Rather than hold our regular third-Thursday monthly meeting during this busy time of year, our tradition is to gather for a meal and some fellowship with other native plant enthusiasts. Join us any time after 6:30pm; the restaurant is a buffet so it will be easy for people to come and go as their schedule allows!
Join us for one of favorite annual events and swap some plants and seeds! We will have a few announcements, folks will talk about what plant babies they’ve brought, then it will be a mad dash to pick your most coveted plants! This is always a fun event. What’s better than free plants, right?
Come explore some custom tricks of the trade for prepping soils specifically for a variety of native plants, including approaches for improving and restoring existing soils as well as recipes and techniques for blending your own mixes from scratch.
In lieu of a regular presentation at our monthly meeting, Please join us at 6:45 pm on Thursday, September 21 (3rd Thursday) at the Houston Arboretum and Nature Center for a walk through the Arboretum grounds. We will observe plants along the trails. We will gather in the room and have light snacks.
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.
Permaculture is coined from permanent culture and integrates a holistic perspective in the design of sustainability in food, housing and community. Carol will provide an introduction to urban permaculture and review the work of Urban Harvest Permaculture Design Certification Program to bring forward the reconnection to ecological wisdom principles. She will highlight native plants, layers of a food forest, and plant guilds to restore nature and strengthen food access.
Texas has more species of wild native grapes than any other state. Join us to learn about Texas’s major native grape species, their characteristics and distribution, and methods used to cultivate them in home gardens and vineyards.
In this presentation, we will learn what butterflies need to survive and complete their life cycle, as well as ways we can help them in our own yards.
Mark de Kiewiet shares his practical research on how we can mitigate the declining bee and pollinator populations, considering both managed and native bees.
Our next chapter meeting is on Tuesday June 6 at 6:30. The meeting will be virtual and registration is required. The speaker will be Kim Conrow, past President of the
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