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July 13 Chapter Meeting: “Hot Stuff” and Annual Chapter Meeting 

(Updated July 13) Free native plants at tonight’s meeting include Flame Acanthus, Illinois Bundleflower, Skeletonleaf Goldeneye, Chili Pequin, Autumn Sage, and Scarlet Pea.  

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, July 13, 2023, when our featured topic will be Hot Stuff.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Our speaker presentation begins after a short business meeting, which for this month is also our annual meeting where we’ll announce chapter board election results.

==> If you attend in person, we’re at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor.  If you attend in person, you are giving consent to be videoed for Zoom and YouTube (if the meeting is to be posted on YouTube). Come early (6:30 PM) to check out the seed swap board, get expert advice or visit.

==> To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsduitqjksGtJBWCUo-vtjag1wLUKDGh9F#/registration

About our topic: Beat the heat! Learn about natives for the hottest part of the year.

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

Have an idea for a speaker?  Let Program Leader Susie Hickman know via  email to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.

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 info about upcoming topics on our page Wilco Home.

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Pre-sale Plant List Available for the ONLINE portion of our Spring Native Plant Sale

We’re announcing the pre-sale plant availability list for the ONLINE portion of NPSOT-Williamson County’s Spring 2023 Native Plant Sale.  See our page Spring 2023 Native Plant Sale for the link to download the list.

  • The ONLINE Native Plant Sale – Begins the morning of March 18 and runs through midnight March 22 (Pickup Saturday, April 1, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm).
  • The LIVE Native Plant Sale – Saturday, April 1, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.

IMPORTANT: See our page Spring 2023 Native Plant Sale for important details about both the LIVE and ONLINE sales. All information about both sales will be found on that page, including important dates and instructions that are not in this blog post. Click this link to read the entire page of current information.  If information about the sale is updated and/or if new plant availability lists are published, the information will be on that page.

If you have questions, send email to wilco-chapter@npsot.org.

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Bee on Sophora secundiflora, Mountain Laurel. Photo by Bob Kamper.

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Recording available for February 09, 2023’s “Native Host Plants for Texas Moths” presented by Jim & Lynne Weber

The video recording of our February 09, 2023 chapter meeting is now available with the Native Host Plants for Texas Moths presented by Jim and Lynne Weber.

You’ll find the video on our YouTube channel at this link.   The speaker presentation begins at 7:54, after the business portion of the chapter meeting.  You can see all the business slides here.

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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.

  • When:  We meet the second Thursday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 PM. A short business meeting begins at 7:00 PM followed by our guest presentation.  (For in-person meetings, doors open at 6:30 PM. Check out the seed swap board, get advice from expert members, or just visit.)
  • Where:  In person and via Zoom. When in person, we normally meet at the Georgetown Public Library, 2nd floor, Hewlett Room, 402 West 8th St, Georgetown, TX 78626. If we are at a different physical location for any given month, the exception is announced in our blog, on our calendar, and on Facebook.
  • Monthly Meeting Guest Speakers: See these links for upcoming or past topics.
  • Recordings: Find video recordings of previous meetings and field trips on our YouTube channel at this link.