Craig Bruska will discuss how to create a native seed library within your community. The talk will include ideas about how to: create some local buzz, get your library to partner on the project, establish scientific and common name indexes, and create needed documents. Craig also will identify benefits and challenges of undertaking the creation of a native seed library.

Craig has had a lifelong love of nature. He had oversight responsibility for the maintenance and construction of over 100 miles of multi-use county wide trails in a 35,000 acre preserve system in Illinois. He oversaw the restoration over 1,000 acres of wetlands by removing field tiles. His crews battled invasive species from European Buckthorn to Purple Loosestrife.

Since moving to Texas in 2019, Craig has worked to learn the plants of the Blackland Prairie and Edwards Plateau. He has completed the Native Plant Society of Texas – Native Landscaping Certification Program and is a Texas Master Naturalist. Craig has helped create native seed libraries in Comal, Hays, and Guadalupe counties and is working on adding two more. He is also the NPSOT State Chair of the Native Seed Committee.

For full details and the link to register for the online version of this meeting, please see the event page on the NPSOT website.