Events
You are invited! Learn more about California Native Plants at the following events. Register for the events in the contact form below!
Upcoming Events
China Creek Project
Come build a relationship with a beautiful wild place. We meet twice a month on Saturday mornings to enjoy native beauty and weed out invasive species. Details on our China Creek Project page.
Native Plant Sale
We host an annual native plant sale every fall. Details will be available October 2024. Sales are online and plant pick-up is at a local nursery. Funds raised at the event go to the Sequoia Chapter.
Visit Upcoming Events – California Native Plant Society (cnps.org) for CNPS virtual native plant events
Visit here for past recorded events: California Native Plant Society - YouTube
Chino Basin Water Conservation District offers virtual native plant events occasionally. More Details
Virtual Education Series - New Directions in the American Landscape
This winter series is geared toward landscape professions, non-professionals or both. Co-sponsored by Wild Ones—Native Plants, Natural Landscapes, American Horticultural Society and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Details: New Directions in American Landscapes
Bring Back the Natives Garden Tour - California Bay Area garden tours of home landscapes with native plants. Details: Bring Back the Native Garden Tour
California Native Plant Landscaper Certificate Program - Theodore Payne Foundation
The California Native Plant Landscaper Certificate Program is a vocational training program designed for landscape professionals. Developed by top California native plant experts, it gives students the tools they need to successfully manage CA native plant and CA-friendly gardens. During the pilot phase of this program, the entire nine class curriculum is FREE for professional landscapers and gardeners. At the end of the course, participants will receive a certificate of completion and learn tools for using their knowledge and skills to promote their business. (ESPAÑOL)
This pilot program is offered by the Theodore Payne Foundation in partnership with California Native Plant Society, and the US Green Building Council Los Angeles. This project is generously supported by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Community Partnerships Program. Contact pros@theodorepayne.org if you have questions.
Theodore Payne Foundation Native Plant Garden Tour - Info and Past Garden Tours
California Botanic Garden
They are posting videos of prior classes, lectures, events, etc. which can be accessed online: California Botanic Garden. They also posted a video of their herbarium: CA Botanic Garden Herbarium.
Botany Speaker Series
The California Botanical Society botany speaker series aims to showcase and promote the work of early career botanists. If you are an early career botanist interested in giving a talk of general interest to our members, please email at membership@calbotsoc.org.
Contact Us & Register for our Events
Please provide us with your basic information to register for our events or contact us for general inquiries.
You may also RSVP to cnpssequoiachapter@gmail.com
Past Events
Learn more about what we do
20th Anniversary Celebration Event at China Creek Park
California Native Plant Society Sequoia Chapter China Creek Project is celebrating 20 years of stewardship.
On March 9th, 2024 from 10AM-2PM, please join us at this beautiful, wild Valley Oak woodland. Directions to the park are here.
We really want the community to learn about this hidden gem. There are going to be guided walks with experts on birds, mushrooms and plants and signage along the trails to give information about the native plants. It’s an unpaved flat trail, so appropriate shoes are encouraged. Bug spray is also encouraged.
There will be a Children’s table to plant acorns, coloring pages of various native plants, tree rubbings, and acorn grinding. They may also partake in removal of invasive plants, the main activity of the park's regular volunteers.
Schedule of Activities:
10:00 AM - Bird Walk with ornithologist Joel Slade
10:30 AM - Mushroom Walk with mycologist Alija Mujic
11:00 AM - Plant Walk with botanist Kate Waselkov
11:30 AM - Sacred Circle Drum Group with Delaine Bill
12:00 PM - Presentation by CNPS - Sequoia Chapter
12:30 PM - Cultural Walk with Delaine Bill, Cultural Specialist at Fresno American Indian Health Project, Choinumni Yokut Tribe and Michelle Pipkin, Plant Coordinator at FAIHP, Yowlumne Yokut
1:00 PM - Encore Plant/Mushroom/Bird Hike
1:30 PM - Encore Plant/Mushroom/Bird Hike
Native Plant Sale
pick-up November 11th!
Our annual plant sale has ended. Thank you for your purchase and support.
We look forward to seeing you at Intermountain Nursery for plant pick-up!
November 11th from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM:
Pick up plants at Intermountain Nursery
30443 Auberry Rd., Prather, CA
Proceeds help support Sequoia Chapter Programs
Herbarium Volunteer Day
Saturday, October 28th, 2023 10 AM - 1 PM
Come visit the
Fresno State Herbarium and help out your local "plant library". The herbarium has plant specimens collected from the Central Valley and surrounding area, dating from the late 1800s until to today.
• Learn Plant Identification Skills
• Plant Specimen Mounting
• Digitize Plant Specimens
CSU Fresno, Science 1 Building, 3rd Floor, Room 323
(Between the Satellite Student Union and the University Business Center)
Access the 3rd floor via the southeast outside stairs-the door will be
propped open. Park under the solar canopies in the parking lot to the east of
the Science building, it's free on weekends. No need to RSVP.
Fresno State Herbarium
Saturday, August 5, 2023
10 AM - 1 PM
CSU Fresno, Science 1 Building, 3rd Floor, Room 323
(Between the Satellite Student Union and the University Business Center)
Use the SE stairwell on the outside the building.
Parking is available in the P4 lot, and is free on the weekend.
The herbarium has plant specimens from the Central Valley and surrounding area, dating from the late 1800s until to today.
• Herbarium Tour
• Hands-on Specimen Preparation
• Rare Fresno County Plants
Register for the event in the contact form below.