How Does Your Garden Grow?
Gauging your site conditions will help you choose the right native plants for your garden and bring beauty and pollinators to your site!
Native Plant Education
Opening doors, expanding minds
To know native plants is to want to protect them. That’s why education has been a central part of the CNPS mission for more than 50 years. The CNPS Education Program supports a wide range of activities and resources that inspire students, engage the public, and foster new generations of native plant professionals.
Restoring Nature’s Relationships
Did you miss the CNPS 2018 Conservation Conference? Watch Behavioral Ecologist Doug Tallamy’s stirring opening plenary on the urgent need for native plant landscapes.
Education projects and resources
Rare Plant Treasure Hunt
Get involved in the original citizen science effort to help California’s rarest plants.
Plant Science Workshops
See a full list of upcoming CNPS workshops for professionals and lay people alike.
2022 Conference
Restoring Connections to Plants, Place & People
Students
From educational grants and research to children’s activities, we’ve got you covered.
Education Resources
Peruse our full collection of helpful downloads, tools, websites, and more!
Field Trips and Talks
Join the fun at CNPS chapter hike, tour, or talk near you! See upcoming events.
Become a Member!
Members receive free subscriptions to all CNPS publications, including Fremontia journal, Flora magazine, and local chapter newsletters.
Latest news and stories
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“List 3” Plants on the Rare Plant Inventory
Learn about the plants united by one common theme–we lack the necessary information to assign them to one of the other ranks or to reject them. -
What to Do When You Can Only Water Once a Week
With California's drought, some water districts allow watering just once a week. Learn 7 steps for a drought-tolerant garden.