Beaumont Chapter Meeting
2025-07-21 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | Tyrell Park, 6088 Babe Zaharias Drive, Beaumont, Texas, 77705
Join us for our monthly chapter meetings. You do not need to be a member to attend. We meet the 3rd Monday of each month.

Meeting Location: Tyrrell Park – 6088 Babe Zaharias Drive, Beaumont, TX 77705

We meet in the Binks Horticultural Center in the Beaumont Botanical Gardens area of the park.

No July Austin Chapter Meeting
2025-07-22 18:30 - 20:30

Working with Developers and HOAs on Native and Water-Wise Landscapes
2025-07-22 19:00 - 20:00
Arrive at 6:30pm to share or find native plants at the Plants x Donation table.

This will be a “hybrid” meeting, attend in-person or online.

In person: The Gathering Center at the Urban Ecology Center at Phil Hardberger Park, 8400 NW Military Hwy

Online: Please register in advance to attend via Zoom.

Presentation by Marisa Bruno, Phil Hardberger ParkWorking with Developers and HOAs on Native and Water-Wise Landscapes

In the spring of 2025, the Hill Country Alliance released a new resource, “Model Language for HOAs in the Texas Hill Country: A Practical Guide for Protecting and Preserving Water Resources, Native Landscapes, and Night Skies.” Written with input from over 30 water utility leaders and conservation experts, this guide promotes a new standard for landscaping in new developments and helps established HOAs update their landscaping policies to better conserve natural resources. In this presentation, Marisa Bruno will present an overview of the guide and share reflections and learnings on the initial rollout to new developments and established HOAs. Additionally, the Greater Edwards Aquifer Alliance will present its complimentary guide, “Watershed Stewardship for the Edwards Aquifer Region: A Low Impact Development Manual.” Attendees will leave with two new tools in their toolkit for promoting native landscapes and protecting water resources!

If you are attending in person, there is no need to register. However, if you are attending via Zoom, please register here before the meeting begins as late registration and entry will not be allowed. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Note: The Zoom recording will be available within days after the meeting on our YouTube channel.

Be Prepared for the Next Wildfire with Fire-Resistant Landscaping
2025-07-22 19:00 - 20:00
A spark can quickly become a wildfire like it did during the Crabapple fire that burned nearly 10,000 acres and destroyed nine residences and several other buildings. Are you ready for the next fire? A fire could strike at any moment and with the right conditions threaten your home regardless if you live on acreage in the county or in a subdivision.

Dayziah Petruska, Wildland Urban Interface Coordinator for Texas A&M Forest Service Region 6 (which includes Gillespie County) will speak about the basics of fire behavior and how property owners can prepare for and decrease the risk of structure loss in wildfire situations. She will also discuss home hardening strategies and fire-resistant landscaping.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Halle (212 W. San Antonio St., Fredericksburg) and doors open at 6:30 p.m. for social time.

The Nature Conservancy: Our Goals for 2030
2025-07-24 18:30 - 20:30
Nature Conservancy’s Goals and short business meeting.

6:30pm – Social time7:00pm – Zoom opens and meeting begins

Courtney Mayden, Associate Director of Development at The Nature Conservancy will present an informative program about the Nature Conservancy’s 2030 goals of supporting biodiversity, reducing climate change, protecting more land and water, and providing more food to our ever-growing population. Understanding the work that is going on in North Texas to contribute to these worldwide goals of The Conservancy could help Trinity Forks and the Native Plant Society of Texas collaborate more effectively.

Open to the public.

We hope you can join our meeting in person at TWU’s Ann Stuart Science Complex. Campus parking is open after 6:00pm.

If you can’t join us in person, we invite you to our Zoom meeting.

ZOOM PARTICIPANTS ONLY: Please Register in advance for this meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/O3MOpFeKTYmq7lwngfH2HA

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting
