The Highland Lakes Native Plant Society will meet on Saturday, March 16,
1-3 p.m. at the Marble Falls Public Library, 101 Main Street.
An educational presentation will follow a 30 minute chapter business
meeting.
Deedy Wright will present on Invasive Plants and will cover these topics.
The definition of an invasive plant and who decides what is invasive
What makes plants invasive
How and why invasive plants got here
The damage done by invasives
Suggested native plant alternatives to some common invasive plants
Deedy Wright is a life-long Texas gardener. Her particular interests are
native plants, xeriscaping and invasive plants. Deedy has completed the
Texas Invaders training on invasive plants and many native plant courses at
the Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center. She is a Native Landscape
Certification Program instructor and teaches adult education classes on
various gardening topics. Wright has converted the typical contractor
landscapes to xeriscapes using natives in her last three homes.