Foraging the Native Food Plants of Texas – Tuesday, May 26
Cyrus Harp, guides us this month in exploring the wild food plants of central Texas. He is both
a foraging instructor and ethnobotany researcher, as well as the author of “Native Food Plants of Texas: an Austin Forager’s Guide Based on Indigenous Knowledge.”
We live in the heart of Texas cradled by high table lands, prairies, and desert. This was a rich, diverse region supporting a widespread native population long before Europeans arrived. How did the indigenous people use the naturally occurring resources of this area in all aspects of their lives. What can we learn from them about caring for the land?
Join us.
The Fredericksburg chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas meets the 4th Tuesday of each month.
6:30 greeting friends new and old
7:00 ~ This month ‘s business meeting & presentation:
If your day doesn’t quite manage in-person attendance,
Join us @ 7:00 p.m. on our YouTube channel: Fredericksburg Texas Native Gardening.
Click “live” to see the scheduled meeting. Click on that meeting to join. The chat window will be open for questions during the presentation for those who have subscribed to the channel.
Native Food Plants of Texas: foraging in Austin – based on historical indigenous ethnobotany.
Cyrus Harp, an ethnobotanist, explores the wild food plants of central Texas with us this month as we walk in footprints that are centuries old. ” I have spent a decade foraging wild plant foods in Central Texas, replicating the methods used by the indigenous peoples who harvested them.”
Designing for Maintenance with Paula
In 2009 Paula Stone bought 10 acres of worn out land on the edge of Fredericksburg. The vision this avid native plant gardener had was not what she saw – a land littered with tires, washing machines and golf balls – but of one that incorporated the natural beauty and life of Texas. Designing for Maintenance is unavailable for YouTube viewing due to poor sound quality.
Gardens of Texas: Growing with Resilience
Pam Penick, our March 24 Fredericksburg speaker, is a Texas garden writer, speaker, and advocate for climate-resilient design. This month she shares practical strategies for creating gardens that weather the storms in our changing climate and grow stronger — and see how cultivating resilience in your landscape can also cultivate it in yourself.
Lessons Learned Running a Native Plant Nursery.
Nurseries didn’t offer native plants in the early 1990s when the Winninghams began searching for those plants that thrive and support the ecology of the Texas Hill Country. As they explored western Texas as far as Big Bend, they began collecting seeds and cuttings, including some for the madrone trees that the nursery has become famous for. “There are a whole host of positive aspects about a native plant business. I want to share the amazing and unexpected things I have leaned.” Dr David Winningham said.
Where is our chapter?
If you draw an equilateral triangle with Austin and San Antonio anchoring the easternmost points.
The triangle climbs onto the Edwards Plateau, its tip touching Fredericksburg and Gillespie County. This is Hill Country!
The pink dome of Enchanted Rock rises to the north of us.
This entire area is an intricate patchwork of oak and juniper woodlands, savannas interwoven with grasslands, tree mottes and shrubs. You have reached the homeland of the Fredericksburg chapter of the Native Plant Society
Ours is truly a rich and diverse natural heritage.
Please join us in exploring the heart of our native Edwards Plateau ecosystem.
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