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Botanists from some of the country’s best botanical gardens will be staying at High Hope Ranch Saturday and Sunday Sept 1 and 2 (Labor Day weekend). There will be a group pot luck dinner on Sunday, 9/2 at 6:30 PM followed by a 7PM presentation at Habari House on High Hope Ranch.
They will be arriving Saturday afternoon from Ft Hood, collecting plant samples on High Hope Saturday afternoon and all day Sunday. They welcome having locals tag along to help find and identify plants. If you are interested in joining them for collection times, email 4highhope@gmail.com for exact times and location.
Please RSVP for Sunday dinner and presentation so we can plan for supplies and seating. BYOB.
The August meeting has been cancelled to accommodate the botany presentation.
Saturday, September 22, 9AM-1PM, Prairie Rose Chapter will host the Prickly Pear Booth for Native Arts Day Festival. It will be held at the Chisolm Trail Museum in Cleburne for the first time this year. We welcome volunteers to help with set up of booth, and greeting the public. It’s fun! Bring drinks, snacks, and a chair. Wear a hat. Text (or call) Lori Whitworth 817-994-6671 to sign up.
Monday, September 24, 2018, 7 PM. we will meet for a home garden tour at Prairie Rose Chapter members, Richard and Donna Hagar. Wear outdoor clothing. Bring a drink. Consider sunscreen and insect spray.Directions will be emailed to those who RSVP at prairierose.npsot@gmail.com Please note the adjusted time as 7PM.
October 19-21 is the Native Plant Society of Texas Fall Symposium in San Antonio. Check the website www.npsot.org for details.
Saturday, 10/27, 9:30 AM- 1 PM is our annual fall plant sale. Fall is the best time for planting! Volunteer to help sell native plants on the Glen Rose Courthouse Square at the Native Plant Community Garden, 101 Vernon St., Glen Rose, TX 76043. This is a great way to celebrate Texas Native Plant Week and meet lots of local gardeners. Bring snacks, drinks, a chair and a hat. Let us know if you can help!
November 26, Monday, 6:30 PM is our November meeting. There will be snacks and drinks and a speaker TBA. We will meet for our annual election of officers and end of year holiday party planning. Join us to help choose new leadership for the coming year. If you have a love of native plants and are willing to help promote their use in our community, we need your help. The current slate of officers have been recycled many times. For the club to continue, we need members to volunteer to help with leadership. Openings exist for Secretary (taking minutes at meetings and correspondence), Treasurer (keeping up with monthly bank statements, giving a monthly report to the president, and filing a quarterly report with the state organization), Vice President (finding speakers and event planning), President (co-ordinating the activities of the other officers, communicating with the state organization, presiding over meetings, creating this monthly newsletter). Current leaders are always available to orient new leaders and help throughout the year. We are always looking for help with web based postings: Facebook, website, newsletter.
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