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Newsletter 2020 March NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS N e w s Native Plant Society of Texas, North Central Chapter P Newsletter Vol 32, Number 3 S March 2020 O ncc npsot newsletter logo newsletter ncc npsot © 2018 Troy & Martha Mullens & Martha © 2018 Troy Purple Coneflower — Echinacea sp. T March Meeting Rock Springs Woods/Tinsley Garden March 5 Program By David Downey Rock Springs Woods/Tinsley Garden Normal Meeting Times: The oldest garden in Texas! 6:00 Social, 6:30 Business By David Downey 7:00 Program Program and bio on page 4 Redbud Room Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center Fort Worth Botanic Garden Chapter of the Year (2016/17) Chapter Newsletter of the Year (2019/20) Visit us at ncnpsot.org & The Pool www.txnativeplants.org President's Corner by Gordon Scruggs ..................... p. 3f Index February Program and Speaker Bio ........................... p. 4f Flower of the Month, Pink Evening Primrose by Josephine Keeney ......................................... p. 5f NCC NPSOT February Meeting Minutes Chapter Leaders By Debbie Stilson ............................................. p. 7f Tandy Hills by Don Young & Troy Mullens .............. p. 9f President — Gordon Scruggs Gailon Hardin Teaches Propagation [email protected] by Patti Maness ................................................. p. 11 Past President — Karen Harden Activities & Volunteering for March 2020 Vice President & Programs — by Martha Mullens ....................................... p. 12ff Coneflowers Need Fire to Bloom Morgan Chivers by Martha Mullens .......................................... p. 15 Recording Secretary — Debbie Stilson Wood Fern, NICE! Plant of the Season Treasurer — Vanessa Wojtas by Dr. Becca Dickstein ..................................... p. 16 Hospitality Chair — Corinna Benson, Answer to last month’s puzzle and a new puzzle ...... p. 17 Traci Middleton “March Calendar” Page by Troy Mullens .................. p. 18 Membership Chair — Beth Barber Butterflies in the Garden Tickets ............................... p. 19 Events Chair — Chairperson needed February 6 Program Review by Martha Mullens ..... p. 19 The Spirit of the Woods, Book Review NICE! Coordinator — Shelly Borders By Martha Mullens .......................................... p. 20ff Plant Sales Coordinators - Gordon Scruggs Wild Gardener by Eloise Baker (Woman Botanist) & Sandy Fountain & Josephine Keeney by Martha Mullens .......................................... p. 23ff Education/Outreach Chair — Open City Nature Challenge by Sam Kieschnick ............... p. 28f Webmaster — Frank Keeney Make Your Own Potting Soil by Josephine Kinney .... p. 30 Field Trips — Eric Johnson Parting Shots, News & Views by the Editors ........... p. 31ff Membership Report by Beth Barber ......................... p. 31 Speaker’s Bureau — Theresa Thomas Ceres, Goddess of Agriculture Donations/Grants Chair — Open and Master Gardener Questions ................... p. 33 Parliamentarian — Martha Mullens 2020 State Fall Symposium ......................................... p. 34 Facebook Manager — Sandra Fountain Erika Choffel Note and Photos .................................. p. 35 Newsletter Editor — Troy Mullens Savage Cabbage Bash by JoAnn Collins .................... p. 37f [email protected] Rewilding by Troy Mullens ......................................... p. 39 Assistant Newsletter Editor — Rock Springs Photos .................................................... p. 41 Wild Gardener Photos ................................................. p. 42ff Martha Mullens NC Texas Pollinator Garden Plants ........................... p. 45 Southwest Subcourthouse Garden Leaders Pollinator Pledge by the Xerces Society .................... p. 46 Gailon Hardin & Dawn Hancock Half-Earth Pledge by E.O. Wilson ............................. p. 46 Native Plant Gardens at the Southwest Next Year's Programs by Ray Conrow ...................... p. 47 Regional Library Leaders — Join NPSOT, Mission Statement, March Meeting .... p. 48 Theresa Thomas & Char McMorrow Newsletter Submission Requirements ........................ p. 48 Answer to Master Gardener Questions ..................... p. 48 Molly Hollar Wildscape Garden Leader — Ann Knudsen Fielder House Garden Leaders — Josephine Keeney & Jane Osterhuis News Flash O.S. Gray Natural Area — ******************** Josephine Keeney White Settlement Waystation — Butterflies in Merita Knapp & Sandy Fountain the Garden Publicity Chair — Chairperson needed & Martha Mullens Troy ©2017 NLCP Classes Coordinator — this month Merita Knapp The President’s Corner - March 2020 - by Gordon Scruggs In January I attended my first Board meeting for You may recall the so called “Botany Bill” that the State Society. As President, I represent our seeks to improve funding and support for fed- Chapter on the State Board. The Native Plant eral botany programs and increase research into Society of Texas has over 2,700 members in 34 native plants. The bill now has 53 bipartisan co- chapters across the state. Our chapter has about sponsors in the House of Representatives and 11 200 members that represent over seven percent of cosponsors in the Senate. We are pushing for this the statewide membership. One of our past-pres- law to continue its way through Congress this idents, Kim Conrow, is the new President for the year. Society. Another piece of legislation moving forward with I was very impressed with all the legislation the bipartisan support is the Monarch and Pollinator Society is involved with at the state and federal Highway Act. This legislation would establish a levels. Mary Horn heads up this program as Vice federal grant program of $5 million per year to President of Environmental Liaison and Advoca- assist state departments of transportation to carry cy. As an engineer, I am probably the only one out pollinator-friendly practices on roadsides and that can find legislation exciting! But in the fol- along highways. lowing succinct summary I am going to do my We are also promoting the Native Plant Species best to show you how exciting it is. The informa- Pilot Program Act. It was just introduced in Janu- tion in this article is based on Mary Horn’s report ary to establish a pilot program to encourage the to the State Board on January 25, 2020. National Park Service to increase the use of native You have probably heard of The Texas Coalition plants in the management and restoration of na- for State Parks. Our Society is a member of this co- tional parks. It also calls for increased vigilance in alition. The Coalition successfully put an amend- the prevention, control and eradication of inva- ment to the Texas Constitution on the last ballot sive species. The bill requires the pilot program to that was approved by voters to dedicate revenue coordinate with the National Seed Strategy (NSS). from the Sporting Goods Sales Tax to state parks The NSS is an existing program administered by and historical sites. This funding, which required the Bureau of Land Management to provide guid- no new taxes, will be distributed through the Tex- ance for federal agencies and federal partners on as Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas how to restore and rehabilitate damaged lands Historical Commission. using native plants. The Society has been working with Congress on Our great organization is promoting legislation the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act. The bill that will help preserve our native plant heritage in now has 163 cosponsors and will provide $1.4 not only Texas, but throughout our nation. If you billion annual funding for the conservation or feel inclined, please encourage your representa- restoration of wildlife and plant species, imple- tives in Congress to support these bills. These ac- mentation of wildlife conservation strategies for tions are just one of the many ways your member- each state, and wildlife conservation education ship is helping protect and preserve Texas’ native and recreation projects. The Department of the plant heritage. Thank you for being a member. Interior must use a portion of the funding for a grant program. The grants must be used for inno- vative recovery efforts for species of greatest con- Presidents Corner & Quilt Raffle servation need or the habitat protection for such Continued on Page 4 species. We are optimistic it will continue to gain momentum in Congress this year. March 2020 NPSOT News North Central Texas Chapter Page 3 The President’s Corner - February 2020 - by Gordon Scruggs Continued from Page 3 2020 NPSOT Quilt Raffle Each year the NPSOT holds a quilt raffle to help fund th the Ann Miller Gonzales Research Grant Fund and NPSOT 40 Anniversary Quilt Raffle Benefiting the Ann Miller Gonzales Research Grant the Kate Hillhouse Scholarship Fund. This year’s quilt and is a bright picnic quilt made mostly from 1930’s re- the Kate Hillhouse Scholarship Fund production fabrics with four vintage Texas maps set Member-made “Throw it on the in. It is machine machine washable and dry-able. It Ground & Have a is 62” x 76”. Picnic” Quilt In the past, this raffle has been conducted primari- 30’s Reproduction ly at the Fall Symposium, but this year we are trying Fabrics & Vintage Texas Maps Need not be something new in the hopes of giving more members Present to Win! 62”x76” – Machine a chance to donate to the funds and win the quilt. Washable We are going to be selling raffle tickets at our chapter 1 ticket for $2 3 tickets for $5 meetings until the Fall Symposium. The drawing will 7 tickets for $10 Drawing to be held 15 tickets for $20 be made as usual during
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