California Native Plant Society
San Gabriel Mountains Chapter
To increase understanding of California's native flora
and to preserve this rich resource for future generations
The Chapter serves members with a variety of interests in California's native flora —
- Central to the chapter are the monthly meetings with speakers on topics of interest.
- Outdoor activities include instructive local plant walks and field trips.
- Our annual plant sale offers a selection of over 100 plant species.
- Members share information and experiences in native plant gardening.
- We take an interest in environmental issues in the immediate and neighboring area.
- We publish an informative newsletter four times each year.
- California-wide activities are run from the CNPS state office in Sacramento.
We are just one of the 32 local chapters of CNPS spread throughout California. Find out more about the CNPS on the page called Our Chapter.
To find out about other native plant organizations through the world, see the Links page.
If you are interested in becoming a member of CNPS, click here.
At the top of this page and other pages of this web site is our chapter logo, the Mt. Gleason Paintbrush. This species is found only within the San Gabriel Mountains.
