Join us to have a look at the various predatory insects that can be found in the native plant gardens at the Nature Discovery Center, such as assassin bugs, ladybird Beetles, and Wasps. We will also talk about what you can do to encourage them to stay and prey in your garden.
Spring Native Plant Sale for Members Only Herff Farm Teaching Barn, 33 Herff Road, Boerne, Tx 78006
Come out and volunteer with us as we provide a native plant walk at Hugh Ramsey Nature Park in Harlingen. We will be showcasing the park's native plants to master naturalist from the South Texas Border Chapter PLUS we may have a second tour for a group of UTRGV professors as they seek to learn […]
We are holding a Pollinator Garden Tour on Saturday, April 20, 2024 from 8:30 am - 1:00 pm. We have three gardens on the tour - in Celina, McKinney and Fairview. Please RSVP to Rodney Thomas (rook.thomas@yahoo.com / 214-533-8756) if you plan to join. Below are the gardens that will be visited, in order:1) Cynthia […]
Don't miss this chance to add new native plants to your landscape and support our local NPSOT chapter and Riverside Nature Center.Sale is held at Riverside Nature Center, 150 Franciso Lemos St., Kerrville, Texas.
Our annual Spring Native Plant Sale will be held at Riverside Nature Center, 150 Francisco Lemos St., Kerrville, Texas on Saturday April 20th from 9am until noon (or until sold out). Native plants offer several benefits for your landscape and family. Benefits such as producing a smaller carbon footprint, water conservation, and are low maintenance. […]
Spring Native Plant Sale - Open to the Public. At the Herff Farm Teaching Barn, 33 Herff Road, Boerne TX 78006.
Join us for a morning of volunteer magic at Lake Mineral Wells State Park. 🌼✨
Come celebrate Earth Day in Mercedes. We will have an information table to share who we are with the community. If anyone would like to help staff the table, let me know. Questions? rio-grande-valley-chapter@gmail.com
Meeting at the New Braunfels Public Library meeting room. Social 5:45 pm, Business 6:15 pm, Program at 6:30 pmZoom link and passcode in January newsletter and on website.
Dear NLCP Committee Members, This Monday begins our first meeting of 2024. We will meet at 7:00pm on the 2nd and 4th Monday of the month on this Zoom link: https://npsot-org.zoom.us/j/87628189964?pwd=NUdBV3ZTSzFVMjJjTnpycjlQTGRJQT09. We're a small committee, and we don't get to see each other in person very often, so please plan to join with your camera on. See […]
Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds, plant native plants, maintain pathways, and trim trees and bushes.
Join us at Earth Day Celebration at UTRGV's Edinburg campus. We will have an information table at the Union Quad. Help is welcome. Questions? rio-grande-valley-chapter@gmail.com
Please plan to join us for a great presentation on Wildscapes by Ms. Terri Walker, Cross Timbers Chapter member and Master Gardener. Terri Walker is a member of the Cross Timbers Native Plant Society and a Parker County Master Gardener. She retired from the Natural Resources Conservation Service in 2017, where she spent years analyzing […]
Fredericksburg Chapter of Native Plant Society of Texas Speaker Paula Stone on April 23 Find out how to make your landscape maintenance easier by choosing the right layout, the right style and the best plants for your area at the next meeting of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), Fredericksburg Chapter on April 23 […]
Presentation by Zach Ritchie, SABOT Conservation and Collections Technician
If you enjoy getting your hands dirty for a good cause, we could use your help in preserving the native habitat throughout the park. Weed Warriors meet every Wednesday at various locations. To join the email list, please sign up to learn more.
Join us at Earth Day Celebration at UTRGV's Brownsville campus. We will have an information table at the Student Union Lawn. Help is welcome. Questions? rio-grande-valley-chapter@gmail.com
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.
ACE 21st Century Earth Day Family Event: Volunteer to present before a group of Russell Elementary School parents on How to Start Your Own Native Plant Butterfly Garden. Russell Elementary School, Brownsville. If anyone would like to help, let me know. rio-grande-valley-chapter@gmail.com
6:30pm – Social time7:00pm – Zoom opens and meeting begins We hope you can join our meeting in person at TWU's Ann Stuart Science Complex. Campus parking is openafter 6:00pm. If you can’t join us in person, we invite you to our Zoom meeting.ZOOM PARTICIPANTS ONLY: Please Register in advance forthis meeting:https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYodeCtrzoiE9LnBQR0XcOYymsF2Li5-B4G After registering, youwill receive a […]
https://zoom.us/j/99094828078 Topic: There is an intrinsic relationship between our native plants, insects, birds and land and marine mammals. Insects, which appeared on Earth about 480 million years ago, have co-evolved with plants. Native Oaks, for instance, support over 500 species of caterpillars. Native milk weed maintains the life cycle of the Monarch Butterfly that we […]
Started in 2016 as a competition between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the City Nature Challenge (CNC) has grown into an international event, motivating people around the world to find and document wildlife in their own cities. Run by the Community Science teams at the California Academy of Sciences and the Natural History Museum of […]
The fourth Saturday in April is Texas Wildflower Day! The state NPSOT Social Media campaign will begin on April 21st with wildflower images all week and culminate on the actual Wildflower Day. If anyone has great wildflower images, please post them on our Facebook page and I can use them to contribute to the state […]
Come out and volunteer with Keep Mercedes Beautiful. Morning and afternoon shifts available. Sign up. If anyone has any questions, let me know. rio-grande-valley-chapter@gmail.com
Join us to help our partners at NPAT for an invasive species THISTLE THWACK at Dowell Ranch! (Just south of Austin). Superstar volunteers needed on April 27th to help remove Maltese Star-Thistle. This aggressive plant has popped up in our front pasture restoration area and we need to remove them with people power before it […]
Time: 10:00am-12:00noon or sellout Location: Flower Mound High School, 3411 Peters Colony (for your GPS) – In the back parking lot at Sagebrush Drive and Old Settlers Road, at the Keep Flower Mound Beautiful Spring Trash-off and Environmental Fair - see Map We'll have:Over 2000 native plantsKnowledgeable volunteersLow prices Bring your own flats or boxes and cash, […]
Help "Spruce Up" the Chandor Nature Trail!
The training will focus on the nature and function of stream and riparian zones and the benefits and direct impacts from healthy riparian zones. The riparian education programs will cover an introduction to riparian principles, watershed processes, basic hydrology, erosion/deposition principles and riparian vegetation, as well as potential causes of degradation and possible resulting impairment(s) […]
Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds, plant native plants, maintain pathways, and trim trees and bushes.
The Native Americans utilized many native plants for treatment of various illnesses for thousands of years. Unfortunately, much of this knowledge was set aside when synthetic medicines became widely available. Join us for a special meeting where we welcome Ricky Linex, President of the Native Plant Society of Texas, as he showcases 45 native Texas […]
If you enjoy getting your hands dirty for a good cause, we could use your help in preserving the native habitat throughout the park. Weed Warriors meet every Wednesday at various locations. To join the email list, please sign up to learn more.
Lakes and Pines Chapter Meeting - Topic: Dairy to Prairie, Presented by Julie Mattox
Insect and Native Plant Interactions Joshua Byrne has been passionate about insects since before he could talk, and once he was able to it was all he talked about. He has kept and studied invertebrates privately for over twenty years, as well as professionally through the Iowa State Insect Zoo, Little Rock Zoo, and currently […]
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NLCP Classes On May 4, the chapter will offer Level 4 of the Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP) with instructors Kathy Ward and Veronica Hawk. This workshop will focus on land stewardship. As more land is developed, good examples of healthy, natural habitats are disappearing. This is an opportunity to learn how to create an […]
Saturday, May 4 — Clear Lake — Level 1 Class - In-person or online. Learn about the benefits of native plants, desirable plants for your area and design considerations for your landscape.
Come on over to Weatherford to purchase your native plants!
River Legacy Parks Elm Grove Pavilion 701 NW Green Oaks Blvd., Arlington, Texas 76006 The North Central Chapter holds two native plant sales each year, one in Spring and one in Fall. The Sales feature a large variety of Texas Native Plant species good for our soils and climate. Native Plants make healthy Habitats:
Save the date! Join us for our plant sale at Native Plants and Prairie Day on May 4, a free event celebrating our Blackland Prairies! Don’t miss this chance to add new native plants to your landscape and support your local NPSOT chapter. Details When and Where When: May 4 10:00-4:00 (or until sold out) […]
Chapter members are welcome, but not everyone may vote. Voting members include chapter presidents, executive officers, and state standing committee chairs. Native Plant Society of Texas members receive an email with a registration link about one week prior to the State Board meeting. Please watch for it and come to the meeting!
Chapter Leadership meeting: our officers will meet from 6pm - 7pm. Everyone is welcome to attend. Let me know and I will send you the meeting invitation. Our Chapter Leadership consists of: Roberto Gaitan - PresidentEva Ryan - Vice PresidentMaki House - TreasurerJames Grizzard - SecretaryDevin Johnston - Membership ChairRichard Blanton - Communications Chair Anyone […]
Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds, plant native plants, maintain pathways, and trim trees and bushes.
May 7 - Chapter Meeting at Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium - 6:00pm - Social Time; 6:45pm - Chapter Announcements, followed by the Speaker Speaker: Leslie L. Bush is a paleoethnobotanist, an archaeologist who specializes in identifying bits of plants preserved on archaeological sites, usually in the form of charcoal and occasionally as waterlogged or desiccated plant […]
Our May 7th Chapter Meeting will feature a presentation by Chad Cummings – AgriLife County Extension Agent, on “An Integrated Vegetation Management Approach to Controlling Invasive Plants”. Chad will be discussing invasive plant’s impact on our economy, biodiversity, and biophysical processes, and potential control mechanisms. In addition, he will cover common North Texas native species […]
We are always looking for dedicated volunteers who are passionate about the native plant mission. Anyone is welcome to attend our board meetings on zoom for the fun and rewarding work that goes into our various projects.
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