April 20 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join us Gaston Christian Center (map) for our monthly meeting. Come anytime after 6:30 p.m. to visit with your fellow Native Plant enthusiasts. Join us in person or via Zoom (Zoom details below).
After the meeting, join us at Gabriela & Sofia’s Tex-Mex for dinner and/or drinks. 10455 N Central Expressway, Suite #117, Dallas, TX 75230 (map)
Craig Bruska, will speak to us about Collecting Native Seeds:
Seed knowledge, seed collecting ethics, identify when seeds are ripe, cleaning seeds, when to plant seeds, and seed storage.
Craig Bruska has had a lifelong love of nature from visiting scores of National Parks across the country on family vacations. During his 40-year career in construction, engineering, and facilities management he worked for eight years working for the Lake County (IL) Forest Preserve District overseeing the maintenance and construction of over 100 miles of multi-use county wide trails in the 35,000 acre preserve system. He oversaw the restoration over 1,000 acres of wetlands by removing field tiles. His crews battled invasive species from European Buckthorn to Purple Loosestrife. Since moving to Texas in 2019 and settling into New Braunfels in 2020 he has worked to learn the plants of the Blackland Prairie and Edwards Plateau. This includes attending varies lectures and symposium on Native Texas Plants and he also has completed the Native Plant Society of Texas – Native Landscaping Certification Program and is a Texas Master Naturalist. Craig is currently serving as the Education Chair for the Lindheimer Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas.
ZOOM INFO: If you can’t join in person, log on using this link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83725236133?pwd=MnRoZlRWMEd4ZENkaXdjalpkRFFIdz09
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Meeting ID: 837 2523 6133
Passcode: 882399a*
