Category: Native Plants

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Congratulations to Ashley Landry!

Chapter member Ashley Landry is the recipient of NPSOT’s Nancy Benedict Memorial Award!  

The news was announced by Chapter Vice President Gary Bowers at the chapter meeting on August 8, 2024. The Nancy Benedict Memorial Award honors an individual, a group or an organization for a specific act of conservation or public service in the field of Texas native plants.

Ashley is the founder and leader of the Native Plant Rescue Project, where she leads teams of volunteers to ethically rescue native plants from development in Central Texas. In addition, exposure to the project’s plant rescue mission in print and broadcast media is increasing the public’s awareness of native plants.

Congratulations, Ashley, from all of us!

Nancy Copperman, NPSOT-Wilco President, and all members of NPSOT

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Wildflower, the magazine of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Click the image to read more.
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Call for Volunteers: Peterson Community Garden on Aug 24

— by Nancy Pumphrey

Calling all Wacky Weeders! Join us at Peterson Community Garden in Hutto on Saturday, August 24, to give our friends there a hand. With all the rain, the garden has grown wild. Bring gloves, a hat, tools and lots of water. If you have a string trimmer, that will help.

Due to the heat, we will start at 7am and quit by 10am. The address is 205 Hutto Street, Hutto, TX 78634. Parking is on the street.

If you have questions, please contact Nancy Pumphrey using the form at this link. Select Projects/Community Gardens.

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Meeting Reminder August 8: “The Native Aquatic Plants of Texas” with Casey Williams

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, August 8, 2024, when our featured topic will be “The Native Aquatic Plants of Texas” with Casey 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 and will be recorded for our YouTube channel.

==> This month, we meet 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 register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwofu6gqD4pGtzrVeTUVTyDZVxIHZRcSHh-#/registration

Below: Casey Williams. Read more in the full meeting announcement.

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image of man in water collecting a plant sample

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 upcoming topics on our page Wilco Home or on our Calendar.