Lindheimer Chapter 2025 Wildscapes Workshop

What is a "wildscape"? A wildscape is simply a landscape designed to provide habitat for wildlife from bees and butterflies to birds and beyond, supporting a healthy community based on natural relationships.  Want to learn more?

On September 27th, the Lindheimer Chapter will commemorate its 25th Anniversary by hosting a Wildscapes Workshop at the Tye Preston Memorial Library, located at 16311 S. Access Road, Canyon Lake, Texas.  This all-day event includes educational presentations, guided native plant walks, a raffle, and ends with a native plant sale.  Workshop attendees will have exclusive early access to the plant sale.

David Will, our founding Chapter President, and Sara Torres, our current Chapter President, will open the Workshop.  Presentations include:

Nessa Spence of Ripples and Roots Wildscaping and MicroLife will present: The Soil Solution: Restoring Texas Wildscapes with Underground Ecology.

Susan James (NPSOT, Master Naturalist) will present: Surrendering to Nature: Getting More by Doing Less, an anecdotal and site-specific presentation.

Andrea DeLong-Amaya, Director of Horticulture at the LBJ Wildflower Center will present: Beauty and the Bees: Understanding pollinators and designing landscapes to support them.  She is also the author of The Texas Native Plant Primer: 225 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden.  Copies of her book will be available for sale as part of the event and attendees will have the opportunity to get their copies signed.

Check-in begins at 9:30 AM, the event begins at 10:00, and ends with a plant sale.  Workshop attendees will have exclusive early access to the plant sale.

Pricing:

• Member: $50
• Non-Member: $65

Please bring your water bottle, sunscreen, and dress appropriately for the outdoor guided plant walk.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the expansion of the Native Seed Library Program statewide and the Native Plant Rescue Project, currently expanding into Comal County.

Registration Instructions:

• When you "Click Here to Register Online", a "Log In" screen pops up.  You must log in to register at the Member Price. 
• If you are a member, have taken a class, or attended a NPSOT event in the past, an account has already been created for you.   Use the email address associated with your membership or prior registration and click "Recover Account" to create or reset your password.  
• Non-members or those without accounts may click on the "X" in the upper right-hand corner of the pop-up screen to close it and access the registration form.