Meetings & Announcements
Hill Country Chapter Meeting
Next quarterly meeting information coming soon!
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities
Native Plant Society Virtual Events
Current Leadership
- Laura Legett, President – laura.legett@npsot.org
- Jeri Porter, Treasurer – jeripster@gmail.com
- Lin Weber, VP Membership – LW78676@gmail.com
- Alice LeDuc, VP Education – aliceleduc45@gmail.com
- Patrick Garnett, Past President – png@freese.com
Vacant Positions – We welcome inquiries to join our team!
- Recording Secretary
- VP Presentations
- VP Communications
- VP Community Outreach
Field Trip to Cedar Hill Preserve- April 13th, Depart at 8:15 am
At Cedar Hill Nature Preserve, the mission is to restore and improve the land as a natural area that can be studied and enjoyed by many. They are working with Texas
Recognizing Potential: Identification of Native Texas Plant Seedlings
April 22, 2025: Presentation by Zach Ritchie. Recognizing Potential: Identification of Native Texas Plant Seedlings.
How to create your own pocket prairie
Home landscaping from the ground up: How to create your own pocket prairie by Emily Manderson.
Cedar Sage – a shady beauty for a NICE spring
Cedar Sage is aptly named. The tidy evergreen rosettes with 1 – 2 foot tall spikes of brilliant red evolved to grow in the shade and fine leaf litter under the Hill Country native cedars (Ashe Junipers). Treasure this like the wildflower that it is. Fine gravely soil with dappled shade and good drainage are its home. Once established, Cedar Sage is very drought-tolerant and highly deer-resistant. And as with other red-flowered Salvias, its flowers are both edible and sweet and can make an attractive garnish.
FIELD TRIP: Tour of Galveston Bay Foundation’s EcoCenter
Saturday, March 29, 2025 Join us on Saturday, March 29, for a guided tour of the GBF EcoCenter with Carter Clay. Located northeast of Baytown, this site has long been
