Native Plant Society of Texas

Spring Native Plant Sale
2024-04-20 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
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).

Knowledgeable plant docents to answer questions

Personal shoppers to assist in selecting plants and navigating the sale

See many of the sale plants in matrue form throughout the nature center

Tax free on all purchases

Native plants offer several benefits for your landscape and family. Benefits such as producing a smaller carbon footprint, water conservation, and are low maintenance. They are also a healthier choice for your community and family because fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides are not necessary. Native plants increase biodiversity by providing a healthy habitat for all living things.

Spring Native Plant Sale - Open to the Public
2024-04-20 09:00 - 13:00 (America/Chicago)
Spring Native Plant Sale – Open to the Public. At the Herff Farm Teaching Barn, 33 Herff Road, Boerne TX 78006.

Plant sale
2024-04-20 09:00 - 13:30 (America/Chicago)

Lake Mineral Wells State Park Pollinator Garden Work Day, Volunteer Opportunity, Cross Timbers Chapter, Mineral Wells, Saturday, 4/20/2024 at 10 a.m.
2024-04-20 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
🌿 Calling All Native Plant Enthusiasts! 🌿 Be a Pollinator Protector! 🐝🌸

Join us for a morning of volunteer magic at Lake Mineral Wells State Park. 🌼✨

You can help maintain the pollinator garden at Lake Mineral Wells State Park! 🌼🦋 This wonderful community effort supports our local ecosystems and provides habitat to facilitate the important work of pollinators. This garden provides educational information to visitors and is utilized by the park staff to explain the importance of native plants and their benefits.

Here are some suggestions on clothing and what to bring:

Work Clothing: Wear comfortable work clothing appropriate for the weather. Layers are great for adjusting to changing conditions.

Gloves: If you have gardening gloves, bring them along. They’ll protect your hands while working with plants and soil.

Gardening Tools: If you own any gardening tools, such as nippers, shovels, spades, pitchforks, or wheelbarrows, feel free to bring them. Buckets and brooms are also useful. These tools can be incredibly helpful for various tasks.

Water: Stay hydrated! Bring a water bottle to keep yourself refreshed during the work.

Hat: A hat with a wide brim provides shade for your face, neck, and ears, protecting you from direct sunlight. It helps prevent sunburn and reduces the risk of skin damage caused by UV radiation. In case of cooler weather, wear a hat to keep warm.

Additional Details:

If the temperature is below 40°F or if it’s raining, the workday will be canceled.

For any specific questions or further information, you can reach out to Cindy Crump at cindyleecrump@gmail.com.

For these months, here are some details of plans

March: Clearing dead materials and cutting back dead stems

April: Mulching the beds and hunting for natives in the park to transplant to the garden

Location:

Lake Mineral Wells State Park, 100 Park Road 71, Mineral Wells, Texas.

Before entering the park gates, take a left into the administration building parking lot.

Meeting Point:

Meet at the garden located near the administration building entrance (before paying at the gate).

Let’s come together and contribute to the beauty and health of our local environment! 🌿🌸

Earth Day Celebration in Mercedes
2024-04-22 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago)
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

Chapter Meeting - Gabriel Torres - Planting and care of native trees.
2024-04-22 17:45 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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.

2024-04-22 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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=[REDACTED]

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 you Monday!

—

Jay Gowen, NLCP Chair, Pines and Prairies Chapter, 832-513-5785 (cell)

Habitat Workday @ EIH
2024-04-23 09:00 - 11:00, 2024-04-30 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

Earth Fest at UTRGV Edinburg
2024-04-23 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
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

"Wildscapes" with Terri Walker, Cross Timbers Chapter Meeting, Weatherford, Tuesday 4/23/2024 at 6 p.m.
2024-04-23 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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 plant composition in the fields of Parker County, as well as in other locations.

The problems of habitat destruction and the introduction of plant species where they do not naturally occur are having a calamitous effect on our environment and its non-human residents. That effect is compounded by climate change. What can we do to improve this predicament? Terri will explain:

what a wildscape is

why wildscapes are needed, and

how to build a wildscape that could collectively help save our planet.

Meeting Details:

Location: Mount Pleasant School, 213 Raymond George Way, Weatherford, Texas.

6:00 p.m. Chapter Business Meeting and Update on Native Plant Sale

6:30 p.m. Educational Program

“Get Real” Garden Design with Native Plants
2024-04-23 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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 from 6:30-8 p.m. at St. Joseph’s Halle.

Paula Stone, Vice President of the Fredericksburg Chapter of the NPSOT, will share her extensive knowledge about landscape design using native Texas plants.

“I’ll show you practical ways to build gardens that will enhance your property and be less work as time goes by,” noted Stone. “I once heard someone say that, ‘The gardening should get easier as the gardener gets older.’”

“Paula is a great teacher when it comes to learning how to minimize weeding and watering while maximizing entertainment and enjoyment,” said Deborah Simmons, president of the Fredericksburg chapter of NPSOT. “She’ll explore ways to make that happen in our Hill Country gardens.”

Over the last 15 years, Stone has tried various plants and gardening techniques to deal with the caliche soil, lack of rainfall, excessive heat, and occasional ice storm that are common to Gillespie County. Her presentation will take that all into account as she describes what’s needed in an easy-to-maintain native landscape. Stone hopes that people new to gardening in the Hill Country will benefit from the many tips she will be sharing.

Stone is a three-term past president of the NPSOT Fredericksburg Chapter, and has been gardening in Fredericksburg since purchasing her property in 2009. Stone bought and restored a historic stone home on the edge of Fredericksburg and took the property from being so derelict that the realtor wouldn’t go inside to being on the 2012 Historic Home Tour. The 10 acres surrounding the house were in equally horrific condition, having been an exotic game farm/puppy mill that had “every conceivable weed that will grow in the hill country” says Stone. She recently built a dome home on the property and is designing the landscape that will surround it.

The chapter holds its monthly meetings on the 4th Tuesday of the month at St. Joseph’s Halle (212 W. San Antonio St., Fredericksburg). There is a social time at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting starts at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend in person and via online streaming (www.youtube.com/@fredericksburgtexasnativeg4884). More information is online at Facebook (@fbgtxnpsot), Instagram @npsot_fredericksburg_chapter, and https://npsot.org/chapters/fredericksburg/. Meetings are open to the public.

Identification Tools for Native Plant ID
2024-04-23 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
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 Zach RitchieIdentification Tools for Native Plant ID

Learning the biodiversity of native species in Texas can be daunting. Gain the tools to identify the native plants of Bexar county and more through this lecture. Use taxonomy, morphology and plant keys to contribute to the growing collection of observations on iNaturalist during the bioblitz.

Zach Ritchie – SABOT Conservation and Collections Technician

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 meeting is limited to 100 viewers at any time. If our Zoom meeting participants exceed that number online, you may not be able to access the meeting live. We apologize for the inconvenience, but the meeting will be available within days after the meeting on our YouTube channel.

Earth Fest at UTRGV Brownsville
2024-04-24 11:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
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

Native Garden Workday
2024-04-25 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.

How to Start Your Own Native Plant Butterfly Garden
2024-04-25 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Chicago)
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

April Trinity Forks Business Meeting & Program - Native Bees
2024-04-25 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
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 confirmation email containinginformation about joining the meeting.

This event is sponsored by the Trinity Forks Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas, You can attend this meeting Live at Ann Stuart Science Complex, TWU, Denton, OR via Zoom (see registration link below).

Elm Fork Master Naturalists President Kathryn Wells will be presenting on Native Bees.

Native Plants – Where Would We Be Without Them?
2024-04-25 19:00 - 20:00 (America/Chicago)
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 all love to watch and nurture on their twice-a-year migration. The important role played by natives cannot be over-stated.

This event is sponsored by The Woodlands G.R.E.E.N.

In his presentation, Bob Dailey will discuss the important ecoregions that constitute Montgomery County and neighboring areas. He will also speak to the planting and care of natives.

Speaker: Bob is a writer and lecturer on native plants, water and soil conservation, and organic gardening; a Master Gardener and a Master Naturalist. He grew up on a farm in South Louisiana (way south) and spent his time as a youth wandering through pine forests, cypress swamps, and open fields. He also raised chickens, milked cows and baled hay; all bringing him close to nature every day. Attending a 4-room elementary school, he later took time to attend university. He has written hundreds of articles both online and in print. He maintains a website (gulfcoastgardening.com) where he promotes organic gardening, native plants, soil culture, rainwater harvesting, drip irrigation and water conservation.

Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/j/99094828078

2024 City Nature Challenge - Bioblitz
2024-04-26 00:00 - 2024-04-29 23:30 (America/Chicago)
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 Los Angeles County (NHM), the CNC is an annual four-day global bioblitz at the end of April, where cities are in a collaboration-meets-friendly-competition to see what can be accomplished when we all work toward a common goal.

Help your city out in this challenge using iNaturalist.

For more information see the event website.

Texas Wildflower Day!
2024-04-27 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Chicago)
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 Facebook page.

Questions? rio-grande-valley-chapter@gmail.com

Keep Mercedes Beautiful - Trees in the Ground
2024-04-27 08:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago)
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

Texas Wildflower Day
2024-04-27 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Chicago)

NLCP Level 1 Montgomery, Grimes and Walker Counties
2024-04-27 08:30 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Details and Registration Information

Dowell Ranch Thistle Thwack!
2024-04-27 09:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
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 goes to seed.

**** Bring water, gardening gloves, pruner, hand trowel, and muscle power ****

Please RSVP here – https://www.tickettailor.com/events/nativeprairiesassociationoftexas/1212474

Trinity Forks Spring 2024 Plant Sale
2024-04-27 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Chicago)
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, check or credit card! We’ll see you there!

Chandor Nature Trail "Spruce Up", Volunteer Opportunity, Cross Timbers Chapter, Weatherford, Sunday, 4/28/2024
2024-04-28 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Chicago)
Spruce Up Days

Nature Trail “Spruce Up” volunteer day from noon until 2:00 PM. Late comers are welcome. Interested volunteers can contact Cross Timbers trail steward Christie Tull, at greenwoodfarminc@aol.com or call 817-307-9307. See you on the trail!

About the Nature Trail

Chandor Nature Trail is just under one mile long and is open for hikers and their leashed dogs free of charge during Chandor Garden hours. The Garden’s address is 711 W Lee Street in Weatherford.

Texas Riparian & Stream Ecosystem Workshop - Arroyo Colorado Watershed
2024-04-30 08:00 - 16:30 (America/Chicago)
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) and available local resources including technical assistance and tools that can be employed to prevent and/or resolve degradation. These one-day trainings in watersheds across the state include both indoor classroom presentations and outdoor stream walks.

The goal is for participants to better understand and relate to riparian and watershed processes, the benefits that healthy riparian areas provide and the tools that can be employed to prevent and/or resolve degradation and improve water quality.

Agenda: Open

RSVP by April 23, 2024: Register

Questions? rio-grande-valley-chapter@gmail.com

Medicinal Applications of Native Plants by Native Americans - April 30
2024-04-30 18:30 - 19:30 (America/Chicago)
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 forbs, shrubs and trees that were used medicinally by many tribes across Texas and the southern US. The treatment method and the illness or disease treated will be discussed for each plant. Resources will be shown that can be used to research plants you are interested in to see what tribes might have used the plants.

A link for remote attendance will be posted as the date gets near.

Location: South Texas Ecotourism Center, 501 Hwy 100, Laguna Vista, Tx.

Questions? rio-grande-valley-chapter@gmail.com

Dairy to Prairie - Julie Mattox
2024-05-01 14:00 - 15:30 (America/Chicago)
Lakes and Pines Chapter Meeting – Topic: Dairy to Prairie, Presented by Julie Mattox

Joshua Byrne, Fort Worth Zoo, North Central Chapter Meeting
2024-05-02 18:30 - 20:30 (America/Chicago)
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 the Fort Worth Zoo. He has a bachelor’s degree in animal ecology from Iowa State University, but was extremely happy to move to Texas where the weather is warmer and the insects are bigger!

Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Rose Room

3220 Botanic Garden Blvd, Fort Worth, Texas 76107

6:15 Socializing and snacks

6:30 Business meeting and announcements

The presentation will follow our business meeting.

This meeting is hybrid; in person with a virtual Zoom option.

Advance registration is required to receive the Zoom link: Zoom Registration
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
