VSP Private Open House and tour of Long Acres Ranch for CPC members

Long Acres Ranch 2317 Williams Way Blvd, Richmond, TX, United States

Long Acres Ranch will host an Open House to introduce chapter members to the facility and their programs. A trailer tour of the property will be part of the event. Please check Slack for the SUG  

VSP Annual Planning Meeting for HMNS-SL Outreach 2025

Zoom Online Meeting Advance registration required

Annual Planning Meeting for HMNS-SL Outreach via Zoom. Join us to help plan the 2025 Outreach programs our chapter will be presenting at Houston Museum of Natural Science - Sugar Land on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of each month. We will also talk about ways to make our outreach more effective and engage more... Read More →

VSP Seed collecting at Nash Prairie

This is a reschedule of the cancelled October 31st trip . Exact locations and other information are available at the google form sign up link: https://bit.ly/24seedrsvp .(Note: Please use the lower case letters as shown.)Seed collecting trips scheduled in the future will be announced in the CPC monthly newsletter (sign up here) and listed on the... Read More →

VSP: Coastal Prairie Conservancy Friday Work Day at Indiangrass Prairie

CPC Indiangrass Preserve-Field Office 31975 Hebert Road, Waller, Texas

“Come get your hands dirty on the prairie. Every Tuesday and Friday on the Indiangrass Preserve, volunteers participate in activities critical to the success of our restoration program. Volunteers maintain the Ann Hamilton Trail, grow out native species in our Coastal Prairie Native Seed Nursery, plant native wildflowers and grasses, remove invasive species, build and... Read More →

Free

AT: Backyard Bug Hunt Webinar Series – Entomology Topics with Wizzie Brown

Virtual - Webinar

Zoom live webinar series.   Do you love to learn about insects?  Then join Entomologist Wizzie Brown each month on the third Friday at 10am CST for an exciting discussion about creeping things in the backyard. Entomologist Wizzie Brown is a Senior Extension Program Specialist with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.  Brown received a BS in... Read More →

Free

AT: NPSOT Native Landscape Certification Program Fall Courses – Level 2 Class

Level 2 NPSOT Native Landscape Certification course series. Registration for the Fall Classes for the Native Landscape Certification Program series opens August 1st at 8am. Levels 1 through 4 classes are hosted by various NPSOT chapters throughout the state.  Some are by zoom, some are in person. To view all course dates and locations visit webpage... Read More →

$45 – $65

CANCELED – No workday on the 16th VSP Willow Fork Park- Volunteer in the Pollinator Garden

Willow Fork Park Grand Pkwy. & Cinco Ranch Blvd., Katy, TX, United States

Volunteers are welcome every Saturday 8:00am -10:00am (except when raining) to work in the Willow Fork Park Pollinator Garden, located just north of Cinco Ranch High School. Put in half an hour or all four hours VSP credit, as you are able. Bring  your typical gardening equipment. Questions? Call Diane Russell 281-797-1527

VSP: Seabourne Third Saturday Work Days, 8:00 – 10:30 AM

Seabourne Creek Nature Park 3831 State Highway 36 South, Rosenberg, TX, United States

Sun in Fog - photo by Noel Zinn Members: Join in the weekend fun at Seabourne.  Every first and third Saturdays, we will be at Seabourne working in the various projects we have going on there.   Come help at Seabourne Creek Nature Park (SCNP), Texas Master Naturalist Coastal Prairie Chapter’s signature project! It is a... Read More →

VSP BIG and extended workday at Deer Park Prairie

Deer Park Lawther Prairie 1222 E. Purdue Lane, Deer Park, TX

From the organizer: I’m reaching out to personally invite you to our fall workday at Deer Park Prairie on Saturday, November 16th. This will be our largest workday of the year, and NPAT staff are coming from across Texas to help make it a success! Starting this November, we’re aiming to hold two biannual workdays... Read More →

VSP Keep Fulshear Beautiful Roadside Trash Pick-up or Garden Replanting

Irene Stern Community Center 6920 Katy/Fulshear Road, Fulshear, TX, United States

Volunteers meet at the Irene Stern Community Center, 6920 Katy-Fulshear Rd., at 9:00a.m. to pick up supplies, grab a snack, and listen to a quick safety talk from one of our Fulshear Police Officers and a Thank You from our mayor. Volunteers divide into groups and have the options of picking up roadside litter or... Read More →