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January 12 Chapter Meeting (in-person and virtual): “Bicycling with Butterflies” with Sara Dykman

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Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, January 12,  2023, for our first meeting of the new year.  Our featured topic will be Bicycling with Butterflies with author Sara Dykman.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Please note: this month’s speaker will be joining us via Zoom.

If you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor.  If you attend in person, you are giving consent to be videoed for Zoom and YouTube (if the meeting is to be posted on YouTube).

To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkdeyurjItGtDES-FdrnUTxel7_bac0OZS

About our topic:  In 2017, Sara Dykman became the first person to bicycle the entire route of the migrating monarch butterfly. She will share stories from her trip, and offer insights into the science, humanity, and brilliance of the monarch migration.

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About our speaker:  Sara Dykman is the founder of beyondabook.org, which is a showcase for pushing boundaries. She hopes her own adventures—walking from Mexico to Canada, canoeing the Missouri River from source to sea, and cycling over 80,000 miles across North and South America —will empower young and old to dream big. Her dream is to go on an adventure with frogs and write a book about these most beloved creatures.

At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person meeting attendee and one Zoom attendee!

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.

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Reminder December 8, 2022, In-Person Only: NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter’s Annual Holiday Gathering & Silent Auction

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Join NPSOT-Williamson County in-person only for our chapter’s annual year-end gathering and silent auction, Thursday, December 8, 2022. 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.)
  • 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.
  • New this year, chapter donations for the silent auction include visits to your garden from chapter “experts.”
  • Also new this year will be your chance to ask/stump our (presumed) experts with your questions! You can send your questions ahead of the meeting to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.
  • The chapter spending plan will be presented during a brief business meeting.
Evergreen Sumac, Rhus virens
Evergreen Sumac, Rhus virens

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.

  • When:  We meet the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. A short business meeting begins at 7:00 PM followed by our guest presentation.  (For in-person meetings, doors open at 6:30 PM. Check out the seed swap board, get advice from expert members, or just visit.)
  • Where:  In person and via Zoom.  THIS MONTH WE MEET IN PERSON ONLY at the Georgetown Public Library.  (When in person, we normally meet at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, Hewlett Room, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. If we are at a different physical location for any given month, the exception is announced in our blog, on our calendar, and on Facebook.)
  • Monthly Meeting Guest Speakers: See past and upcoming topics at this link.
  • Recordings: Find video recordings of previous meetings and field trips on our YouTube channel at this link.

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December 8, 2022, In-Person Only: NPSOT-Williamson County Chapter’s Annual Holiday Gathering & Silent Auction

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Join us in-person only for NPSOT-Wilco’s annual year-end gathering and silent auction, Thursday, December 8, 2022. 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.)
  • 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.
  • New this year, chapter donations for the silent auction include visits to your garden from chapter “experts.”
  • Also new this year will be your chance to ask/stump our (presumed) experts with your questions! You can send your questions ahead of the meeting to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.
  • The chapter spending plan will be presented during a brief business meeting.
image of Ilex decidua, Possumhaw
Possumhaw, Ilex decidua. Photo by Bob Kamper.

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