Bromeliad Society/Houston

Meeting Date: Tuesday, August 17, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: On your computer, tablet, or phone, it’s a ZOOM meeting!
Program Presenters:  Tim Pylate
Program: Tim’s topic will be snakes and other critters in your garden. He will discuss identification and how to repel the bothersome ones.

Meeting Agenda:

• Login (Beginning at 7:00 p.m. with a meet and greet. Check your email or Bulletin for your invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Committee reports
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting: Thurs. November 18, 2021 7:00 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the September bulletin:  September 4, 2021

Meeting Date: Tuesday, July 20, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: On your computer, tablet, or phone, it’s a ZOOM meeting!
Program Presenters:  Scott Sandel
Program: Scott will give a travelogue-style slide show featuring a May, 2019 trip he made to Bolivia. Like Peru, its neighbor to the north, Bolivia is a land of multiple habitats – including coastal deserts, the high Andes Mountains, inland foothills and valleys, and finally the eastern jungles, which drain into the mighty Amazon River basin. The slideshow will show many different habitats and will introduce you to some of the area’s archaeology as well.

Meeting Agenda:

• Login (Beginning at 7:00 p.m. Check your email or Bulletin for your invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Committee reports
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting: Thurs., July 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the August bulletin:  August 5, 2021

Meeting Date: Tuesday, June 15, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: On your computer, tablet, or phone, it’s a ZOOM meeting!
Program Presenters:  Christy Jones
Program: Christy is the Education and Volunteer Coordinator Assistant for Mercer Botanic Gardens.  Her presentation is titled “Mercer’s Harvey Recovery and Master Plan”.

Meeting Agenda:

• Login (Beginning at 7:00 p.m. Check your email or Bulletin for your invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting: Thurs., July 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the May bulletin: June 1, 2021

                                  ***** BREAKING NEWS *****

BS/H had a plant sale on Saturday May 1, 2021 at Jimbo’s Nursery in Santa Fe, TX.  The sale was very successful.  Thanks to the Jimmy and Joanne Woolsey for providing the site.  A big thank you goes out to Allyn Pearlman and all of his helpers for pulling tags, answering questions, running the register, and doing all the other jobs that contributed to the sales’ success.

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Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 18, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: On your computer, tablet, or phone, it’s a ZOOM meeting!
Program Presenters:  Ed Erwin with Bee Harmony
Program: Mr. Erwin will speak to us about pollination of our Bromeliads and other garden plants.

Meeting Agenda:

• Login (Beginning at 7:00 p.m. Check your email or Bulletin for your invitation.)
• President’s Welcome
• Announcements
• Program
• “Show and Tell” with John Schmidt and Gordon Stowe
• Adjournment

Next Scheduled Board Meeting: Thurs., July 15, 2021 7:00 p.m. It will be a Zoom meeting.
Deadline for the May bulletin: May 5, 2021