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NPSOT-Wilco Chapter Meeting, “Seed Saving for Native Plants” with Colleen Dieter @ Georgetown Parks & Rec
September 14, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Please note: our in-person location this month is the Georgetown Parks & Rec Administration Building, not the Georgetown Public Library.
Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, September 14, 2023, when our featured topic will be Seed Saving for Native Plants with Colleen Dieter from Central Texas Seed Savers. 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 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 instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAofu2qrzkuG93_Lb-b3ceHknfjIA6MJSVw#/registration
==> If our guest speaker has granted permission, we will post the Zoom recording on our YouTube channel after the meeting date.
About our topic: Who, what, when, where, why and HOW to save seeds from native plants. Central Texas Seed Savers is a growing network of people who love seeds. The mission? “Preventing the extinction of culturally, ecologically and culinarily important plants.”
About our speaker: Colleen Dieter is a landscape consultant at ATXGardens.com. As a top gardening educator, she is often asked to speak to audiences about native Texas planting. Her speaking appearances include Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center, TreeFolks, Central Texas Seed Savers, Williamson County Master Gardeners and the Natural Gardener. She is an International Society of Arboriculture Certified Arborist and earned a Certificate in Fruit Tree Care from OrchardPeople.com. She offers her expertise on The Horticulture Hangover call-in radio show every Saturday morning from 8-9 AM on KLBJ. Colleen co-hosts the Horticulturati podcast, available wherever you listen to podcasts, with her friend and landscape designer, Leah Churner. She is a founder of Central Texas Seed Savers, an organization dedicated to preventing extinction by sharing local seeds. She is also the creator of “Let’s Care for Texas Plants”, a guide to maintaining local landscapes.
At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person attendee!
