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June 27, 2023 – Cross Timbers Chapter Meeting with “Pollinators and Native Plants – What it means for our future” by Ricky Linex

Mount Pleasant Historical School 213 Raymond George Way, Weatherford, Texas, United States

What:  Chapter Business Meeting followed by Educational Presentation When:  June 27, 2023 at 6 p.m.  Where:  Mount Pleasant Historical School, 213 Raymond George Way, Weatherford TX 76086 Please join us for a short business meeting.  Are you trying to select the best pollinator plants for your landscape? Join us as Ricky provides a big picture view of the importance […]

Butterflies of Bexar County – June 27

Butterflies of Bexar County - Zachary Tonzetich will discuss some of the basics about how to get started in butterfly watching, describe some identification tips, and share photographs of his personal experiences finding butterflies in Bexar County and some of the native plants that serve as both nectar and larval hosts for butterflies in Texas. […]

Crossroads of the Eclipses: How Plants and Dark Skies are Connected in the Texas Hill Country

St. Joseph's Halle 212 W. San Antonio St., Fredericksburg, Texas, United States

This month’s speaker, Dawn Davies with Hill Country Alliance, will share information about how dark skies and plants are connected. The annular solar eclipse of 2023 and the total solar eclipse of 2024 will place the Texas Hill Country at the crossroads of two remarkable celestial phenomena. Central Texas will become the epicenter of great […]

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country 4831 FM2673, Canyon Lake, Texas, United States

Please join us at the Heritage Museum to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter's Demonstration Garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening tools. Contact Mickey Riviere at mr0752@gvtc.com or Peggy Haley at phaley@gt.rr.com to confirm the workday.

Summer Social

 Chapter Summer Social - Potluck with a Hawaiian Luau theme

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture 1370 Churchill Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, 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 Executive Board Meeting

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.

Chapter Board Meeting

A Zoom link will be sent to all members prior to the meeting.

Hot Stuff – Williamson County Chapter Meeting – July 13

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, July 13, 2023, when our featured topic will be Hot Stuff.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Attend in person or via Zoom (register ahead). Our speaker presentation begins after a short business meeting, which for this month is also our annual meeting where we’ll announce […]

I-35 Hill County Monarch Waystation Workday

The next Monarch waystation workday is Saturday July 15th. The workday is every month on the 3rd Saturday. We will start on the southbound side at 9:00 am. Please come and go as your schedule allows. We will be watering and weeding. With a commitment of volunteer hours, you can qualify for a Volunteer Monarch T-Shirt. […]

Native Plants for Central Texas Raingardens – July 18

Tye Preston Memorial Library 16311 S. Access Road, Canyon Lake, Texas

Join the Lindheimer Chapter for a presentation from Shannon Brown about Native Plants for a Central Texas Raingarden. This in-person meeting will also be available over Zoom, click here for details on how to join. Shannon Brown founded Ecosystem Regeneration Artisans (ERA) Landscaping to unite talented land stewards on projects that realize the vision of […]

Texas Native Grapes – July 20, 2023

Texas has more species of wild native grapes than any other state. Join us to learn about Texas's major native grape species, their characteristics and distribution, and methods used to cultivate them in home gardens and vineyards.

Event Series NPSOT Growing Area Project

NPSOT Austin Growing Area Project, 4th Saturday Workdays

Dowell Ranch Preserve 301 West FM 1626, Manchaca, TX, 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 […]

From Balconies to Backyards – July 22

A half-day, hybrid event brought to you by Texas Master Naturalists, Good Water Chapter Agenda1:00 Wizzie Brown “How to Attract Insects to Your Yard and Why You Should Want to”2:00 Jane Tillman “Put Out the Welcome Mat for Backyard Birds”3:00 Jessica Woods “Drop by Drop: The Impact of Small Changes on Water Conservation”4:00 Beth Erwin […]

Reduce Water Use in Your Landscape – July 25

Fredericksburg, TX — Have you been wondering if your landscape is using too much water? Or is it taking too much of your time? Do you want to get rid of invasive plants that are taking over your yard? Have you been thinking about putting in a low-water use, native xeriscape, but hiring the job […]

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Texas Museum of Handmade Furniture 1370 Churchill Drive, New Braunfels, Texas, 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.

July Program2-Trinity Forks-“Sex in the Garden” and Business Meeting – July 27

The monthly meeting will be live at TWU (see link to map below) and simultaneously broadcast via Zoom (see Zoom link below) 6:30 pm Refreshments & socializing7:00 pm brief business meeting with program to follow. Our June program-Sex in the Garden-will be presented by Janet Smith.  Janet is a Texas Master Gardener, a Master Naturalist […]

Native Trees of the Piney Woods, Collin County Chapter Meeting – Aug 2023

“Native Trees of the Piney Woods” We will be discussing the overall makeup of the fascinating, extremely diverse Piney Woods ecoregion,and take an armchair hike into the woodlands of East Texas to look at some of the moreinteresting trees found there. This is a hybrid meeting, with in-person attendees meeting in Laughlin Hall at the Heard […]

Event Series Native Garden Workday

Native Garden Workday

Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country 4831 FM2673, Canyon Lake, Texas, United States

Please join us at the Heritage Museum to help maintain the Lindheimer Chapter's Demonstration Garden. Please bring water, closed toe shoes, gloves, and your favorite gardening tools. Contact Mickey Riviere at mr0752@gvtc.com or Peggy Haley at phaley@gt.rr.com to confirm the workday.