August 14 Chapter Meeting:  “Native Plant Seeding: Selecting, Purchasing and Planting” with Megan Clayton

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, August 14, 2025, when our featured topic will be Native Plant Seeding: Selecting, Purchasing and Planting with Dr. Megan Clayton.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  The guest presentation begins after a short business meeting.

==> This month’s in-person location is the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. Come early (6:30 PM) for expert advice, to check out the seed swap board, or just to visit.

==> To attend via Zoom, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/MUR1d0LiSNicrtGaKIm5SQ#/registration

About our topic:  We will cover the basics for selecting native plant seed for specific areas, how much to purchase, and how to plant the seed for the most success.

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Seed mixes

About our speaker: Since 2010, Dr. Megan Clayton has been an Extension Rangeland Specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Department of Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management at Texas A&M University. Her responsibilities as a Rangeland Specialist have her based at the Uvalde Research and Extension Center and include providing support for Extension agents, specialists, clientele, and organizations through teaching, training, and providing technical expertise on the management of rangeland resources.

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Megan’s current interests include blending wildlife habitat and livestock range management, small acreage management, UAV (drone) research, brush management, and youth natural resources education. Her main area of responsibility includes the Uvalde/Hill Country area.


At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person attendee!


* If we have permission from our guest speaker, we record the presentation for our YouTube channel. (See a list of past topics at this link.)

Have an idea for a speaker?  Let Program Leader Susie Hickman know via  email to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.

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. See upcoming topics on our Home page or on the Calendar.

Fall Plant Sale Oct 11, 2025; 1st draft of plant list

Our chapter’s in-person Fall Native Plant Sale will be held Saturday, October 11, 2025, from 11:00 AM—2:00 PM (or when we run out of plants). We will again be at Southwest Williamson County Regional Park, Boulder East & West Pavilions (near the Quarry Splash Pad) 3005 County Road 175  Leander, TX 78641.

The first draft of our availability list is available at this link, on our Fall 2025 Native Plant Sale page. The list is subject to change based on what nature throws at our growers between now and the sale. 

We will be offering our 3/5 gallon sized plants in an online sale prior to the October 11 sale. (Details for the online sale will be announced later.) All online purchases will be available for pick-up at the in person sale on October 11.

We encourage you to check out our new WilcoScape database (see the menu at the top of this page), especially if you are stepping up to landscaping your piece of Texas with native plants.  Many of the plants in the database will be offered in our sale.  

We will take requests for native plants that are not listed on the availability list and attempt to acquire them for you. Send your request to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.

Beth Erwin
NPSOT-Wilco Plant Sale Leader

Field Trip: Aquatic Plants Tour, San Marcos, Saturday, July 26, 2025

— by Nancy Pumphrey

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White Water-lily, Nymphaea odorata. Lake Waco Wetlands. Chapter field trip in July 2013.
  • What:    Aquatic Plants Tour, San Marcos, TX
  • When:  Saturday, July 26, 2025, 12:30pm – 2:30 pm
    • There is a $3.00 parking fee payable by card only.
    • Meet at the tour ticket kiosk, but do not buy a tour ticket. The chapter is covering ticket costs.
  • Where:  The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, 211 San Marcos Springs Dr, San Marcos, TX 78666
  • You must register for the field trip by Sunday, July 20. Use the RSVP form at this link.
    • Reservations are required since we must reserve space in advance.
  • Our field trip is open to the public.

Join us for an out of town field trip to The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment located on the San Marcos River.

For detailed directions go to https://www.meadowscenter.txst.edu. There is a $3.00 parking fee payable by card only.

We will meet at 12:30pm, Saturday, July 26, 2025, at the tour ticket kiosk. Do not buy a tour ticket. The chapter is covering tour ticket costs for this trip.

Bring water, a hat, sun screen and bug repellent. Our tour consists of a one and a half hour tour on a glass bottom boat and a short wetlands walk. Casey Williams will facilitate the trip. (Bonus reminder! Casey shared his expertise with us at last August’s chapter meeting; the presentation is on YouTube here.)

We need a head count by July 20th so please fill out our form and submit it asap so that we have a place for you.  See you in San Marcos!

If you have questions, please contact the Field Trip Committee.

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See photos from some of our previous field trips in our Field Trip Album.