Community – Page 6 – NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter

October 12, 2023October 12, 2023

Landfill Pollinator Garden Workday, Sunday, Nov 19, 2023

Come help during a workday at the Landfill Pollinator Garden on Sunday, November 19, 2023 from 9:30am to noon. Bring boots, tools, hat, bug spray and water.

Signup at this link https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AADAC28A5F58-45176394-pollinator#/

About the garden: The Pollinator Garden is a collaboration of the NPSOT-Wilco chapter, Good Water Master Naturalists, and Williamson County Waste Management, located at the entrance to the Williamson County Landfill, at the corner of FM 1660 and Landfill Road in Hutto, TX, across from the Recycling Center. The garden includes a Monarch Waystation and is a Certified Texas Wildscape. Volunteers help maintain the garden when the collaborating organizations announce a maintenance work day. Anyone interested is invited to help!

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023

Landfill Pollinator Garden Workday, Sunday, June 11, 2023

Come help during a workday at the Landfill Pollinator Garden on Sunday, June 11, 2023 from 8am-11am. We need 5 to 6 people to help trim and clean up the garden. Bring boots, tools, hat, bug spray and water.

If you can come, or if you have questions, please let Nancy Pumphrey know by filling out the form at this link. (Check “Projects/Community Gardens” in the form.)

Park across the street from the garden in the Recycling Center lot at 101 Landfill Road, Hutto.

About the garden:

The Pollinator Garden is a collaboration of NPSOT-Williamson County, Good Water Master Naturalists, and Williamson County Waste Management, located at the entrance to the Williamson County Landfill, at the corner of FM 1660 and Landfill Road, in Hutto, TX. The garden includes a Monarch Waystation and is a Certified Texas Wildscape.

June 4, 2023June 6, 2023

Field Trip Committee meets with Eagle Scout candidate

— by Cindy Chrisler

The NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter’s Field Trip Committee met with Zachary Adams, an Eagle Scout candidate, at Brightwater Park in Round Rock on June 1 to evaluate his proposed project to put plant signs along the park’s crushed granite trail. Zachary, his older brother, and his mother met committee members and walked the path to discuss the project’s scope and identify plants of interest to include in his request for signs.

In addition to single-species signs usually provided by the NPSOT-Wilco chapter, a multi-species sign may be considered for small wildflower meadows along parts of the path. The park also has a manicured pollinator garden with a mix of native and non-native species.

The park and the associated pollinator gardens are maintained by the Fern Bluff Municipal Utility District and Zachary will partner with them as well as NPSOT for his project. Zachary sent a request for assistance via the chapter’s website. The Williamson County Chapter is very pleased to work with Zachary on this project.