Native Plant Society of Texas

Native Garden Workday
2023-12-28 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-12-13 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York) | Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture, 1370 Churchill Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, 78130, United States
Please join us at the Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter’s native demonstration garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening tools. Contact Craig Bruska at craigbruska@hotmail.com for details and to confirm the workday.

NPSOT Austin Growing Area Project, 4th Saturday Workdays - Cancelled due to holidays
2023-12-23 09:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | Dowell Ranch Preserve, 301 West FM 1626, Manchaca, TX, 78652, United States
We have started a new collaboration with the Native Prairie Association of Texas, on their 150 acre Dowell Ranch Preserve. In return for allowing us to hold our plant sales and store equipment, we will assist with their prairie restoration.

Part of these activities will be to grow native plants that can be used for the prairie restoration and can also be offered at our plant sales.

The gate should be open, please drive in. Drive past the house and past the cattle guard (the pipes across the road). When the road splits, stay to the left and park in the grassy area before or after the round fenced-in growing area.

NPSOT-Houston Holiday Dinner - December 21
2023-12-21 18:30 - 21:00 (America/Chicago)
Our holiday tradition continues!

Rather than hold our regular third-Thursday monthly meeting during this busy time of year, our tradition is to gather for a meal and some fellowship with other native plant enthusiasts. This year we are trying a new location, Govinda’s Vegetarian Cuisine, a wonderful mostly-Indian buffet in Garden Oaks with delicious plant-based food. Join us any time after 6:30pm; the buffet style will make it easy for people to come and go as their schedule allows! Please RSVP here so we can ensure we have enough space.

1320 W 34th St, Houston, TX 77018

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Habitat Workday @ EIH
2023-12-19 09:00 - 11:00, 2023-12-12 09:00 - 11:00 (America/New_York)
Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds, plant native plants, maintain pathways, and trim trees and bushes. Volunteers may also help clean out the pond on select work days.

No experience necessary—we’ll show you what goes and what stays

Bring your own tools or use ours (we have gloves too)

Don’t forget to bring a reusable water bottle, hat, and sunscreen!

Volunteers must be 18 or older to participate in EIH’s workdays unless prior arrangements have been made.

We do not hold workdays when the university is officially closed. Also, workdays are canceled during inclement weather, though a light sprinkle or drizzle rarely keeps us out of the garden. If you’re not sure, please call 281-283-3950 or 281-283-3045, and we’ll let you know if we’re digging in.

LocationEnvironmental Institute of Houston (Click link for Google Map)University of Houston-Clear LakeNorth Office Annex (NOA) 1 Building2700 Bay Area Blvd.Houston, TX 77058

No December 2023 Austin Chapter Meeting due to holidays
2023-12-19 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Chicago)

NPSOT Executive Board Meeting
2023-12-13 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York)
Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) Executive Board meetings occur monthly and any member may attend. Contact the Executive Director prior to the meeting at state@npsot.org for Zoom and applicable document links. Please be prepared to follow the Visitor’s Executive Meeting Protocol.

Holiday Party
2023-12-13 17:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
At Conservation Plaza

NPSOT Website Committee
2023-12-12 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
Open to any members who help manage content on their chapter or committee website.No registration required.

Join Zoom Meeting

Meeting ID: 897 7771 6314Passcode: [REDACTED]

Chapter Meeting, Christmas Social & Raffle - "Predators and How They Are Beneficial to an Ecosystem"
2023-12-12 13:30 - 15:00 (America/Chicago)
Elizabeth Tidwell will present “Predators and How They Are Beneficial to an Ecosystem” at 2 pm. Please come at 1 pm for social time and to buy raffle tickets. More details on raffle items to come!

We meet at Riverside Nature Center, 150 Franciso Lemos St., Kerrville, Texas.

Holiday Potluck & Gift Exchange
2023-12-11 18:00 - 20:30 (America/New_York)
The Clear Lake Chapter’s annual Holiday Potluck will be held in the Forest Room of the Bayou Building on the UHCL campus. The party will include a garden gifts exchange (unwrapped), a native plant bingo and a delicious potluck supper. All will be IN PERSON!!

You may bring your own meal if you would rather not participate in the potluck dishes. Everyone will need to bring their own cup or glass, plate, and silverware. Iced tea and water will be available.

To avoid everyone bringing a delicious desert, it is suggested that if your last name begins with:

A-C – bring an AppetizerD-J – bring a SaladK-P – bring a Main DishR-Z – bring a Desert

Parking

It will be very necessary to have your ORANGE parking pass displayed on your dashboard Monday night. If you do not have a current parking pass, be on the lookout for Joe B. and Ford H., who will be in the parking lot handing out passes. Do not park in faculty/staff parking. Campus map and directions.

Gift Exchange

Please bring an unwrapped gift(s) to participate in the gift exchange. Participants will get a raffle-style ticket and as numbers are drawn, winners will choose something from the table. “What sort of thing should I bring?” Well, if you are crafty or artistic, share some of your work. Have fruit trees? Bring fruit. Grow plants? Bring one or two (but bring in a bag to prevent soil loss in the room). Collect native seeds? Have two copies of a favorite plant book? Garden gloves, hand tools, field books—all are suitable items for people with similar interests to your own. Please note that you absolutely do not need to buy anything new.

Yard Signs

NPSOT yard signs will be available for sale at the meeting. Cash, check, and credit card accepted.

Member sign, $20

Biodiversity sign, $25

Bingo

Like last year, we will have several rousing rounds of plant bingo. Brush up on your native plants to win a prize!

Volunteer

We have a few spots open for volunteers. Set up begins at 5 pm. Click here to sign up!

Meetings are open to members and non-members. If you would like to become a member, you may join online. For more information about the Native Plant Society of Texas and the benefits of membership please visit: npsot.org.

Hosted by the Environmental Institute of Houston, University of Houston-Clear Lake.

Second Saturday Workday in Cibolo Nature Center Demonstration Gardens
2023-12-09 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
December 9 – Second Saturday Workday in Cibolo Nature Center Demonstration Gardens, 9:00am-Noon. Bring hat, gloves, water, sun and insect repellant.
