CNPS Calendar of Events

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CNPS San Diego Native Plant Garden Tour

CA

From coastal gardens to rolling north county hillsides, be inspired by San Diego’s native plant landscapes and the people who created them. For tickets, go to cnpssd.org/native-garden-tour-2023. Connecting Nature and Community Our dry Southern California climate and drought conditions present us with an opportunity to reimagine our landscape choices. What better time to take advantage […]

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Growing Natives Garden Tour

Santa Clara Valley San Jose, CA

The Growing Natives Garden Tour on Sat-Sun, April 1-2, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is a free, self-guided tour of 50+ home gardens from San Mateo to San Jose landscaped with California native plants. Registration is required at https://www.gngt.org  

OCCNPS Garden Tour 2023

Orange County CA

Join us for the 2023 OCCNPS Garden Tour to view sixteen California native gardens on private homes throughout Orange County! For more information about the tour, visit the OCCNPS chapter website. Each garden space will be open for one day for public viewing. RSVP by clicking this link.

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CNPS San Diego Native Plant Garden Tour

CA

From coastal gardens to rolling north county hillsides, be inspired by San Diego’s native plant landscapes and the people who created them. For tickets, go to cnpssd.org/native-garden-tour-2023. Connecting Nature and Community Our dry Southern California climate and drought conditions present us with an opportunity to reimagine our landscape choices. What better time to take advantage […]

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Growing Natives Garden Tour

Santa Clara Valley San Jose, CA

The Growing Natives Garden Tour on Sat-Sun, April 1-2, 2023 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. is a free, self-guided tour of 50+ home gardens from San Mateo to San Jose landscaped with California native plants. Registration is required at https://www.gngt.org  

Marin Chapter Spring Plant Sale

Bon Air Center in Greenbrae, off Sir Francis Drake Blvd CA

It’s planting time! We are holding an online plant sale in April with order pickup in Greenbrae the following Saturday. Adequate rain means the spring wildflowers are coming along well and we’ll be offering a big selection, as well as a discount for purchasing in quantity. APRIL SALE Opens: Wednesday April 5th at 6pm Closes: […]

Shasta Chapter Spring Plant Sales!

Shasta College 11555 Old Oregon Trail, Redding, CA

CNPS-Shasta Chapter Native Plant Sale 2023 Shasta College Farm April 6: 4-6pm:  setup and members’ presaleApril 7: 9am-4pm: public saleApril 8: 9am-3pm: public sale   April 11-20:  Online sale.  Pickup at Shasta College Farm.   April 15, 11am-4pm and April 23 11am-4pm   Plants will also be available at Earth Day Event, Lake Redding Park near […]

San Bruno Mountain: Ridge Trail

San Bruno Mountain Ridge Trail Brisbane, CA

Leader: Doug Allshouse The Ridge Trail offers a long and interesting menu of plant species including the endemic SBM manzanita, several paintbrushes, Franciscan wallflower, two wild cucumbers, three lupines, stonecrop, coast rock cress and more. On a very clear day the vistas extend from Pt. Reyes to the South Bay and the Bay Bridge to […]

Exploratorium After Dark Landscape Conversations

Randall Museum 199 Museum Way, San Francisco, CA

Hurray! The bugs are back! Check out the incredible extravaganza of insects at the Randall Museum’s popular Bug Day event celebrating everything insect with hands-on science and art activities, games, live music, movies and more. Join in the insect-inspired fun and learn how important these little creatures are to the earth and to our survival […]

Santa Cruz Chapter Plant Sale

UCSC Arboretum and Botanic Garden Horticulture Building 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA

California native plant gardeners are well acquainted with the “Fall is for planting” mantra, giving new plants two seasons (winter and spring) to put down deep root systems before they need to weather hot summer days making them more resilient. That said, if there was ever a spring where you could get away with planting […]