Wednesday weed pulls at Picture Canyon

Invasive Weed Identification, Removal & Reseeding 

7-10 am on 6/4, 6/18, 7/2, 7/16,  7/30, 8/6, 8/20, 9/3, and 9/17

Come help us manage invasive weeds at Picture Canyon, to keep it the beautiful place that it is! Learn about invasive weeds, learn to identify them and the best ways to remove them, and help us spread native grass/flower seed to crowd out the invasives. We meet at the Picture Canyon trail head, 3920 N El Paso Flagstaff Rd. Come join the fun!

Sign-up and more info for all of these events is at https://volunteer.flagstaffaz.gov/Calendar

Terra BIRDS pop-up plant sales

  

Invasive Plant Species Workshop, June 3

 

Tuesday, June 3 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm

Dog Pound Rd (on the way to Coconino Humane Association)

Join the Climate Resilience Project and Parks, Recreation, Open Space & Events (PROSE) for an outdoor Invasive Plant Workshop!  Learn why invasive weeds matter, how to identify common species in northern AZ, and walk along the Rio de Flag to learn the best way to remove them. Register through Volunteer Flagstaff!

Help Shape the Future of Willow Bend

 

Give your opinions for Willow Bend's redesign
We’re thrilled to announce that Willow Bend Environmental Education Center has received a Creative Flagstaff 2025 Project Grant! With this support, we’re redesigning our space to be more welcoming, interactive, and engaging for all ages.

Your input is essential! Please take a few minutes to complete our Community Feedback Survey. Your responses will help us decide on future open hours, develop new programming, and create educational displays that reflect our community’s interests and needs.

Terrabirds Snack Drive

 Click here to donate online

Arboretum Summer Camps

Nevermore Gardens Plant Sales

See the plant order form here

 

CMGA Plant Sale & Festival

 

 Click for directions and map to parking

Click for Full Vendor List and Map

Plant Sale featured in Gardening Etc. column

 

Flagstaff Plant Sale and Garden Festival

Photo from the 2024 Plant Sale and Garden Festival

By MARILYN CANTELOUPE Special to the Daily Sun

May 15, 2025

 

Bees are humming, birds are chirping and hummingbird feeders decorate eaves all over Flagstaff. Signs of spring abound, and for all you gardeners, it’s time to plant! Now that snowfalls have come and gone (fingers crossed), our visions of lovely flowers and tasty vegetables are foremost in our minds.

 

To help get you started, the Coconino Master Gardener Association (CMGA) in partnership with the Coconino County Cooperative Extension's Master Gardener Program and the Museum of Northern Arizona are holding their free annual Plant Sale and Garden Festival on Saturday, May 24. Even if growing isn’t quite your thing, you’re sure to find something that delights! 

 

Read the rest of the Gardening Etcetera column

Tool Sharpening at May 24 Plant Sale

 Cutting Edge Professional Sharpening will be at the Master Gardeners Plant Sale on May 24. Bring garden tools and other items you need sharpened.

 

The Master Gardener Plant Sale goes from 10 am to 2 pm. Click here to see a list of other vendors.

Directions: Turn from Highway 180/Fort
Valley Rd into the Harold Colton Research Center. Park and follow the pathway to the gardens and plant sale.

Free Workshop May 17 - protecting plants with wire cages

Free Workshop - Protecting Plants with Wire Cages

May 17, 10 am to noon

in Colton Garden

 Pocket gophers and other hungry rodents can wreak havoc on plant roots and seedlings Help build wire cages to protect the plants in Colton Garden while gaining the knowledge so you can make more for your garden or other community gardens.

Please wear: Sturdy gloves, long sleeve shirts, and closed toe shoes. 

If you have them, bring pliers and wire cutters. 

Some tools, as well as the wire mesh, will be supplied.

 Directions to Colton Garden: From Highway 180/Fort Valley Rd turn up Winding Brook Rd. At the T, turn left and find a place to park. The garden is behind the buildings in the direction of the mountain.

Bird Walk at Kachina Wetlands May 17

 

Bird Walk at Kachina Wetlands

May is an excellent time to look for birds in Kachina Wetlands. Most of the summer residents have arrived, and there can still be species that are migrating through. Northern Arizona Audubon has two outstanding birders who will be leading the trip: Sky Schipper and Tom Hedwall.

 

Meet at the entrance to Kachina Wetlands. Bring  binoculars if you have them, and don't forget your sunscreen, hat, and water bottle.

Plant Sale Volunteers

 

To: Master Gardeners and Future Master Gardeners

The CMGA is starting to plan for the 2025 Plant Sale to be held on May 24.  We are in need of 15-20 volunteers to help with parking, general assistance for visitors, staffing a Q&A table, set up/tear down, and assisting in other ways. There are usually two shifts between 8 am and 3pm on Event day, plus prep work to be done on the two days prior.

 

This is an excellent way to get involved and to earn volunteer hours toward getting or maintaining Master Gardener certification. Plus, it is a lot of Fun!!!! 

 

For all inquiries and to sign up to volunteer please send your contact information( including phone number)  to us both at dnashmg2@gmail.com. and rguzley@sbcglobal.net    We will send you an acknowledgement that you are on the list within a week. 

 

Thanks so much,

 

Volunteer Committee Coordinators

 

Denbie Nash  832-527-2215  dnashmg2@gmailcom

 

Ruth Guzley   530-321-9926  rguzley@sbcglobal.net

Arizona Native Plant Society meeting May 20

At 7 pm on May 20, Dr. James Smith from the Snake River Plains Herbarium at Boise State University will present recent research on spring parsley (Pseudocymopterus) that indicates the spring flowering and summer flowering populations are separate species.

Arizona Native Plant Society talks are free and open to the public. This meeting can be attended via Zoom or in person at the NAU biology building third floor classroom. To attend via Zoom, register with this link: https://bit.ly/FlagAZNPS25

Spring parsley (Pseudocymopterus) is known to be highly variable morphologically and in its phenology. Dr. James Smith will present preliminary results that separate what we commonly call Pseudocymopterus montanus into several separate well-supported clades. Likewise there will be preliminary phylogenetic analyses that seem to separate most other species of Pseudocymopterus (P. beckii, P. macdougallii, and P. davidsonii) into spring flowering and summer (monsoon) flowering populations that have independently adapted to the different precipitation patterns.

This will be a virtual event with Dr. Smith presenting from Idaho. This presentation will not be recorded.

Dr. Smith is the Director of the Snake River Plains Herbarium at Boise State University. His research interests include the phylogenetics of western North American Apiaceae and using Sanger sequencing, and more recently Next generation sequencing techniques to discover cryptic or near cryptic species within many widespread species.

Arboretum Volunteer Opportunities for 2025

 The Arboretum held a morning gathering for anyone who wanted to volunteer at the Arboretum or who had volunteered in the past. Everyone had an opportunity to meet the staff and see what was planned for the season. If you didn't make it but are interested in volunteering attached are the opportunities and the person to contact.

Link

 Loni Shapiro