Latino Conservation Week
Come Celebrate Latino Conservation Week With Us - CNPS-SLO Chapter in partnership with Latino Outdoors Central Coast invite you to our upcoming September 21 joint event at Nipomo Community Park, […]
Come Celebrate Latino Conservation Week With Us - CNPS-SLO Chapter in partnership with Latino Outdoors Central Coast invite you to our upcoming September 21 joint event at Nipomo Community Park, […]
Sierra Club Outing – Morro Dunes Ecological Reserve Join us for a walk through the unique coastal scrub community where the local endemic Morro manzanita (Arctostaphylos morroensis) is one of […]
Family Sketch and Plant Hike - Three Bridges Oak Preserve, Atascadero Saturday Sept. 28, 2024; 9:30am - 11:30am - What is there to see in the fall? Fall foliage! Leaves […]
Join us for a plant walk through the coastal habitat at Montaña de Oro State Park in Los Osos, including the fore and back-dunes, coastal scrub and maritime chaparral plant […]
On Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 9:30 am, join us for a hike in the back hills of the south-facing, rugged landscape of Pismo Preserve with spectacular views of the […]
Mushroom walk on Saturday, January 11, 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM. We will look for mushrooms growing in the Monterey pine forest of Cambria while enjoying the beauty of the Fiscalini […]
Bring the family and the neighbors' kids to a Family Sketch and Plant Hike at Three Bridges Oak Preserve in Atascadero on January 18, 2025 from 9:30am to 11:30am. Winter […]
UPDATE: NOTE CHANGE IN TOUR DIRECTION. On Saturday, February 1, 2025, we will take a road trip to botanic gardens of Santa Maria and Santa Ynez, California. The first stop is to Manzanita Nursery in Solvang for a tour and opportunity to purchase plants. (Note that this nursery only takes cash or checks for plant […]
Join Faylla Chapman, Sally Krenn, and Sharon Iranpour for a visit to the intertidal zone during low tide to learn about the multitude of algae species that inhibit the rocky […]
Start the day at 10am with a one-hour bilingual presentation at the Shandon Library on gardening with California native plants well suited to growing in Shandon and other eastern portions of San Luis Obispo County. Bill Waycott and Zach Tanner will discuss how to select, grow, and use these native plants in your garden. They […]
Spring has come to Three Bridges Oak Preserve in Atascadero! Everything is leafing out and blooming. There’s much to see on this easy loop trail. We’ll stop to draw and […]
Join the California Native Plant Society San Luis Obispo Chapter (CNPS-SLO) and Morro Coast Audubon Society (MCAS) on a joint botanizing and birding field trip to Santa Margarita Lake on […]
NOTE: THIS HIKE IS NOW FULL. IF YOU WANT TO BE PUT ON THE WAIT LIST, EMAIL sanluisobispo@cnps.org Join CNPS for a Hike to Coreopsis Hill (in the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes) […]
An easy to moderate hike to the top of Pine Mountain in Atascadero led by David Ledger, a native of Atascadero and now a member of the CNPS Shasta Chapter. […]
The Malcolm McLeod Annual Field Trip on Saturday, April 5, 2025 will be to Shell Creek, one of the outstanding spring wildflower destinations in California. Please note that this annual […]
On, Sunday, April 13, join us for a leisurely and moderate bicycle ride with a botanical focus up East Cuesta Ridge. This ride is 10 miles roundtrip with 1,000 ft […]
Sketch and journal on this nature walk at Three Bridges Oak Preserve on Tuesday, April 15, starting at 10 am and lasting approximately 2 hours. Spring has come to Three […]
Come see many of our spring-flowering beauties on serpentine hills, right in the middle of the City of San Luis Obispo. The series of outcrops in this park is strongly […]
For a colorful Easter morning workout, consider this hike in the City of San Luis Obispo up Bowden Ranch/ High School Hill on Sunday, April 20. This will be a […]
This strenuous hike to Pinnacles National Park will be a joint field trip with the CNPS Monterey Bay Chapter. This hike will go in the west side of the park […]