News and Events

Subtitled A Land User’s Guide to Their Identification, Value and Management, this new book by Ricky Linex will prove to be an essential tool to land stewards and enthusiasts

You can find events celebrating Texas native plants and habitats throughout the month of October at the Regional Events map on the Texas Native Plant Week website.

Theresa Kay Thomas will be nominated to become Vice President – Administration at the Annual Meeting in Texarkana.

Deedy Wright will be nominated as our next Vice President – Education at the Annual Meeting in Texarkana.

Central Texas Native Seeds Project is focused on collecting, increasing, and commercializing ecotypic native seed sources that are needed for restoration activities in Central Texas.

The Fall 2014 issue of our newsmagazine is online and available as a free download. Printed copies have been mailed to members.

For those hard to irrigate areas, Liatris provides an alternative to cactus or succulents and as a bonus attracts butterflies to the garden.

One person can organize a rescue to save valuable native plants from destruction due to development

Our annual fall symposium will be October 16-19 at the Texarkana Convention Center.

Watch this slideshow featuring available fieldtrips at our Fall symposium in Texarkana October 15-18. Early pricing ends soon so register now.

**ARCHIVED POST ** At the Quarterly Board Meeting of the Native Plant Society of Texas in Boerne on July 19, the board proposed an amendment to Section 2 of the State Bylaws, pertaining to the nomination and election of State Officers. The purpose of the change is to allow Members

Three Clematis species are found in Central Texas, including one that is native nowhere else in the world.