We’re back in person!
Clear Lake Chapter meetings are on the 2nd Monday of the month from 6:45 to 8:30 p.m. Doors open at 6:15 p.m. Meetings are open to the public; visitors are welcome.
Agenda:
6:15 – Doors open
6:40 – Zoom opens
6:45 – Chapter business meeting begins
6:55 – Plant of the Month presentation
7:00 – Guest speaker*
March 10: Home Grown National Park by Krista De Cooke. Virtual presentation. UHCL Bayou Building, Garden Room (1510), and online. Doors open at 6:15 p.m.
April 14: Exploration Green Phase 3A Pollinator Garden by Lynn Porfirio
May 12: “Teaching About Monarchs in Low-Tech Spaces” by Carol Clark. Note: this may be an extended meeting.
June 9: “Photographing Native Plants” by Lauren Simpson, St. Julian’s Crossing Wildlife Habitat
July: No Chapter Meeting
August 11: “Pollinator Road Trip” by Native Pollinator Habitat Grant recipients.
September 8: TBA
October 13: TBA
November 10: “Struttin’ Our Stuff” by Chapter Members. Contact Patty Steinke if you are interested in featuring your yard.
December 8: Holiday Party
*Upcoming topics and presenters are subject to change.
How You Can Save Nature in Your Own Yard: Growing the Native Plant Movement – Hybrid Clear Lake Chapter Meeting
Monday, March 10 — Clear Lake Chapter Meeting — Krista De Cooke shares how individual actions in yards across the country are fueling a national movement to restore 20 million acres of private land for biodiversity.
Past Meetings
Chapter Meeting: How Can I Tame a Water-thirsty Yard? Getting Started on Xeriscape
Learn what “xeriscape” means and its basic principles. See an actual yard transformation and examples of xeriscapes. Suggested plants for our ecoregions are discussed.
Chapter Meeting: Struttin’ Our Stuff, Season 3
Chapter members share their triumphs and growth stories from their own native plant gardens.
Chapter Meeting: OE in Monarchs and What You Can Do to Reduce It
Greg and Linda Pearson will delve into the world of Ophryocystis elektroscirrha (OE) and its profound impact on our beloved Monarch butterflies.
Chapter Meeting: How the Native Plants of North America Can Be a Useful Resource to You
Joe Marcus will cover the history of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center’s Native Plants of North America (NPONA) resource, the current state of the resource, and upcoming changes.
Chapter Meeting: New Prairies on the Block
A coastal prairie double feature — The Dick Benoit Prairie and Prairie/Savannah restoration on the UHCL campus.
Chapter Meeting: Putting a Coastal Prairie and Wetland on the Ground at the UH Coastal Center
Learn about the coastal prairie restoration happening at the UH Coastal Center in La Marque.
