Dine-and-Discover Meetings and Events
Our meeting date is the last Wednesday of the month. Special event dates will be announced. RSVPs are due by noon on the Monday prior to each meeting as online registration automatically closes at that time. If registration is closed and you find you can attend, please contact Mary Abshier to check on seating availability.
Below is a menu of programs that are sure to satisfy any intellectual appetite. Join HFCW’s meetings where lifetime learners gather. Be a part of our long history of sharing wit and wisdom with HFCW members and their guests since 1974.
Questions? Contact Mary Abshier at marketing@hfcw.org or 281-923-9241
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Dress Up Your Backyard or Balcony to Help Birds and Pollinators
Wednesday, September 29, 2021 @ 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
PROGRAM
You will come away with the information you need to make a difference to our flying friends—whatever your green space. Elizabeth White-Olsen will share how she and her husband, bird tour guide Glenn Olsen, set out to re-landscape their typical suburban yard. Their combined love of birds and nature along with endless passion guided them to replace their ten non-native species with more than one hundred native species. Next step? The formation of their company, GO Native Landscaping. Hundreds of thousands of acres of crucial habitat have been lost to Houston’s development and landscaping practices. Elizabeth will reveal how citizens can support their local bird and butterfly populations. Join Elizabeth White-Olsen to learn how you can make a difference by planting one—or, better yet, many—plants that birds and pollinators love.
SPEAKER
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Elizabeth White-Olsen holds two Master’s of Fine Arts in Writing degrees and founded the literary arts nonprofit Writespace in 2014. In 2020, she co-founded GO Native Landscaping with her husband. She has achieved the Native Plant Society of Texas Landscape Certification Level 1 and is currently enrolled in training to become a Texas Master Naturalist. Elizabeth has published articles on habitat restoration for the Houston Chronicle. She has taught writing at Rice University Glasscock School of Continuing Studies and is the author of the poetry collection, Given Words. |
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