JANUARY 2023
NEWS - Conservation: CNPS OC provides written comment for Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) meeting in general support of the Regional Advance Mitigation Program including the GreenPrint.
17 Wednesday
21 Saturday
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center 10:00 AM - Noon. 96 plants.
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Home Grown Education Farm, 356 N. Lemon St, Orange. 10 AM - Noon. 96 plants.
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Concordia University Heritage Garden, 1530 Concordia, Irvine. At the gate say you are picking up a free white sage. 10 AM. 96 plants.
NEWS - Conservation: CNPS OC provides followup support letter for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Regional Advance Mitigation Program (RAMP).
FEBRUARY 2023
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Environmental Nature Center, 1601 E 16th St., Newport Beach. 10 AM. 120 plants.
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Home Grown Farmers Market. 9 AM. 48 plants.
Field Trip: Tour of Tree of Life Nursery, Ortega Hwy
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway returns to the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center, 10AM, 96 plants. Sponsored by the City of Dana Point!
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 2845 Mesa Verde Dr. E., Costa Mesa. 10 AM. 50 plants.
Field Trip: Oak Canyon Nature Center, Anaheim Hills
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Shipley Nature Center, 17851 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. 10 AM. 80 plants.
MARCH 2023
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting
CNPS Board of Director Meeting and Chapter Council Meeting in Orange County
Chapter Public Meeting via Zoom: The Flora of Camp Pendleton and Using iNaturalist to Improve Regional Floristics, with Jon Rebman
Field Trip: Laguna Coast Wilderness with the Laguna Canyon Foundation
FYI: March-Spring-Vernal Equinox
Garden Tour:
Field Trip: Irvine Ranch Conservancy
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting
Field Trip: Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta
Botany / BioBlitz @ Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park
Chapter Public Meeting @ the Murray Center, Mission Viejo: California Dudleyas – In the Wild, In your Garden, and In Danger. Steve McCabe, Ron Vanderhoff, and Documentary Film
CNPS OC Plant Sale! @ South Coast Plaza Spring Garden Show, Costa Mesa
Field Trip: Crystal Cove State Park
Field Trip: Cleveland National Forest with a USFS Botanist
Field Trip: Arroyo Trabuco
Field Trip: Hot Springs Canyon
Field Trip: Seaview Park, Laguna Niguel
Chapter Public Meeting via Zoom: Understanding, Appreciating, and Protecting our Native Bee Populations in California – A Community Science Perspective, with Krystle Hickman
CNPS OC Plant Giveaway @ Santa Ana Public Works Day
Field Trip: Black Star Canyon
Field Trip: Family and Friends Picnic @ Irvine Regional Park (location tentative)
Field Trip: Trestles @ San Onofre
FYI: Summer Solstice
Chapter Public Meeting @ the Murray Center, Mission Viejo: Students and Researchers share their Knowledge and Passion in lightning talks or similar presentation format
FYI: September-Autumn Equinox
FYI: Indigenous Peoples' Day
Field Trip: Falls Canyon
FYI: Thanksgiving