Good Water Master Naturalists

Registration is Open for the 2026 From Balconies to Backyards. Circle July 18 on your calendar and plan to join us from 1:00–7:00 pm! In-person tickets are $35 per person and Virtual tickets are $20 per person. Register here: https://txmn.org/goodwater/from-balconies-to-backyards-2026/

Our keynote speaker is John Hart Asher, host of Austin PBS Central Texas Gardener. Other featured speakers include Anna Kurtin, Gil Eckrich, and Roy Johnson.

From Balconies to Backyards is at 100 Wilco Way in Georgetown, TX, and is sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife, Texas Parks & Wildlife, and the Good Water Chapter of Texas Master Naturalist.

Don’t wait to register! https://txmn.org/goodwater/from-balconies-to-backyards-2026/

Congratulations to milestone and certification recipients at the May meeting!

🦋 Circle July 18, 2026 on your calendar for the 2026 From Balconies to Backyards event! Be the first to know when registration opens by signing up here: https://mailchi.mp/514257b20e4c/balconies2backyards26

We’ve got another great line-up of speakers. Our keynote speaker is John Hart Asher from the PBS television program, Central Texas Gardener. He’ll discuss his experience with ecological restoration and pocket prairies in his speech, “Be the Bison!”

Our featured speakers include Anna Kurtin - Coexisting with Charismatic Minifauna; Gil Eckrich - Do Less—For More Birds! (And Butterfiles, too); and Roy Johnson - “Climate Resilience Around Trees & Gardening.

You can attend either in-person or online. The in-person event will be at 100 Wilco Way, Georgetown, TX.

Tickets go on sale soon. Be the first to grab your seat by signing up here: https://mailchi.mp/514257b20e4c/balconies2backyards26

Congratulations to the Spring Training Class! Welcome to the chapter, and we hope to see you outside (weather permitting!!!).

GWMNs in action! Thank you to the four who joined me at Berry Springs to clean up some pollinator gardens. (fortunately it was gloomy and the bees didn't come out to express their disapproval of our efforts). Some before and after pictures!

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Lots of great speakers today at the Leander Water Fair. Gary Bowers shared the WilcoScape.org native plant interactive website. Robert Mace, PhD. told us about rain water collection systems.

Ask a Master Naturalist at Berry Springs today! Our theme was birds, but an obliging hairstreak stole the show!

GWMN volunteers are THE best! Thank you to everyone who helped out at the Georgetown Red Poppy Festival this weekend. We had a great time helping folks decide "What Kind of Naturalist" they identified with. We gave away lots of poppy stickers and Zines to the kids. ♥️

Congratulations to this month's certification and milestones!