The Arizona Native Plant Society

Upper Gila Chapter Meeting
2023-03-16 19:00 (America/Phoenix) | Eastern Arizona College, Discovery Park Campus, 1651 W. Discovery Park Blvd. Safford, AZ 85546, Safford, AZ, 85546, United States
Upper Gila Chapter
3rd Thursdays, 7:00 p.m.
Eastern Arizona College, Discovery Park Campus
The address will get you as far as the parking lot and main building, but to get to the meeting in the southern building you drive a route that’s posted for personnel only so hopefully this map helps. It’s possible to park in the main lot shown and walk to the building but much nicer to drive the whole way.

Tucson Chapter Meeting - March
2023-03-09 19:00 - 20:30 | ENR Building, Room 215, University of Arizona, & on zoom
Jennifer Patton and Ben Wilder of Wilder Landscape Architects will take you backstage to learn how they subversively integrate native plants and wildlife habitat into a every project they do. Jennifer and Ben founded Wilder Landscape Architects in 2016 to focus on projects that benefit both nature and people.

White Mountain Chapter at the Showlow Sustainability Fair
2023-03-04 09:00 - 16:00 | Showlow Elks Lodge, 805 E. Whipple, Showlow, Arizona
The chapter will have a table with some native plants. Show Low Elks Lodge, 805 E Whipple.

Public Tours of the Waterman Restoration Site in the Ironwood Forest National Monument
2023-03-04 08:00 - 10:00
AZNPS will conduct public tours of the Waterman Restoration site on the first Saturday in March, April, and May. Tours will begin at 8:00 AM and all are welcome.
Directions: This site is near Tucson. From I10 proceed exactly 19 miles west on Avra Valley Road (exit 242). Turn left at the Pioneer Sign and continue about one mile straight ahead, bearing left the whole way on the surfaced road.
Visit our AZNPS Waterman website page for updates and additional information.

Tonto Basin Chapter First Friday Field Trip
2023-03-03 13:00 - 15:00
Mills Ridge parking area on FS Road 429 and Highway 188 (Roosevelt Lake) “Sentinels of the Sonoran Desert.”

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting
2023-02-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Payson Public Library, Payson, AZ, 85541, United States
Tonto Natural Bridge Park Ranger, Micah Kipple will present “The Great Sympatry: How Similar Species May Be Related, But Different.”

Japanese Garden Workshop
2023-02-17 08:00 - 2023-02-19 17:00
Japanese Friendship Garden of Phoenix will partner with the North American Japanese Garden Association on a hands-on Japanese garden workshop that will include:

-stone setting
-fence building
-bench building
-flagstone walkways
http://najga.org/phxr

11th Annual Seed Library Summit (virtual event)
2023-02-11 09:00 - 16:00 | online webinar
Phoenix Chapter Treasurer, Danielle Carlock, is presenting about Native Seeds & Pollinators. Additional sessions include:
– How to Start a Seed Library
– Ask a Seed Librarian
– Seeds to Expand Climate Adaptation
– Landrace Gardening
– Seed Gardens
– School Seed Libraries
– Seed Exchanges
– Seed Saving Basics
– Communities Building Mobile Seed Libraries as a Response to Disaster
– Seed Stories: Our Stories of Seeds
Speaker bios by session. Event registration and additional information available via Eventbrite.

Tucson Chapter Meeting - February
2023-02-09 19:00 - 20:30 | ENR Building, Room 215, University of Arizona, & on zoom
Tropical Sonora: Biogeographic Novelties Out Back
Presented by Robert Villa, Outreach Specialist for Tumamoc Hill
The Sonoran Desert region can be described as the receding hairline of the tropics, culminating in the precipice of the true tropical and temperate-tropical realm of northwestern México in eastern and southern Sonora. Noteworthy and novel botanical (and otherwise) records will be presented.

Hakđagwi:va Peach Springs Chapter AZ Native Plant Society Meeting.
2023-02-08 17:00 - 19:00 | Peach Springs Community Center, Peach Springs, AZ, 86434, United States
Feb 8 NPS Chapter Mtg

Tonto Basin Chapter First Friday Field Trip
2023-02-03 13:00 - 15:00 | Tonto National Monument
Questions: Contact tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting
2023-01-21 10:00 - 12:00 | at 268 E. Stephens Way, 268 E. Stephens Way, Tonto Basin, AZ, 85553, United States
Contact tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com
for additional information on upcoming events.

Tucson Chapter Meeting - January 2023
2023-01-12 19:00 - 20:30 | ENR Building, Room 215, University of Arizona, & on zoom
Thursday, January 12, 2023
Coalition for Sonoran Desert Protection: Update on Desert Conservation Issues, presented by Carolyn Campbell, Executive Director.
Carolyn will give an overview of conservation issues in Pima County including the Sonoran Desert Conservation Plan, formation of the Ironwood Forest National Monument, and the latest on the proposed Interstate 11. The Coalition’s mission is to protect the biodiversity of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona through science-based advocacy, education and collaboration. AZNPS has been a member of the Coalition since its inception 25 years ago.

Tucson Chapter Meeting
2022-12-08 19:00 - 20:00 | ENR Building, Room 215, University of Arizona, & on zoom
Join us for our next chapter meeting Thursday, December 8th at 7:00pm. Members are encouraged to bring native plants as door prizes, and we will continue our tradition of bringing cookies to celebrate the holidays!

Our Tucson Chapter meeting is coming up on Thursday, December 8th. The talk will be hybrid, with the ability to join us on Zoom or in person. The Zoom link will go out the day before the talk, and we will open up Zoom at 6:30 pm with the talk beginning at 7:00 pm. For those of you joining us in person, we are meeting in the ENR 2 building on the University of Arizona campus in room S215 on the second floor. This building is located at 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, AZ 85719, Google Map of ENR2 Building. The best way to enter is via the Lowell St. entrance on the north side of the building. The closest parking is the 6th street garage located on the north side of 6th street, directly adjacent to the ENR2 building, the cost is $2/hour and you MUST have a credit or debit card as the garage DOES NOT accept cash. There may be limited free parking nearby but there is no guarantee, members who live on the west side are also encouraged to take the FREE street car to the UofA campus.

The distribution and drivers of subtropical plant species in the U.S. sky island region, presented by Jim Verrier.
The large number of subtropical plants reaching their northern range in the U.S. sky islands contribute to the unique botanical flavor of this biodiverse region. This talk will explore the extent of subtropical plant distribution in the Arizona-New Mexico sky islands, drivers of subtropical plant occurrence, regional patterns of subtropical species turnover, and sky island subtropical hotspots.

2022 Arizona Botany Meeting!
2022-12-03 09:00 - 15:30 | via Zoom
Native Plants of Arizona: Exploring the Unique Plants and Ecosystems of our Botanically Diverse State.
Registration is now open! Only $10 gives you all day access to presentations.
AZNPS 2022 Botany Meeting Agenda Final 113022

Tucson Chapter Monthly Meeting
2022-11-10 19:00 - 20:30 | ENR Building, Room 215, University of Arizona, & on zoom
Restoration of a Mesquite Bosque
Presented by Gita Bodner

Phoenix Chapter meeting: Pollinator Pathway
2022-11-03 19:00 - 20:30 | via Zoom
We’ll begin this virtual meeting with 10 minutes of networking and socializing, enabling participants to seek tips and recommendations from members on topics related to native plants. Next, we’ll share Chapter announcements.
Then, we’ll feature a presentation by Danielle Carlock, founder of the Maricopa Native Seed Library, followed by Q&A. Danielle will share details about the seed library’s new Maricopa Pollinator Pathway initiative, which offers a pollinator habitat certification program for Maricopa county and other low & intermediate desert areas of Arizona.
This presentation is dedicated to our late Vice President, Pam McMillie, who helped develop and implement the Maricopa Pollinator Pathway.
To attend the meeting, please register via Zoom.
This meeting is open to Arizona Native Plant Society members as well as the general public. We hope to see you then!

Southwest Vegetation Management Association 2022 Annual Conference
2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28
Southwest Vegetation Management Association (SWVMA) 2022 Annual Conference: Invasive Species Fueling Wildfires
See the SWVMA website for full details.

Desert Living Home Tour - Phoenix & Tucson
2022-10-22 10:00 - 15:00
Watershed Management Group is hosting their 11th annual Desert Home Living Tour on Saturday, October 22rd, in collaboration with the Sierra Club. The tour walks you through creative, sustainable properties in Tucson and the Phoenix Valley that harvest and conserve water, use solar energy, grow food, provide wildlife habitat, and so much more.
View the Watershed Management Group website for full details.

Mesquite Workshop: Pod Milling & Flour Processing
2022-10-22 09:00 - 14:00 | Borderlands Nursery and Seed, 42 San Antonio Road, Patagonia, Arizona, 85624
Mesquite Pod Milling & Food Safe Processing of Mesquite Flour
Learn all about mesquite pod milling, and how to use mesquite pods for value-added mesquite foods and beverages that can be healthier alternatives for sweeteners, flour, and other foods. Participants will have the opportunity to bring their dry pods and learn hands on how operate a mesquite mill to process mesquite flour.
Presented by Borderlands Restoration Network and the University of Arizona.
Space is limited. To learn more and register, visit the Mesquite Workshops webpage.

Waterman Restoration Site Celebration
2022-10-22 08:30 - 09:30 | Ironwood Forest National Monument
The Arizona Native Plant Society and United States Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management cordially invite you to join us on Saturday, October 22, 8:30 a.m. at the Waterman Restoration Site, located on the Ironwood Forest National Monument, as we recognize 12 successful years of important restoration work and celebrate National Public Lands Day.
The celebration will include a short ceremony unveiling a new interpretive display showcasing the restoration work and its benefits to the Sonoran-Desert ecosystem. Following the ceremony, attendees will tour the new interpretive display and demonstration garden. Lite refreshments will be available.
Guest speakers will include Doug Ripley, President of the Arizona Native Plant Society (AZNPS), AZNPS State Conservation Chairman John Scheuring and BLM Arizona State Director Raymond Suazo. Sandy Bahr, Director of Sierra Club Arizona will serve as the keynote speaker.
This site is now a restored upland Saguaro-Palo Verde landscape with over 110 native plant species and fewer than 150 buffelgrass plants still emerging per year.

Directions to the site: Drive exactly 19 miles west of I-10 on Avra Valley Road. Turn left immediately after the Pioneer sign on your left. Drive one mile bearing left the whole way.

Fall Festival & Plant Sale - Maricopa County
2022-10-22 08:00 - 13:00 | Metro Tech High School, 1900 W Thomas Rd, Phoenix, AZ, 85015, United States
Explore the plant sale and vendors, seek garden advice, and support student-made creations.

Plants grown by Maricopa County Master Gardeners, Metro Tech students, and invited growers.
Food, crafts, and more from vendors and Metro Tech student clubs.
Prize Drawings.
Rummage Sale where you can select gently used household items, books, small furniture, garden items for purchase.
Do you have a garden problem? Need help with your landscape plants? Want to know the best way to plant your new plants picked up at the sale? Visit the Ask a Master Gardener booth.

See the Master Gardener website for full details.

Fall Plant Sale at Tohono Chul in Tucson, Member preview
2022-10-19 09:00 - 15:00 | Tohono Chul, 7366 N Paseo Del Norte, Tucson, AZ, 85704, United States
Fall Plant Sale at Tohono Chul in Tucson

Members’ Preview:
Wednesday, October 19 | 9am-3pm
General Public:
Saturday, October 22 | 9am-3pm
Sunday, October 23 | 9am-3pm
Fall is the perfect time to get the goods to transform your backyard into a desert oasis thanks to the annual Fall Plant Sale. Each year we host a fall sale with a wide selection of landscape-ready plants including unique, hard-to-find specimens. Whether folks are planting them in the ground or in small containers, they can rest assured that the plants available are hardy and arid-adapted. The sale is located in our main parking lot off of Paseo del Norte.
7366 Paseo del Norte
Tucson, AZ 85704
(520) 742-6455

Native Seed Collection Workshop and Tour of Seed Lab
2022-10-15 10:00 - 14:00 | Borderlands Nursery and Seed, 42 San Antonio Road, Patagonia, Arizona, 85624
Join Borderlands Restoration Network on Saturday, October 15 for a tour of the BRN Seed Lab to learn about their seed lab operations and programs, then head out to the beautiful San Rafael Valley to learn about native grasses and their ethical seed collection protocols.
Participants will then help collect seeds that will be used in a local ecological restoration project to mitigate erosion and revegetate the landscape to support habitat in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mountains on public and private lands.
Participants should bring water and snacks, wear sun-protective gear, long pants, and sturdy shoes for walking across uneven terrain and be comfortable hiking short distances.
Seed collection equipment as well as snake gaiters and blaze orange safety vests will be provided. This opportunity is open to 15 participants.
​Email horticulture@borderlandsrestoration.org to sign-up!

Butterfly Wonderland Fall Plant Sale
2022-10-15 - 2022-10-16 | Butterfly Wonderland, 9500 E. Via de Ventura, Scottsdale, AZ, 85256, United States
Saturday, October 15 – 9am to 4pm
Sunday, October 16 – 9am to Noon
Featuring milkweeds and nectar plants that attract butterflies, hummingbirds, and bees.
See the Butterfly Wonderland website for full details.

Tucson Chapter Meeting October
2022-10-13 19:00 - 20:30 | ENR Building, Room 215, University of Arizona, & on zoom
The Waterman Restoration Story

Presented by John Scheuring, AZNPS Conservation Committee

The Waterman Restoration site is on BLM land on the northern bajada of the Waterman Mountains on Ironwood Forest National Monument. An AZNPS-led restoration effort started in 2010. This site is now a recovering upland Saguaro-Palo Verde landscape with over 110 native plant species and fewer than 150 buffelgrass plants still emerging per year. This talk will highlight the often overlooked “hero” native plant species that are opening the way to a stable native Saguaro-Palo Verde Upland landscape.

Pima County Master Gardener Plant Sale
2022-10-08 08:00 - 11:00 | Pima County Coopertive Extension, 4210 N. Campbell Ave, Tucson, AZ, 85719, United States
A selection of cacti, succulents, perennials, and water-wise plantings well suited for the Tucson area.
View the event website for full details.

Tucson Audubon Society Fall Plant Sale
2022-10-08 - 2022-10-10 | The Mason Center, 3835 W Hardy Rd, Tucson, AZ, United States
Get some native plants to start or improve your habitat at home and benefit our Sonoran Desert wildlife.

Show up at 9 am on Saturday for a garden walk to see some of the sale plants in action!

Buy 3 or more plants and receive a FREE desert wildflowers poster!
Orange Fall Festival Event Poster (tucsonaudubon.org)

Fall Native Plant Sale at Audubon Rio Salado Center
2022-10-08 - 2022-10-09 | Audubon Rio Salado Center, 3131 S. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 85040, United States
The fall plant starts on Saturday, October 8 at the Urban Wildlife Conservation Day celebration on the north side of the Rio Salado at Central Avenue. The sale will continue at the Rio Salado Center, while supplies last.
See the Audubon Arizona website for full details.

White Mtn Chapter: Native Plant Walk at Big Springs Trail (Lakeside, Az)
2022-10-01 09:00 - 11:00
Event is listed here: https://fb.me/e/2Ow6Xb4Qe
