Jillian Cowles – Chasing Wildflowers Logan Phillips – Tucson’s Birthplace Open Space Coalition THURSDAY, December 12, 2024  Meeting and presentation, 7pm U of A campus, Environment and Natural Resources Building (ENR2), Room S225 1064 E. Lowell Street, on the U of A Campus, Tucson Our December meeting will feature the Member’s Showcase.  Two of our esteemed […]

Friday, January 3, 8:00 AM - 1:00 PM. Boyce Thompson Arboretum Carpooling will be arranged from Tonto Basin. Please RSVP so we can secure a group rate and/or library passes RSVP to tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com

Wendy Hodgson from the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix will talk about “Yuccas and their Moths.”

Wendy Hodgson from the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix will share the story of the incredible relationship between yuccas and hesperoyuccas and their pollinators. 

Friday, January 17, 10:00 - 11:30 AM: Wendy Hodgson ; Pre-contact Agaves in the  Southwestern United States: Rediscovering Lost Crops Among the Hohokam and Other Arizona Cultures Location: Payson Public Library, 328 N McLane Rd, Payson, AZ

Friday, February 7, 10:00 - 11:30 AM: Teri Balaska: Plant Families and Plant Specialties Location: TBD For more information closer to the date, contact tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com

Uninvited Guests – The Lifestyles of Parasitic Plants Presented by Pinau Merlin Naturalist and Author Parasitic plants have evolved fascinating adaptive strategies for their lifestyles, as well as providing some surprising benefits to wildlife and people. Although only 1% of angiosperms are parasitic, they are very successful.   Let’s have a closer look at these plants […]

Friday, March 7, 10:00 - 11:30 AM. Ashley Hall, Rangeland Management Agent Ashley will share her work on the Tonto National Forest. This presentation will be held at the Tonto Basin Chamber of Commerce, 45675 N Arizona Highway 188, Tonto Basin

MONDAY March 17 (NOTE DAY CHANGE!!!) 2025 7:00 pm ENR2 Room S225, 1064 E Lowell, Tucson AZ Melissa Sevigny, co-author of "Brave The Wild River" will discuss the two pioneering women botanists who mapped the plants of the Grand Canyon.

Tuesday, March 18, 7:00 PM: Catherine Young. Analysis of Potential Hazards to the Future Conservation of the Endemic Alpine Species Packera franciscana Catherine Young, a junior at the NAU School of Forestry, will present the important conservation breakthroughs that she has made for the threatened alpine sunflower, Packera franciscana. The species is only found near […]

  ARIZ is 135 years old!  "ARIZ" is the official code for the Herbarium of the University of Arizona - and it's celebrating its birthday! Come spend an evening under the stars celebrating this amazing legacy.  All your favorite native plant and botanist friends will be there! ·       For tickets, please visit this Eventbrite site. ·       For more […]

March 23, 2025 at 10AM The Great Old Broads for Wilderness are planning a BioBlitz on Sunday March 23, 2025 at Barrel Canyon on the east side of the Santa Rita Mountains, close to the areas imperiled by the Copper World mine. The boundaries are directly over an aquifer that is sustaining riparian trees and […]

Friday, April 4, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM: Patti Fenner, Executive Director of the Friends of the Tonto National Forest Patti will share information on how to ID, remove, dispose, and report Stinknet, an aggressive, nonnative invasive weed that has arrived in the Tonto Basin. We will meet at Tonto Basin Chamber of Commerce, 45675 […]