TUCSON CHAPTER MEETING FOR MAY 2025

Thursday, May 8 2025 at 7:00 pm

Perin McNelis, Native Plant Program Manager at Borderlands Restoration Network, will give a talk about seed dormancy types, germination requirements, dormancy breaking treatments, and propagation protocols for growing native plants from seeds.

Germinating seedlings with seed coats still attached

Since 2015 Perin’s work has been focused on plant material development for revegetation projects with a focus on erosion mitigation and watershed restoration in the Madrean Archipelago ecoregion. In her current role as Native Plant Program Manager at Borderlands Restoration Network she curates an extensive ex-situ seed collection, designs regional seed-based revegetation projects, coordinates seed harvest efforts, supervises seasonal crews and year-round horticulture staff, and writes/manages numerous grants and contracts. Perin is passionate about watershed restoration, agroecology, binational collaboration, and all things native seeds.

Perin McNelis, Borderlands Restoration Network