Meetings and Events

UC Riverside Extension Center offers weekend classes in desert botany and ecology.

UC Riverside Extension Center Botany Courses

The Jepson Herbarium offers classes in basic botany and weekend workshops throughout California.

The Jepson Herbarium 2011 Calendar

Friends of the Chico State Herbarium offer a variety of classes.  Money raised through these workshops gives the Friends of the Herbarium the ability to help fund the staff and facilities of The Chico State Herbarium.

Friends of The Chico State Herbarium Calendar

The May Arboretum in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park offers a variety of classes and events, including the annual Spring Plant Sale.

May Arboretum 2011 Calendar

December 2010:

• Henderson: 6th.  Speaker Unknown
• Reno: No Meeting

November 2010:

• Henderson: 1st Voting for 2011 Officers.
• Reno: 4th  Voting for 2011 Officers.
   Janel Johnson from the Nevada Natural Heritage Program will present
  information on growing native plants in the garden. Members can view the
  slideshow here.

October 2010:

September 2010:

August 2010:

No Meetings

July 2010:

No Meetings

June 2010:

• Henderson regular meeting (June 7th).
  Member Photos - members are encouraged to bring photos to show off to
  the group from this springs hopefully good wildflower bloom.
• No Reno meeting.
  

May 2010:

• Henderson regular meeting (May 3^rd). Lesley DeFalco, USGS plant ecologist, will be giving a presentation on some of the plant work being done by the USGS in southern Nevada.
• Reno regular meeting (May 6^th). Garden
  tour at the home of Connie and Larry Douglas in Spanish Springs. (DO
  NOT GO TO OUR USUAL VALLEY ROAD VENUE FOR THE MAY MEETING)
  Come as early as 5:30 to see what's growing (not as fancy as at
  Steve's last year!) or walk the labyrinth. Potluck dinner - bring an
  appetizer, side dish, salad or dessert to share, Connie will fix a
  main dish. Gary Monroe will bring some travel photos to share, other
  members photos are also welcome. RSVP for directions to Connie at
  775-425-1305 or email at nevadaconnie [at] sbcglobal [dot] net. (Allow
  time for the rush hour traffic to Spanish Springs.)

April 2010:

• Reno regular meeting (April 1st). Sue Ann Monteleone, Nevada State Museum, will speak on Basketry Plants in the Great Basin.
• Henderson regular meeting (April 5th). Janel Johnson, NV Natural
  Heritage Program and NNPS Vice President, will be giving a talk on the
  Nevada Natural Heritage Program, its role in plant conservation, how the data
  is used, and how to contribute data. The meeting is also the night
  before the Rare Plant Workshop so it would be a good chance for people
  to meet and mingle before the workshop.

March 2010:

• Henderson regular meeting (March 1st). Stan Shebs, NNPS board member,
  will be presenting on his many wildflower excursions in southern Nevada
  including his efforts to try to find and photograph as many of the
  flowering plants in the Spring Mtn Flora checklist.
• Reno regular meeting (March 4th). John Christopherson, Nevada Division
  of Forestry Resource Program Coordinator, will give a program entitled
  Treemendous Changes: changes in local Sierra Nevada Forests from
  settlement by the first Europeans to the current conditions.

February 2010:

• Henderson regular meeting (February 1st). Fred Edwards, botanist with BLM and NNPS board member, will present on rare plant conservation in Nevada. Bruce Lund will also be there with his supply of botany related books that he has for sale.
• Reno regular meeting (February 4th). Janel Johnson, Wetlands Ecologist with Nevada Natural Heritage Program, will speak on Common and uncommon plants of Nevada’s wetlands. Janel also is our new Vice-President and she will provide a brief overview of a new independent website in the works for NNPS.

January 2010:

• Annual Board Meeting in Reno (Thursday, January 28th). 5:30 PM at the
  Black Bear Diner, 2323 S. Virginia Street (across from where Park Lane
  Shopping Center used to be) in Reno. We'll be using their "back room."
  There is a fee for the room, which can be returned if the bill for our
  meals equals or exceeds it -- so please come with an appetite, and plan
  on purchasing dinner there. If you have questions, ask Ann Pinzl
  (775-883-0463 or apinzl [at] sbcglobal [dot] net). Hope to see all 2010
  Officers, Board Members, and Committee Chairs there.