Welcome
You have found the web site of the enthusiastic and growing NPSOT chapter located in the beautiful small Hill Country town of Boerne. We invite you to explore this site and stop by one of our meetings for a visit. Our meetings are free and open to the public. Join us the first Tuesday of the month, January-June and September– December, with a social beginning at 6:30 p.m. Meetings are generally held at the Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium, 140 City Park Road in Boerne, Texas. Occasionally, meeting locations must be changed. Check our homepage under “Meetings and Events” for updates.
Chapter Events
Chapter News
May Chapter Meeting – Tuesday May 2, 2023, Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium, 6:00pm Social Time; 6:45pm
**ARCHIVED POST ** May Chapter Meeting – Tuesday May 2, 2023, Cibolo Nature Center Auditorium, 6:00pm Social Time; 6:45pm Announcements, 7:00pm Presentation. Note the new start time, to provide for
Climate Change…Learning Experiences
by Becky Eterno – Boerne Chapter, Native Plant Society of TexasPublished in the Boerne Star on July 18, 2014 My gardening career has progressed over almost 50 years through three
Native Grown articles
The “Native Grown” column is published in the Boerne Star newspaper. This column was originated by Bill Ward as a community outreach to educate the public about the virtues of
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Committees and Chair Persons
Demonstration Gardens
Demonstrating the use of native plants in home gardens and landscapes with a native plant demonstration garden. Locations include the main parking lot at the Cibolo Nature Center, Bill’s Garden/Teaching Garden at Cibolo Nature Center, and the Bergheim Volunteer Fire Department.
- Main: Veronica Hawk,
- Kathy Ward Bill’s Garden: open
- BVFD: Wilt Shaw
- Butterfly Garden: Theresa Butler
Maples for Boerne
Works with Cibolo Preserve to provide free big tooth maple trees for Boerne residents and businesses who can plant and care for them on their property, where they are visible from city streets or walkways.
- Suzanne Young
NICE! Natives Instead of Common Exotics!
Promotes native plants from the wholesale grower to local nurseries, and homeowners.
- Wilt Shaw
Plant Rescue
Saving native plants from construction sites and other locations.
- Veronica Hawk
Officers
- President – Felicia Zbranek Zeitman
- President- Elect – Pamela Bransford
- Vice President (Programs/Outings) – Lorraine Popp
- Secretary – Crystal McElhenney
- Treasurer – Ron Scoggins
- Past President – Cynthia Brown
Other Positions
- Historian/Public Relations – Pamela Bransford
- Hospitality – Gary Rogers
- Membership – Jane Jamison
- Native Plant Sale – Kathy Webster
- Newsletter – Lorraine Popp and Felicia Zbranek Zeitman
- Facebook Editor – Regina Wheaton
- Instagram – Sue Roddy
- Webmaster – Mackenzie Brown
- NPSOT Gleaners – Brenda Fest
- Youth Photo Contest – Rheda Boardman
- Field Trips – Veronica Hawk,
- Kathy Ward Forward Trail Project – Delmar Cain, Suzanne Young
- PGARP – Gary Fest, Veronica Hawk, Rachel Thompson