Re-hydrating and Re-enlivening Our Communities with Rain-watered Neighborhood Food Forestry Presented by Brad Lancaster This presentation is about neighborhood forestry efforts empowering citizens, and contractors, to effectively plant the rain and native food-bearing vegetation to grow vibrant and resilient abundance where they live, work, and play. Then train them up and support them with the education, guidance, collaborations, and […]

Back by popular demand, the AZ Native Plant Society and the University of Arizona Herbarium will offer a two-day combination lecture and hands-on workshop for students serious about doing grass ID work. The course goals are to impart sufficient knowledge for students to make wise decisions regarding collection of grasses, to provide complete information on […]

Friday, December 6, 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Botany Over the Bridge, Tonto Basin Join us for a 10-mile roundtrip adventure to explore the plant diversity in a chain-fruit cholla forest, desert ridge, and riparian area. This driving tour will include three stops and minimal walking. Directions: From Highway 188 in Tonto Basin, turn east […]

Our December meeting will feature the Member’s Showcase. Our presenters will be Jillian Cowles and Logan Phillips.  If you are able, please bring a holiday food treat to share. 

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

Pinau will talk about the biology of parasitic plants.

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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.