DCMGA Monthly Meeting on May 26
The next DCMGA monthly meeting will be held in the basement of Walnut Hill Church (10066 Marsh Lane, Dallas) on Thursday, May 26 from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Guest speaker Carol Clark (bio below) will speak to us about “What’s New in the World of Monarch Science.” Carol says she will cover all the interesting stuff you never get to hear in the typical introductory, one-hour program on Monarch butterflies. It promises to be very interesting.
Carol will offer seed packets for sale at this meeting as a fundraiser for her chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas. Select DCMGA merchandise will also be available for purchase, including a new line of casual gardening hats with back capes designed to protect your face and neck by blocking 98% of the harmful rays of the sun. A large selection of Walleroo hats will also be offered. In addition to our regular Master Gardener tee shirts, a limited quantity of commemorative Garden Tour tees will be available.
Bidding for items in the online Garden Tour Silent Auction (https://www.32auctions.com/2022SpringGardenTour) will be open until 12:15 p.m. on May 26, the day of our meeting. Auction items, as well as raffle offerings, will be on display at the meeting. Tickets for raffle items may be purchased before the meeting. Winners of silent auction and raffle prizes will be announced at the meeting.
We won’t be offering live participation on Zoom for this and future monthly meetings. We are committed, however, to making quality recordings of the meeting available on YouTube. You earn 1 Continuing Education credit for attending or watching the meeting.
Carol Clark is a Texas Master Naturalist who has been president of the Collin County Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Texas. She co-administers a native bee Facebook page for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is a frequent guest speaker at schools and garden clubs.
Carol and her husband own Clark Haven Farm, a 37-acre wildlife refuge with over 350 naturally occurring species of native plants. They run a native wildflower seed business and Carol coordinates with local ranchers and growers to experiment with novel propagation techniques for native milkweeds.
