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December 11, 2024

Plant give-away at December 12’s in-person only Holiday Gathering & Silent Auction

— by Beth Erwin

We hope you join us at NPSOT-Wilco’s annual year-end gathering and silent auction, Thursday, December 12, 2024. Guests are welcome! Among the festivities is a plant give-away.

We’ll have Echinacea paradoxa (Yellow Coneflower), Chrysactinia mexicana (Damianita), Muhlenbergia lindheimeri (Big Muhley Grass) and Dalea greggii (Gregg’s Dalea). (Gregg’s Dalea and Big Muhley are in the same picture below.)

native wildflowers — Norman G Flaigg www.wildflower.org

Plants already donated for the silent auction are Nolina lindheimeri (Lindheimer’s Nolina), Hesperocyparis arizonica (Arizona Cypress), and Zanthoxylum hirsutum (Texas Hercule’s Club).

image of plant — R.W. Smith wildflower.org

In-person only! Check in begins at 6:30pm. The meeting starts at 7:00pm. We meet at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626.

Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided by the chapter. (No dinner. This is NOT a potluck.)
Bring your silent auction items! The auction is a fun way to pass along something you’re ready to part with while you bid on items you can’t resist.
- We’ll have bid sheets available at the meeting for your items, or download them from this link and bring them along.
The chapter spending plan will be presented during a brief business meeting.

December 6, 2024December 7, 2024

Field Trip: Native Plant Walk, Wednesday, January 1, 2025

— by Gary Bowers

What: New Year’s Native Plant Walk
When: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM on Wednesday, January 1, 2025
Where: Round Rock’s Memorial Park, 600 N Lee St, Round Rock, Texas
Our field trip is open to the public.

The walk is about 2.0 miles on sidewalk and a developed pathway along the new Heritage Trail, which will someday be part of the Brushy Creek Regional Trail. The route will be two out and backs in succession (one going from the parking area to Mays St and one going from the parking area to Chisholm Trail and the namesake Round Rock) so folks can choose to only do half if they wish.

After the walk, folks are welcome to join some of the attendees at a restaurant downtown. We’ll make a post-walk decision but probably The Brass Tap or 600 Degrees Pizza as they both have seating for larger groups.

If you have questions, please contact the Field Trip Committee (contact form here).

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

Field Trip Album

December 4, 2024December 3, 2024

Meeting reminder December 12, in-person only for the Annual Holiday Gathering & Silent Auction

Join us in-person only for NPSOT-Wilco’s annual year-end gathering and silent auction, Thursday, December 12, 2024. Guests are welcome!

Check in begins at 6:30pm. The meeting starts at 7:00pm. We meet at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626.

Hors d’oeuvres and beverages will be provided by the chapter. (No dinner. This is NOT a potluck.)
Bring your silent auction items! The auction is a fun way to pass along something you’re ready to part with while you bid on items you can’t resist.
- We’ll have bid sheets available at the meeting for your items, or download them from this link and bring them along.
The chapter spending plan will be presented during a brief business meeting.