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Newsletter 2021 September NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS N e w s Native Plant Society of Texas, North Central Chapter P Newsletter Vol 33, Number 9 S September 2021 O ncc npsot newsletter logo newsletter ncc npsot © 2018 Troy & Martha Mullens & Martha © 2018 Troy Purple Coneflower — Echinacea sp. T Virtual Meeting September 2 September 2nd Program Soil health is vital to Randy everything growing Johnson By Randy Johnson Speaker See page 26 for bio and program details Chapter of the Year (2016/17) Chapter Newsletter of the Year (2019/20) Visit us at ncnpsot.org & www.txnativeplants.org Chapter Leaders Index President — Gordon Scruggs [email protected] President's Corner by Gordon Scruggs ..................... p. 3 History of NCC NPSOT by Martha Mullens ........... p. 4 Past President — Karen Harden Venus' Looking Glass by Martha Mullens ................ p. 5 Vice President & Programs — Flower of the Month, Red buckeyee Morgan Chivers by Josephine Keeney ........................................ p. 6f Recording Secretary — Debbie Stilson What a Plant Knows by Martha Mullens .................. P. 8f Treasurer — Eric Johnson Activities & Volunteering for September 2021 Hospitality Chair — Corinna Benson, by Martha Mullens ....................................... p. 10f Tracie Middleton Answer to last month’s puzzle and a new puzzle ...... p. 12 September Calendar Page by Troy Mullens .............. p. 13 Membership Chair — Beth Barber Fall Symposium ............................................................ p. 14 Events Chair — Position open Bioblitz by Sam Kieschnick .......................................... p. 15 NICE! Coordinator — Avon Burton White Settlement Monarch Garden Plant Sales Coordinators - Gordon Scruggs By Marcie Delgado ........................................... p. 16 & Sandy Fountain & Josephine Keeney Members' Photos .......................................................... p. 17f Education/Outreach Chair — Open Membership Report by Beth Barber .......................... p. 19 Hospitality by Corinna Benson ................................... p. 19 Webmaster — Frank Keeney August Meeting Minutes by Debbie Stilson ............... p. 20 Field Trips — Eric Johnson Parting Shots, News & Views by the Editors ............ p. 21ff Speaker’s Bureau — Theresa Thomas Volunteer Position Opportunites: Must read ........... p. 21 Donations/Grants Chair — Open Farmers Calendar by Troy Mullens ........................... p. 22 Parliamentarian — Martha Mullens NICE! Native Plant Partner Nurseries ....................... p. 23 Facebook Manager — Open I-35 Waystation by Kim Conrow .......................... p. 24 Newsletter Editor — Troy Mullens Color photography .................................................... p. 25 September Program .................................................. p. 26 [email protected] About Octobers' program ......................................... p. 27 Assistant Newsletter Editor — Recommended Plants List (Complete) ................... p. 28f Martha Mullens This Year's Programs by Morgan Chivers .................. p. 30 Southwest Subcourthouse Garden Leaders Purple Passionflower, Passiflora incarnata Gailon Hardin & Dawn Hancock NICE! Plant of the Season (Summer) Native Plant Gardens at the Southwest by Dr. Becca Dickstein ..................................... p. 31 Agarita, Mahonia trifoliolata Regional Library Leaders — NICE! Plant of the Season (Fall) Theresa Thomas & Char McMorrow by Dr. Becca Dickstein ................................... p. 32 Molly Hollar Wildscape Garden Leader — Join NPSOT, Mission Statement, next Meeting, Ann Knudsen Newsletter Submission Requirements, Fielder House Garden Leaders — Presidents of NCC NPSOT .............................. p. 33 Josephine Keeney & Jane Osterhuis O.S. Gray Natural Area — Josephine Keeney Randol Mill Pollinator Garden — Questions, Josephine Keeney White Settlement Waystation — Comments ? Tom Salmi (new) Publicity Chair — Chairperson needed Use this link below ! & Martha Mullens Troy ©2017 NLCP Classes Coordinator — Sandy Fountain, Theresa Thomas [email protected] The President’s Corner - September 2021 - by Gordon Scruggs I hope you and your families are doing well. It a variety of native plants, and (3) enhance the nat- is terrible that we continue to suffer the conse- ural aesthetics. quences of the pandemic. We just need to pull to- There is still nothing I find more enjoyable than gether as Americans and get through these trou- going for a hike and identifying Texas native wild- bling times. flowers. With the new purpose, I now find much When I retired, my goal was to do a lot of hiking. more enjoyment in gardening. It is one way I con- I enjoy the outdoors and wanted to take advan- tribute to improving our environment. Another tage of the free time enjoying nature. Although way I contribute is working with our great chap- my primary outdoor interest had always been an- ter to accomplish our society’s mission of pro- imals and fossils, I decided that with retirement I moting research, conservation and utilization of would have plenty of time to also learn the local native plants and plant habitats of Texas through wildflowers. education, outreach and example. When I looked online for wildflower books, I I find our society’s mission extremely important, stumbled on the Native Plant Society of Tex- particularly considering the rapid reduction in as. After looking at the local chapter’s website, I plant and animal populations around the world. thought they looked like a group of like-minded If you believe this mission is important, then we individuals. So I joined the North Central Chap- need you to participate in our chapter’s leader- ter. I started going to the monthly general mem- ship. We need volunteers to be officers and lead bership meetings and quickly made many friends. our chapter into the future. We have positions Being a member of the NPSOT, I quickly became open for Chairpersons on the following com- more knowledgeable of native plants. Not just be- mittees: Events, Field Trips, Donations / Grants, ing able to identify wildflowers, but understand- Education / Outreach, Hospitality, and Publicity. ing the important role native plants play in our No experience necessary, we will train you. You fragile ecosystem. I began to better understand can help us by working in a demonstration gar- the ecological balance between plants, animals, den or volunteering at the plant sale. I have found soils, and climate. With my new friends in our the best part of our organization is meeting fellow chapter and my increased understanding of our members. Please contact me if you have an inter- ecosystem my appreciation of nature climbed to est in working with us to keep our Chapter the a new level. best in Texas. My greater appreciation of nature changed my Native plants are crucial to sustaining and reha- gardening goals and practices. I quit planting the bilitating our ecosystem. We have awesome mem- showy flowers of the month from the local box bers in the North Central Chapter. If you have store and started growing natives from seed or any questions or just want to talk natives, please purchased at native plant sale events. I stopped contact me at [email protected]. using pesticides, installed drip irrigation, and now operate my irrigation system manually only in the driest of seasons. I began digging up the non-native flowers and replacing them with na- tives. With this new knowledge, the purpose of my gar- What a lonely place it would be to dening evolved to having a native micro-ecosys- have a world without a wildflower. tem in my yard. I want my gardens to be a place where native plants and animals interact and Roland R Kemler flourish in an urban environment. To meet this new purpose for gardening, I adopted three goals. The goals are (1) cultivate milkweed, (2) maintain September 2021 NPSOT News North Central Chapter Page 3 History of NCC NPSOT - by Martha Mullens In a continuing effort to unravel the truth about the history of the North Central Chapter of NPSOT, the Historical Committee has uncovered these facts. If anyone can add to or correct this information, please send the information to [email protected]. Thanks. Martha Mullens History When the Fort Worth Chapter of NPSOT was deactivated, a group met across from Weston Nursery at the estate of Randy and Sue Weston to form the North Central Chapter which was activated in June of 1993. Suzanne Tuttle served as the first president for the first 4-5 years. NCC NPSOT started meeting at FWBG in 2000. Presidents of NCC NPSOT 1993-1997 Suzanne Tuttle 1997-1998 Jim Leavy 1999 Jeanne Strickland (The name of Stephen Hayden was mentioned several times as a possible president, but he has moved out of state and I don’t know how to contact him. There were some questions about dates due to the fact that the first few years officers were elected from June to July. I haven’t found out yet when it changed to January to December (maybe 1997 or 1998) so in at least one term year someone probably served from July to December or July to December of one year and then January to December of the next.) 2000 Glen Nerwin 2001-2002 Helena van Heiningen 2003-2004 Gailon Hardin 2005 Pat Lovejoy 2006-2007 John Bridges 2008 Hester Schwartzer 2009-2010 Dawn Hancock 2011-2012 Nancy Laine Price 2013-2015 Theresa Thomas 2016 Starr Krottinger 2017-2018 Kim Conrow 2019 Karen Harden 2020-2021 Gordon Scruggs I would like to thank these people for their help in supplying this information: Helena van Heiningen,
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