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Sun City Nature Club Guest Speaker Randy Pensabene, March 15, 2:30pm

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Chapter member Randy Pensabene is the guest speaker at Sun City Georgetown’s Nature Club meeting on March 15.  The club is inviting NPSOT members and blog subscribers to attend.

From The Nature Club, Sun City Georgetown, TX:
Special Invitation!
Tuesday March 15, 2022, 2:30 p.m.

Sun City Ballroom, in the Sun City Social Center
2 Texas Drive, Georgetown TX 78633

Topic: Top Native Plants of Williamson County
Speaker: Randy Pensabene

Randy will discuss the top native plants where we live, focusing on deer resistant plants. In addition, she will discuss two upcoming sales featuring native plants.  You will learn about our great native plants and where you can purchase native plants locally for your spring planting. Also, there will be a number of native plants given away as door prizes!

(This is not a NPSOT event.)

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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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Oct 14’s Program: Nancy Lawson’s “The Humane Gardener: Nurturing Habitat for Wildlife”

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— by Randy Pensabene

Our speaker presentation from October 14, The Humane Gardener: Nurturing Habitat for Wildlife by Nancy Lawson, will not be posted on our YouTube channel, but there’s a wealth of related information available from Nancy.

For anyone who absolutely loved Nancy’s presentation like I did, or if you missed the presentation, and would like to know more about Nancy’s work, I highly recommend her blog and her book. I have been a long-time blog subscriber and her message resonates wherever you are located.

Nancy is in high demand and we are very grateful she spoke to our group!
Blog: www.humanegardener.com
Book: www.humanegardener.com/the-book

About our guest speaker Nancy Lawson:

Nancy Lawson is the author of The Humane Gardener: Nurturing a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife, a habitat consultant, and a national speaker on garden ecology. She founded Humane Gardener to pioneer creative planting strategies and other animal-friendly landscaping methods. Lawson’s presentations at diverse venues—from national wildlife refuges to local wildflower preserves—have inspired even seasoned horticulturists and wildlife experts to look at their landscapes in a new way. Certified as a Chesapeake Bay Landscape Professional and master naturalist, she partners with Howard County Bee City, the Audubon Society of Central Maryland, the urban wildlife department of the Humane Society of the United States, and other conservation and animal advocacy organizations. Her book and garden have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other media outlets.

image of speaker photo

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