AT24-254 Hybrid From Balconies to Backyards – Taking Care of What you have, Georgetown

Hybrid Event Title: HYBRID: From Balconies to Backyards – Taking care of what you have, Georgetown

AT-VMS: AT: Hill Country Chapter Other Approved Training (Enter AT#, Class Title as posted, Location, and Presenter)

Comments: AT24-254 Hybrid From Balconies to Backyards – Taking Care of What you have, Georgetown,  Presenter:
Brad Lancaster  (AT=5h)

Hybrid Event Date: 07/27/2024
Hybrid Event Time: 1:00p-7:00p

Webinar/Event Summary:  Learn how to take care of what you have, while working with HOA’s and other neighborhood organizations

Hybrid Event Description:  Using what you have, learn how to encourage wildlife and native plants in your environment, while enhancing the neighborhood, and your community.

SCHEDULE: 1:00 – 7:00 PM
1:00 pm – “How to work WITH your HOA”   Randy Pensabene, Native Plant Society of Texas, Wm. Co. Chapter
2:00 pm – “Welcoming Urban Wildlife Into Whatever Space You Have”  Natasia Moore, Urban Wildlife Biologist, Texas Parks & Wildlife
3:00 pm – “Providing Water for Wildlife”  John Davis, Conservation Outreach Coord. Land Management Program, Austin Parks & Recreation Department
4:00 pm – “Using Native Plants in Small Spaces” Lisa LaPaso and W. Calvin Weber, Podcast: The Dirty Gardener
5:00 pm – Dinner Break
6:00 pm – “Integrated Local Harvests: simple and effective ways to enhance the natural abundance of your home, community, and the larger world”
Keynote Speaker, Brad Lancaster (Virtual)

Keynote speaker Brad Lancaster, author of Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond and co-founder of Neighborhood Foresters, runs a permaculture education, design, and consultation business focused on integrated regenerative approaches to landscape design, planning, and living. His goal is to empower his clients and community to make positive change in their lives and neighborhoods.
Go To for more info: https://txmn.org/goodwater/from-balconies-to-backyards/ 

The event includes vendors. Participants have an opportunity to learn about and purchase select native plants. Other organizations will include Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Native Plant Society, , rain water harvesting, and much more.

Presenters: see above

Register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/from-balconies-to-backyards-tickets-915268150677

Deadline: to purchase in-person tickets is Friday, July 19, 2024 for in-person.

Cost: In-Person tickets are $35 per person & includes a box dinner.
Virtual tickets are $20 per person.

Location:
Williamson County Annex
100 Wilco Way,
Georgetown, TX 78626

Contact Information:  https://txmn.org/goodwater/contact-mary-ann-melton-event-committee-chair/

Organization Website: https://txmn.org/goodwater/from-balconies-to-backyards/ 

Sponsoring Organization:
TMN – Goodwater Chapter