Category: Native Plants

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Meeting Reminder: Oct 12, “Williamson County’s Native Plant Rescue Project” with Ashley Landry

Please note: our in-person location this month is the Georgetown Parks & Rec Administration Building, not the Georgetown Public Library.

This month’s presentation will NOT be recorded for YouTube.

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, October 12, 2023, when our featured topic will be Williamson County’s Native Plant Rescue Project with Ashley Landry.  Free and open to the public. We begin at 7:00 PM with a short business meeting followed by our guest speaker’s presentation. Read more about this month’s topic in our previous meeting announcement.

==> If you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Parks & Rec Administration Building, 1101 N College St, Georgetown, Texas 78626.  Come early (6:30 PM) for expert advice, to check out the seed swap board, or just to visit.

==> To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMvde6trDosGtK42HFP3HYU7BZUtHyu8KBa#/registration

image of construction site, wildflowers in foreground
Rescue site photo by Hillary Xu,

At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person 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. See info about upcoming topics on our page Wilco Home.

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TWA Family Expeditions Program – Oct and Nov events for ages 9-17

News from the Texas Wildlife Association:

TWA’s Family Land, Water & Wildlife Expeditions Program is hosting events this fall for youth ages 9-17 and an accompanying adult.

On Saturday, October 28 TWA will host a Native Plant Workshop in New Braunfels, TX. Participants will learn alongside volunteers and natural resource experts about prairie restoration, the role of fire in our ecosystems, citizen science, and experience a variety of activities surrounding native plants. Folks will be sent home with plenty of resources to continue to explore native plants long after the event.

On Saturday, November 11 TWA will host a Birding 101 experience in Richmond, TX. Participants will learn alongside volunteers and mentors about bird adaptations, bird habitat, birding basics, binoculars 101, how to use citizen science apps and more! Participants will also go birding alongside experienced birders. Folks will be sent home with resources to continue to sharpen their birding skills.

For more information on the program and to stay on top of upcoming events, visit: https://www.texas-wildlife.org/family-land-water-wildlife-expeditions/

(This is not a NPSOT event.)

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Liatris punctata Plant Rescue in Round Rock, October 7, 2023

Volunteer with us Saturday, October 7, 2023, from 8:30am-11am as we return to this Round Rock rescue site for a second time. There are hundreds of Liatris punctata available in the clay soil meadow. You may dig plants to take home and for your own projects, and if you are able, you may contribute to digging a combined 125 Liatris punctata for the San Antonio Botanical Gardens and the UT Microfarm.

You must be a current NPSOT member and at least 18 to attend. (Join NPSOT or renew here.)

For more details and to sign up for this rescue, go to https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0A4CADA62AA75-44668081-liatris#/

Learn more about the Native Plant Rescue Project at this link.

Rescue site
Round Rock rescue site
Rescue site
Round Rock rescue site
Partridge Pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata
Partridge Pea, Chamaecrista fasciculata

Photos by volunteer Kenny Pailes.