CNPS Tahoe & Sierra Valley Chapter

06/12/2026

🌿🐝 Join Us at the Wild Tahoe Festival! 🐝🌿

The California Native Plant Society, Tahoe & Sierra Valley Chapter invites you to visit our booth at the Wild Tahoe Festival at the Taylor Creek Visitor Center!

Come explore the beauty and diversity of Tahoe's native plants. We will have locally addapted native plants for sale. We'd love to connect with you.

🌼 Native Plants for Sale
🌿 Learn about upcoming Native Plant Events
🦋 Pollinator-Friendly Gardening Tips

Stop by to chat, ask questions, learn something new, and find the perfect native plants for your home or garden. We look forward to seeing you there!

Please stop by and say hello! 🌸

California Native Plant Society – Tahoe & Sierra Valley Chapter 🌿

The Wild Tahoe Festival returns to Taylor Creek Visitor Center tomorrow, June 13, 2026, from 9:30AM to 3:30PM. Activities include guided bird/nature walks, educational exhibits, hands-on activities, learning opportunities for all ages and more! Links:⬇️

Great Basin Institute Tahoe Institute for Natural Science Taylor Creek Visitor Center

06/03/2026

Molly Ferry is leading a walk at Washoe Meadows State Park this Saturday (6/6/26) - click through the link to find out more information.

Meet at  9:00 AM  at  Mountain Meadow Drive  (park on road at trail to gate), South Lake Tahoe, CA Parking is limited. Carpooling encouraged. Dust off your botanical cobwebs and join Molly for a 3 mile, mostly flat loop through Washoe Meadow State P

06/02/2026

🌿🦅 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR WILD TAHOE EVENT! 🦋🌲

The California Native Plant Society – Tahoe & Sierra Valley Chapter is looking for friendly volunteers to help staff our outreach table, in short shifts, at the 15th Annual Wild Tahoe Festival!

This fun, family-friendly event celebrates the birds, native plants, and wildlife that make the Lake Tahoe Basin such a special place. It's a wonderful opportunity to connect with the community, share your love of native plants, and inspire others to learn about and protect our local ecosystems.

📅 Saturday, June 13, 2026
⏰ 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
📍 Taylor Creek Visitor Center
1 Visitor Center Road, South Lake Tahoe, CA 96150

🌼 Volunteer opportunities include:
• Greeting visitors
• Sharing information about native plants and CNPS programs
• Helping with educational displays and activities
• Talking with fellow nature lovers about gardening with California natives

Whether you're a long-time CNPS member or simply passionate about native plants, we'd love to have your help!

💚 Interested in volunteering?
Email: [email protected]

📍 Location & Directions:
Taylor Creek Visitor Center Visitor

We hope you'll join us for a day of birds, blooms, and community at Wild Tahoe! 🌿🐦🦋

05/24/2026

🌿 Volunteer Opportunity at Taylor Creek Visitor Center 🌿

Join the California Native Plant Society Tahoe & Sierra Valley Chapter for a hands-on volunteer day in the Forest Service Taylor Creek Native Plant Pollinator Garden on Tuesday, May 26th at 10:00 AM!

Whether you’re an experienced gardener or simply love nature and want to give back to the community, we’d love to have you join us. No prior gardening experience is necessary — just a willingness to learn and spend time outdoors with fellow native plant enthusiasts.

📍 Location: Taylor Creek Visitor Center
🕙 Time: May 26th at 10:00 AM

For more information or to sign up, please email: [email protected]

We hope to see you there! 🐝🦋🌸

05/03/2026

Tahoe Native Plant and Pollinator Garden

The Tahoe & Sierra Valley Chapter of CNPS has received grant money from the National Forest Foundation to revitalize the native pant garden at the U.S. Forest Service Taylor Creek Visitor Center. The Chapter will work closely with the USFS to design a native plant and pollinator garden for the public to enjoy. Educational signs will showcase native plants that support local pollinators, wildlife, and overall ecosystem health.

This project is just getting started, and volunteers are needed! The Chapter will be coordinating work-days to clean the existing garden, plant new plants and maintain the garden during establishment. This is an exciting project and your help will keep the garden thriving and accessible for the community to enjoy and learn from.

Location: Taylor Creek Visitor Center

Date: All season. Starting next weekend!

Interested? For more information email: [email protected]

The National Forest Foundation connects people to National Forests and leads conservation and recreation efforts through public and private support. Each year, it restores habitats, plants trees after fires and disease, and improves outdoor access—helping protect these forests as vital community resources.

03/24/2026

With this unbelievably warm weather, flowers are already blooming at the lower elevations, including early-season favorite Beckwith's Violet, seen here in Glenshire. If you're excited about wildflowers, TINS has two events in S. Lake Tahoe over the next 8 days with your name on them!

TONIGHT (3/24) - Bob Sweatt is presenting a slideshow recapping his participation in the 4th triennial Tahoe Wildflower Big Year (TWBY) at the El Dorado County Library.

Next Thursday (4/2) - TINS is having a celebration party for last year's TWBY at the League to Save Lake Tahoe's Spurlock/Evers Environment & Education Center. You can expect lots of CNPS folks in attendance!

More information about both events can be found on on the TINS website: https://www.tinsweb.org/upcoming-events

01/19/2026

08/03/2025

Join us for a talk about lodgepole pine in the Sierra Nevada by Daniel Joannes. August 8th at 6 pm at the Sierra Valley Nature Center, co-sponsored by the Feather River Land Trust. For more information visit https://www.frlt.org/get-involved/events/

06/07/2025

W**d pull on the Truckee River June 14th.

04/26/2025

Hey South Lake Tahoe Plant Lovers, help plant pine seedlings in the Calder fire scar with the Sugar Pine Plantation

Change of TIME! Start time on Sunday will be 2pm! Hopefully the sun will come out by then.

We will meet at Oneidas and Chibcha St. intersection in South Lake. Please bring layers, closed-toe shoes, sun protection, and water. We will provide seedlings, gloves, shovels, and instructions. We look forward to seeing you there!