Flagstaff Chapter Meeting
2025-08-16 14:00 - 15:00 (America/Phoenix) | The Museum of Norhern Aizona, Flagstaff, Arizona
Authors Jack Dash and Luke Takata will be on hand at the Museum of Northern Arizona Saturday August 16 from 2-3 p.m. for a launch of their new book The Southwest Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden.

The Southwest Native Plant Primer is your essential guide to 235 native wildflowers, grasses, vines, cacti, and trees ideal for creating a beautiful garden that supports the environment. Designed for gardeners of all experience levels, this book highlights plants suited to the unique landscapes of New Mexico, Arizona, and the southern regions of Utah and Colorado. Whether you’re just getting started or looking to deepen your native plant knowledge, this primer offers practical inspiration for making a lasting impact in your yard—and beyond.
The book ties in perfectly with the Museum’s Shifting Life Zones exhibit, on view now in the Courtyard Gallery and the Jaime Major Golightly Courtyard.
Non members will need to pay the admission fee to get in. This will not be recorded or available by zoom.

Tucson Chapter Field Trip: Summer Blooms at the Waterman site
2025-08-17 07:00 - 10:00 | Arizona
Summer Plant Walk : Waterman Restoration Site
Sunday 17 August, 2025, 7 am to 10 am
Directions : Turn off I-10 onto Avra Valley Rd (Exit 242), turn west and drive 19 miles straight ahead. Turn left after the brown Interpretive Sites sign and drive one mile, bearing left.
Bring : Plenty of water and wear a hat.
Limit: 15 participants, RSVP to tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com
Join Arizona Native Plant Society conservation chairman John Scheuring
on a stroll through this impressive desert restoration site 15 years after getting a monoculture of buffelgrass under control and installing passive water harvesting. The setting is a limestone foothill slope snuggled at the base of the Waterman Mountains on Ironwood Forest National Monument.
We will see many of 130 native species growing on the 18 acres with focus on the keystone species that serve to restore and maintain the desert. Trailing four o’clock, Desert Hibiscus, Prickly lettuce, Desert Fairy Duster and various Abutilon species will be in bloom. In addition we will see actively growing bio-crust composed of a mix of mosses and lichens. We will see transplanted saguaros rescued by TCSS as well as the successful use of discarded Christmas Trees to reduce erosion in channels and headcuts. We will walk slowly over uneven ground for about a mile.
For more information on the Waterman restoration project visit https://aznps.com/the-waterman-restoration-project/

Tucson Chapter Field Trip: Rainwater Harvesting and Native Plants
2025-08-23 07:30 - 09:30 | Arizona
Field Trip – Rainwater Harvesting and Native Plants
Saturday 23 August 2025, 730 am to 930 am
Meet on the northwest side of the Casa Del Rio parking lot at 1060 S. Pantano Road (one block north of 22nd Street, west side of Pantano)
Limit: 12 participants. RSVP to tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com

Join Jennifer Patton and Ben Wilder of Wilder Landscape Architects on a tour of a recently constructed streetside stormwater harvesting project. This project, funded by the City of Tucson’s Storm to Shade program, features twenty-four species of container grown native plants including four species of grasses, and a seed mix consisting of an additional thirty-three native species (12 of those grasses). Learn how the City is putting roadway runoff to work on City-owned parcels to grow shade.
Wilder will provide an overview of the project, and provide identification tips for the following grasses that you will see:

Hilaria mutica, tobosa grass
Digitaria californica,Arizona cottontop
Pappophorum vaginatum, whiplash pappus grass
Sporobolus airoides, alkali sacaton

If we are lucky, there will also be successful germination of the numerous native plant species that were seeded, and we can have fun identifying those as well.
We will not park or walk on busy roadways but bring a reflective vest if you have one.
To learn more about Storm to Shade and see the projects that are underway, visit https://climateaction.tucsonaz.gov/pages/gsi

Tucson Chapter Field Trip
2025-08-25 07:30 - 09:30 | Arizona
Roadside Grass Field Trip
Sunday 10 August 2025, 7:30 am to 9:30 am
Meet on the north side of the Trader Joe’s Parking area on the SE corner of Magee/Oracle
Limit: 12 participants. RSVP to tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com
Roadsides are unlikely but surprising places to find dozens of native (and non-native) grasses. Join John Scheuring on a driving grass tour of roadside basins brimming with various grass species. We will see 12-14 native grasses and 3 invasive grasses. This will be a great way to learn our common grasses by seeing them side-by-side in bloom.
In addition to grasses, we will walk through swathes of blooming Arizona Caltrop. A highlight of the tour will be Trailing Grama Grass (Bouteloua diversispicula), the newly discovered roadside species common in Sonora that had only been previously found in Arizona in one remote area of Ironwood Forest.
We will not park or walk on busy roadways but bring a reflective vest if you have one.

Tucson Chapter Field Trip: Madera Canyon Nature Walk
2025-08-30 08:00 - 12:00 | Arizona
Madera Canyon Proctor Loop Nature Walk
Saturday, August 30, 8am to noon
Meet at Proctor Parking Area, Madera Canyon
Limit: 12 participants . RSVP to tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com
Five plant communities come together on Madera Canyon’s Proctor Loop Trail. Join naturalist Doug Moore for an ANPS monsoon nature walk in the canyon. We’ll take a stroll around “the Loop” looking for monsoon plants/flowers, and also insects, birds/nests and other nature.
Park & meet at the Proctor Parking Area. We will walk the .75 mile Proctor Loop. The monsoon season has brought precipitation to the canyon; both summer plants and animals are active. This is an easy to moderate walk on mostly paved trail with some uneven sections and mild altitude loss/gain. (We may take the primitive trail up to the upper bridge below the White House Loop, if not too overgrown!)
Bring a bag lunch; the group can picnic at Proctor (or higher in canyon if too warm) after the walk.To participate, you MUST be able to walk/stand for several hours. There are benches along the trail at intervals.
Please wear comfortable walking/hiking shoes. Bring water, binocs, hand lens, sun hat, & insect repellent; optional: camera, walking stick
Don’t wait to sign up as space is limited; walks often fill up fast!
Cautions:
1) Chiggers occur in the grassy habitat around/above Proctor. Bring insect repellent or powdered sulfur, consider wearing long pants and stay on the main trail as much as possible.
2) Monsoon weather can change quickly; safety is our utmost priority! If thunderstorms develop or lightening becomes possible, we will stop the walk and return to the parking area as quickly as possible.
3) There can be lots of wildlife on the road to the canyon in the morning. Please drive carefully and watch for wildlife! Enjoy these special animals and take care not to run them over!

Tucson Chapter Monsoon Mixer
2025-09-11 18:00 - 20:00 | Arizona
SAVE THE DATE – Monsoon Mixer!
Thursday September 11, 6:00 – 8:00 pm @ Slow Body Brewery, 831 E. 17th Street, Tucson

COME RECONNECT WITH YOUR NATIVE PLANT ROOTS! This is a great chance to see old friends and make new ones, all while enjoying a pleasant evening on the Slow Body Patio.
Beverages will be available from Slow Body
Light refreshments provided (bring something to share if you wish)
Food truck available for more substantial fare
· Preview of the upcoming Tucson Native Plant year
· PLANT SWAP – bring an extra plant or two, and swap with your friends
· Book for sale – we will have a limited number of copies of the new book by our friend and recent past president Jack Dash and Luke Takata, “The Southwest Native Plant Primer: 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden,” just out from Timber Press. See the review in the last Plant Press Arizona. Copies are $24.99 and we will take checks or cash (no credit cards).

Flagstaff Festival of Science
2025-09-13 - 2025-09-28 | Arizona
The Flagstaff Festival of Science is a free annual 10-day event wholly designed to promote awareness and enthusiasm for science in and about northern Arizona and beyond, and is fondly known as the Best 10 Days of the Year. Established in 1990, it is the longest, continuously running, entirely free science festival in the world. https://scifest.org/festival/

Natural History Institute Presents Grass Workshop: Exploring Grass Anatomy and Identification a workshop with Sue Smith and Cheryl Casey
2025-09-25 09:00 - 12:00 | Natural History Institute, 126 N. Marina, Prescott, AZ, 86001, United States
Step into the world of grasses in this hands-on botany class, where you’ll explore the intricate anatomy that makes these plants essential to ecosystems. Sue Smith, president of the Prescott Native Plant Society, and Cheryl Casey, the NHI Collections Manager, will guide you in taking an in-depth look at the unique features of grass leaves, stems, flowers, and seeds.

Working with both live and preserved specimens, you’ll learn how to identify grasses based on key structural traits. Using hand lenses and microscopes, you’ll examine defining features such as ligules, sheaths, and inflorescences in fine detail. Along the way, we’ll discuss the ecological roles of grasses, their evolutionary adaptations, and their importance in shaping landscapes.

No prior experience is required, just a curiosity about the plant world. By the end of the class, you’ll walk away with foundational skills in grass identification and a new appreciation for the quiet complexity of the grasses beneath your feet.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/grass-workshop-exploring-grass-anatomy-and-identification-tickets-1641359032049?aff=oddtdtcreator

Master Gardeners Green Valley Plant Sale:
2025-10-03 08:00 - 12:00 | 530 E Whitehouse Canyon Rd., Green Valley, AZ

Tucson Chapter Meeting
2025-10-09 19:00 - 20:30 | U of A campus, Environment and Natural Resources Building (ENR2), Room S225 — 1064 E. Lowell Street, Tucson AZ, 1064 E. Lowell ST, Tucson
Arizona’s Night Shift: Bats as Ecological Heroes
Presented by Susan Chappel
Kartchner Caverns State Parks

Thursday, October 9, 2025
Meeting and Presentation, 7pm in person and on Zoom (link below)
U of A campus, Environment and Natural Resources Building (ENR2), Room S225
1064 E. Lowell Street, Tucson AZ
Susan Chappel will introduce us to the hidden lives of Arizona bats and the essential roles they play in our environment, as predators and natural pest control agents and as pollinating superstars for a variety of native plant species. Bat populations are under threat from a spectrum of challenges, and our speaker will discuss actions we can take to assist our flying mammalian neighbors.
Susan Chappel is a ranger with Arizona State Parks and Trails at Kartchner Caverns. She leads cave tours and participates in outreach at this amazing State Park. In the summer, when the Karchner Big Room closes to protect its breeding bat colonies, she guides bat walks at the Caverns. She is passionate about sharing the love and respect she has for our wildlife. Her interest in bats was first ignited when her youngest daughter fell in love with the book Stellaluna. Susan encouraged her interest and it has led her to her current role in bat education and outreach.
ZOOM LINK:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88451482734?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 884 5148 2734
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Tucson Chapter Field Trip
2025-10-10 07:30 - 08:30 | Pima County Native Plant Nursery, 5845 N. Camino de la Tierra, Tucson, AZ
The Pima County Native Plant Nursery
Friday 10 October
7:30 am to 9:30 am
Meet : Nursery entrance gate at 5845 N Camino de la Tierra
Directions : Turn south off Orange Grove at the Camino de la Tierra traffic light. Camino de la Tierra is between Thornydale and Mona Lisa, east of I-10.
Limit: 15 participants
RSVP to tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com
Nursery manager and AZNPS member Amy Belk will show us native plants from seedlings to maturity. This is a great way to learn how to identify a wide range of our native species.
The Pima County Native Plant Nursery (NPN) grows native plants for landscaping projects in public spaces such as roadsides and medians, restoration sites, flood control properties, libraries and parks. This small, 4-acre nursery operates differently than a standard retail nursery, with inventory driven by upcoming public projects rather than sales forecasts. Because the plants are grown for restoration, a robust IPM (Integrated Pest Management) program with organic pest control methods is in place. As part of the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, the nursery specializes in common, threatened, and rare species found in the Sonoran Desert.
After the native plant nursery tour, those who have time can also visit Prickly Park, adjacent to the nursery. The Park is a successful collaboration between Pima County and the Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society (TCSS), a local non-profit organization that rescues and salvages succulent species from private residences and large development projects all around town. Many of these rescued plants find their way to Prickly Park, where they can be enjoyed by the public for years to come. Come see how this once gravel mine and landfill has been transformed into a truly unique greenspace that now hosts a variety of wildlife!

Grass Identification Class at UA Herbarium
2025-10-10 09:00 - 15:00 | Herbarium at Herring Hall on the UofA Campus, Tucson, AZ
Grass Identification Class October 10 & 18, 2025
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 grass morphology, and to teach the use of keys for identification of many Arizona species. Handout materials, dissecting scopes, tools, and pressed grass specimens for study will be provided. The first day will be lecture mixed with hands-on work. The second day will offer a local field trip to learn to ID some grasses in the field and how to press a grass specimen.
Total enrollment for the class is twenty students. Last year the class filled rapidly, and a waiting list was established. This year we will consult the 2024 waiting list and offer class slots to individuals on last year’s waiting list who wish to take the course this year.
Instructors: AZNPS members Sue Rutman, Linda Kennedy, Dr. Lyn Loveless, Dr. Shelley McMahon, Herbarium Curator and Associate Professor, UA, George Ferguson, UA Herbarium Collections Manager, and John Scheuring, AZNPS Conservation Committee Chair, for the field trip.
Sponsors: University of Arizona Herbarium and Arizona Native Plant Society
When: Classroom, October 10, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Field Trip: October 18, time TBD
Where: University of Arizona Herbarium, Herring Hall
Cost: $40
For Registration Contact: Douglas Ripley, jdougripley@gmail.com, 520-909-3132

Tucson Chapter Field Trip
2025-10-11 07:30 - 10:30 | Honeybee Park parking lot, 13880 N Rancho Vistoso Blvd, 5845 N. Camino de la Tierra, Oro Valley, AZ
Honeybee Canyon
Saturday 11 October
7:30 am to 10:30 am
Meet : Honeybee Park parking lot, 13880 N Rancho Vistoso Blvd
Directions : Turn off Oracle Road and drive NW on 1st Ave in Oro Valley. Continue through the Tangerine light where the road becomes Rancho Vistoso Blvd. Past the Vistoso Highlands light the road curves and descends to Honeybee Canyon. Slow down as you cross the bridge as the parking lot entrance is right after the bridge. Best to use a GPS.
Limit: 15 participants
RSVP to tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com
After an historically dry July and August, Honeybee Canyon received regular rains in the month of September resulting in a surge of plant growth. We will walk one mile up Honeybee wash with granitic shelves on either side that provide natural trellises for desert grasses, flowering plants, and cacti. The sandy canyon floor has vegetative islands of seep willow, burrobrush, and Gooding willow. We will see various desert vine species including wild snapdragon, twinevine, and pipevine. As we slowly gain elevation we will see Justicia longii, Coursetia bushes and a Escobaria cactus. Near the top of the canyon we will see the beautiful Owl petroglyph panel. Several plants will be in bloom at the time of this field trip.
Over the past year AZNPS has joined with the Vistoso Hiker Club in an effort to “rewild Honeybee Canyon”. Volunteers have made a sustained effort to manually and chemically take out buffel/fountaingrass, African lovegrasses and bermudagrass from the areas we will visit. Already native plants are emerging in the controlled areas.

Cochise Chapter Meeting
2025-10-11 10:00 - 12:00 | Arizona
After being in an inactive status for over two years, we are planning to reactivate the Cochise Chapter! An in-person meeting will be held on Saturday morning, October 11, at 10:00 AM at the San Pedro House Nature Center, San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, 9800 AZ-90, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635.
We will meet at the ramada behind the house.
The meeting will include a review of the history of the Cochise Chapter and outline projects and activities that could be offered in the future. Participants will be encouraged to offer suggestions for future programs and activities.
Following the meeting, attendees are invited to join a nature walk along the San Pedro River in the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area.
Contacts for more information:
Douglas Ripley, jdougripley@gmail.com, 520-909-3132
Amy Metz, amy13jsa@gmail.com, 303-507-8571

Grass Identification Class Field Trip
2025-10-18 | Arizona
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 grass morphology, and to teach the use of keys for identification of many Arizona species. Handout materials, dissecting scopes, tools, and pressed grass specimens for study will be provided. The first day will be lecture mixed with hands-on work. The second day will offer a local field trip to learn to ID some grasses in the field and how to press a grass specimen.
Total enrollment for the class is twenty students. Last year the class filled rapidly, and a waiting list was established. This year we will consult the 2024 waiting list and offer class slots to individuals on last year’s waiting list who wish to take the course this year.
Instructors: AZNPS members Sue Rutman, Linda Kennedy, Dr. Lyn Loveless, Dr. Shelley McMahon, Herbarium Curator and Associate Professor, UA, George Ferguson, UA Herbarium Collections Manager, and John Scheuring, AZNPS Conservation Committee Chair, for the field trip.
Sponsors: University of Arizona Herbarium and Arizona Native Plant Society
When: Classroom, October 10, 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM. Field Trip: October 18, time TBD
Where: University of Arizona Herbarium, Herring Hall
Cost: $40
For Registration Contact: Douglas Ripley, jdougripley@gmail.com, 520-909-3132

Flagstaff Chapter Meeting
2025-10-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Northern Arizona University Biology Sciences Building, Room 328., Flagstaff, Arizona
Ashley Doyle, herbalist and forager will speak at the October meeting. As a community herbalist, Ashley emphasizes empowerment in a self-sufficient lifestyle, through her herb work, known as Cinderfly
Apothecary. Her work in the Flagstaff region includes wild food and herbal medicine workshops and the creation of a magazine, The Underground Good Witch Watch. With an academic background in Nutrition and Dietetics, she has been immersed in the Flagstaff community since 2007 sharing the benefits of foraging, wildcrafting, and gardening.

Stay tuned for more details.
We have a new location for 2025!
The meetings are now being held at the Northern Arizona University Biology
Sciences Building, Room 328. Street parking is available nearby. The doors will be
locked in the evening, so please meet at the southern door (the end with the NAU
herbarium) to be let in.

Tucson Chapter Field Trip
2025-10-24 07:30 - 12:00 | Trader Joe Parking lot on SE corner of Oracle/Magee. Just north of the shopping carts. We will carpool., Oro Valley, AZ
Common Sense Passive Water Harvesting in Oro Valley and Oracle
Saturday 24 October
7:30 am to noon
Meet : Trader Joe Parking lot on SE corner of Oracle/Magee. Just north of the shopping carts. We will carpool.
Limit: 15 participants
RSVP to tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com
We are bringing back our pre-Covid popular annual learning tour about common sense passive water harvesting in Oro Valley and Oracle, led by Chuck LeFevre. Chuck is a berm, rock and boulder placer extraordinaire. Water harvesting landscapes will be visited along roadways, public common areas, and both small and large front yards. You will be impressed by the simplicity and sheer common sense of these passive water harvest projects. In Oracle we will also have a chance to botanize in and around the water harvest sites. For those who have time, we will stay and eat brunch together at the new Riot Grill in Oracle.

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting
2025-11-07 10:00 - 11:30 | 268 E Stephen’s Way, Tonto Basin, Arizona
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

Tucson Chapter Meeting
2025-11-13 19:00 - 21:00 | The Environmental and Natural Resources Building, University of Arizona, 1064 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ
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

The Tucson Bee Collaborative is a partnership between the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, University of Arizona Insect Collection, and Pima Community College. The Collaborative is focused on documenting native bee biodiversity, understanding their local conservation status, and involving students in place-based education while participating in cutting-edge molecular research. Our current research efforts focus on sequencing the DNA of every bee species in the Tucson Basin and providing detailed records of their abundance and diversity through time and space.
In this presentation, Tanner will discuss the evolutionary origins, classification, and life histories of some native, solitary bees from the Sonoran Desert region. He will focus on the evolution of bee-plant relationships, using data from his research, which attempts to document how often bees visit certain plants, particularly those of conservation concern.
ABOUT OUR SPEAKER
As the program coordinator for the Tucson Bee Collaborative, Tanner Bland conducts outreach, identifies bee specimens from their collections, and works to expand a DNA barcoding program to include high schools, community colleges, state parks, etc. that help them reach the goal of surveying and monitoring the local bee fauna of the Tucson Basin.
A master’s student in the Entomology department at the University of Arizona, Tanner’s research focuses on using museum bee specimens to understand past and present trends in pollination services performed by native, solitary bees using DNA from pollen grains. Currently, the lab is assessing the diversity of cacti visited by native cactus bees in the genus Diadasia.
Tanner’s other area of expertise is in the ecology, evolution, and phylogenetics of the largest bee genus in North America, Perdita, the fairy bees. They are remarkable in their number of specialized interactions with plants, and Tanner is using them to better understand the evolution of bee diets, how and when specialist bees evolve, and their role in the conservation of rare or imperiled plant species.
ZOOM LINK
As many of you know, we have been having problems getting the Zoom link to work some months. We regret this, but are doing our best. We would be delighted if some tech-savvy member who comes to our meetings in person would like to volunteer to help us with technology for monthly meetings. IF THIS PERSON IS YOU, please email us at nativeplantstucson@gmail.com and identify yourself!
AZNPS Tucson Chapter is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
LINK: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84155874253?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 841 5587 4253
Passcode: [REDACTED]

Phoenix Chapter Meeting
2025-11-22 10:00 - 12:00 | South Mountain Visitor Center, 10409 S. Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ, 85042

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting
2025-12-05 10:00 - 11:30 | US Forest Service Ranger Station, 1009 State Route 260, Payson, Arizona, 85541
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

Tucson Chapter Meeting
2025-12-11 19:00 - 21:00 | The Environmental and Natural Resources Building, University of Arizona, 1064 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ
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 Management (BLM) will share his experiences in the Ironwood National Monument. Susan Husband will talk about the University of Arizona Herbarium and the experience of being a volunteer.

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Tucson Chapter Meeting
2026-01-08 19:00 - 20:30 | The Environmental and Natural Resources Building, University of Arizona, 1064 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ
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 format so that
interested folks can attend in person via Zoom.
If you are not on our mailing list and wish to attend one of our meetings on Zoom,
email us (nativeplantstucson@gmail.com) the week before the meeting requesting the
zoom link.

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting
2026-01-09 10:00 - 11:30 | Payson Public Library, Payson, AZ, 85541, United States
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

Cochise Chapter Meeting
2026-01-31 10:00 - 12:00 | Sierra Vista Public Library, 2600 E. Tacoma Street, Sierra Vista, Arizona
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 charter member and the long-time president of the Cochise Chapter of the Arizona Native Plant Society. His presentation will illustrate his observations of the Dragoon Mountains flora and fauna using photos he took during the past 17 years, as part of a study he undertook with Jim Verrier to document the flora and vegetation of the mountains.
The presentation will take place in the conference room of the Sierra Vista Library, 2600 E Tacoma Street, Sierra Vista.

Tonto Basin Field Trip
2026-02-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Arizona
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 from the new Tonto Creek Bridge), Tonto Basin.

Reflections on Hualapai Ethnobotany of the Grand Canyon
2026-02-08 18:30 - 20:00 | Mission Garden, 946 W. Mission Lane, Tucson, AZ, 85745, United States
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Tucson Chapter Meeting
2026-02-12 19:00 - 20:30 | The Environmental and Natural Resources Building, University of Arizona, 1064 E. Lowell Street, Tucson, AZ
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 can attend in person via Zoom.
If you are not on our mailing list and wish to attend one of our meetings on Zoom,
email us (nativeplantstucson@gmail.com) the week before the meeting requesting the
zoom link.

Tonto Basin Chapter Botany Walk
2026-02-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Washington Park, Payson
Friday, April 3, 10:00 – 11:30 AM.
Kenda Svoboda, North Zone Botanist, Tonto National Forest: Botany Walk
Washington Park (north of Payson)

Tonto Basin Chapter Plant Walk
2026-03-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Tonto National Monument
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
