This calendar includes Heartwood’s scheduled chapter, volunteer, and training events.
For a list of unscheduled (work at your own pace) volunteer activities, check out the approved chapter activities: Heartwood Volunteer Projects
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The Good Water Master Naturalist Chapter is excited to invite the public to our upcoming nature and conservation event, “From Balconies to Backyards: Taking care of what you have,” on Saturday, July 22, 2023. This event features nationally known conservationist and author Dr. Doug Tallamy plus sessions by local experts. Attendees have the opportunity to participate in-person or virtually.
Location: Williamson County Annex Building, 100 Wilco Way, Georgetown, TX 78626
Date and Time: Saturday, July 22, 2023, from 1:00 – 7:00 pm
Cost: $30 for In-Person attendance (includes a box dinner); $15 for virtual tickets
Deadline to register for in-person tickets is July 14, 2023.
Registration is open to all. The main theme is working with the space you have now and doing what you can to conserve and protect nature in that space.
Event Schedule:
1:00 pm – Wizzie Brown, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Travis/Williamson County Entomologist
2:00 pm – Jane Tillman, Travis Audubon
3:00 pm – Jessica Woods, City of Round Rock Water Conservation Program Coordinator
4:00 pm – Beth Erwin, Williamson County Native Plant Society
5:00 pm – Dinner Break
6:00 pm – Dr. Doug Tallamy, T.A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware, Keynote Speaker
Each speaker will present for 45-50 minutes with a short break between.
Vendors will be part of the event. Participants have an opportunity to learn about native plants, Master Naturalists, rain water harvesting, and much more.
For more information contact Mary Ann Melton, Committee Chair.
AT: Single Presentation (Good Water Master Naturalist Chapter – Backyards to Balconies Nature Event)
Note: Travel time cannot be counted as AT.