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May Meeting Saturday, May 25th
Nature Center 1
Join us Saturday, May 25th, for a tour of the Bosque River Trails Nature Center in Stephenville. This nature center has an all-Texas-native pollinator garden and prairie. Managed by the Prairie Oaks Master Naturalists, the site is a collaborative effort between the Center for Environmental Studies at Tarleton State University, the City of Stephenville, and the Bosque River Trail Committee.
Leading the tour will be Seth Hamby, Prairie Oaks Master Naturalist and graduate student in Wildlife, Sustainability, and Ecosystem Sciences at Tarleton State University. Seth was involved with the establishment of the Nature Center and should know it better than anyone. We are lucky to have him lead us. The tour will begin at 9:00 am.
Directions: From Glen Rose take US 67 W to Stephenville. Go straight through the 4-way stop by United Cooperative Services/Hard 8 Bar-b-que. At the next stop sign, turn left onto South Loop (Highway 377). At the first light, turn right onto S. Graham. In about .5 miles turn right onto E. Long. The Bosque River Trail Nature Center will be on your left. While there is no address to provide, if you enter Bosque River Trail Nature Center into Google Maps, it will get you there. Please note, iMaps does not find it by name. Park in the grass along the street.
Nature Center 2
APRIL 20 PLANT SALE
WOW, what a day
The courthouse square in Glen Rose was packed with people and so was our plant sale. Before 11:00 a.m. we had sold out of most of our plants, but we kept going until 1 p.m., and kept selling the remaining plants. At the end, there were very few items left. Altogether, we sold over 570 plants!
This was definitely a record for us. It was particularly gratifying to see so many new faces and younger people who were learning about native plants.
A big thank you to Donna Hagar, who gave a great presentation on selected native plants for the shady areas in your yard and beds. It was very informative. We also had all the plants she discussed for sale.
As a reminder to any new members, we have a fall plant sale, which is scheduled for October 26, so mark your calendars.
WORK DAY IN THE GARDEN
Our next scheduled work day is May 18, from 8:30 a.m.to 10:30 a.m. With all this rain and sunshine, everything including the weeds, is taking off. Please drop by and help maintain our demonstration garden. It is looking prettier by the day with new native plants constantly blooming.
Part of the proceeds from the plant sale will go towards laying flagstones in our paths. This will help direct visitors as well as keeping the weeds down and making it safer to visit the garden.
We are also beginning to develop the area in back of the small log cabin. Stop by and check it out.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
JUNE 22
Tour of beautiful demonstration garden in Granbury planted by the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners, 10 a.m. Saturday. Tour will be led by Richard Hinnant, President of the Lake Granbury Master Gardeners.
JULY 22
Fifty Shades of Green, a presentation of the top 50 native plants for landscaping by Ricky Linex, NRCS. If you attend only 1 program this year, this is the one. Monday, July 22, 6 p.m., Citizens Center, Glen Rose
AUGUST 26
Jason Singhurst, Botanist with TPWD will give a presentation on An Overview of Wetland Communities and Aquatic Flora of the Edwards Plateau. Monday, 6 p.m., Citizens Center, Glen Rose
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