2019 Fall Plant Sale Success-THANKS!

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— by Beth Erwin

image of plant sale volunteers
Fall 2019, Friday morning crew. Photo by Bob Kamper.

Pictured here is the Friday morning booth crew, except for Bob Kamper, who was taking the picture.  We were all fresh and ready to go.  By noon, we were tired!  Sales were brisk from the get-go and remained steady until closing time Saturday evening.  We shattered our previous Fall Plant Sale records, helped by close to 500 customers.  It’s always a pleasure to visit, encourage, counsel, and commiserate with our regular and new booth visitors.

The NPSOT-Wilco chapter has such a fine group of volunteers.  They are eager to help in the months prior to the sale with labeling and preparing the plants for sale, loading and unloading, and keeping the booth looking great.

Proceeds from the sale fund our native plant display gardens, native plant pollinator project gardens, chapter meeting speakers, our award-winning native plant identification signs in Williamson County parks, our work with the NPSOT Native Plant Certification Program classes, and equipment and supplies that help further our goals promoting the use of native plants.

Thank you to all who volunteered countless hours to make this such a success.  We really appreciate the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center for allowing us to participate in the sale each spring and fall.

Kindest regards,
Beth Erwin
NPSOT-Wilco Plant Sale Coordinator

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Congratulations, NPSOT-Wilco Award Winners!

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The Native Plant Society of Texas recognized a number of Williamson County Chapter members in annual awards presented at the Fall Symposium in League City.

Congratulations to:

The Field Trip Committee for their award-winning work on the Interpretive Plant Signs project in area parks. The Mary Jo Laughlin & Eula Whitehouse Award recognizes visual art that illustrates, interprets or promotes native plants. (left to right) Vicky Husband, Sue Wiseman, Belinda Buescher, Kathy McCormack, Kathy Galloway, Bob Kamper

Fall 2019 Symposium photo
(left to right) Vicky Husband, Sue Wiseman, Belinda Buescher, Kathy McCormack, Kathy Galloway, Bob Kamper

Dennis Perz received the Presidents Award recognizing his work on the year-long state committee project that improved chapter financial reporting.

Bob Kamper received Best Video for “The Native Plants of Texas”, a slide show with an original song. The video was judged “most valuable in promoting native plants and ecosystems as well as our organization.”  Photographs used were either Bob’s or previous entries to the annual NPSOT photo contest.  Lyrics by Bob Kamper and Bill Hopkins.  Performed by Gail March and Richard Mattingly. (left to right) Bob Kamper, Bill Hopkins

(left) Bob Kamper
(left) Bob Kamper

Play the video:

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(Soon to be) In the News

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— by Kathy McCormack

Members of the NPSOT Wilco field trip team meet with a Wilco Sun reporter.

Several chapter members met a Williamson County Sun newspaper reporter at Champion Park on September 20, 2019.  The reporter wanted to see examples of our chapter’s interpretive plant signs, and learn more about native plants, what we do, and how people can help.  Expect an article in the Sun next Wednesday, September 25, 2019 – they don’t have a website, so you’ll have to buy a hard copy !

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