Tag: Wildscape Project

Happy Wildscape Surprises

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by Catherine Johnson

There were surprises at the Wildscape discovered on a quick trip to assemble a donated shade arbor.  The Mexican Plum trees that looked dead for a long time are back, as are thought-dead Blackfoot Daisy and Desert Mallow. 

Pink primroses are back, too. They bloom the second year from seed.  The grasses Debra cut are already two- to three-feet high. Rough-leaf Dogwood and Arroya Sweetwood are fine, but the tallest Anacacho Orchid suffered major damage. 

Some of the beauty you can see at the Wildscape

Gaillardia and Thistles are taking over as all manner of “Belly Botany” wildflowers. Come see the Wildscape before some of it has to go so that we can safely walk the paths!

The Wildscape Returns

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by Catherine Johnson

We accomplished a lot at the first Wildscape workday for the year.

Fantasy Garden

Neal  worked on getting the children’s  fantasy garden  in shape. Debra sheared many large grasses, while Phyllis and Patricia hauled it away and weeded. Trees were pruned and ants killed.   

Neal
Debra
Phyllis
Patricia
Debris!
Good job all, says Catherine

The huge oak tree is gone having been destroyed by past ice storms. Now we have to work on getting more shade, as it will be a while until new trees grow. Everything is greening up, and the bluebonnets made it back!

Farewell, tree

Great Weather for Nature Days

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by Catherine Johnson

The weather turned out great for everyone at Nature Days this year.  Guests took home native plants and nature gifts.

As usual, the best part was getting to know people from distant towns including Dallas, Centerville, and McAllen, as well as neighbors from Hutto, Sommerville, and College Station.

This first day, we met with some Master Gardeners.  Stay tuned for the next Nature Days blog.   

Here are some of the beautiful plants we have been seeing in this late fall time.

Asters
Muhly grass
Rio Grande turkeys and Turk’s cap.

We apologize that all the photos didn’t appear when the post initially went up. There was an internet issue, and also the photos were in high definition, so they were very large. We’re all learning here, so sometimes things mess up!