Welcome to the Education and Outreach web page. It is our mission to disseminate information about Colorado native plants and natural landscapes both to Colorado Native Plant Society members and to the people of Colorado. We work with businesses, institutions, agencies, and other societies. In so doing, the Education and Outreach Committee publicizes the objectives, functions, and activities of the Colorado Native Plant Society through brochures, a speaker’s bureau, and various other media.
The Colorado Native Plant Society’s Education and Outreach Committee specializes in staffing educational outreach booths, presenting a variety of slide programs, and leading interpretive hikes that focus on plant identification and general ecology. Please email Committee Chair Megan Bowes (or call her at 303-561-4883) if you would like the Education and Outreach Committee to speak to your group or otherwise support your event.
We hope you will join us for our
Education and Outreach activities.
The Committee is currently looking for CoNPS members to help staff our outreach booth at several upcoming horticultural events. This is a great opportunity to share information about native plants and what our Society has to offer! Please email Megan Bowes if you would like to volunteer at any of the events below or for further information about how you can assist the Education and Outreach Committee.
ProGreen EXPO
January 23-25, 2008
CoNPS will once again take part in the ProGreen EXPO held annually at Denver’s Colorado Convention Center. This year, ProGreen’s exhibit trade show takes place Wednesday, January 23rd through Friday, January 25th. We’ll need help staffing the booth between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday. Join us in talking to 6500 patrons and members of the green industry about the wonders of Colorado’s native plants! You’ll also have the opportunity to attend your choice of the more than 85 seminars designed to provide “essential training for the diverse segments of the green industry”. Click for more information about the ProGreen EXPO.
Echter’s Spring Gardening Echxpo
March 7-9, 2008
Echter’s Garden Center and the Education and Outreach Committee invite members to attend Echter’s 12th Annual Spring Gardening Echxpo on March 7th, 8th, and 9th. Echter’s Echxpo, the largest gardening event of its kind in Colorado, is designed to educate and entertain the entire family! Seminars and demonstrations provide a wealth of gardening know-how, information, and inspiration from experts in all areas of gardening. More information will be available on the Echter web site in January, 2008: Click for Echter's and March Echxpo.
Celebrating Wildflowers!
The third week of May is National Wildflower Awareness Week. In Colorado, the Colorado Native Plant Society partners with the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Denver Botanic Gardens, and City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks for more than a week of wildflower hikes, garden tours, and educational activities to celebrate this annual event. Click for more information about the annual coloring contest, events at the Denver Botanic Gardens, and wildflower hikes at both Green Mountain in Lakewood and the South Mesa Trail in Boulder.