The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a statewide non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals with a common interest in California's native plants. Its principal aims are to preserve the native flora and to add to the knowledge of members and the public at large.
Annual Wildflower Show
By Susan Wolbarst & Nancy Morin
Saturday, May 24th and Sunday, May 25th
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Coast Life Support District's Bill Platt Training Center meeting room
The CNPS DKY chapter will hold its annual Wildflower Show on Saturday, May 24th and Sunday, 25th, from 10 am to 4 pm each day at the Coast Life Support District's Bill Platt Training Center meeting room (38901 Ocean Drive in Gualala, across the street from Redwood Coast Medical Services). There will be dozens of species to see, your wildflower-loving friends to talk with, and great books and posters for sale. Great parking, lovely views there from the top of the hill. Photo Credit: Nancy Morin
Volunteers are needed to set up the show on Friday, May 23rd after 2 pm and to tear down the show after 4 pm on May 25th, as well as gather wildflowers and label them with appropriate identification cards. During the show, volunteers are needed to answer questions about wildflowers and membership in CNPS. Please Contact Nancy Morin, President if you can help.
Enjoy Being Outdoors! Stay Safe!
The Dorothy King Young Chapter serves coastal Mendocino County, the northern coastal area of Sonoma County, and nearby areas. We host activities throughout the year for members and the general public. These include:
- regular meetings featuring informative guest speakers
- field trips
- educational functions
- plant sales
- weed eradication
We also provide input and information to governmental and private
agencies about projects of local and statewide interest which may
have effects on native plants.
Geographic Area Map of the Dorothy King Young Chapter of the California Native Plant Society.
"Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit, and as vital to our lives as water and good bread. A civilization which destroys what little remains of the wild, the spare, the original, is cutting itself off from its origins and betraying the principle of civilization itself."
