• Field Trip: UT’s Billie L Turner Plant Resources Center

    The Billie L. Turner Plant Resources Center 110 Inner Campus Drive, Austin, TX

    Updated July 11: Registration for this field trip is now closed. What:   Tour the Billie L Turner Plant Resources Center on the UT Austin campus. Limited to 20 participants. Sign up in advance.  Free & open to the public. When:  Saturday, July 20, 2024. Meet at 9:45 am. Tour from 10:00 am to Noon. Where: 

  • Volunteer: Peterson Community Garden

    Peterson Community Garden 205 Hutto St, Hutto, Texas

    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

  • Plant Rescue in NW Cedar Park

    Location sent to those who sign up

    Volunteer with us Saturday, September 7, from 8:00-10:30 in NW Cedar Park as we rescue limestone meadow plants such as Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum), Slender Greenthread (Thelesperma simplicifolium) and Texas Skeleton Plant (Lygodesmia texana) prior to construction. There is a long asphalt driveway on the site, and you will pull off to the side of the driveway

  • Oct 13-16, NPSOT-Wilco Online Pop-Up Plant Sale

    Our Online Store

    Order Texas native plants ONLINE from October 13 (noon) to October 16 (noon) and pick them up at the in-person sale on November 2, 2024. Find all the information about the online sale and the in-person sale on our 2024 Fall Native Plant Sale page.

  • Field Trip: Palmetto State Park

    Palmetto State Park 78 Park Road 11 South, Gonzales, TX

    Palmetto State Park is an unusual botanical area resembling the tropics more than Central Texas. Most notably, a stand of dwarf palmetto (Sabal minor) plants is found in the park’s ephemeral swamp. See all the details and where to meet in the blog post announcement published September 12, 2024.