Houston Chapter - Native Plant Society of Texas

06/24/2026

Happy Pollinator Week! We want to celebrate one of our favorite under-appreciated pollinators: the wasp. They all pollinate, even if they also eat other insects. We particularly love our solitary wasps who really don’t deserve a bad rap, because they don’t build paper nests or get territorial when you go near them. Many of them will also carry off caterpillars to feed their young, so they help keep your garden’s ecosystem balanced.

06/16/2026

Join us this Thursday at the Houston Arboretum to hear from Gale Childers about how bonsai can benefit Texas native plants! If you can’t be there in person (starting at 6:50), you can always join us via Zoom at 7: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9f1RsRfiQgelwE60HhNLwg

06/15/2026

Looking for something to do this Juneteenth holiday? We’ve got a suggestion! Learn more at https://neighborhoodstotrails.org/

06/13/2026

Don't forget to sign up for the free webinar this Tuesday 6/16 at 12pm featuring water-wise landscaping templates from Hill Country Alliance! REGISTER HERE: bit.ly/NativeLandscapingWebinar

06/13/2026

06/06/2026

Artist Boat needs our help! You might recall Lyndsay Ware spoke to us earlier this year about planting thousands of native plants, and now you have a chance to see that work in action in the 27th, from 9am to noon.

06/05/2026

Happy Fauna Friend Friday, Apalone spinifera! We just love a spiny softshell turtle, a very unique freshwater dweller that relies on having nice, clean ponds, lakes, streams and rivers. They need to be well-populated because these are also among the biggest freshwater turtles in North America. They like to bury themselves in mud and sand and eat almost anything. Now that we’re done being serious… the snoooouuuut! Look at it! And the stripey eeyyyyeeee! Aaahhhh we love him so much 😍😍😍🐢

PS thanks to Mango and Neb for their photos

06/04/2026

YOUR LAWN IS THIRSTIER THAN YOU THINK 💧🌿
Turfgrass is one of the most water-intensive choices you can make for your yard. Native plants? Evolved for your local climate. They need a fraction of the water and they bring back birds, butterflies, and pollinators too!

Join the FREE Less Lawn More Life Challenge: https://www.lesslawnmorelife.com/?ref=npsot

You'll get 12 weeks of expert-led actions to turn your outdoor space into a habitat that works WITH your local water system, not against it. There's a whole week dedicated to water management -- rainwater harvesting, rain gardens, and getting involved in watershed protection in your community.

Kicks off THIS THURSDAY May 7th with a live keynote from !

05/31/2026

Join us on Thursday, June 18 at 7 pm at the Houston Arboretum for the 3rd Thursday Native Plant Society Meeting www.npsot.org/houston We hope to see you there!

We will have refreshments and plants to share. A link to Environmental Events in June and July 2026 is at www.npsot.org/chapters-houston-events

YouTube videos of past Native Plant Society meetings are at this link: www.youtube.com/channel/UCG9VTOicjH4roPmvvSG_a2Q

Register to attend the NPSOT Chapter meeting by zoom at the link at http://www.npsot.org/houston