September, 2026 Stephenville, TX – The Texas Master Naturalist Prairie Oaks Chapter has received a funding award from the Pollinators for Texas project. The chapter will use the award to… Read More →
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🌻 Prairie Oaks Chapter Receives a Grant of $500 from the Native Plant Society of Texas (NPSOT)
By: Gordon Lee — The chapter applied for and received a grant from the Native Plant Society of Texas for $500 to help purchase butterfly host and nectar plants for… Read More →
📖 Book Review: Lab Girl
By: Bill Hopkins — People are like plants: they grow toward the light. I chose science because science gave me what I needed–a home as defined in the most literal… Read More →
🤝 Reflections on the Annual Meeting 2024
By: Peggy Tolboom — When it is time for the annual meeting, I am at my computer when registration begins so I can sign up for the field trips. For… Read More →
🌱 Three Steps to a Native Plant Garden
By: Bill Hopkins — Have you been hesitating to start a native plant garden because you don’t know which plants to use? Then this post is for you. In just… Read More →
🇮🇹 Tuscany Through the Eyes of Texas Master Naturalists
By: Lana Rothe, Susie Stillwell, and Layne Cassidy In late May 2024, four friends—three of whom are Texas Master Naturalists—set off on a journey to the picturesque town of Castiglion… Read More →
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💪 Work Days at the Nature Center
Thank you to our chapter members who work on our Nature Center! By: Peggy Tolboom — The native plant garden of the Bosque River Nature Center is an integral project… Read More →
🪩 Reflections on the 2023 Annual Meeting
Below are contributions from several of our chapter members about their experience at the Texas Master Naturalist Annual Meeting held in McAllen October 12 – 15, 2023. To A State… Read More →
🍳 Visit a piece of the Cast Iron Forest
By: Peggy Tolboom A visit to Donna and Steve Clark, class of 2019, is a visit to a small piece of the Cast Iron Forest. Invitations are extended to TXMN… Read More →
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🦋 Caring for the Pollinator Garden at Dublin Public Library
On the morning of September 1, Prairie Oaks Chapter Members gathered at the Dublin Public Library to weed and maintain the native plants and the pollinator garden. Photos by Paul… Read More →