AT21-505 Webinar From Trash to Treasure: The Saga of an Uncommon Morning-Glory, NPSOT Fredericksburg

Event 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