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[Updated June 22, 2021 with new parking directions. PD]
Join us on our first in-person field trip of 2021!
What: Native Plant Landscaping in an HOA
When: 9am-11:30am, Saturday, June 26, 2021
Where: Sun City Horticulture Club, 141 Sun City Blvd., Georgetown, TX. Note that parking is behind the club off Oak Branch Drive. See parking directions in the pdf at this link, or see the image below.Updated June 22, 2021: Directions to the site & parking have changed. You cannot park off Oak Branch Drive. Please see the directions in the pdf at this link, or see the image below.
After viewing the Native Plant Garden at the Horticulture Club, we will carpool to the homes of two Sun City residents who have used native plants and trees in two very different ways.
If you have questions, contact Kathy Galloway using this form.
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Join NPSOT-Wilco’s online chapter meeting on Thursday, June 10, 2021, at 7:00 pm, when Leah Churner will present Landscaping with Native Plants: Ten Design Principles for Home Gardeners. (You must register to attend the meeting. Instructions are later in this post. Starting this month, we’re using a new Zoom account so be sure to read the registration info.)
We give away a book at every meeting — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen meeting attendee!
About the topic: Good garden design is always a balance between the aesthetic and the practical. The conventional design wisdom found in garden books is typically geared toward audiences in England, California, or the East Coast — all very different climates than ours. How can we adapt the “rules of composition” to Central Texas? In this presentation, Leah Churner (Delta Dawn Gardens) will introduce some basic principles of landscape design — how to group plants, build contrast with shapes and textures, and work with the vertical plane — and discuss how these ideas can be applied to sustainable, water-wise gardens in our area. Learn how to create a pleasing design with a palette of native plants, support local ecology, and have fun in the process!
About our speaker: Leah Churner is the owner of Delta Dawn Gardens, a landscape consultation, design, and maintenance company in Austin. She is the producer and cohost of The Horticulturati podcast, and teaches garden design in Austin Community College’s Landscape and Horticulture Continuing Education Program.
NOTE: The June 10 meeting will be hosted on our new Zoom account. If you were previously registered for our monthly virtual meeting series on our old Zoom account you need to register for this meeting with the new link. The new account allows us to host more participants. See you there!
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.
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— by Randy Pensabene
Your NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter needs YOU! All elected NPSOT-Wilco Board positions for the term September 2021-August 2022 are now open for nominations. (Elected board positions are: President, Vice-President, Treasurer, Secretary, and two Directors.) We encourage newcomers and seasoned members to consider serving. Everyone can contribute to our continued success as a chapter.
Descriptions for all Wilco board positions can be found on our website under ‘About Us’ > ’Chapter Documents’ or click on this link: NPSOT-Wilco Board Member Duties Feb 2021. You may also ask questions by sending an email to wilco-chapter@npsot.org or you may contact any current board member directly. You’ll find a list of current board members at this link.
We are looking at beginning live meetings where we will physically meet in a room and also broadcast over Zoom and will keep you informed. Our elections would normally be held at our July meeting; however, this year our elections will be held by online ballot. A ballot with complete instructions will be provided to chapter members via email as our July 8th meeting date nears.
NPSOT-Wilco Nominating Committee, Randy Pensabene, Erin Buhl, Nancy Pumphrey
[Post updated May 25, 2021, to cite Feb 2021 version of Board Member Duties document instead of Oct 2019 version. PD]
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