events

CAZCA Speaker Series

The CAZCA Speaker Series is returning this fall through spring, and will be in person! Please click the button below to view the lineup and access direct links to the events.

Speaker Series Lineup

CAZCA EVENTS

Informative speaker series, fun service days and engaging partner workshops. CAZCA hosts a variety of events for our partners and the community to learn, collaborate, and participate in. Are you a partner seeking to share your event with us? Fill out the form!

CURRENT EVENTS

Partner Event

Nature at Night

Mar 7, 2026

Join us at Chandler Nature Center's annual event, Nature at Night! This event is a ton of fund for attendees of all ages!

CAZCA Speaker Series- Fire as a tool for Invasive Plant Management

Mar 11, 2026

Join us for an interesting conversation about how Alan Sinclair, President of Siphon Draw Fire and Fuels, uses controlled fire application to target and manage invasive plants, like stinknet, and the impacts it may have on our Sonoran Desert Ecosystem.

volunteer event

Plant Swap Volunteer Days at Franciscan Renewal Center

Mar 13 - 15, 2026

Volunteer with CAZCA to help remove invasive fountain grass and replace it with native desert milkweed at our upcoming volunteer days at the Franciscan Renewal Center on March 13th and/or March 15th.

Botanic Briefing

The Hassica An Garden: an ethnobotanical and research site in the Comcaac Land of Sonora, Mexico

Mar 17, 2026

The Botanic Briefings is a seminar series covering the research or conservation efforts going on at the Desert Botanical Garden (DBG), or outside groups / agencies / organizations working with someone in the Research, Conservation, and Collections department of DBG. This presentation will be given by Raul Puente from DBG.

Botanic Briefing