Volunteer with us this Sunday, May 28, from 10am-noon or noon-2pm in NW Leander for a conservation plant rescue. Our top priority for this rescue will be saving plants to give to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens and The Wildflower Center.
The plants we rescue for them will be propagated and conserved in perpetuity. There will be additional plants available to dig for your own projects after our conservation goals are met.
You must be a current NPSOT member and at least 18 to attend. (Join or renew here.)
Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, June 8, 2023, when our featured topic will be Living Soil: The World Beneath Our Feet with Jim Williams. Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM. Our guest speaker’s presentation begins after a short business meeting.
==> 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). Come early (6:30 PM) for expert advice, to check out the seed swap board, or just to visit.
About our topic: Most of the living organisms of Earth reside in the soil and support the life that exists on the surface. This living community existed for millions of years before plants and animals appeared on land and provides the supporting structure for life on Earth. In this talk we will explore the structure of our soil, the diverse life within it and how it works to benefit our environment.
About our speaker: Jim Williams is a retired physician, life-long gardener and a Williamson County Master Gardener where he manages the demonstration gardens. He graduated in 1979 from UT-El Paso where he majored in Microbiology and Chemistry. Jim was active in undergraduate research in soil microbiology cataloging the microflora of West Texas, Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico. For the past six years he has resumed his soil studies and he applies this to the demonstration gardens where the Master Gardeners practice no-till regenerative gardening.
At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen 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.
The Native Plant Rescue Project is having a rescue in Round Rock on Saturday, May 20th, from 11am to 1:30pm. There will Liatris punctata as well as other meadow plants available to dig. You must be a current NPSOT member and over the age of 18 to attend. (Join or renew here.)
