Bird City Texas @ College Station
Post Oak NPSOT has partnered with the City of College Station and other non-profit organizations like Rio Brazos Audubon Society, Texas Master Naturalists to improve bird habitats and their supporting plant communities and habitats.
Native Plant Garden Assistance
Getting Started:
Why Only Native Plants?
Plants that are native to a given ecoregion have adapted to the local conditions. After they are established, they survive without supplemental water or fertilizer. Native plants provide benefits to native pollinators and local wildlife by offering nectar, food, nesting materials, and shelter and are vital to maintaining a healthy ecosystem.
If you are interested in participating in this program please contact the chapter through the following email address PostOakNPSOT@gmail.com
NICE! Native Plant Partners
The NICE Native Plant Partners program is a collaboration between the Native Plant Society of Texas and local nurseries around the state to offer natives that are right for the local environment. Texas is a large, diverse state and plants that work for one region may not always be the best choice in a different region. Native Plant Partners committees run by our local chapters create a list of Plant of the Month plants (in some areas a Plant of the Season) in cooperation with participating local nurseries and wholesalers in order to assure availability. The Native Plant Society chapter then helps promote the Plant of the Month through its website and newspaper articles, signs at the point of sale and other means. Often an information sheet on the plant is available at the nursery.
Native Landscape Certification Program
The Native Plant Society of Texas offers a Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP) that is a series of day-long classes highlighting best practices for native plant landscaping, including wildlife habitat gardening.
Each class consists of an indoor training session and a plant identification session. We show you plants native to the local ecoregion and illustrate their use in the landscape.
In each level you are presented with 45 native Texas plants recommended for your area, and 5 non-native plants to avoid.
Goals of the NLCP classes are to (a) educate NPSOT members and the general public about the value of natives, (b) how to use native plants in home, public and commercial landscapes and habitat restorations, and to (c) provide native landscape education, CEUs, and credentials to landscape professionals, developers, and nature-oriented groups.
- Level 1: Introduction to Native Landscapes – Class & Plant Walk
- Level 2: Design and Development with Native Plants – Class & Plant Walk
- Level 3: Installing and Maintaining Native Landscapes – Class & Plant Walk
- Level 4: Stewardship of Native Plant Communities (under development) – Class & Plant Walk Visit Native Landscape Certification Program