AT24-263 Hybrid, Bringing the Natural World Home Using Native Plants: A Personal Journey, San Antonio

Event/Webinar Title: Hybrid, Bringing the Natural World Home Using Native Plants: A Personal Journey, San Antonio

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Comments: AT24-263 Hybrid, Bringing the Natural World Home Using Native Plants: A Personal Journey, Bexar Audubon Society of San Antonio (BAS) Monthly meeting, Presenter: Craig Hensley (AT=1.5h)

Event Date: 7/24/2024

Event Time: 6:30p-8:00p webinar

6:00p-8:00p in person

Event Summary:

A story of a quest to convert most of a yard in Boerne to native plants with the idea that if you build it, they (the pollinators and others) will come.

Event Description:

Bexar Audubon Society of San Antonio (BAS) Monthly Meeting

Educator and naturalist Craig Hensley has long been an advocate for converting residential biological deserts to natural habitats. In 2018, he and his wife, Master Naturalist Terry Lashley, began a quest to convert most of their yard in Boerne to native plants with the idea that if you build it, they (the pollinators and others) will come. Through purchase and propagation of natives, a yard of non-natives has transitioned to a place, tiny though it is, where birds, bees, butterflies and so much more now visit throughout the year. Join us to learn how they went about the process, see the results of this on-going effort, and become inspired to take steps in your own yard.

Craig Hensley is a long-time naturalist and outdoor educator, having worked in nature centers from Minnesota and Nebraska to Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas. Craig has worked for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department for most of the past 14 years as a Park Interpreter and Resource Specialist at Guadalupe River State Park and Honey Creek State Natural Area, as a Wildlife Biologist for Kendall and Comal Counties, and for the past five years as one of two Texas Nature Trackers Biologists. He is an avid birder, a chaser of butterflies, dragons, and damsels, a grower of native plants, and a nature photographer of sorts. He has two grown children, Noah and Jennifer, and five grandchildren in Boston and New Zealand.

Cost: No cost

Register:

If you plan to attend the meeting in person at Alamo Colleges District, 2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78215, please pre-register and sign up at:

Do not need to pre-register for zoom.

In your zoom app use the following to join the Zoom Meeting at 6:30p

Meeting ID: 853 8188 2083

Passcode: 519861

Presenter: Craig Hensley

Event Location:

In person starts at 6:00p at Alamo Colleges District, 2222 N. Alamo Street, San Antonio, TX 78215.  Please see above to pre-register

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Sponsoring Organization:

Bexar Audubon