Category: Native Plants

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Congratulations, NPSOT-Wilco Award Winners!

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The Native Plant Society of Texas recognized a number of Williamson County Chapter members in annual awards presented at the Fall Symposium in League City.

Congratulations to:

The Field Trip Committee for their award-winning work on the Interpretive Plant Signs project in area parks. The Mary Jo Laughlin & Eula Whitehouse Award recognizes visual art that illustrates, interprets or promotes native plants. (left to right) Vicky Husband, Sue Wiseman, Belinda Buescher, Kathy McCormack, Kathy Galloway, Bob Kamper

Fall 2019 Symposium photo
(left to right) Vicky Husband, Sue Wiseman, Belinda Buescher, Kathy McCormack, Kathy Galloway, Bob Kamper

Dennis Perz received the Presidents Award recognizing his work on the year-long state committee project that improved chapter financial reporting.

Bob Kamper received Best Video for “The Native Plants of Texas”, a slide show with an original song. The video was judged “most valuable in promoting native plants and ecosystems as well as our organization.”  Photographs used were either Bob’s or previous entries to the annual NPSOT photo contest.  Lyrics by Bob Kamper and Bill Hopkins.  Performed by Gail March and Richard Mattingly. (left to right) Bob Kamper, Bill Hopkins

(left) Bob Kamper
(left) Bob Kamper

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FIELD TRIP: Today, Sept. 28, 9:00am-12noon Wolf Ranch, Georgetown

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—   by Vicky Husband

Natives in the Commercial Landscape, Wolf Ranch, Georgetown. “Park and Start” at Just Love Coffee located next door to Michael’s… come inside, we will be getting coffee! Join us as we walk the center to see established, full-size native and adapted plants in the landscape. This center received an award from our chapter for its native grasses walking trail and their dedication to the installation and maintenance of natives. (Let’s see how it looks ten years later!)

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Program Summary: Sep 12, Getting Started with Texas Native Plants Panel

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— by Randy Pensabene

On Sept 12th, we held a discussion panel on “Getting Started with Texas Native Plants”. Members and guests were treated to a panel of local NPSOT members who have experience working with and teaching others about native plants.

A few days before the meeting, a survey was sent to solicit questions. These questions were included in a step-by-step ‘how-to’ overview presentation. Additional questions were taken during the meeting.

The presentation covered:

  • how to plan a landscape
  • prepare your bed
  • select and install native plants
  • plant establishment and maintenance

The panel discussion also covered three different methods of killing lawn grass to create a bed area for planting. Our handout gave everyone specific information on the processes presented and included recommended websites and books to find more information.

So, whether you were new to the area and wanted to know what to plant, were looking for ideas on different native plants to work with, or had a burning question regarding native plants, or just wanted to know more about the Texas Native Plant Society, your needs were addressed.

You can see the August 12, 2019 business presentation slides here.

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