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Online Chapter Meeting Nov 12: “Managing a Native Landscape in an Urban Institutional Environment” with Justin Hayes

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Join NPSOT-Wilco’s online chapter meeting on Thursday, November 12, 2020, at 7:00 pm, when guest speaker Justin Hayes will present Managing a Native Landscape in an Urban Institutional Environment.

You must register in advance to attend the meeting.  You’ll find instructions later in this article.

About the topic:  Now that I have managed the Dell/Seton Medical campus for 4 years, there have been many successes and failures. New techniques made and old techniques brought back into use. I will go through many of the different ways we manage, as well as I will try to include a good amount of pictures that show what my crew and the University are doing to increase sustainability and still have an award winning landscape.

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About our speaker: Justin Hayes has been in the landscaping industry for 20 years. Starting at the University of Texas at Austin in 2008 as a gardener, he worked his way up to crew leader and eventually supervisor of the SITES Gold certified Dell Medical District landscape.   He and his team won the Texas Turf Association’s “Best Turf in Texas” contest in 2012 for their work on the campus’ University Avenue landscape.

He received his National Organic Farmers Association (NOFA) Organic Land Care Accreditation in 2017. In addition, he is Grow Green certified as well as Level 3 certified through the Native Plant Society of Texas.

In June 2020, Justin took over a larger part of campus in which the more sustainable methods from the Medical District will be implemented. Justin is now on his 3rd year of serving on the Employee Engagement Council.

Register to Attend

You must register in advance to attend, using the link below. After registering, you’ll receive an email with instructions on how to join the meeting.

NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. In this time of public health risk, our in-person meetings and field trips are canceled until further notice.

Check our blog announcements, calendar and Facebook for developing plans for virtual meetings and virtual field trips.

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Online Chapter Meeting Oct 8: “Native Plants for Birds” with Jane Tillman

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[Post updated Sep 29 with registration details. Post updated Oct 2 with links to handouts. PD]

Join NPSOT-Wilco’s online chapter meeting on Thursday, October 8, 2020, at 7:00 pm, when guest speaker Jane Tillman will present Native Plants for Birds.

You must register in advance to attend the meeting.  See instructions under How to Attend, later in this post.

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About Native Plants for Birds:  Your plant choices have an impact on birds. Find out what you can do to increase your yard, greenbelt or park’s appeal to migrants and resident species. Choosing native plants will bring your landscape to life.

Our guest speaker, Jane Tillman, was recognized as the National Wildlife Federations’ Volunteer of the Year in 2011 for her work with their Habitat Steward program, training people to create wildlife habitat in their yards and parks. Jane is a past president of the Native Plant Society of Texas, Austin chapter. She was part of the team that developed the new NPSOT Native Landscape for Birds NLCP Companion class. As an active Travis Audubon Society member and Capital Area Master Naturalist, she gives talks and teaches classes about Central Texas birds and gardening for birds to garden clubs, neighborhood associations, lifelong learning groups, bird festivals, and libraries. Her yard has a Best of Texas Backyard Wildlife Habitat certification. Jane travels around Texas to see birds and the different ecoregions they inhabit, participating in the Century Club challenge to see 100 species in 100 Texas counties – 89 down with 11 to go. She loves for people to tell her what they have seen birds eating.

Two handouts from Jane are below, from the Travis Audubon Society. As with all plant lists, please verify that any non-natives included are not invasive before planting. You can determine if a plant is invasive by going to TexasInvasives.org.

How to attend

  • You must register in advance to attend the online meeting.
  • After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar on the day of the meeting.

Please register for our Oct 2020 Monthly Meeting at the following link:

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NPSOT-Williamson County meetings are free and open to the public. In this time of public health risk, our in-person meetings and field trips are canceled until further notice.

Check our blog announcements, calendar and Facebook for developing plans for virtual meetings and virtual field trips.

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