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Helping All Wildlife Through the Mayor’s Monarch Challenge By Judit Green
**ARCHIVED POST ** from 2018-01-26 February 27, 2018 Chapter Meeting: San Antonio was awarded the status of Monarch Champion City. San Antonio is facing the challenge to make our city a beneficial community to pollinators, especially monarch butterflies, whose populations have declined by 90% in recent years. Come hear Judit
A flower for all seasons
Four-nerve Daisy can and will bloom in all the months of the year.
Grants available for Monarch habitat gardens
Small financial awards are available to public sites including schools, nature centers, and other organizations for native plants to create demonstration gardens with habitat for migrating Monarchs or Monarch Waystations.
January Meeting. February and March 2018 Events
**ARCHIVED POST ** Bring the Natives Home Our speaker, January 22, 2018, the one and only Randy Johnson from Dallas. Most folks think of ‘wild spaces’ when the phrase ‘native plants’ is mentioned, but did you know that they transition very nicely into the home landscape? With an unparalleled expertise
January 2018 Meeting: Rescheduled!
**ARCHIVED POST ** Join us for the first meeting of the year, Monday, February 19th @ 7PM at Midway Hills Christian Church. (See our Meeting Location page for address and map.) All invited, members and non-members alike. We’ll have a brief meeting then Suzanne Tuttle, our State Board VP Environmental
Spring symposium scheduled February 24
Registration is open for our spring symposium at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on Saturday, February 24.
New board members take the reins
There will some new faces around the table at the next state board meeting in January. New elected officers took office at the Fall Symposium but their first business meeting together will be January 20 at the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.
Bexar Roots December 2017
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2019 Calendar
**ARCHIVED POST ** *October 20th-26th – Native Plant Week *Saturday, October 26th from 9am-12pm – Fall Plant Sale *Monday, November 18th – Night Out @ Ozona & Seed Swap December – No Meeting *Notes chapter event **ARCHIVED POST** **ARCHIVED POST LINKS & PICTURES MAY NOT WORK** **ARCHIVED POST AUTHOR: 179
Book Review: The Ferns and Lycophytes of Texas
This book contains all 127 known species in Texas and includes drawings and color photos, maps showing the distribution in both Texas and North America, and keys for identification.
November Night Out at Blue Mesa (instead of pot luck meeting)
**ARCHIVED POST ** Per last week’s email, many of you liked our idea of going out instead of worrying about cooking for pot luck and have choosen to meet at Blue Mesa. Please join us at 7PM at the Blue Mesa located in the Lincoln Park shopping center just south
2016-2017 SA NPSOT Grant Projects Celebrated!
**ARCHIVED POST ** from 2017-11-16 January 23, 2018 Chapter Meeting: The San Antonio chapter of the NPSOT will feature its 2016-2017 grant awardees at its January 23rd meeting. Our aim is to show the membership how some of the proceeds of the plant sale are spent and to spark ideas
