This is a Drought! However, we can reduce water needs for our plants – Really. July 25, Fredericksburg chapter meeting

Fredericksburg, TX — Have you been wondering if your landscape is using too much water? Or is it taking too much of your time? Do you want to get rid of invasive plants that are taking over your yard? Have you been thinking about putting in a low-water use, native xeriscape, but hiring the job out will break the bank? Do you think the task will be too hard to do it yourself? Take heart! You can do it!

Deedy Wright, the Fredericksburg Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas’  July speaker will answer these questions at our monthly meeting on July 25 at 7 p.m. and share how she accomplished this daunting task of transforming a typical “contractor” landscape to a native plant xeriscape basically by herself.

Deedy is a life-long Texas gardener. Her particular interests are native plants, xeriscape, and invasive plants. An active NPSOT member since 1996 she helped organize the Guadalupe County NPSOT chapter in 2007 and New Braunfels Chapter in 2019. She served as president of the San Antonio, Guadalupe County and New Braunfels chapters of NPSOT, and has also served as the Vice-President of Education on the state NPSOT board. Ms. Wright has completed the Texas Invaders training on invasive plants and multiple native plant courses at the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. She served on the Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP) Steering Committee for several years. She is also an NLCP instructor. In addition, she was a certified Master Gardener for 15 years in Bexar and Guadalupe counties. A retired secondary language arts and social studies teacher, Deedy has taught adult continuing education classes on various gardening topics in the San Antonio area.