Monthly Meetings
The Texas Master Naturalist, Hill Country Chapter meets monthly in-person and online via Zoom. Chapter Meetings are Open to the Public and held on the fourth Monday of each month from 6:30p-8:00p. Location of the meetings vary – see the various meeting places below.
Each meeting opens with a social hour followed by a short business meeting and a 1-hour Advanced Training session.
- 6:00p Social Hour
- 6:30p Chapter Business Meeting
- 7:00p Chapter AT
Registration Link
if you want to attend via Zoom please pre-register by clicking the below link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HzvCLDRDR6CjGsNmhcigAQ#/registration
After registering using the above link, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Meeting-Places
May 5/18/26 Kerrville GBNRC
June 6/22/26 Fredericksburg St. Barnabas Church
July 7/27/26 Bandera Agrilife
August 8/24/26 Boerne Herff Farm
September 9/28/26 Kerrville GBNRC
October 10/26/26 Fredericksburg St. Barnabas Church
November No Meeting
December No Meeting
Herff Farm
33 Herff Road
Boerne, TX 78006
(830) 249-4616
[email protected]
GBNRC/
UGRA
125 Lehmann Dr. Suite 100
Kerrville, Texas 78028
(830) 896-5445
https://ugra.org
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
601 W. Creek St., Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
Bandera AgriLife
2886 Hwy 16N.
Bandera, Texas 78003
(830) 796-7755
Chapter AT: Speaker Information for May 18
Ecological Solutions to Restore the Land
with Native Seed
Bill Neiman remembers always being aware and a part of nature. He tells many stories, like in his early teenage years when he went backpacking deep into the Gila wilderness with his dad … sleeping on the ground about 5 or 10 miles from the pickup truck. Together they had hiked to the headwaters of the Gila River, birthplace of Geronimo. Sleeping on the ground, listening to the sounds of mountain lions in the night, and being awakened by hot, smelly breath of a bear who wandered through the campsite looking for food.
His dad, without many words, showed him how to collect watercress, nuts & berries from the land, and water to season native Gila River trout and Cutthroat, which they caught wading the freshwater stream – so clean that you could drink from it: “We’d stay for days and didn’t even have to carry any water.”
It was this area that inspired Aldo Leopold’s campaign to set aside the first National Wilderness Area. Remote campouts such as these have inspired the Native American Seed mission to help people to recreate and restore clean, natural wilderness places close to home.
The business began with a borrowed rake and shovel near Flower Mound, Texas. Back then it was a small traditional landscaping business that, with his wife Jan Neiman, has become a leader in ethical native seed production. The operation has arms in land restoration, sustainable/low impact development and native plant education. Based in Junction on the seed farm, he manages every aspect ofthe company from planting, harvesting and seed cleaning to off-site restoration projects and marketing.
Bill has worked hard to incorporate education into every project he does and encourages the folks he works with to do the same. It is imperative that the next eneration and beyond have this knowledge of local ecosystems to survive in a world of climate extremes
Looking Ahead
Mark your calendars now for our June Chapter meeting. Details will be posted here when available.