Habitat Workday @ EIH
Habitat Workday @ EIH
Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds, plant native plants, maintain pathways, and trim trees and bushes.
Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds, plant native plants, maintain pathways, and trim trees and bushes.
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 Alessandra Viola, co-author of Brilliant Green: The Surprising Science of Plant Intelligence and of her new book Flower Power (pending in English translation) in a virtual conversation about plant intelligence, plant rights, and plant ethics with moderator Paul Moss, executive director of The Plant Initiative. Learn more or register here.
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.
The History, Art, and Science of Herbaria At the heart of botanical science you can find a herbarium: a scientific collection of preserved plants that documents knowledge about plant life on Earth. In this lecture, you should expect to better understand how botanical specimens are collected from around the world, how they are preserved (since […]
Online State Board Zoom MeetingSaturday, February 3, 20239 am - 1 pm (come as early as 8:30 am) Every Society member is welcome. Voting members include chapter presidents (or their voting representatives), state-level executive officers and state standing committee chairs. Agenda items -may be submitted to chapter presidents, state level executive officers, committee chairs, the Executive Director, […]
We want everyone to know that the Texas Native Plant Art Exhibition is now at the UNT Elm Fork Education Center for the month of February. The Elm Fork Education Center is located on the UNT campus on the first floor of the EESAT Building, 1704 W. Mulberry St.
Our presentation will be on "The Blackland Prairie Across Time" by George Diggs, an evolutionary biologist and botany professor at Austin College in Sherman. The Blackland Prairie, one of the major vegetational areas of Texas, has had an immense impact on the development of the state. The presentation will begin by looking briefly at what […]
Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds, plant native plants, maintain pathways, and trim trees and bushes.
Feb 6 - Chapter Meeting at Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium - 6:00pm - Social Time; 6:45pm - Chapter Announcements, followed by the speaker Speaker: Our scheduled speaker, John Benedict, was recently taken ill with a respiratory infection and subsequently cancelled his presentation. Mr. Chuck Janzow has generously agreed to provide his own talk to the chapter. His […]
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.
Free webinar with Jaime González, Community & Equitable Conservation Programs Director, The Nature Conservancy in Texas. How we manage and remake our landscapes have big implications for human health, equity, crime, academic achievement, climate resilience, and biodiversity conservation. Currently, many of our landscapes make these challenges even worse because they were designed for the 1800s not […]
Lakes and Pines Chapter Meeting - Topic: "IT to ID: Using Technology to Identify the Elements of Nature" - Presented by Sandy Tibbs
Speaker: Kathleen B. Ligon with Texas Water Development Board More information coming soon. Register for this virtual webinar here.
Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, February 8, 2024, when our featured topic will be “Land Stewardship for Birds and the Importance of Native Plant Communities” with Rufus Stephens and Jan Wrede. Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM. Our guest speakers’ presentation begins after a short business meeting. About our […]
Join Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at this informational seminar. Topics & Information: Lunch and snacks are included with registration. Workshop to be held 9:00 am - 3:30 pm at Log Cabin Civic Center, 611 W Columbia St., San Augustine, TX 75972
Second Saturday Workday at Cibolo Nature Center Demonstration Gardens. Please bring work gloves, hat, water, sun and insect protection.
Seeds....the Fruit of the Matter by Susan Longacre. Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library
Join Shannon Brown – Founder, Ecosystem Regeneration Artisans for a virtual discussion of Native Plants Suitable for Rain Gardens in Central Texas. Registration is required for the Zoom. 6:15 PM – Hill Country Chapter NPSOT Business Meeting 6:30 PM – Presentation
Monday, February 12 — Clear Lake Chapter Meeting — Carol Clark will give an overview of programs offered at the state level, and the perks, events, and benefits that local chapters provide.
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.
Kerrville Water Update by Travis Linscomb and Matt Wilkinson.Upper Guadalupe River Authority (UGRA) updates on the drought, water conservation, terracing and other timely information about the current water situation. We meet at Riverside Nature Center, 150 Franciso Lemos St., Kerrville, Texas.
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: &dscT=3F
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.
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.
Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT) Executive Committee 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.
The Education Committee oversees the Native Pollinator Habitat Grant Program and other education projects.
Topic: Removing and Replacing my Conventional Lawn Description:Join Bob Dailey, upcoming President of the Pines and Prairies chapter, as he gives a short presentation about his home lawn replacement project. It will include an overview of the removal of St Augustine and replacement with annuals, perennials, and woody plants. He will share how his neighbors […]
Thursday, February 15 — Clear Lake Chapter — Spring plant sale committee meeting.
Friday, February 16 — Clear Lake Chapter — Seed Cleaning class by Rowena McDermid at EIH.
Join us for a morning of volunteer magic at Lake Mineral Wells State Park. 🌼✨
Saturday, February 11 — Join us at Jimbo's Nursery for a workshop on how to grow native milkweed taught by Greg Pearson.
"This is Deborah Simmons, visiting with you live from Fredericksburg TX radio station KNAF 910 AM at 10 a.m. every 3rd Monday morning of the month".
Join us for our monthly chapter meetings. You do not need to be a member to attend. We meet the 3rd Monday of each month. Meeting Location: Tyrrell Park - 6088 Babe Zaharias Drive, Beaumont, TX 77705 We meet in the Binks Horticultural Center in the Beaumont Botanical Gardens area of the park.
Learning to value the subtle beauty of ungainly low-key species and their critical role in their ecosystem.
Habitat volunteers help weed and mulch flower beds, plant native plants, maintain pathways, and trim trees and bushes.
The Clear Lake Chapter is having a one day, cash only milkweed sale February 20 at UHCL.
Join us on Tuesday, 2/20 with CBS Meteorologist Jeff Ray for "Changing Climate, Changing Gardens”
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.
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library 505 Water Street Kerrville, Texas
Part of the National Invasive Species Awareness Week series In September 2023, the Idaho State Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of quagga mussel in the Mid-Snake River near Twin Falls. These findings marked the first time a rapid response plan had been put into action for quagga mussels in Idaho. This plan has included […]
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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.
6:30pm - Social time 7:00pm - Meeting begins This event is sponsored by the Trinity Forks Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas. Whether a beginner or an expert gardener, you will learn successful techniques to grow plants from seed, vegetative cuttings, or division in a fast paced one-hour classroom session presented by Denton […]
Sunday, February 25 — Galveston — Get help applying for a Planned Natural Landscape Permit. We will have seeds and info to start your own pocket prairie.
NISAW is an international event to raise awareness about invasive species, the threat that they pose, and what can be done to prevent their spread. NISAW is powered by The North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA), which supports local, state, tribal, federal, regional, and national organizations to make NISAW their own with these tools. […]
Part of the National Invasive Species Awareness Week series
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.
Part of the National Invasive Species Awareness Week series Communicating about invasive species can get complicated! On February 27-28, in partnership with NAISMA for National Invasive Species Awareness Week (NISAW), Sea Grant is proud to present The Invasive Species Language Workshop, bringing together invasive species researchers and science communication professionals to share best practices for […]
Fredericksburg Chapter of Native Plant Society of Texas Hosts George Cates on February 27 Fredericksburg, TX — George Cates, Restoration Specialist at Native American Seed, will share his extensive knowledge about native seed selection and planting tips at the next meeting of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), Fredericksburg Chapter on Feb. 27 from […]
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.
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Part of the National Invasive Species Awareness Week series Please join members of the Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds (FICMNEW) to learn more about the organization, hear highlights from 2023, get a preview of upcoming plans, and provide input on future federal coordination needs regarding invasive plant research and […]
Part of the National Invasive Species Awareness Week series In the past 50 years, the number of non-native species introduced outside their native range has doubled, leading to substantial negative ecological and socioeconomic impacts. This is a problem that will persist as species introductions continue to rise and impacts are intensified by climate change and […]
"Perhaps such a shift of values can be achieved by reappraising things unnatural, tame, and confined in terms of things natural, wild and free." Aldo Leopold ended the foreword to A Sand County Almanac with this quote in March of 1948. His collection of essays reveals what "natural, wild, and free" meant to him back […]
What does“natural, wild, and free” mean today? Leopold Foundation Executive Director Buddy Huffaker begins the conversation and kicks off Leopold Week 2024 with an introduction to the speaker series and a special video message from U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore. Register below for the entire series of Leopold Week events.
Part of the National Invasive Species Awareness Week series
We want everyone to know that the Texas Native Plant Art Exhibition has moved to three Denton Libraries for the month of March. Library Addresses South Branch - 3228 Teasley LaneEmily Fowler - 502 Oakland StreetNorth Branch - 3020 North Locust Street
The NPSOT 2024 Spring Symposium is coming to the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin March 2nd! Register now to celebrate native plants and attend in person or stream the event live! Get more information and register here.
March 2 - Spring Symposium - Join virtually or in person at Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin! Registration is now open. For event details and registration click here. (In-person registration is now filled, but you can still register for the virtual symposium.)
Save the Date for this hybrid event! More information to come... Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center4801 La Crosse Avenue, Austin, TX 78739
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