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AT: Chapter Meeting-Working with Prairie Plant Seeds

January 5, 2017 @ 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm

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Learn be a Seedy Soul: Working with Prairie Plant Seeds by Lan Shen.

  • Why we collect seeds
  • Uses of the seed collected
  • How/When to collect seeds
  • NRCS Seed Collecting criteria
  • Great Grow Out program.

Lan Shen has lived in Houston most of her life, but never knew about our native prairies until becoming a Texas Master Naturalist in 2005.  She is an avid gardener and quickly became fascinated with the prairie and prairie plants.  Currently, she works part time at Katy Prairie Conservancy as Seed Collection Manager and volunteers for KPC and Gulf Coast Master Naturalists’ (native) Plant Propagation Program.  She is a board member of the Native Plant Society of Texas – Houston Chapter and Houston Chapter – Native Prairies Association of Texas.

NEW MEETING LOCATION!!  Click Rosenberg Civic Center below for the map of 3825 TX-36, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Come hear this expert speak at 7 p.m.  The meeting will be preceded by a social time and snacks at 6:30 p.m.    Around 8:00pm, we will have a short chapter general business meeting.   

The meeting is free and open to all interested persons.

The Texas Master Naturalists program is sponsored by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.

1 hour to AT: Chapter Meeting-Coastal Prairie

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Details

Date:
January 5, 2017
Time:
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Venue

Bud O’Shieles Community Center
3825 Texas 36 South
Rosenberg, Tx 77471

Organizer

Texas Master Naturalists Coastal Prairie Chapter
Phone
832-225-6936
Email
info@coastalprairie.org
View Organizer Website