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Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, September 8, 2022, when our featured topic will be LBJWC’s resource “Native Plants of North America” with Joe Marcus. Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.
- If you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor. If you attend in person, you are giving consent to be videoed for Zoom and YouTube (if the meeting is to be posted on YouTube).
- To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodOGvrDgiEtNSroweaHguu-sl7dk_L_PF
About our topic: The presentation will cover the history of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s NPONA resource (Native Plants of North America), the current state of the resource, and upcoming changes.
About our speaker: Joe Marcus began his work at the Wildflower Center in 2000, at first splitting time between gardening and database management.
Over time, the demands of the Center’s ever-growing plant databases necessitated giving up gardening. Today, Joe manages all of the Center’s various plant databases including Native Plants of North America, the Image Gallery and Ask an Expert. Joe also manages the Wildflower Center’s library and the Center’s garden sign engraving program and is plant information editor for Wildflower magazine.
Before arriving at the Wildflower Center, Joe worked in wholesale nursery management for a number of years, having been raised in the nursery business and after receiving a bachelor’s degree in horticulture from the University of Georgia. He gained valuable database management experience during 21 years serving in the U.S. Navy and U.S. Navy Reserve. Joe’s attention to detail; love of language, writing and research; and his never-sated hunger for learning make him well-suited for the work he does at the Wildflower Center. His particular botanical interests are in plant taxonomy and plant morphology.
At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person meeting attendee and one Zoom attendee!
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NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. We hope you attend! Meetings may be in person, virtual, or both, so be sure to check details in the meeting announcement. Meetings are announced on our website, our calendar and Facebook.
- When: We meet the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. A short business meeting begins at 7:00 PM followed by our guest presentation. (For in-person meetings, doors open at 6:30 PM. Check out the seed swap board, get advice from expert members, or just visit.)
- Where: In person and via Zoom. When in person, we normally meet at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, Hewlett Room, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. If we are at a different physical location for any given month, the exception is announced in our blog, on our calendar, and on Facebook.
- Monthly Meeting Guest Speakers: See past and upcoming topics at this link.
- Recordings: Find video recordings of previous meetings and field trips on our YouTube channel at this link.
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