Events

Friday, November 7, 2025 AZ Botanists: Past & Present Presented by Becky Settje, Chapter President at 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. 268 E Stephens Way Tonto Basin, AZ 85553

The Sonoran Desert: A Global Bee Biodiversity Hotspot Presented by Tanner Bland Program Coordinator, Tucson Bee Collective Thursday, November 13, 2025 Meeting and Presentation, 7pm in person and on Zoom (link below) U of A campus, Environment and Natural Resources Building (ENR2), Room S210 (NOTE  ROOM CHANGE on 2nd floor) 1064 E. Lowell Street, Tucson AZ      […]

Friday, December 5, 2025 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Searching the Sierra Ancha for Rare Plants Presented by Kenda Svoboda, North Zone Botanist , Tonto National Forest US Forest Services Ranger Station 1009 State Route 260 Payson, AZ 85541

SAVE THE DATE! Holiday Chapter Meeting  December 11, 2025 Member’s showcase We will celebrate the holidays at our December meeting on Thursday, December 11 with hot cider and some holiday treats, so please bring something to share.  There will be two short programs with an opportunity to socialize afterward. Aaron Peretz from the Bureau of Land […]

Thursday, January 8, 7:00 PM. Jack Dash: The Southwest Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth Friendly Garden Monthly chapter meetings featuring local speakers are held the second Thursday of the month at the ENR2 (Environmental and Natural Resources 2) building, room 225, on the University of Arizona campus. Meetings are in a hybrid […]

Grand Canyon—More Than Just Beautiful, Awe-Inspiring Views, Neat Geology & Weird Squirrels! Presented by Wendy Hodgson, Herbarium Curator Emerita & Sr. Research Botanist, Desert Botanical Garden 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. Payson Public Library 328 N McLane Road Payson, AZ 85541  

The chapter has scheduled its first formal meeting for January 31, 2026, at 10:00 AM in the conference room of the Sierra Vista Library, 2600 E. Tacoma Street, Sierra Vista. For more information, contact Amy Metz (amy13jsa@gmail.com). Saturday, January 31. Doug Ripley: The Natural History of the Dragoon Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona Doug is a […]

Friday, February 6, 10:00 - 11:30 AM. Teri Balaska: Sonoran Sentinels: Keystone Guardians of the Desert Botany Walk Teri is vice president of the Tonto Basin Chapter. The botany walk will take place at the Saguaro Monitoring Site. This is located three miles east of Highway 188 on Greenback Valley Road/Forest Service Road 71 (across […]

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Thursday, February 12, 7:00 PM. Francesca Claverie, Borderlands Restoration Network: Propagation for Restoration   Monthly chapter meetings featuring local speakers are held the second Thursday of the month at the ENR2 (Environmental and Natural Resources 2) building, room 225, on the University of Arizona campus. Meetings are in a hybrid format so that interested folks […]

Friday, April 3, 10:00 - 11:30 AM. Kenda Svoboda, North Zone Botanist, Tonto National Forest: Botany Walk Washington Park (north of Payson)

Friday, March 6, 10:00 - 11:30 AM: Plants of the Upland Sonoran Desert Botany Walk Tonto National Monument, 26260 N. AZ Highway 188, Roosevelt, AZ

Saturday, March 7, 10:00 - 11:30 AM: Jack Dash, The Southwest Native Plant Primer  book launch with author Jack Dash. Payson Public Library, 328 N. McLane Road, Payson, AZ 85541

Thursday, March 12, 7:00 PM. Bob Perrill: Living with Giants This program will provide an overview of a Sonoran Desert keystone species, the saguaro. All aspects of its life cycle will be explored, including animal relationships and environmental pressures