Sonoran Survivors – Ecoflora Native Plant List
iNaturalist journal on learning more about Sonoran Desert plants that can survive or repopulate after fire.
Join the Metro Phoenix Ecoflora project
The Metro Phoenix EcoFlora community science project will serve to provide insight into bigger biodiversity science questions, increase understanding and appreciation of plant life, and contribute to local conservation efforts.
Grow Native! Arizona Native Plant Society
This website supplements the southeastern Arizona Grow Native: Don’t Plant a Pest pamphlet, which highlights native plant alterNATIVES to invasive non-native landscape plants.
AZ Native Plant Society: Plants, suppliers, and opportunities in Phoenix Metro
Homepage to the AZ Native Plant Society Phoenix Chapter website
Step by Step Guide to Xeriscaping
A step-by-step guide to creating a sustainable desert-adapted landscape.
Sonoran Seed Collaborative 2020-21 Final Report combined (revised)
During 2019, the SCC implemented a pilot project at Tovrea Castle at Carraro Heights in Phoenix, Arizona (5025 E Van Buren St, Phoenix, AZ 85008) to test and develop best practices for rearing restoration plant materials. This report covers project activities and lessons learned from August 2020 through October 2021.
How to Harvest Coulter’s Lupine Seed
Learn how to collect seed from Coulter’s Lupine (Lupinus sparsiflorus) with Maricopa County Parks and Recreation’s Juanita Armstrong.
Learn About Stately Saguaros with CAZCA!
Join August the Great and Ali Schuessler at Desert Botanical Garden as they educate about the Saguaro cactus! Saguaros are a foundation species in the Sonoran Desert ecosystem, meaning many plants and animals rely on them. Saguaros are one of many species that are at risk of extinction due to human and climate impacts. We all have an impact on the ecosystem we live in, and everyone should try to do their own part, no matter how big or small, to help make a better environment for all living things!
CAZCA Summer Education Series: Micro Pollinator Gardens
Watch the first installment of the CAZCA Summer Education Series where Kaci Fankhauser from the City of Tempe will teach us all about micro pollinator gardens and how to create your own in the Sonoran Desert! Kaci also shares how you can participate in the Maricopa Pollinator Pathway program (regardless of where you are in the Valley)! This is a perfect way to still get your hands dirty doing some (micro) gardening even in the summer heat! Get more tips on pollinator friendly plants and much more with the FREE Central Arizona Urban Landscape Guide – bit.ly/desertscape
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