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March 10 Chapter Meeting (In Person and Virtual), ”Landscaping with Native Plants Series: #1 Solving Landscape Problems with Native Plants” moderated by Beth Erwin

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Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, March 10, 2022, when our featured topic will be Landscaping with Native Plants Series: #1 Solving Landscape Problems with Native Plants, moderated by Beth Erwin.   Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.

About our topic:  This month’s topic is #1 Solving Landscape Problems with Native Plants, moderated by Beth Erwin with input from homeowners and other members.  The presentation is first in a series called Landscaping with Native Plants which the chapter will lead over the coming months. Other topics in the series will be announced at a future date.

  • #1 Solving Landscape Problems with Native Plants will examine two cases:
    • We will look at an established home landscape in western Georgetown (Edwards Plateau). The landscape contains a mix of native and non-native species. The owner wishes to replace some undesirable trees he had removed and to replace some flowering shrubs that aged out.
    • One of our chapter members has embarked on a multi-year project to, in his words, “have a nicer view from the kitchen window.” This home is in Round Rock, east of I-35, in Blackland Prairie soils.

About our moderator:  Beth Erwin is a professional horticulturist and naturalist who has spent her life promoting the use of native plants in the landscape. Beth is currently serving as president of the Williamson County Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas.

Planting bed. Mainly fall aster, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium
Photo provided by Gary Bowers. Fall asters, Symphyotrichum oblongifolium. Mexican Buckeye, Ungnadia speciosa. Greggs Dalea, Dalea greggii. Cup grass. Live oak.

At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen meeting attendee!

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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.

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February 10 Chapter Meeting, In Person and Virtual: “Still Learning to Propagate Native Plants” with Barbara Wright

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[This post was updated Feb 10, 2022 to add Barbara’s handout.] Access Barbara’s handout at this link.

Join NPSOT-Wilco on Thursday, February 10, 2022, at 7:00 PM when Barbara Wright will present Still Learning to Propagate Native Plants.  Free and open to the public.

About our topic and speaker:   Barbara Wright will share her expert knowledge about propagating native plants by germination and cuttings. Barbara owns and operates Wright’s Nursery (open by appointment only) in Briggs, Texas, growing native and adapted plants as well as seasonal veggie starts.  (For many years, Wright’s Nursery has been a key supplier to NPSOT-Williamson County’s spring and fall native plant sales.) Barbara has been gardening since the age of nine.

image of Texas bluebonnet sprout. Lupinus texensis.

At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen meeting attendee!

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.

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Field Trips are back! Saturday, June 26, Native Plant Landscaping in an HOA

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[Updated June 22, 2021 with new parking directions. PD]

Join us on our first in-person field trip of 2021!

  • What:   Native Plant Landscaping in an HOA
  • When:  9am-11:30am, Saturday, June 26, 2021
  • Where: Sun City Horticulture Club, 141 Sun City Blvd., Georgetown, TX.  Note that parking is behind the club off Oak Branch Drive.  See parking directions in the pdf at this link, or see the image below.  Updated June 22, 2021:  Directions to the site & parking have changed. You cannot park off Oak Branch Drive.  Please see the directions in the pdf at this link, or see the image below.

After viewing the Native Plant Garden at the Horticulture Club, we will carpool to the homes of two Sun City residents who have used native plants and trees in two very different ways.

If you have questions, contact Kathy Galloway using this form.

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