We are
  lucky enough to get the first preview here at our LaBahia group!
  Here is more information about Mr. Loos from his website at Ecovirons:
  
  http://www.ecovirons.com/index.htm
  
  "....Owner Peter Loos is a botanist by love, a horticulturist by
  trade, and a plant taxonomist in his spare time. His professional
  experiences in various fields of the horticulture industry have
  greatly contributed to his extensive knowledge of Texas Native Plants
  and related ecological issues as well as his unyielding promotion of
  bio-diversity throughout our environment.
  
  Peter was State President of the Native Plant Society of Texas during
  his long standing work on the state board. Currently he is president
  of the Cajun Prairie Habitat Preservation Society in addition to
  participating in various other endeavors such as Legacy Land Trust and
  the SFASU Mast Arboretum Advisory Board. Peter owns and operates
  Ecovirons, offering propagation, consultation, landscaping,
  ecological evaluation and wetland mitigation services out of his
  nursery in Chireno, TX and throughout the Gulf Coast states (he's even
  been spotted landscaping and consulting as far north as New Jersey).
  
  Peter Loos has worked in the nursery and landscaping trade in this
  area for more than 20 years. Ecovirons has been open since 1993.
  
  Mr. Loos is author of several papers regarding Texas Native Plants;
  was the first Assistant Director to the Stephen F. Austin State
  University Arboretum where he designed their Bog Garden along with
  other specialized projects; was working as Senior Forester for the
  City of Houston Parks and Recreation Department when he implemented a
  large scale, community planting of a variety of native trees along
  White Oak Bayou; has recently been very active in numerous wetland
  restoration and mitigation projects and has continued to maintain his
  love of sharing native plants with others through various speaking
  engagements, the leading of horticulture workshops, and assisting
  schools with the implementing of various habitat/outdoor classroom
  projects...."
   
• October 14 - Plant/Seed Exchange, Dinner, Officer Elections (One Week Early due to Annual Symposium)
   
• December - No Meeting. 

If you or anyone you know is interested in speaking at our meetings and/or giving a tour, please contact one of the Chapter officers. Thank you!

Other Calendars of interest:

• Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin
   
• Texas Home & Garden Shows - Spring and Fall Shows. Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio.
   
• Texas Parks & Wildlife - Events across the State.

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