California Native Plant Society - Santa Clara Valley Chapter

10/17/2026

Our chapter joins state CNPS in urging our members to vote NO on Prop 45.

10/16/2026

10/13/2026

Join us LIVE this Thursday, October 15, at 9 am to talk with us about biodiversity! 🐛🐝🦋🦋

CNPS Education and Horticulture Director Lila Higgins and Michelle Fullner of Michelle Fullner will talk about biodiversity in our cities and towns. That’s the focus of CNPS’s Biodiversity in Urban Gardens Project. Learn why it’s important and how you can make a difference today!

Drop your questions in the comments now, and we’ll try to get to as many as we can live. Set a reminder so you don’t miss it 🌱

📅 Thursday, Oct. 15, 9 AM
📍 Live right here on CA Native Plant Society
This initiative is funded in part by the Gordon
and Betty Moore Foundation.

📸: Lila Higgins
🐝: Yellow-faced Bumble Bee (Bombus vosnesenskii)
🌿: Manzanita spp.

10/06/2026

Posting still open for another week!

We're hiring! 🌿

CNPS is looking for an Advocacy and Outreach Senior Coordinator to help build and mobilize a statewide network of advocates protecting native plants, habitats, and biodiversity. In this role, you'll lead and grow the CNPS Advocacy Corps, analyze legislation and policy proposals that affect native plants, and work alongside Chapters, Tribal partners, and coalitions to advance our Saving What Matters Most and Landscapes for Change campaigns. This role is ideal for someone who loves the overlap of conservation policy and community organizing, and who's just as comfortable facilitating a volunteer training as digging into an environmental review.

📍 Hybrid (Sacramento-based).
📆 Apply by October 12
👉 https://bit.ly/cnpsjobsfb

🌱: Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica)
📸: Bryce King

09/28/2026

Our chapter will host a native plant seed exchange on Saturday, October 24 from 2-4 pm at the El Sobrante Library, located at 4191 Appian Way, El Sobrante. The library is landscaped with a native garden, which runs alongside a creek. It should be a fun gathering for sharing seeds and learning more a...

09/28/2026

09/15/2026