Category: Field Trips

Chapter Field Trips

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Field Trips are back! Saturday, June 26, Native Plant Landscaping in an HOA

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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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It’s spring! Take a safe “guided” field trip and learn about native plants!

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We look forward to the day when conditions are safe enough to resume our group field trips. Meanwhile, you can get outside, enjoy the spring weather, and learn about native plants on your own, guided by NPSOT interpretive plant signs at any of the following four locations:

Each sign provides identification tips and fun facts about the plant. If you’d like to learn even more, you can point your cell phone’s camera at the QR code on the sign. The QR code will take you to a webpage (https://npsot.org/wp/wilco/resources/interpretive-signs) where you can find informative links for each plant, plus maps showing where all the signs are located.

Enjoy!
NPSOT-Wilco Field Trip Committee

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Enjoy a virtual walk at River Ranch County Park

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— by Sue Wiseman

* River Ranch County Park, in Williamson County, TX, is currently closed while under construction. **

Join us as Sue Wiseman, NPSOT-Wilco member, narrates this preview of the stunning River Ranch County Park located along the San Gabriel River. We are grateful to the Williamson County Parks and Recreation Department for allowing NPSOT to get an early glimpse of what’s to come and many thanks to our tour guide, Alejandra Urista.

When opened later in 2021, this beautiful 1,354 acres of meadowlands, woodlands, hills and escarpments that provide hill country vistas between Leander and Liberty Hill will offer park users the opportunity to camp, picnic, hike, bike, ride their horses, nature watch or just relax outside.

River Ranch will showcase an approximate 4,800 square foot Interpretive Center, where you can learn about the natural, cultural and historic resources that make this park so special. Group pavilions and classroom/meeting space can also be reserved for those family, church, civic, business and other group type gatherings you may have.

Click on the image earlier in this article to watch the video, or use this link.  Find all NPSOT-Wilco videos on our YouTube channel.

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