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AT23-123 NPSOT Kerrville: Rare and Endangered Plants Field Trip to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens, San Antonio

April 27, 2023 @ 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Event Title: Rare and Endangered Plants Field Trip to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens

VMS-AT: AT: Native Plant Society of Texas (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, Name of NPSOT Chapter, and Presenter)
Comments: AT23-123 NPSOT Kerrville: Rare and Endangered Plants Field Trip to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens, San Antonio, Presenter: Michael Eason (AT=1.5h)

Event Date: 4/27/2023
Event Time: 10:30a-12:00p

Note: The 4/27 Nature Journaling workshop, AT22-386, which is normally held in Kerrville at the Riverside Nature Center, will be at the San Antonio Botanical Garden from 1:30-3:30. While the field trip is NPSOT Kerrville members only, nature journaling is open to all if they want to come.

Event Summary:
A special tour of the rare and endangered plants garden and behind the scenes tour of the greenhouses with Michael Eason of the San Antonio Botanical Gardens.

Event Description:
No entry fees for the gardens today (waived just for us), but you will want to bring money for lunch afterwards at the gardens.
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Michael Eason will present. He is the head of the San Antonio Botanical Garden rare plant conservation department. He is also a conservation botanist for Texas Flora, a botanical consulting company. He has previously worked with the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and the Millennium Seed Bank Project. He is the author of Wildflowers of Texas.

Members only tour for the Native Plant Society of Texas, Kerrville Chapter.
RSVP and liability form required

Stay for nature journaling after lunch at the gardens. Separate AT for this.

Carpooling will be available once we know who is going.

Cost: No charge

Register @: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1DYDvnMNlhbihHyBi7gzlC0NmxpxKO-lOWK-z64KXoQyggg/viewform

Event Location:
San Antonio Botanical Gardens
555 Fulston Place
San Antonio, Texas

Instructor/Presenter:
Michael Eason, San Antonio Botanical Garden

Contact Information:
Nancy Huffman
Collettehuff@yahoo.com
(832) 851-9866

Organization Website:
https://www.npsot.org/wp/kerrville

Sponsoring Organization:
NPSOT Kerrville

Details

Date:
April 27, 2023
Time:
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Event Category:
Website:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1DYDvnMNlhbihHyBi7gzlC0NmxpxKO-lOWK-z64KXoQyggg/viewform

Organizer

NPOST Kerrville

Venue

San Antonio Botanical Garden
555 Funston Place
San Antonio, TX
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