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Spring 2022 Plant Sales
**ARCHIVED POST ** It’s that time. Temperatures may swing from freezing to balmy, but we can all sense it–spring is in the air! Several chapters are planning their spring native plant sales, and here are the ones that we know about so far. The list will surely grow (pun intended),
Bigtooth maple in central Texas past, present and perhaps the future
March 2022 Presentation by Bill Van Auken Dynamics of woodland or forest communities have been difficult to understand. In private property states, trying to determine community dynamics is more difficult because with changing ownership, management changes and temporal effects are difficult to follow especially with long-lived species. In addition to
Monarch Butterfly Way Station Established at Shoreacres, Texas
**ARCHIVED POST ** To the untrained eye, the vacant land located along Shoreacres Boulevard, east of State Hwy 146, looks like an empty, weed-filled field. But looks can be deceiving … and therein lies the problem. The loss of land such as this has contributed to the nearing extinction of
Plant of the Month: Sideoats Grama
February 2022 Plant of the Month
Botanical name: Bouteloua curtipendula
Common name(s): Sideoats Grama
Chapter Meeting March 8, 2022 – Gardening for Birds
**ARCHIVED POST ** Join us on Tuesday March 8th for a Zoom presentation by Kathleen Scott – Gardening for Birds. There will be a short business meeting at 1:30 pm with the presentation starting at 2 pm. The meeting is open to the public. Gardening for Birds is a program
Chapter Meeting: Photographing Texas Prairies
**ARCHIVED POST ** Good photography can change hearts and minds. Join professional photographer Sean Fitzgerald for a presentation on how to photograph prairies for maximum impact, with a particular focus on often overlooked Texas prairie ecosystems. Learn valuable tips to take better photos using a variety of techniques to help
NPSOT Membership Contest!
**ARCHIVED POST ** About the Annual Contest It is time for all chapters to take part in the annual membership contest! Two chapters are recognized: (1) the chapter with the largest numerical increase in memberships, and (2) the chapter with the greatest percentage increase in memberships. Chapters with the highest
Going Digital: Starting Your Own Plant Collection
**ARCHIVED POST ** By Kaitlin Lavender, member of Cross Timbers NPSOT chapter Plant collection methods have evolved over the years. Many people still have physical plant collections, in which they press each specimen and hand-write each identification label. Some people simply take pictures and store their collections on their phones,
Getting Started with Native Plants by Wildscaping
Winter is the Perfect Time to Begin Transforming a Small Part of Your Yard to a Wildscape Wildscaping at its simplest is a landscape that utilizes native plants to provide sustenance and habitat for wildlife. From there, it can go in many different directions and take many different forms, but
Program – February 12, 2022: The Dead Horse Mountains: Botany in the Boonies
**ARCHIVED POST ** [from Michael Eason] Program: Presentation by Joseyln Fenstermacher discussing her work in the Dead Horse Mountains of eastern Big Bend National Park Date/Tme: Saturday, February 12th; 10am to noon Physical Location: Alpine Library In-person limit: 10 people Virtual Location: Zoom meeting – open to all; link will
Celebrate the NPSOT San Antonio Grant Program!
February 2022 Celebrate the NPSOT San Antonio Grant Program! This presentation will cover our grant program top to bottom and showcase the most recently completed grant projects. Those projects were building a church community garden, two university research projects—one on fungal symbionts and another on pollinator-host ecology—and finally the further
