The Arizona Native Plant Society

Deem Hills Nature Hike
2026-04-26 08:00 - 10:00 (America/Phoenix) | Deem Hills Recreation Area, 5050 W Andrea Ln, Phoenix, AZ, 85083, United States
Join us for a nature hike through Deem Hills! We will start with a short presentation on plants then start the hike (2.8m).

Tonto Basin Field Trip
2026-05-01 10:00 - 12:00 | ASU Herbarium, 734 W Alameda, Tempe, AZ, 85281
Friday, May 1, 10:00 – noon. Liz Makings, Collections Manager,
Arizona State University Herbarium: Tour of the Herbarium
ASU Herbarium, 734 W Alameda, Tempe.

Flagstaff Invasive Plant Pull
2026-05-02 09:00 - 12:00, 2026-05-30 09:00 - 12:00 | Bushmaster Park, Flagstaff
Invasive Plant Pulls
Please save these dates for Invasive Plant Pulls in Flagstaff. Watch for more details or contact
PlantRestorationProject@gmail.com
Saturday, April 18, 8:00 – 10:00 AM, in collaboration with the City’s Earth Day events
Saturday, May 2, 9:00 AM – noon
Saturday, May 30, 9:00 AM – noon
Meet at the east entrance to Bushmaster Park

Phoenix Chapter: In Person Monthly Members Meeting
2026-05-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Tempe Events Center, 1606 E Apache Blvd., Tempe, AZ, 85281, United States
Our monthly members only meeting where we do a quick review of past events, an overview of the next month’s events and discuss any topics of interest by volunteers. This meeting will be hybrid with an in person meeting in Tempe and a Zoom link for those who can’t make it in person. We will do our regular members only meeting then listen to a one hour talk by John Fugelsang on the Waterman Mountains Restoration Project.

Seed Packing with the Maricopa Native Seed Library
2026-05-06 17:00 - 19:00 | South Mountain Community Library, 7050 S 24th St, Phoenix, AZ, 85042, United States
We will be helping the Maricopa Native Seed Library in building seed packets and then packing native seeds. These packets will be added to their stock of seeds that are given out to the community for free. Learn more about the seed library here: https://libguides.maricopa.edu/seed
This event is open to members and non-members.

Flagstaff Chapter Field Trip
2026-05-09 00:00 | Arizona
Lake View Trail at Double Springs
Tentative Date: Saturday, May 9
This is an easy 2.5 mile hike near Mormon Lake. We’ll be looking for early spring bloomers like dwarf monkey fiddle (Hesperochiron pumilis), western springbeauty (Claytonia lanceolata), short-sepal bitterroot (Lewisia brachycalyx), slender woodland star (Lithophragma tenellum), and Macdougal’s bluebells (Mertensia macdougalii).
Contact Kirstin at flagstaffAZNPS@gmail.com if you are interested in joining

Tucson Chapter Meeting
2026-05-14 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
Thursday, May 14, 7:00 PM.
Linda Kennedy and Dan Robinett: A Beginner’s Guide to Grasses
This program will cover techniques for identifying grasses without a microscope.

Virtual Book Talk - The Unruly Wild: Why is the Flora Changing?
2026-05-19 18:00 - 19:00 | via Zoom
A virtual talk by Dr. Julie Stromberg on her new book The Unruly Wild: Embracing Ecological Change in the Southwest.
This event is open to members and non-members.

Flagstaff Chapter Meeting
2026-05-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Northern Arizona University Biology Sciences Building, Room 328., Flagstaff, Arizona
Tuesday, May 19, 7:00 PM. Emily Palmquist and James Holderer: Let’s Talk About Phragmites australis: Changing Distributions of Native, Nonnative, and Gulf Coast Common Reed in Arizona
Emily Palmquist and James Holderer will each discuss their research into common reed (Phragmites australis) and whether the subspecies that are encroaching into the Colorado River in
the Grand Canyon and the Verde River are the native, nonnative, or Gulf Coast subspecies.
Dr. Emily Palmquist is a research ecologist for the USGS Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center. She studies the effects of river regulation on riparian vegetation communities, riparian plant population genetics in a restoration context, and physiological responses of riparian plants to flooding and climate.
James Holderer is a research affiliate at the Natural History Institute and a local field botanist. He focuses on special status plant and noxious weed surveys, botanical inventories, and riparian ecology monitoring projects throughout the southwest.
Hybrid meeting: In-person and via Zoom

Phoenix Chapter Monthly Members Meeting
2026-06-01 19:00 - 20:00 | Arizona
Our monthly members only meeting where we do a quick review of past events, an overview of the next month’s events and discuss any topics of interest by members and volunteers. This is a virtual event done through Zoom, please contact phoenixaznps@gmail.com if you have any questions.

White Mountains Chapter Plant Walk
2026-06-05 09:00 - 22:30 | 1020 W. Starr Pass Blvd, Tucson AZ 85713
June 5, 9:00 AM: Native Plant Walk at Show Low Creek.
We will explore and help you to identify some of the many native species that grow on this small, popular trail in town.

White Mountain Chapter Sketch and Photo Walk
2026-06-12 09:00 - 22:30 | Arizona
June 12, 9:00 AM:
Join us at Woodland Lake Park for another sketch and photo walk hosted by Jess Rollar,
Karen Suedmeier, and Bob Rollar. Participants will have the option of joining either the sketching or photography groups.

AZNPS Botany Conference June 12-15, 2026
2026-06-13 08:00 - 2026-06-14 17:00 | Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff AZ
The 2026 Annual AZNPS Botany Conference will be held on June 12 – 15 in Flagstaff, in conjunction with the American Penstemon Society Annual Meeting. The conference theme, Exploring the Botanical Diversity, Ecology, and History of Arizona’s Native Flora and the Special Contributions to the Arizona Flora by Penstemons , will offer presentations and posters on a wide range of Arizona native plant topics.
Conference registration and additional details, including tentative field trips to public and private gardens, can be found on the APS website, American Penstemon Society Meetings.
Formal conference announcements will be forthcoming soon with additional details. Please contact Doug Ripley if you have questions or would like to present a talk or poster, or volunteer to help run the conference. Phone: 520-909-3132, email: jdougripley@gmail.com.
