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NOVEMBER MEETING
Saturday, November 16
8:30 a.m., Native Plant Garden
Glen Rose Courthouse Square
In lieu of a regular meeting in November, we’re decorating our demonstration garden for the Holidays. We had a large group last year and not only did we get a lot of work done and the garden looked great, we had fun! Please come join us on Saturday, November 16. We’ll start about 8:30 and continue until we’re (hopefully) done. If we’re still working at lunch time, we’ll even supply pizza.
We’ll string lights, balls, create popcorn and cranberry strands and ornaments for the bushes and stalks. Come and stay as little or as long as you can. Hope to see you there.
MERIDIAN STATE PARK PROJECT
Many months ago, we mentioned a project with the Meridian State Park. The superintendent has finally received the last approval signature and can move forward with the project. This is a multi-agency task force, combining our Prairie Rose Chapter, master gardeners, master naturalists and boy scouts. Our role is to help identify plants, possibly help with wording and information on signage and offer suggestions. By mid-November the park superintendent should have the path finished around this small triangular piece of land close to the lake. We’ll keep you updated as we move forward.
UPCOMING ACTIVITIES
With the busy holiday season, we won’t have a regular meeting in December, but we’ll have back-to-back indoor meetings at the Citizen’s Center in January and February.
January 4 is the tentative date set to take down our holiday decorations from the garden.
We have great presentations lined up for next year, in addition to our normal tours and hiking trips. Mark your calendars for January 27 at 6 p.m. at the Citizen’s Center in Glen Rose. Courtney Blevins, CF, CA, Fort Worth Regional Forester, will be giving a presentation on winter tree identification. This will be followed by a walk on High Hope Ranch Tuesday, January 28 to view trees talked about on Monday night.
On February 24 Michael Wilson, a NRCS Rangeland Management Specialist, will talk about plant succession and plant communities at the Citizen’s Center. Ever wonder why sunflowers or flameleaf sumac come up after you burn a brush pile or clear land? Come learn more about our ecosystems and the plants within them.
NPSOT is hosting a Citizen Science Workshop on Monarch butterflies at the Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth on Friday, November 15. If you’re interesting in attending, more information is posted on our Facebook and web pages.
Are you interested in becoming more involved with the Native Plant Society of Texas? We have positions open for next year. Please contact Marcia Miller at 817-929-5510 if you’re interested.
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