Sierra Club Meeting – Bees & Native Plants

The Golden Triangle Sierra Club invites you to their monthly meeting:

Speaker: Laura Simpson of St. Julian’s Crossing Wildlife Habitat

“Our Amazing Native Bees and the Prairie Plants They Love”

Cafe del Rio (2830 I-10, Beaumont, TX 77703)

Biography:

Since early 2015, Lauren Simpson has transformed her home gardens into a wildlife-friendly habitat, currently a Certified Wildlife Habitat, Monarch Waystation, Certified Butterfly Garden, and Certified Monarch Garden. She promotes insect conservation and habitat gardening through presentations, events, interviews, and articles, as well as through a website and Instagram and Facebook communities under the appellation “St. Julian’s Crossing Wildlife Habitat”—the name adopted for her family’s Monarch Waystation. Ms. Simpson is a member of local chapters of the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT), Native Prairies Association of Texas, and North American Butterfly Association. She has also received Level 1 and Level 2 certifications through the NPSOT Native Landscape Certification Program (NLCP), has attended the “Monarch Conservation Workshop: Train the Trainer” training, and chairs the NPSOT subcommittee for the NLCP Advocacy companion class.

In her professional capacity, Lauren Simpson is a Clinical Associate Professor at

the University of Houston Law Center, teaching Lawyering Skills and Strategies.

She is a spring 2016 recipient of the University of Houston Teaching Excellence

Award (Instructor/Clinical category); one of three 2018 AALS Teachers of the

Year selected by the Law Center; and the 2017, 2018, 2019 (co-recipient), 2021,

and 2022 Student Bar Association Professor of the Year for Law Center faculty

teaching in the part-time program.