Southwest Vegetation Management Association 2023 Conference
2023-10-18 - 2023-10-19 | Arizona
In-Person Meeting October 18: 9 AM – 4 PM, Arizona American Italian Club, 7509 North 12th St, Phoenix, AZ
Field Trip October 19: 8 AM -noon, Restoration sites along the Gila River near Phoenix
Conference Highlights:

Challenges facing vegetation managers in Arizona.
Invasive plant removal and management of key problem invaders.
Wildfire effects and habitat restoration/revegetation with an emphasis on riparian habitat.
Herbicide safety and most effective treatment methods for AZ’s top invaders.

Visit the conference webpage for registration details.

Fall Plant Sale at Desert Botanical Garden
2023-10-19 - 2023-10-22 | Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ, 85008, United States
October 19 (Garden members) 20 – 22 (public). Reservations required for entry.
See the Desert Botanical Garden website for full details.

Workshop: Attract & Support Pollinators (Phoenix)
2023-10-19 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Phoenix) | South Mountain Community Library, 7050 S 24th St, Phoenix, AZ, 85042, United States
Do you want to create an outdoor space of beauty at home while supporting butterflies and other pollinators?
This in-person workshop will teach how to attract and support pollinators using region-specific guidelines developed by a local panel of experts (including the Arizona Native Plant Society, Phoenix Chapter).
You will learn about our pollinators and their needs and the practical steps you can take to set up and maintain your habitat. Anyone can participate, even with a few potted plants on a balcony.
Workshop participants will also learn about the Maricopa Pollinator Pathway, a free local program to get habitat certified.
Thursday, October 19th from 6-7:30 at the South Mountain Community Library
Workshop taught by Danielle Carlock, founder of the Maricopa Native Seed Library and Maricopa Pollinator Pathway.
See the event link for more information.

Prescott Chapter Field Trip: Fall Colors
2023-10-21 08:00 - 12:00 | Arizona
Fall color field experience, Location TBD, October 21, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Preregistration appreciated. Visit the Prescott Chapter webpage to register (https://aznps.com/chapters/prescott/).

Wildflower Sowing & Seed Packing (Phoenix)
2023-10-24 - 2023-10-25 | South Mountain Community Library, 7050 S 24th St, Phoenix, AZ, 85042, United States
Come have fun and take action in honor of Sustainability Month!
Tuesday, October 24
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Wildflower garden seed sowing at the South Mountain library
11:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Help pack seeds for the Maricopa Native Seed Library
1:00 PM -2:00 PM: Screening of Necessity: Climate Justice & The Thin Green Line

Wednesday, October 25
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM: Screening of Chasing Carbon Zero
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Wildflower garden seed sowing at the South Mountain library
12:00 PM -2:00 PM: Help pack seeds for the Maricopa Native Seed Library

View the event link for more information.

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting: Night Pollinators & Full Moon Walk
2023-10-28 16:30 - 18:00 | Arizona
Saturday, October 28, 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM:
Nighttime Pollinators & Full Moon Walk,
268 E. Stephens Way, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553
Details and updates for all our chapter meetings, First Friday Field Trips, and special events will be posted on our Facebook and Instagram accounts. If you don’t want to miss out on our Chapter’s activities, please email your contact info to tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com. We would love to have you join us!

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting: First Friday Field Trip, Tonto National Monument
2023-11-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Arizona
Friday, November 3, 10:00 am – 12:00 PM: First Friday Field Trip, Tonto National Monument
Details and updates for all our chapter meetings, First Friday Field Trips, and special events will be posted on our Facebook and Instagram accounts. If you don’t want to miss out on our Chapter’s activities, please email your contact info to tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com. We would love to have you join us!
Our chapter is looking for volunteers to help with botany walks, community service events and social media. If you would like to help, please contact us at tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com.

Tucson November Chapter Meeting - The Natural History of Pollination in the Desert Southwest (and Beyond), presented by Dr. Judie Bronstein
2023-11-09 19:00 - 20:30 | ENR Building, Room 215, University of Arizona, & on zoom
All organisms reproduce – and among organisms, plants reproduce in the most diverse ways.. Most plants require pollen to be moved between flowers, a feat accomplished by wind, water, and animals ranging from insects to fish to birds and mammals. Studies of pollination are revealing how interactions among species weave ecosystems together. In this talk, I’ll introduce the weird and wonderful world of pollination by highlighting the natural history of some of our iconic native plants, from the Sonoran Desert to the top of Mount Lemmon. I’ll also discuss actions we can take to help secure the future of pollination.
A halictine bee gathers pollen from anthers of a small Gilia flower.

Society for Ecological Restoration (Southwest Chapter) Annual Conference
2023-11-16 - 2023-11-18 | Santa Fe, NM
The Society for Ecological Restoration (SER) Southwest Chapter’s Annual Conference will be held Nov 16 – 18 in Santa Fe, NM.
View the conference website for more information.
Early bird registration is in effect through August 15, and abstracts/proposals are due September 1.

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting: Botany 101
2023-11-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Arizona
Saturday, November 18, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM: Botany 101
Tonto Basin Chamber of Commerce, 45675 N. Highway 188, Tonto Basin, AZ 85553
Details and updates for all our chapter meetings, First Friday Field Trips, and special events will be posted on our Facebook and Instagram accounts. If you don’t want to miss out on our Chapter’s activities, please email your contact info to tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com. We would love to have you join us!
Our chapter is looking for volunteers to help with botany walks, community service events and social media. If you would like to help, please contact us at tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com.

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting
2023-12-01 08:00 - 17:00 | Arizona
Friday, February 2, 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Bringing Nature Home by Doug W. Tallamy book discussion and potluck at 268 E Stephens Way, Tonto Basin, AZ.
Please join us, even if you haven’t read the book. Potluck to follow the discussion.
The Tonto Basin Chapter will meet on the first Friday of each month and will include guest speakers, botany walks or field trips. Please join our email list at
tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com to receive up-to-date information and meeting reminders. You can also visit our Facebook and Instagram accounts for additional information.

Tonto Basin Chapter Meeting: Exploring the Foothills of The Four Peaks Wilderness
2023-12-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Arizona
Friday, December 1, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM:
Exploring the Foothills of The Four Peaks Wilderness
Details and updates for all our chapter meetings, First Friday Field Trips, and special events will be postedon our Facebook and Instagram accounts. If you don’t want to miss out on our Chapter’s activities, please. email your contact info to tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com. We would love to have you join us!
Our chapter is looking for volunteers to help with botany walks, community service events and social media. If you would like to help, please contact us at tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com.

Peach Springs Chapter Meeting:
2023-12-13 17:00 - 19:00 | Arizona
Wednesday, December 13, 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the 4H Building: Tina Ayers.
Introduction to Plant Identification
Tina Ayers will give a introduction to the field of plant taxonomy and then
present a few families of plants that are common in northern Arizona.
These families have distinctive features that make them easy to recognize
with a little practice. Once you know the characteristics, identifying an
unknown plant takes much less work.

Meetings are held the second Wednesday of each month from 5:00 – 7:00 PM.
For location and additional information, contact Carrie Cannon
(Carrie.Cannon@hualapai-nsn.gov).

Tucson December Chapter Meeting - Members showcase
2023-12-14 19:00 - 20:30 | ENR Building, Room 215, University of Arizona, & on zoom
This is an opportunity for our members to share their native plant experiences: research, trips, tips on native plant identification, propagation and growing, and more. If you would like to give a 10-15 minute mini-talk, please contact Gay Gilbert or Suzie Husband.

Tonto Basin Chapter First Friday Botany Walk
2024-01-05 10:00 - 12:00 | Arizona
Friday, January 5, 10:00 – 12 noon
10:00 – 11:30 am at the Tonto National Monument https://www.nps.gov/tont/index.htm
Learn about Plant Families as we walk a portion of the paved lower cliff dwelling trail. Please arrive early to register in the Visitor Center. Your National Park Pass will admit you and 3 guests. Our walk will begin promptly at 10:00 am in the parking lot. Allow extra time to explore the lower cliff dwelling on your own after the walk.

Please join our email list at
tontobasinnativeplants@gmail.com to receive up-to-date information and meeting reminders. You can also visit our Facebook and Instagram accounts for additional information.

Peach Springs Chapter Meeting
2024-01-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Arizona
Wednesday, January 10, 5:00 – 7:00 PM at the 4H Building: Melissa McMaster.
Amazing Plants of Grand Canyon and Efforts to Protect and Enhance Them
Melissa McMaster will share stories about restoration projects and discuss the
importance of keeping track of the plants of the Canyon, both invasive and native.

Tucson January Chapter Meeting - Ecological Gardening and Landscaping in Arizona, presented by Jared McKinley and Katy Gierlach
2024-01-11 19:00 - 20:30 | ENR2 building, Room 215, University of Arizona, and on Zoom, 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, Arizona, 85719
Gardening with native plants is a win-win endeavor. There are hundreds of attractive native species from which to choose. They are beautiful, drought-tolerant, and provide habitat for native insects and other organisms. Jared and Katy will facilitate a discussion about a different sort of horticulture–one that doesn’t center the plants and how they look but rather views plants as part of a larger ecology.

Northern Arizona Audubon meeting
2024-01-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Arizona
https://www.northernarizonaaudubon.org/Monthly-Program-Meetings/

National Native Seed Virtual Conference
2024-02-07 08:00 - 2024-02-08 17:00 | Arizona
National Native Seed Conference: a Virtual Conference on February 7 & 8, 2024. This conference will focus on Native Seed Production and Seed-Based Restoration with an emphasis on Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Change. Registration opens on August 7, 2023 and details will be updated on the website linked below. Stay tuned for request for abstracts.
https://appliedeco.org/nnsc24/

Tucson Chapter February Monthly Meeting. The Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society: An Overview of Education and Conservation Programs, presented by Richard Wiedhopf and Steve Watts.
2024-02-08 19:00 - 20:00 | ENR2 building, Room 215, University of Arizona, and on Zoom, 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, Arizona, 85719
Tucson February Chapter Meeting. The Tucson Cactus and Succulent Society: An Overview of Education and Conservation Programs. Presented by Richard Wiedhopf and Steve Watts. The TCSS has a variety of programs which salvage cactus from construction sites, restore cactus habitats, and educate citizens about the beauty and value of cactus and succulents. To receive the zoom link, write to nativeplantstucson@gmail.com.

Tonto Basin Botany Walk
2024-03-01 10:00 - 23:30 | Tonto Natural Bridge, Highway 87, Pine, Arizona, 85547
Ranger Micah will lead us on a Botany Walk on the paved trails at the Tonto Natural Bridge, Highway 87, Pine, AZ 85547. Group rate admission is $2 per person.

Desert Survivors, Tucson, Spring Plant Sale
2024-03-05 08:00 - 2024-03-09 16:00 | 1020 W. Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson AZ 85713
Check with website for time and ‘member only’ sale dates.
Plant Sales & Events – Desert Survivors

Spring Plant Sale at Tohono Chul Park, Tucson
2024-03-13 09:00 - 2024-03-17 15:00 | Tohono Chul, 7366 N Paseo Del Norte, Tucson, AZ, 85704, United States
Members’ Sale | 9 AM – 3 PM
▸ Wednesday, March 13th
Public Sale | 9 AM – 3 PM
▸ Saturday, March 16th
▸ Sunday, March 17th
(No admission fee necessary to shop the public sale)
Located in the Main Parking Lot
https://tohonochul.org/sales-and-special-events/

Spring Plant Sale at Desert Botanical Garden (Phoenix)
2024-03-14 07:00 - 2024-03-17 15:00 | Desert Botanical Garden, 1201 N. Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ, 85008, United States
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 to choose from. Free admission to shop!

March 14 | Members Day | 7 a.m.– 3 p.m. with last entry at 2 p.m.
March 15-17 | General Public | 7a.m. – 3 p.m. with last entry at 2 p.m.

For 2024 Spring Plant Sale Guide, click here.

Spring Flowers, Ferns and Petroglyphs, Kings Canyon, Tucson Mts and Saguaro NP West
2024-03-14 08:00 - 10:00 | King Canyon Trailhead
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 with minor elevation gain. The wash portion of the hike involves walking through sand and a couple descents down narrow paths around rock dams. Meet at the King Canyon parking lot by 8am. For information or to register send an email to nativeplantstucson@gmail.com with KINGS CANYON in the subject line.

Tucson March Monthly Chapter Meeting. "The Earth Laughs in Flowers": Wildflowers and their Pollinators, presented by Pinau Merlin.
2024-03-14 19:00 - 20:00 | ENR2 building, Room 215, University of Arizona, and on Zoom, 1064 E Lowell St, Tucson, Arizona, 85719
Tucson Monthly March Chapter Meeting. “The Earth Laughs in Flowers”: Wildflowers and their Pollinators, presented by Pinau Merlin.
Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson.
In special springs, when the winter rains have been plentiful, nature throws an exuberant party with wildflowers as the guests of honor. The unpredictability of these special shows makes them all the more precious. This spring may bring some surprises as the rains came late but have been abundant.
Pinau Merlin and friend
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 to aid the survival and reproduction of each other and contribute to each other’s success. Often, we think of flowers as passive in this pollination endeavor, yet they are actively and deftly luring and managing their pollinators.
Pinau Merlin is a nationally known speaker, naturalist, and writer. She is the author of several books (including A Field Guide to Desert Holes) and a contributing author to A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert.

Spring Plant Sale at Boyce Thompson Arboretum (Superior)
2024-03-15 - 2024-03-31 | Boyce Thompson Arboretum, 37615 E. Arboretum Way, Superior, AZ, 85173, United States
October 15 (Arboretum members), October 16 – 31 (public)
See the Boyce Thompson Arboretum website for full details.

Early Spring Wildflowers POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN Canyon Loop Trail, Catalina State Park
2024-03-15 08:00 - 10:00 | Arizona
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) 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 the mosaic sign by 8am. For information or to register send an email to nativeplantstucson@gmail.com with CANYON LOOP in the subject line.

Spring Growth. Waterman Restoration Area, Ironwood Forest NM
2024-03-16 08:00 - 10:00 | Arizona
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 110 native species growing on the 18 acres, with focus on the keystone species that serve to restore and maintain the desert. We will walk slowly about ½ mile over uneven ground. Turn off I-10 onto Avra Valley Rd (Exit 242), turn west and drive 19 miles straight ahead. Turn left at the large HOLCIM sign on your left and drive one mile, bearing left. For more information or to register, email tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com

Saguaros Like You Have Never Seen Them
2024-03-17 08:00 - 10:00 | Arizona
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 with saguaros like you have never seen them: multi-armed saguaros of all types and stages of development, a saguaro singularly preferred by flickers, a lightning struck saguaro, multiple saguaro families around and under nurse trees, and telltale early signs of saguaro decline. Finally we will drive west to an area where we will discuss the natural history of saguaro pollination and genetic relatedness between neighboring saguaros. Even saguaro experts will have something new to learn and think about! Many desert annual species will be in full bloom. Meet on the East side of the Marana Airport parking lot. The Marana airport is exactly 5 miles west of I-10 on Avra Valley road on the north side of the road. Note : ALL participants MUST be willing to carpool so we can limit the number of cars parked along the roadsides. Regular sedans and SUVs are welcome. For more information or to register, email tucsonaznpstrips@gmail.com
