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AT21-505 Webinar From Trash to Treasure: The Saga of an Uncommon Morning-Glory, NPSOT Fredericksburg
September 28, 2021 @ 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
FreeEvent Title: From Trash to Treasure: The Saga of an Uncommon Morning-Glory
VMS-AT: AT: Native Plant Society of Texas (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, Name of NPSOT Chapter, and Presenter)
Comments: AT21-505 Webinar From Trash to Treasure: The Saga of an Uncommon Morning-Glory, NPSOT Fredericksburg, Presenter: Sheryl Smith-Rodgers (AT=1h)
Event Date: 9/28/2021
Event Time: 6:30p-8:00p
The presentation follows a short business meeting. This meeting is a hybrid event-both in-person and via Zoom.
Event Summary:
The trash – a vacant lot set to be paved.
The treasure – the discovery of an uncommon morning-glory species.
Event Description:
Discover a voyage of exploration in the wildscapes of a landscape as small as the space around a home.
From Trash to Treasure: The Saga of an Uncommon Morning-Glory
Our speaker – our guide on this expedition into the wild Texas Hill Country is Sheryl Smith-Rodgers, a sixth-generation Texan and award-winning writer.
The trash – a vacant lot set to be paved.
The treasure – the discovery of an uncommon morning-glory species.
Sheryl Smith-Rodgers with Texas Master Naturalists photographed at home in Blanco, TX for TPW magazine story
During our adventure Sheryl will share
- how to dig to rescue bulbs
- how she uses iNaturalist to maintain a species list for her yard . At Window on a Texas Wildscape, she blogs about the native habitat she and her husband
- explore at their home. So far, Sheryl’s documented approximately 1,080+ species in their yard using iNaturalist!
- how the app helped her ultimately identify the morning-glory.
(THEN the vine turned out to be rare, which motivated a plant conservationist to join in collecting plants and seeds. More adventures follow, of course.)
Takeaway: We as citizen scientists and naturalists play an important role in preserving and protecting our natural heritage.
Cost: no charge
Register @: registration is not required.
Join Zoom Meeting @ 7:00
https://npsot-org.zoom.us/j/9598029940
or use
Meeting ID: 959 802 9940 on your zoom app.
Event Location:
Gilbriar Gazebo
208 Danos Dr
Fredericksburg, TX
Instructor/Presenter:
Sheryl Smith-Rodgers
Contact Information:
https://npsot.org/wp/fredericksburg/contact-us-2/
Organization Website:
https://npsot.org/wp/fredericksubrg/
Sponsoring Organization:
NPSOT Fredericksburg