Polk County Recycling & Beautification

10/21/2026

Today is the last day we are selling Texas native plants! Get your order in. Pick up at the Recycling Center between 1:00 and 3:00 today. We can arrange to meet after 3:00 if needed.

10/20/2026

Tomorrow is the last day we are selling native plants. Here's an updated list. We'll be in Onalaska at 9:30 and at the Recycling Center on 146 from 1:00 to 3:00. Let us know if you want some.

10/19/2026

Our native plant sale was great! We sold around 150 plants and gave away 50 to our volunteers, but we still have some plants! Send us a message, text, or email if you're interested in some native plants. Our plant sale and fall celebration event was not a fundraiser, it was a free community event with free music, food, and w**e. The plant sale was intended to provide our community with fairly priced native plants that are generally not available here. Some plants were donated, but we purchased most at a small discount. All proceeds from the plant sale go towards the event costs.

10/18/2026

It's Texas Native Plant Week! October is the best time to put native plants in the ground! Join us to celebrate this beautiful fall day, and grab some plants at our native plant sale!
List of Plants:

Turk's Cap
Frogfruit
Blue Mistflower
Purple Coneflower
American Beautyberry
Scarlet Sage
Mealy Blue Sage
Azure Sage
White Sage
Mountain Mint
Coral Honeysuckle
Englemann's Daisy
Standing Cypress
Pink Muhly Grass
Cardinal Flower
Texas Lantana
Esperanza
Flame Acanthus
Zexmenia
Rock Rose
White Mistflower

10/17/2026

Today's delivery has arrived! We will have around 250 native Texas plants for sale at PCRB's Native Plant Sale & Fall Celebration. Most are native to East Texas, but some are native to Central/West Texas. Pot sizes range from quart to gallon. Prices range from $5-$10. Plant List:

Turk's Cap
Frogfruit
Blue Mistflower
Purple Coneflower
American Beautyberry
Scarlet Sage
Mealy Blue Sage
Azure Sage
Mountain Mint
Coral Honeysuckle
Englemann's Daisy
Standing Cypress
Pink Muhly Grass
Cardinal Flower
Texas Lantana
Esperanza
White Sage
Flame Acanthus
Zexmenia
Rock Rose
White Mistflower

10/16/2026

Got the first delivery of plants today for PCRB's Native Plant Sale & Fall Celebration, and we created a temporary wind break for them! All these plants are native to East Texas! Another delivery is scheduled for tomorrow! Prices will range from $5-$10. Today's delivery included:

Pink Muhly Grass
Scarlet Sage
Mealy Blue Sage
Mountain Mint
Purple Coneflower
Cardinal Flower

10/15/2026

Observations from the Turkey Creek Trail and the Pitcher Plant Trail in the Turkey Creek Unit of the Big Thicket National Preserve. These trails were pretty clean, we only picked up two aluminum cans and one plastic water bottle.

📸 October 12, 2026

10/14/2026

10/13/2026

Commissioners Court has finalized the hiring of a Recycling Program Coordinator! We'll announce who they selected at our event on Sunday. It's one of our volunteers!