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SUMMARY:Fall Native Tree and Plant Sale
DESCRIPTION:9:00 am Early Access for Members of NPSOT-Kerrville\, RNC & TMN-Hill Country.General Public admission at 9:30 \n\n\n\nExperts will be available to help you select plants that will thrive in your specific landscape conditions. \n\n\n\n\nNative Trees\n\n\n\nShrubs\n\n\n\nPerennials\n\n\n\nGrasses \n\n\n\n\nSPECIAL FEATURE: Riparian plants & flood recovery info! \n\n\n\nTAX FREE DAY! \n\n\n\nVisit RiversideNatureCenter.org for more details as they become available.
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/fall-native-tree-and-plant-sale/
CATEGORIES:Plant Sale
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SUMMARY:Wildscapes Workshop!
DESCRIPTION:What is a “wildscape”? A wildscape is simply a landscape designed to provide habitat for wildlife from bees and butterflies to birds and beyond\, supporting a healthy community based on natural relationships.  Want to learn more?  Event details and registration can be found here.  Native Plant Society of Texas \n\n\n\nOn September 27th\, the Lindheimer Chapter will commemorate its 25th Anniversary by hosting a Wildscapes Workshop at the Tye Preston Memorial Library\, located at 16311 S. Access Road\, Canyon Lake\, Texas.  This all-day event includes educational presentations\, guided native plant walks\, a raffle\, and a native plant sale ends the day.  Workshop attendees will have exclusive early access to the plant sale. \n\n\n\nDavid Will\, our chapter’s founding President\, and Sara Torres\, our current Chapter President\, will open the Workshop.  Presentations include: \n\n\n\nNessa Spence of Ripples and Roots Wildscaping and MicroLife will present: The Soil Solution: Restoring Texas Wildscapes with Underground Ecology. \n\n\n\nSusan James (NPSOT\, Master Naturalist) will present: Surrendering to Nature: Getting More by Doing Less\, an anecdotal and site-specific presentation. \n\n\n\nAndrea DeLong-Amaya\, Director of Horticulture at the LBJ Wildflower Center will present: Beauty and the Bees: Understanding pollinators and designing landscapes to support them.  She is also the author of The Texas Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden.  Copies of her book will be available for sale as part of the event and attendees will have the opportunity to get their copies signed. \n\n\n\nCheck-in begins at 9:30 AM\, the event begins at 10:00\, and ends with a plant sale.  Workshop attendees will have exclusive early access to the plant sale. \n\n\n\nPricing: \n\n\n\n\nMember: $50\n\n\n\nNon-Member: $65\n\n\n\n\nThe registration fee includes refreshments and a boxed lunch.  Those that register by September 12th will receive a free event t-shirt.  Please bring your water bottle\, sunscreen\, and dress appropriately for the outdoor guided plant walk. \n\n\n\nProceeds from the event will benefit the expansion of the Native Seed Library Program statewide and the Native Plant Rescue Project\, currently expanding into Comal County.
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/wildscapes-workshop/
CATEGORIES:Workshops and Classes
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SUMMARY:Conservation Tips: Controlling Invasives\, How to Know Your Soil Type – Fredericksburg chapter Sept 23
DESCRIPTION:Warren Day\, the USDA District Conservationist in Fredericksburg and our speaker for the month of September\, highlights the conservation services that support our goals in restoring native plants. He has been part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)\, throughout west Texas for 15 years\, serving in Gillespie Country for the last 7 years. \n\n\n\n\n\n“We’re working hard at NCRS to educate the public on how to be part of the conservation solution\,” said Day. “I’m looking forward to sharing tips on how homeowners and landowners can control invasive species and use our soil information to keep our water clean and abundant\, our soils healthy\, and have resilient landscapes and thriving agricultural communities.” \n\n\n\n“Mr. Day will share potential control methods for a variety of invasive non-native plants and demonstrate how to use the NRCS’ Web Soil Survey to map soils and obtain data that is useful to home and landowners.” JonathanWatt\, Fredericksburg chapter president\, said\, “We can all do our part to voluntarily conserve our resources\, and he’ll share some great tips about how to do that.”
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/conservation-tips-controlling-invasives-how-to-know-your-soil-type-fredericksburg-chapter-sept-23/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Meeting,Hybrid chapter meeting,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Medicinal Native Plants of the Texas Hill Country; Fredericksburg Chapter Presentation - Mar 25
DESCRIPTION:While you may already be very familiar with our native plants here in the Hill Country\, do you know which ones to turn to if you have a tummy ache\, sore muscles or trouble sleeping? \n\n\n\nMarch 25 @ 7:00  Lauren Peterson\, herbalist and founder of Austin’s White Deer Apothecary\, shares some of the most common medicinal plants in our area and a few methods and recipes for preparing them ~  Join us in person or live on YouTube.
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/medicinal-native-plants-of-the-texas-hill-country-fredericksburg-chapter-presentation-mar-25/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Meeting,Virtual
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SUMMARY:Collin County Chapter - Controlling Invasive Plants
DESCRIPTION: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 as replacements for invasive species.Our program opens at 6:30 with a welcome and testing of connections\, then at 7:00\, Rodney Thomas\, our chapter president\, will have a short chapter update\, followed by Chad’s presentation. The meeting will conclude with a Q&A session.You can attend the hybrid meeting in person at the Heard Museum in McKinney or online via Zoom.https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88554596572…After 14 years of working at Corteva Agriscience\, Chad started as the AgriLife Grayson County Extension Agent for Agriculture and Natural Resources in April 2022. His passions for agriculture\, wildlife habitat restoration\, and pollinator habitat conservation brought him to the Extension Service\, and he hopes to guide North Texans in their agricultural endeavors.Chad has served as the Constitution\, Bylaws\, and Op Guide Advisor to the Western Society of Weed Science (WSWS) Board of Directors (2020-2023). He also served with both the WSWS and the Society of Range Management (SRM)\, ensuring continuity between weed science and range management objectives\, goals\, and product stewardship. Chad also served as Chair of the SRM Rangeland Invasive Species Committee (RISC) in 2011 and again in 2021. \n\n\n\nSee less
URL:https://www.npsot.org/event/collin-county-chapter-controlling-invasive-plants/
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