SPRING PLANT SALE DATE: March 14-17 TIME: 7 a.m. - 3 p.m., last admission at 2 p.m. PRICE: Free Admission. Reservations required. RESERVATIONS OPEN JAN. 26 FOR MEMBERS & FEB. 9 FOR GENERAL ADMISSION Spring has sprung! Discover hundreds of varieties of native plants, succulents, cactus and pollinator-friendly species with more than 30,000 plants […]
Plants and Petroglyphs, Kings Canyon, Saguaro NP West, 8:00 am with Jack Dash. We will be hiking about a mile on the main trail before heading back along the King Canyon wash. We will see an abundance of wildflowers, ferns, petroglyphs, and the uncommon ragged rock flower (Crossosoma bigelovii). The total distance will be about two miles […]
We’ll look at various germination strategies of the ephemerals and how flowers and their pollinators have co evolved together in a rich interplay of strategies, tactics and syndromes
October 15 (Arboretum members), October 16 – 31 (public) See the Boyce Thompson Arboretum website for full details.
THIS HIKE HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL MONDAY, MARCH 18, at 8:00 am. Rain has been forecast for Friday, and so the trip is being delayed. Early Spring Wildflowers, Canyon Loop Trail, Catalina State Park, 8:00 am with Lyn Loveless. This is an unhurried 2-mile hike mostly on flat terrain (one long up and one long down) […]
Spring Growth. Waterman Restoration Area, Ironwood Forest NM, 8:00 am with John Scheuring and Andrew Gourevitch. Stroll through this impressive desert restoration site on a limestone foothill slope snuggled at the base of the Waterman Mountains. Fourteen years after getting a monoculture of buffelgrass under control and installing passive water harvesting, we will see many of the […]
Saguaros Like You Have Never Seen Them. West Avra Valley Road, 20 mile car loop. 8:00 am with John Scheuring. Fifteen-person limit. We will carpool west on Avra Valley Rd 20 miles with four stops for an eye opening learning tour about saguaros and their associated native plants. This will include a half mile slow hike through desert filled […]
Tuesday, March 19, 7:00 PM: Catherine Young. The Efficacy of Using Terminal and Axillary Bud Cuttings as a Means of Propagation for the Endemic Alpine Species Packera franciscana Hybrid meeting: In-person and via Zoom Highgate Senior Living Center at 1831 N Jasper Dr. on McMillan Mesa. Park anywhere in the parking lot or on the street. […]
March 21 from 10am - 1pm and 5:00pm - 6:30pm The Center for Native and Urban Wildlife's (CNUW) bi-annual fundraising plant sale at SCC will have a diversity of native flowering plants including old favorites, milkweed, and harder to find species. View the CNUW website and the event flyer for full details. During the event, […]
Tiny to Huge Native Plants. Upper Romero Canyon and Green Pirate Rock, 8:00 am with John Scheuring. Fourteen-person limit. This slow hike will traverse actively growing riparian areas, desert grassland, and saguaro-studded bajadas as we learn about key plant species in each habitat and dynamic plant successions now in progress. We’ll also see desert blooming wildflowers. We will […]
Saturday, March 23, 10:00 - 11:30 am “Nonnative, Invasive Plants of Gila County“ will be presented by Chris Jones from the Gila County Cooperative Extension at the Tonto Basin Chamber of Commerce, 45675 N Arizona Hwy 188, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553
Carpets of Desert Spring Flowers on Ragged Top in Ironwood NM, 8:00 am. Fifteen-person limit. Join AZNPS member John Scheuring on a slow drive with many stops and a short but steep and rocky hike in the pristine foothills of Ragged Top on Ironwood Forest NM. We will see amazing swathes of blooming Gordon Bladderpod, Mexican […]
A Wildflower Hike on the Sutherland Trail, Catalina State Park, 8:00 am with Lyn Loveless. This slow 3 mile hike will follow the Sutherland Trail out and back, through a varied landscape with some easy hills. We hope to see a diversity of lovely spring wildflowers. Meet at the tile mosaic at the main Catalina State Park trailhead. To […]
Spring Flowers at Tucson Greasewood Park, 8:00 am with Gay Gilbert and Jack Dash. Our goals are to identify common and uncommon plants in this Arizona Uplands unmanicured city park and begin a Park plant list. Park trails are narrow, mostly gravely, uneven terrain with minimal elevation gain. There will be easy walking and standing as […]
Easter Wildflowers and Native Plants on Tucson A-Mountain Summit, 8:00 am. AZNPS members Jack Dash and John Scheuring will lead this Easter Morning walk up the loop road and pathways to the summit of A Mountain, enjoying the views and abundance and diversity of native plants that have come back after 8 years' effort to get buffelgrass […]
Wildflowers along Canyon Loop Trail, Catalina State Park, 8:00 am with Lyn Loveless. This is an unhurried 2-mile hike mostly on flat terrain (one long up and one long down) and includes upland and riparian sections. If there is water in Sutherland Wash, you will get slightly wet feet. Meet at the Catalina State Park trailhead by […]
Friday, April 5, 10:00 - 11:30 am Desert Bloom Walk. Location to be determined. Contact chapter for developing information.
Saturday, April 6 Wildflowers, Mariposa Lily habitat and much more along the Loop Trail at Catalina State Park. 8am to 11am. Arizona Native Plant Society member John Scheuring will lead this learning field trip covering big picture themes like plant succession after the bighorn fire, the contrast between native grasses and invasive Lehmann Lovegrass on […]
The exhibit name, translated as "Where we gather Yucca and Beargrass," acknowledges and displays the higher desert grasslands habitat known to the original residents of S-cuk Ṣon, the O’odham village and present day site of Mission Garden.
Sunday April 7. Pristine Desert Spring Flowers on the way to Ragged Top in Ironwood NM, 8am to noon with John Scheuring. Fifteen-person limit. Join AZNPS member John Scheuring on a slow drive with many stops and a short but steep and rocky hike in the pristine foothills of Ragged Top on Ironwood Forest NM. […]
The flora of Sierra Murrieta was surveyed in 2014 and 2022. This presentation will discuss the vegetation of the site, as well as the floristic characteristics of the area and some of its signature species.
Friday April 12: Spring Native Plants and Wildflowers galore. Waterman Restoration Area, Ironwood Forest NM, 8:00 -11 am with John Scheuring and Andrew Gourevitch. Stroll through this impressive desert restoration site on a limestone foothill slope snuggled at the base of the Waterman Mountains. Fourteen years after getting a monoculture of buffelgrass under control and installing […]
Saturday, April 13: Spring Native Plants and Wildflowers galore. Waterman Restoration Area, Ironwood Forest NM, 8:00 -11 am with John Scheuring and Andrew Gourevitch. Stroll through this impressive desert restoration site on a limestone foothill slope snuggled at the base of the Waterman Mountains. Fourteen years after getting a monoculture of buffelgrass under control and installing […]
The National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration (NCER) features presentations and field trips dedicated to both small- and large-scale restoration in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Monday will be a full day of talks focused on the desert Southwest region. View the conference website for more information.
Sunday April 14 Tiny to Huge Native Plants. Upper Romero Canyon and Green Pirate Rock, 8-1130am with John Scheuring. Fourteen-person limit. This slow hike will traverse actively growing riparian areas, desert grassland, and saguaro-studded bajadas as we learn about key plant species in each habitat and dynamic plant successions now in progress. We’ll also see […]
Tuesday, April 16, 7:00 PM: Janice Busco. The Life and Seasons of the Living Roof. Hybrid meeting: In-person and via Zoom Highgate Senior Living Center at 1831 N Jasper Dr. on McMillan Mesa. Park anywhere in the parking lot or on the street. Buzz to be let in if the door is locked and come […]
Saturday April 20 Saguaros Like You Have Never Seen Them. West Avra Valley Road, 35 mile car loop. 8-11am with John Scheuring. Fifteen-person limit. We will carpool west on Avra Valley Rd 20 miles with four stops for an eye-opening learning tour about saguaros and their associated native plants. This will include a half mile […]
Friday, May 3, 10:00 - 1:00 pm: "Seven Layers of the Forest," presented by Charles Locke, Soil Food Web Specialist. Learn how to create native habitats that will increase biodiversity in your own landscapes. Stay for a year-end potluck picnic in the Chapter President’s garden located at 268 E. Stephens Way, Tonto Basin, AZ
