June 8 recording for “Living Soil: The World Beneath Our Feet”

The video recording of our June 8, 2023 chapter meeting is now available featuring Living Soil: The World Beneath Our Feet with Jim Williams.


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Business slides for 2023 chapter meetings are here, listed by date. (If this particular meeting’s business slides were not added yet, they will be soon. Please check back later.)

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.

Meeting Reminder: June 8, “Living Soil: The World Beneath Our Feet” with Jim Williams

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, June 8, 2023, when our featured topic will be Living Soil: The World Beneath Our Feet with Jim Williams.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Read more about our topic and guest speaker in this previous meeting announcement.

==> 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).

==> To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcOGvqDsqHtGoN0st66ntnbAbzkplFoX7#/registration


At every meeting, we give away a book — about native plants or the meeting topic — to one randomly chosen in-person 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. See our Wilco Home page for the list of speakers planned for this year.

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

June 8 Chapter Meeting: “Living Soil: The World Beneath Our Feet” with Jim Williams 

Join NPSOT-Williamson County on Thursday, June 8, 2023, when our featured topic will be Living Soil: The World Beneath Our Feet with Jim Williams.  Free and open to the public. The meeting begins at 7:00 PM.  Our guest speaker’s presentation begins after a short business meeting.

==> 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) for expert advice, to check out the seed swap board, or just to visit.

==> To attend via Zoom instead of in person, register at https://npsot-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUrcOGvqDsqHtGoN0st66ntnbAbzkplFoX7#/registration

About our topic: Most of the living organisms of Earth reside in the soil and support the life that exists on the surface. This living community existed for millions of years before plants and animals appeared on land and provides the supporting structure for life on Earth. In this talk we will explore the structure of our soil, the diverse life within it and how it works to benefit our environment.

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About our speaker: Jim Williams is a retired physician, life-long gardener and a Williamson County Master Gardener where he manages the demonstration gardens. He graduated in 1979 from UT-El Paso where he majored in Microbiology and Chemistry. Jim was active in undergraduate research in soil microbiology cataloging the microflora of West Texas, Southern New Mexico and Northern Mexico. For the past six years he has resumed his soil studies and he applies this to the demonstration gardens where the Master Gardeners practice no-till regenerative gardening.


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.