News Bulletin: Location change for Oct 9’s chapter meeting 

Due to A/C maintenance at the Georgetown Public Library, the in-person location for the meeting on Thursday, October 9, has moved to the Community Room at the Georgetown Parks & Rec Administration Building (address below). The Zoom information has not changed.

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, October 9, 2025, when our featured topic will be The Soil Food Web Under the Lens of a Microscope with Laurie Dixon.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  The guest presentation begins after a short business meeting.

==> If you attend in person, this month we’re at the Georgetown Parks & Rec Administration Building, 1101 N College St, Georgetown, Texas 78626 (not the public library). 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/zDUfv6hKQMqLTpNQjtM-vA#/registration

See the original meeting announcement at this link for speaker and topic details.


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.

Meeting Reminder, October 9: “The Soil Food Web Under the Lens of a Microscope” with Laurie Dixon

Updated 10/3/2025

Due to A/C maintenance at the Georgetown Public Library, the in-person location for the meeting on Thursday, October 9, has moved to the Community Room at the Georgetown Parks & Rec Administration Building (address below). The Zoom information has not changed.

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, October 9, 2025, when our featured topic will be The Soil Food Web Under the Lens of a Microscope with Laurie Dixon.  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 Parks & Rec Administration Building, 1101 N College St, Georgetown, Texas 78626 (not the library). 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/zDUfv6hKQMqLTpNQjtM-vA#/registration

See the original meeting announcement at this link for speaker and topic details.


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.

WilcoScape has been updated!

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The WilcoScape Team is pleased to announce recent enhancements to WilcoScape, our chapter’s native plant database. WilcoScape helps you choose, locate, and grow native Texas plants that thrive in Williamson County.

  • The most significant enhancement is the newly added Category filter set. 
    • The Easy to Find & Grow category includes the plants that are the easiest to find in nurseries and the easiest for you to grow successfully. 
    • The More Favorites category provides you with more native plants we recommend for Williamson County, but these may be a little harder to find or grow.
    • The third category is Consider Carefully. It also includes some great native plants, but the plant information needs to be evaluated carefully before adding them to your wish list.
  • We have also updated plant descriptions to indicate the different types of gardens or naturalized areas each plant is recommended for, providing another way to help you succeed with using native plants. Additionally, we added 40 more native plants recommended for Williamson County.

Many of the plants we recommend can be found at our chapter’s wildly popular native plant sales including the sale that is starting today, September 29. See Fall 2025 Native Plant Sale to find the latest native plant sale information.

Please visit WilcoScape and use the Contact Us link provided on the WilcoScape page footer to send us any feedback on your experience or suggestions for improvement.

Best,
The WilcoScape Team
– Gary Bowers and Randy Pensabene