Native Plant Watch Grant for 2012-13 School Year

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Native Plant Watch at Kendall ElementaryWe are now accepting applications for the Native Plant Watch grant for the 2012-13 school year. The Native Plant Watch is a grant program for elementary and middle school teachers in the Boerne ISD and encourages projects relating to the education of students on the value, use, or conservation of Texas native plants. The Native Plant Watch was started in 2009, and we have been excited by the wonderful results. Check out our Native Plant Watch page for more information. Click the following link to get an application form: 2012-13 Native Plant Watch grant application form

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The 2012 NICE! Plants of the Month

Posted on December 26, 2011 by

2012 Plants of the MonthCheck out our NICE! Plants of the Month for 2012. Hot off the press! 2012 looks like it’s going to be a spectacular year, and we’ve picked out some wonderful native plants to enrich your landscapes. Click on this link to see our 2012 poster.

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May Rescues

Posted on April 24, 2011 by
We had a very good rescue in Bulverde on Saturday, the 23rd. We found out that the small and beautiful winecups has a huge root for its size (about 4″) that requires a very big effort to dig up. The flowers are such a gorgeous color, it’s worth it! We also found something else that we couldn’t identify. Can anyone help us?

Can you help us with an identification?

  

Cannie Robbins and Sue Mellard identifying plants that should be rescued.

 Cannie and Sue rescued some great plants, including rusty blackhaw, seep and canyon muhley and four nerve daisy. Here they are scouting for another rusty blackhaw, which we did not find…yet. Can you help us out, Dave?  
We spent a little time in the back of the property where we also saw a checkered garter snake and an incredibly beautiful spider. I rescued a few passionflower vines and 2 gum bumelia.

Our next rescue will be the first Sunday of May at Cascade Caverns road. If you are interested in taking home blue bonnets, antelope horns, possumhaw, or Maximillian’s sunflower, contact me at veronica.hawk@gmail.com to secure your place at the rescue.

We will rescue in Bulverde again on Friday, May 20th, if anyone is interested. Please contact me, veronica.hawk@gmail. com, to sign up.

the southside of the rescue property

  
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Rescues

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

Our Quarry, Antelope-Horns, Asclepias asperula


So here’s what we found out at the last rescue. If someone asks you to just ‘pick up a couple of antelope horn milkweeds for me’ – threaten them to charge by the hour! This certainly explains why they are so hard to transplant. My advice? Collect seed! When the butterflies are out, I will really appreciate the time it took to rescue the two I have!

Our next rescue will be April 23rd at Highway 46 in Bulverde. Email veronica.hawk@gmail.com to reserve a spot!

Sue Mellard shows the root of an Antelope horn milkweed


How deep do you have to dig to transplant antelope horn?

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April Rescues

Posted on March 29, 2011 by

Hi, we had two very successful rescues last month. I am donating some of my rescued plants to the chapter for sale at the Nearly Native Plant Sale to benefit the Cibolo Nature Center. Look for blue bonnets, prairie verbena and bee balm from Cascade Cavern seeds on Saturday, April 2 at the Kendall County Fairgrounds.

The first Sunday of the month is April 3, when we will rescue Cascade Caverns again. We are starting earlier now that the weather is warmer, from 9-11:00 am. The bluebonnets are blooming and I’d venture to guess the possumhaw are as well. Come out and save some wildflowers for your yard! Just contact me at veronica.hawk@gmail.com with your name and phone number.

We will rescue the Highway 46 property in Bulverde on Saturday, April 23 from 9-11:00 am. Please contact me at veronica.hawk@gmail.com if you’re interested in attending.

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Announcing Yard Help for NPSOT Members

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

YARD GOT YOU BUFFALOED! CALL FOR YARD HELP!

If you are a NPSOT member and you need some help in what to plant, what to take out, what’s happened here, or what can I do with this area, just call one of our teams to come and visit.

For a weekend visit call: Team leader– Marvin Hatter 830-537-6061
For a weekday visit call: Team leader– Chuck Janzow 830-249-3844

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