Boerne Chapter - Native Plant Society of Texas

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Boerne Chapter - Native Plant Society of Texas Join us for opportunities to discover, preserve, and enjoy Texas native plants in the Boerne area. Monthly Member Meetings
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http://npsot.org/wp/boerne

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Check out the Maximilian Sunflowers at the Cibolo Nature Center, where these native sunflowers are in full bloom right n...
10/14/2026

Check out the Maximilian Sunflowers at the Cibolo Nature Center, where these native sunflowers are in full bloom right now. Blooming from late August through October, Maximilian Sunflower is one of those plants that signals fall is on its way.

Maximilian Sunflower is one of the plants you may see at our Fall Native Plant Sale on October 17 at Herff Farm! They’re easy to grow, and prefer full sun and well-drained soil. They grow to a height of 3 to 10 feet. The flowers produce a heavy crop of seeds, which makes it a valuable plant for wildlife. Give them plenty of room to spread along a fence or use them as a tall backdrop for smaller plants.

Native plants do more than look good in the garden. They provide food and shelter for birds, bees, butterflies, and othe...
10/13/2026

Native plants do more than look good in the garden. They provide food and shelter for birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife. That’s what makes them so special to Kathy, one of our plant sale growers, who has raised nearly 300 plants for our Fall Plant Sale!
We’re thankful for our growers who share their love of native plants and help make them available to our community.

We hope you stop by our Native Plant Sale this Saturday and see what’s available. The entire sale plant list is available on our website.
📅 Saturday, October 17�📍 Herff Farm, Boerne

Big thank you to the volunteers that came out this past Saturday to help the Second Saturday workday at The Cibolo Cente...
10/12/2026

Big thank you to the volunteers that came out this past Saturday to help the Second Saturday workday at The Cibolo Center for Conservation’s Cibolo Nature Center. The weather was great and we were able to get a lot accomplished! We appreciate all the time and effort our volunteers put in to help care for this wonderful place!

Much to the delight of our hummingbirds and other pollinators, tropical sage (Salvia coccinea) is blooming again! After ...
10/11/2026

Much to the delight of our hummingbirds and other pollinators, tropical sage (Salvia coccinea) is blooming again! After going dormant during the summer heat, it has bounced back, now that temperatures have cooled, producing a second wave of flowers. The timing is perfect for late-season pollinators, including bees, butterflies, moths, and migrating hummingbirds. In the garden it provides a nice pop of color and it should keep blooming until the first frost!

Why do we recommend planting trees in the fall?. The soil temperatures typically remain warm enough for roots to continu...
10/10/2026

Why do we recommend planting trees in the fall?. The soil temperatures typically remain warm enough for roots to continue growing during the winter so that they can better handle next summer’s heat. This is just a reminder that our friends at the Kendall Swcd are taking orders for native trees! The last day to place your order is Friday, October 16. Email [email protected] or call 830-428-2665 if you have questions or want to get the form.

Come lend a hand in the butterfly garden at the Cibolo Nature Center this Saturday! Join us for our Second Saturday Work...
10/09/2026

Come lend a hand in the butterfly garden at the Cibolo Nature Center this Saturday! Join us for our Second Saturday Workday from **9:00 a.m. to noon**. We'll meet at the pavilion. Bring a hat, gloves, your favorite yard tools, and a water bottle. It's a great opportunity to learn about native plants. Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just curious about Texas native plants, we'd love to have you join us! Hope to see you there!

We’re excited about this fall’s selection of native plants! We will be offering over 1,000 plants, and 146 different spe...
10/08/2026

We’re excited about this fall’s selection of native plants! We will be offering over 1,000 plants, and 146 different species. Our members/growers have worked hard throughout the summer to nurture a great variety of plants for our Fall Native Plant Sale.

The selection includes trees, shrubs, perennials, grasses, and vines, with many familiar favorites but also many native plants that you may not have tried before. The image below gives you a peek at just some of what will be available. The entire list of native plants that you can expect at our sale can be found on our website.

A big thank-you to all of our growers for the time and care they put into growing these plants for the sale.

📅 Saturday, October 17
⏰ 9 a.m.–1 p.m.
📍 Herff Farm Teaching Barn, 33 Herff Road, Boerne

A big thank-you to Meghan Scott for stepping in at the last minute when our scheduled speaker had to cancel due to illn...
10/07/2026

A big thank-you to Meghan Scott for stepping in at the last minute when our scheduled speaker had to cancel due to illness.

Meghan is a NPSOT-Boerne member and professional landscaper with Grounded Soul Garden Consultation, who incorporates native plants into her work. Sshe shared some great ideas with us about landscape design using native plants. We appreciated her willingness to jump in—and the chance to learn from someone who works with native plants and landscape design every day!

Thank you, Meghan, for helping make our meeting a success!

Join us tomorrow, evening, October 6, as we welcome Monika Maeckle, journalist, nature writer, butterfly advocate, and a...
10/05/2026

Join us tomorrow, evening, October 6, as we welcome Monika Maeckle, journalist, nature writer, butterfly advocate, and author of The Monarch Migration: Its Rise and Fall.

With monarchs in the midst of their fall migration through Texas, Monika will explore the natural history of this remarkable journey and, more importantly, how we can help support monarchs and other wildlife by choosing plants that fuel rather than drain our ecosystems.

Monika, based in San Antonio, is the founder of the Texas Butterfly Ranch, a monarch butterfly tagger, Master Gardener, and the founder of San Antonio’s Monarch Butterfly & Pollinator Festival. She has spent years championing monarchs, pollinators, native plants, and the habitats that sustain them. Her latest book, Plants with Purpose: Twenty-Five Ecosystem Multitaskers, encourages us to look at plants not just for their beauty, but for the important work they do in our landscapes.

Come learn how the plants we choose can make a difference—for monarchs, pollinators, and the entire ecosystem.

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