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Tours of Native Plant Gardens in San Anselmo, May 24, 2025
Native plant enthusiasts toured two San Anselmo gardens on Saturday, May 24. Less than one mile apart, the gardens were quite different in location, plants, and topography. The tour was organized by subscribers to the native plant email group of Marin CNPS. Harold's...
California Native Plant Month
Learn about and take action for our native plants
Laura Lovett Tribute
On April 25, 2026 the Marin Chapter of CNPS lost one of its most talented and stalwart board members, Laura Lovett, just one week after she ably oversaw the Chapter’s spring plant sale. As an avid native plant gardener and communications expert, Laura contributed to nearly every facet of our organization’s activities and governance.
Marin Chapter 50th Anniversary
Check out our 50th Anniversary activities.
The Road to Ring Mountain
Efforts to preserve this biological gem
A New Plant Species for Marin
by Kristin Jakob. Eva Buxton, botanist and longtime CNPS Marin chapter board member, has recently described and published a new species of Leptosiphon in Madroño, the journal of the California Botanical Society.
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Tours of Native Plant Gardens in San Anselmo, May 24, 2025
Native plant enthusiasts toured two San Anselmo gardens on Saturday, May 24. Less than one mile apart, the gardens were quite different in location, plants, and topography. The tour was organized by subscribers to the native plant email group of Marin CNPS. Harold's...
California Native Plant Month
Learn about and take action for our native plants
Laura Lovett Tribute
On April 25, 2026 the Marin Chapter of CNPS lost one of its most talented and stalwart board members, Laura Lovett, just one week after she ably oversaw the Chapter’s spring plant sale. As an avid native plant gardener and communications expert, Laura contributed to nearly every facet of our organization’s activities and governance.
Marin Chapter 50th Anniversary
Check out our 50th Anniversary activities.
The Road to Ring Mountain
Efforts to preserve this biological gem
A New Plant Species for Marin
by Kristin Jakob. Eva Buxton, botanist and longtime CNPS Marin chapter board member, has recently described and published a new species of Leptosiphon in Madroño, the journal of the California Botanical Society.
Fremontodendron in Marin: Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of The Discovery
A reminiscence by Dick O’Donnell
Fremontodendron species first reported in Marin by Richard O’Donnell in December 1999 issue of The Four Seasons, the Journal of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden.*
CNPS Statewide Invasive Species Committee News
Latest News from the CNPS Statewide Invasive Species Committee June 17, 2025 - Caroline Christman This meeting focused on invasive species outreach. Liv O’Keeffe, CNPS Senior Director of Public Affairs, attended to hear ideas on how CNPS can improve education and...
Comments on County of Marin’s proposed Trail Changes in Bowman Canyon
Board members Carolyn Longstreth, Eva Buxton, and Stacey Pogorzelski commented on Marin County Open Space District’s Initial study/Mitigated negative declaration (IS/MND) to analyze the environmental impacts of the proposed Bowman Canyon Habitat Protection and Public Access Project. Parts of the project will impact rare serpentine grassland that is remarkably intact at Bowman Canyon.
Case Against Marin Water’s Bicycle “Pilot Programs” Settled
By David Long, CNPS Marin Chapter Board Member In September 2024, CNPS, Marin Conservation League (MCL), and Marin Audubon Society brought an action against the Marin Municipal Water District (MMWD, aka Marin Water) for approving, without CEQA* review, two pilot...
50 Acts of Caring
This year, we are inviting everyone to think about the wider effects of choices we make on our property. People still think of land as a resource for human use, not as a home for thousands of other living things. Can we make room for lichens, lace wings, bunchgrasses...
Join the 50th Anniversary Marin Native Plant Challenge
The Challenge As part of our 50th Anniversary festivities, the Marin CNPS Board presents you with the following Challenge: find and photo-document 50 native plants in Marin’s glorious wildlands and be eligible for a drawing at our August 24th Celebration! Prizes may...
Marin CNPS Celebrates 50
Our long-awaited gala dinner to celebrate our 50th year took place on August 24th at the Corte Madera Community Center. Friends and supporters joined us for a delicious dinner, and an entertaining program on the California Native Plant Society and our chapter’s place...
Join the 50th Anniversary Marin Native Plant Challenge
The Challenge As part of our 50th Anniversary festivities, the Marin CNPS Board presents you with the following Challenge: find and photo-document 50 native plants in Marin’s glorious wildlands and be eligible for a drawing at our August 24th Celebration! Prizes may...
Wilma Follette Tribute
Mostly by Kristin Jakob
Mt. Tam: A Complicated Love Story
Protecting while enjoying our favorite public land
Phyllis Faber – Environmental Activist
In Memoriam It is with sadness, but also with many fond memories, that we mark the passing of environmental heroine Phyllis Faber on Jan 15 at age 95. The California Native Plant Society and Marin County have lost a visionary leader. Phyllis grew up in an 11th floor...
Kristin Jakob – CNPS Fellow
Congratulations are in order for Kristin Jakob who was made a CNPS Fellow at last Saturday’s Chapter Council meeting held at Point Reyes Station. This award was richly deserved. For those of you who are not aware of Kristin's many years of dedicated service to the...
Native Plant Sales Go Online During COVID-19
by Laura Lovett During this pandemic year, many of us took pleasure in gardening. Our garden plots got much more attention than they usually receive, and in response they flourished! However, spring came and went without a CNPS Marin Chapter native plant sale due to...
A New Chapter for Native Habitat in the Heart of Larkspur
Behind the new library in downtown Larkspur, something quietly transformative is beginning to take root. The newly-planted habitat garden, led by Refugia Marin, is turning a forgotten outdoor space into a living landscape filled with California native plants and opportunities for community connection.
The Start of Something Great
The history of our founding
State Publications and Newsletters of Other CNPS Chapters
State CNPS Publications Other CNPS chapters' newsletters: Bay Area and beyond: Milo Baker Chapter (Sonoma County) September 2013 Napa Valley Chapter Willis Linn Jepson Chapter (Solano County) East Bay Chapter (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) The Bay Leaf Yerba...