October 2 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Trees of Hope
Guest Speaker: Bailey Hoops
Drought, water restrictions and intense winter storms, oh my! Are you ready to plant some new native trees in your landscape? Looking to replace dead or fallen trees with natives that are beautiful to experience and vital to the wildlife in your neighborhood? Please join us as we discuss a wide variety of native trees including canopy and understory trees. You will learn tree characteristics, preferred growing conditions and how your tree choice can leave a legacy to the people and wildlife around you. Trees of Hope class offers choices so you can feel empowered to make a positive change in your yard, to better our community.
Bailey Hoops is a clinically trained herbalist, certified permaculture designer and certified with the Native Plant Society of Texas in Landscaping with Native Plants. Her greatest passions are butterflies, native medicinal plants, and leading plant walks. She has spent 10 years building a medicinal food forest at her home, with a large emphasis on native pollinator plants. You can currently find her working with the Oak hill VFW post # 4443, helping run the Paul Pena Community Garden
This is a hybrid online and in-person meeting, with the in-person meeting at
Lakewood Clubhouse 7317 Lakewood Dr. Austin, TX 78750
This is off 360.
We will have seeds for swapping and sharing. Collect seeds from your yard and bring some to share with us. Excess seeds may be shared at future meetings or donated to the Central Texas Seed Savers collections at the Austin Public Library.
You are invited (but not expected) to bring a small dish or drink to share.
You can register for the Zoom meeting to attend online.
Social time begins at 6:30pm. Main speaker begins at 7pm, followed by the Austin Chapter business meeting.
