GROW NATIVE!
We want to help you select local plants that thrive in our natural habitat but are also both beautiful and economical. This will result in plants that are easier to care for and better support our local ecosystem. Our Grow Native initiative is here to help show you the way!
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REMEMBERING RICHARD STEPHEN FELGER
(19 Aug 1934 – 31 Oct 2020)
A great desert botanist, a prolific researcher and a generous human Richard Felger passed away in late October 2020, at his home in Silver City, New Mexico, at the age of 86. For more about Richard, click here.

Richard with one of his namesake plants, Verbesina felgeri, in Nacapule Canyon, Sonora, in 2015. Photo by Jim Malusa.
IN MEMORY OF FRANK S. ROSE (1927-2020)
Long-time AZNPS member and Tucson botanist Frank S. Rose passed away on October 15, 2020 at his home in Tucson, surrounded by his family. For more about Frank, click here.

Frank in his element. Photo by Jeffrey Neff.