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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 […]

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.

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.

Sustainability at DFW Airport, North Central Chapter Meeting – Aug 3

Speaker: Sarah Ziomek Fort Worth Botanic Gardens in the Rose Room 3220 Botanic Garden Blvd, Fort Worth, Texas 76107 6:15 pm Socializing & snacks 6:30 pm Business meeting and announcementsThe presentation will follow our business meeting. This meeting is hybrid; in person with a virtual Zoom option. Register in advance for the Zoom meeting:https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkcemurj8tG9DucyK4JODmWo4OE_3HMPTW After registering, […]

2023 Q3 State Board Meeting

Chapter members are welcome, but not everyone may vote. Voting members include chapter presidents and Executive Board officers. Registration information will be added when available.

August 2023 Chapter Leader Forum

Topic: New Plant Sale Tools for the Native Plant Database Description: The Native Plant Database Subcommittee will present some new tools that can be used to promote Chapter Plant Sales: 1) How to create a plant list with photos and links to the database that can be posted on your website, 2) How to use […]

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.

Native Orchid Conservation Across Texas – Williamson County Chapter Meeting, August 10

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, August 10, 2023, when our featured topic will be Native Orchid Conservation Across Texas with Adam Black.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Our guest speaker’s presentation begins after a short business meeting. About our topic: From the Pineywoods to the Chihuahuan Desert, various species […]

Fall Gardening Seminar

Located in the Grand Hall at NRH Centre Address: 6000 Hawk Ave, North Richland Hills, TX 76180 Come see us at the North Richland Hills Common Ground Fall Gardening Seminar! Our North Central Chapter will have an information table to hand out wildflower seed packets and educational information for this event in North Richland Hills. Presentations […]

NPAT Dowell Ranch 2nd Saturday Volunteer Day – Cancelled due to heat

Starting this year, NPSOT Austin will be collaborating with NPAT to promote Texas native plants and restoration of native prairies. As part of that collaboration we would like to encourage our members to participate in NPAT work days.Join us for volunteer projects on NPAT’s Dowell Ranch Preserve. We will be working on various restoration projects […]

Small Scale Land Restoration – A Case Study – Aug 15

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

Join the Lindheimer Chapter for a presentation from Meg Inglis, the Executive Director of the Native Plant Society. This in-person meeting will also be available over Zoom, click here for details on how to join. "When my husband and I built our home on two acres near Dripping Springs we decided to use native plants […]

August 2023 Austin Chapter Meeting – Native Prairie Association of Texas: Dowell Ranch Prairie Restoration – August 15

  Please join us for our August Chapter meeting with our guest speaker Kirsti Harms. Kirsti Harms, Executive Director of the Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT) is a longtime Austinite. She served on NPAT board leadership from 2008 to 2017. After retiring from her day job at the Texas Department of Transportation’s Travel Information […]

Chapter Leader Forum: New Plant Sale Tools for the Native Plant Database

Topic: New Plant Sale Tools for the Native Plant Database Description: The Native Plant Database Subcommittee will present some new tools that can be used to promote Chapter Plant Sales: 1) How to create a plant list with photos and links to the database that can be posted on your website, 2) How to use an online […]

Urban Permaculture – August 17

Permaculture is coined from permanent culture and integrates a holistic perspective in the design of sustainability in food, housing and community. Carol will provide an introduction to urban permaculture and review the work of Urban Harvest Permaculture Design Certification Program to bring forward the reconnection to ecological wisdom principles. She will highlight native plants, layers of a food forest, and plant guilds to restore nature and strengthen food access. 

Member Garden Tour NPSOT Austin

Our host and NPSOT member, Tom Heger, will show us around his undeveloped 6-acre property. We will have a chance to see some areas where he is working on restoration plantings. Click on this link to the plant list if you would like to help with that during the tour. Parking is limited on the […]