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Here you can get information about a wide range of upcoming and past activities offered by the Marin Chapter and other organizations.  At these events, you can learn more about native plants and participate in protecting and growing them.

  • Chapter Meetings
  • Plant Sales
  • Volunteer Opportunities
  • Hikes and Walks
  • Workshops
  • Conferences
  • Classes
  • Conservation Meetings

Meetings of the Marin Chapter and of other Native Plant organizations often feature guest speakers and topics concerning public and private projects and legislation.

Use the links at right to learn more about these categories.

Field Trip Reports – March, 2025 Hills and Mountains

by | Mar 31, 2025 | Featured, Field Trip Reports, News Items

Reservoir Hill 3/3/20205 Stacey Pogorzelski led the first of her Reservoir Hill field trip series, exploring  a local neighborhood favorite spot for wildflowers and other native trees and plants. Among the early blooming plants were milkmaids and madrone trees. Field trips on Ring Mountain and in Lower Steep Ravine were rained out.   Southern Slopes of Mt. Tamalpais 3/19/2025 Paul Barnett... read more Field Trip Reports – March, 2025 Hills and Mountains

Field Trip Reports -February, 2025 Vegetation Time Travelling & Winter Wonderland Walk in SP Taylor SP

by | Feb 27, 2025 | Field Trip Reports, News Items

Vegetation Time Traveling(Plant Succession) – 2/12/2025Ann Elliott Understanding plant succession helps to explain how vegetative landscapes change and function.Plants first establish themselves on new land or exposed rock, as after a volcanic eruption. They can re-establish themselves in an area that has been disturbed by fire, floods, or land use. In San Geronimo Valley, Kurt Rademacher... read more Field Trip Reports -February, 2025 Vegetation Time Travelling & Winter Wonderland Walk in SP Taylor SP

Field Trip Report – Indian Valley Open Space Preserve, January 4, 2025

by | Jan 30, 2025 | Field Trip Reports, News Items

By Caroline Christman Participants in the Indian Valley Open Space Preserve plant walk were treated to a misty morning that blossomed into a lovely, sunny day. After we met at the Indian Valley College Campus, we walked past Pacheco Pond to the Ken Harth Waterfall Trail. Along the switch-backing trail to the ridgeline we were treated to a medley of ferns, sanicles, and irises beneath a canopy of... read more Field Trip Report – Indian Valley Open Space Preserve, January 4, 2025

Field Trip Report – Abbotts Lagoon, August 17, 2024

by | Sep 1, 2024 | Field Trip Reports

By Lena Zentall A small group of seven set off in the mist to explore Abbotts Lagoon on Saturday August 17, 2024. Our journey started with several patches of ghostly cobwebby thistle (Cirsium occidentale) in its final bloom. Coyote brush (Baccharis pilularis) was beginning to flower and to show us whether it was a male or female plant. Female plants have small paint brush-like flowers that turn... read more Field Trip Report – Abbotts Lagoon, August 17, 2024

2024 Jan. Marin Chapter Meeting

by | Dec 31, 2023 | 2024 Chapter Meetings, Calendar

Invasive species significantly threaten global biodiversity, often disrupting ecosystems and impacting native communities. Stinkwort (Dittrichia graveolens), is a rapidly spreading invader in California. In this study, we develop an improved understanding of the factors influencing stinkwort’s invasion in California. We conducted a combination of germination trials, and greenhouse, mesocosm, and field experiments to integrate insights from evolutionary ecology, response to competition and disturbance, and seed bank dynamics.

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