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We can’t have an in-person symposium this year, but we are not letting that stop us from having fun. We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Society with a full week of all-virtual events during Texas Native Plant Week October 18-24, including presentations, virtual garden tours, annual awards, and contests.
All of it at no cost to attendees. The events will be held using the Zoom app and live over our YouTube channel. You may choose which way you prefer to watch.
Festivities will begin on the afternoon of Sunday, October 18, with a kick-off featuring our president Kim Conrow and Texas Representative Donna Howard of Austin, who was instrumental in creating Texas Native Plant Week in 2009.
On the following Saturday, October 24, we will conclude the week with our traditional annual meeting in the afternoon and an evening awards ceremony featuring our annual awardees and contest winners.
In between we will have presentations by Michael Eason, Ricky Linex, Daniel Cunningham, Carol Clark, and others, plus virtual guided tours of Texas Discovery Gardens, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, and the Carroll Abbott Gardens at Riverside Nature Center.
The Native Plant Society of Texas originated 40 years ago during a wildflower festival at Texas Woman’s University (TWU). A highlight of our celebration will be an account by Dr. Camelia Maier of TWU describing how it all began.
There will be two ways to participate in the events. If you plan to attend an event via Zoom, you will need to register separately for each event. Read a complete description of each event and register for each one here. If you prefer to watch on YouTube Live you do not need to register. Either way there is no cost for any of the events.
In addition, you can also join the festivities by participating in the week-long second annual Wild Plants of Texas Bioblitz Challenge. Let’s see how many wild plants we can record in Texas using the iNaturalist app. If you don’t know how to use iNaturalist yet, TPWD Urban Biologist Sam Kieschnick will teach you how in one of our Sunday sessions.
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