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WilcoScape has been updated!

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The WilcoScape Team is pleased to announce recent enhancements to WilcoScape, our chapter’s native plant database. WilcoScape helps you choose, locate, and grow native Texas plants that thrive in Williamson County.

  • The most significant enhancement is the newly added Category filter set. 
    • The Easy to Find & Grow category includes the plants that are the easiest to find in nurseries and the easiest for you to grow successfully. 
    • The More Favorites category provides you with more native plants we recommend for Williamson County, but these may be a little harder to find or grow.
    • The third category is Consider Carefully. It also includes some great native plants, but the plant information needs to be evaluated carefully before adding them to your wish list.
  • We have also updated plant descriptions to indicate the different types of gardens or naturalized areas each plant is recommended for, providing another way to help you succeed with using native plants. Additionally, we added 40 more native plants recommended for Williamson County.

Many of the plants we recommend can be found at our chapter’s wildly popular native plant sales including the sale that is starting today, September 29. See Fall 2025 Native Plant Sale to find the latest native plant sale information.

Please visit WilcoScape and use the Contact Us link provided on the WilcoScape page footer to send us any feedback on your experience or suggestions for improvement.

Best,
The WilcoScape Team
– Gary Bowers and Randy Pensabene

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Video and Photos from July 10’s Annual Chapter Meeting

During the business portion of the chapter meeting on July 10, out-going president Nancy Copperman announced the officers who will hold elected positions for 2025-2026 for the term that will start on September 1, 2025.

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Out-going President Nancy Copperman
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Incoming Board of Directors: (left to right) Kim Jones (Director), Nathaniel Woodward (Director), Erin Buhl (Vice President), Tyson Bartlett (Treasurer), Mark Stoetzer (President), Becky Sloan (Secretary)
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Celebrating anniversaries! (left to right) Erin Buhl, Mark Stoetzer, Nancy Pumphrey

NPSOT member anniversary milestone pins were presented to folks celebrating 5, 10, 15, 20 or 25 years of membership in the Society.

Nancy also announced that NPSOT has awarded chapter member Ashley Landry (founder of The Native Plant Rescue Project) a Lifetime Membership in NPSOT for her native plant conservation work.

The chapter meeting’s business slides are here.

Lastly, the evening’s featured presentation by Randy Pensabene and Gary Bowers was an overview and demonstration of “WilcoScape,” the chapter’s new native Texas plants database which focuses on Williamson County. See the new menu item [WilcoScape] at the top of this page!

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. See upcoming topics on Home or on our Calendar.

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Announcing “WilcoScape”- a native plant database for Williamson County, Texas

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WilcoScape – Discover native plants for a beautiful Texas yard

The NPSOT-Wilco chapter is excited to announce the launch of “WilcoScape,” a website dedicated to native Texas plants recommended for Williamson County.

WilcoScape was developed by the Williamson County Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT-Wilco) for residents of Williamson County who want a clear, concise, and user-friendly guide to landscaping with native Texas plants. It showcases plants native to Williamson County and species from other regions of Texas that thrive in our soils and climate, supporting local wildlife and enhancing your landscape while conserving water. 

To learn more about WilcoScape, attend our July 10th chapter meeting in person or via Zoom (details in this meeting announcement).

To explore WilcoScape, from any page on our chapter website, select [WilcoScape] from the menu at the top, and enjoy the discovery.