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— by Marilyn Perz
Hope to see you at our workday at the Landfill Pollinator Garden on Saturday, April 2, 2022 from 9am to noon. Come help members of NPSOT and the Good Water Master Naturalists weed and cut back the plants on our bluebonnet covered berm. Bring your own cutting and digging tools and dress for the weather. Water and snacks will be provided.
If you have questions, contact Marilyn Perz using the form at this link.
The Williamson County 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.
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The final final plant list for the Spring 2022 Plant Sale is at this link==> March 23 2022 PDF. (Date is in the upper left corner on page 2.) We do not expect to update the list again, but if we do, we’ll send a new blog post out to alert subscribers.
From Beth: “Here is truly the final draft of the plant availability list. Most notable are the additions of Dwarf Palmetto, Sabal minor and Devil’s Shoestring, Nolina lindeimeriana. Both are in the five gallon size. We only have two Nolina, but we have lots of Dwarf Palmetto. There are a few things on the list that have a strike-through. That means they will be a no-show, probably because they haven’t rooted well enough or really waked up enough to get on the trailer and come to the party. Hope to see you Saturday morning.”
Find hours and location for the sale here.
Find extra descriptions ofsome of the plants being offered here.
Contact us with the form at this link.
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Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, April 14, 2022, when our featured topic will be The Importance of Native Plants for Birds with Gil Eckrich. Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.
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).
About our topic: Native plants are essential to our avian species. They provide shelter, nesting material, and what the birds eat!
Ruby-throated Hummingbird enjoying nectar from native Cardinal Flower/Lobelia cardinalis (USFWS Flickr Creative Commons)
About our speaker: Gil Eckrich was born in Germany and came to Texas in 1964. Upon graduation from college in 1970, he entered the U.S. Army as an officer in the Infantry. Twenty years later, and with assignments around the globe, he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in Central Texas. After that, Gil taught state and federal government courses for Central Texas College until retiring from that position in August 2009. Until his most recent retirement in March of 2013, Gil had also been a wildlife biologist in Fort Hood’s Natural Resources Management Branch for 22 years. In that position he became knowledgeable about Central Texas native plants, their beauty, and their necessity for wildlife. Since his retirement, Gil has been traveling extensively in the US, Germany, Ecuador, Scotland, Alaska, Costa Rica, and most recently on his third trip to Colombia – always in search of a good photo of an elusive “lifer” bird species.
At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen meeting attendee!
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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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