For the Thursday, February 6, 2025 membership meeting, our speaker will be Reed Kenny on What a Rush - Adventures in the Systematics of Juncaceae (the rushes). Reed is a […]
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 […]
The March 2025 membership meeting will occur on Thursday, March 6th, at the Atascadero City Library. The speaker will be Kerri Frangioso on How a Non-Native Disease and Multiple Wildfires […]
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 […]
Have you ever wanted to tour native plant gardens at other people's homes to learn and get ideas for your native plant landscaping? Join us on Saturday, April 12th, 10:00 […]
Come swap and share seeds with other plant lovers at the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden's Seed Swap on Sunday April 13, 2025 from 10-1. As a part of Family […]
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 […]
The Spring 2025 Native Plant Sale will be Saturday April 19 from 10 am to 2 pm. Beginning Sunday, April 6, you can pre-order your plants at cnpsslo.org/shop. Click our plant sale page (online pre-ordering ends April 16), read descriptions and view photos of many native plant species/pot sizes to decide which plants are best […]
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 […]
Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is a serious exotic disease that is threatening the survival of oaks and tanoaks in California forests. In SOD Blitzes, volunteers are trained to collect symptomatic […]
Hundreds of bouquets of local wildflowers will return to the Cambria Veterans Memorial Building the last weekend in April on Saturday, April 26 from noon to 5pm and Sunday, April […]
Our next CNPS SLO membership meeting is Thursday, May 1 with an optional free pre-meeting workshop from 6 to 7pm on keying lupines. The May membership meeting will be held […]
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 […]
