Category: Native Plants

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February 14: Not the Same Old Deer-Resistant Native Plants

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Don’t miss NPSOT-Wilco’s chapter meeting on February 14, 2019, when our  program topic is “Not the Same Old Deer-Resistant Native Plants” with NPSOT member Randy Pensabene.  Randy will show you how to have a deer-resistant native landscape that also provides much needed habitat and food for birds, butterflies, bees and other wildlife.

Randy has landscaped her home with Texas native plants and been involved in several native plant demonstration gardens. She is an instructor in NPSOT’s Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP) and a native plant guest speaker at area events open to the general public.   She heads up the planning, plant selection, grower partnerships and a myriad of other detail for NPSOT-Wilco’s twice-yearly native plant sales which take place at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in the spring and fall of each year.

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NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public.

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Program Summary from Jan 10 meeting-Seasons at Selah

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— by Pat Donica

Members and guests at the January 10, 2019 chapter meeting enjoyed a presentation by award winning photographer David K. Langford. David spoke about Seasons at Selah while sharing with us beautiful slides of his work at Selah/The Bamberger Ranch Preserve.

David donates $10 per book sold at an event to the hosting organization and there was a unanimous chapter vote during the meeting to donate those proceeds, instead, to Selah.  Thank you, David!

For more info about Selah, see https://bambergerranch.org/.   For more info about David’s work, see https://westernphotographycompany.com/.

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You can see the January 10, 2019 business presentation slides here.

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WilCo Commissioners Vote No!

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Berry Springs Park & Preserve

Preservation prevailed on Tuesday, December 18, when Williamson County commissioners voted no on the City of Georgetown’s proposed routing of a wastewater pipeline through Berry Springs Park and Preserve. The county commissioners vote was unanimous, 5-0.

Public comment by many people in multiple ways called attention to the importance of  preserving this unique site and surely resonated with the commissioners.  THANK YOU!

NPSOT-Wilco members who spoke at the Dec 18 meeting, at earlier public meetings, or through letters published in area newspapers and social media include Billye Adams, Belinda Buescher, Gary Bowers, Martin Byhower, Beth Erwin, Kathy Galloway, Bob Kamper, Kathy McCormack, Charles Newsom and Sue Wiseman.  (If I missed anyone, please let me know.)  Chapter members also wrote letters to the commissioners.

Find out more in these earlier blog posts:

  • Dec 4 2018-Berry Creek Pipeline December Public Meetings
  • Nov 5 2018-Let’s Preserve Berry Springs Park and Preserve
  • Oct 1 2018-Berry Springs Park Sewer Line Project

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