Southwest Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-friendly Plant
Book Tour Dates: 2025–2026 Jack Dash will be discussing his new book at these locations/events in Arizona and New Mexico:
7 MAR 2026 Payson, AZ: Tonto Basin Chapter of the Arizona Native Plant Society tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com
8 MAR 2026 Phoenix, AZ: Central AZ Cactus and Succulent Society https://centralarizonacactus.org
News and Blog Items
Here are some recent and interesting items. Click the link for the full article.
- Botany 2026 Conference – Save the Dates!The 2026 Annual AZNPS Botany Conference will be held on June 13 – 14 at the historic Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. The conference, which will offer presentations and posters on a wide range of Arizona… Read more: Botany 2026 Conference – Save the Dates!
- Conserving and Recycling at the Waterman Sitehttps://tucson.com/news/local/environment/desert-restoration-recycles-christmas-trees/article_6fe1a0f2-d207-11ef-ac79-fb981aa2c89e.html Christmas trees get re-used to preserve rainfall in the Sonoran Desert.
- Flagstaff Chapter Meetings you can viewRecordings of Past MeetingsThe following presentations were recorded in 2024 and can be viewed the Flagstaff Chapter’s Facebookpage or at The Arizona Native Plant Society website.Megan Swan, Hannah Andrascik, Christopher Calvo, NPS Southern Colorado Plateau… Read more: Flagstaff Chapter Meetings you can view
- 6 AGAVES DOMESTICATED BY SOUTHWESTERN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE
DBG Garden researchers Wendy Hodgson, Andrew Salywon and volunteer Jane Rosenthal describe six rare domesticated agave species whose clones remarkably can still be found living in ancient agricultural fields in Arizona that have not been tended for hundreds of years. - Browse the Index of “Plant Press Arizona”
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