It’s time to reflect on what happened in your landscape this year as you head into prime native planting season.
Arlon Motsch, an avid native plant gardener, photographer, and water conservationist will share his insights about what worked, what didn’t, and look at a few plants that need more time to tell. Home and landowners will get good tips on how to determine next steps for their own landscape.
There will be time to learn from each other during the Q&A.
Motsch transplanted from Midland, Texas to a home near Center Point eight years ago. He is a native plant enthusiast who has “done a lot of things wrong and a few things right since moving to the Hill Country. It’s an ongoing journey of finding out what works and what doesn’t.” He said. “Learning has come from many local sources like NPSOT, friends, friendly neighbors, nature centers, gardening programs, and just hands-on getting it done.”
“I’m looking forward to sharing the things that worked and those that didn’t this year. We have been working to enhance our sustainable landscape by removing invasives while adding and maintaining Texas natives.”
“Sharing best practices from our own landscape is a primary way people learn about native plants in our area,” said Jonathan Watt, Board President of the Fredericksburg chapter of NPSOT. “Learning from Arlon will help people who are newly interested in planting Texas natives be more successful on their own property.”
There will be some useful nuggets of information for just about everyone, from the apartment balcony gardener to those that can’t see the end of their”yard.
NPSOT Fredericksburg chapter holds its monthly meetings on the 4th Tuesday of the month at St. Joseph’s Halle in Fredericksburg. There is a social time with snacks at 6:30 p.m. The meeting and address from the speaker starts at 7 p.m.
Meetings are free and open to the public either in attendance in person or via online streaming . Information is also online at Facebook (@fbgtxnpsot), and Instagram (@npsot_fredericksburg_chapter)
