2023 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

JANUARY 2023

5  Thursday
CNPS OC -  Board of Directors Meeting
5  Thursday

NEWS - Conservation: CNPS OC provides written comment for Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) meeting in general support of the Regional Advance Mitigation Program including the GreenPrint.

21 Saturday

A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Home Grown Education Farm, 356 N. Lemon St, Orange. 10 AM - Noon. 96 plants.

28 Saturday

A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Concordia University Heritage Garden, 1530 Concordia, Irvine. At the gate say you are picking up a free white sage. 10 AM. 96 plants.

31 Tuesday

NEWS - Conservation: CNPS OC provides followup support letter for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Regional Advance Mitigation Program (RAMP).


FEBRUARY 2023

9 Thursday

NEWS - Conservation: CNPS OC sends a comment letter to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board. The letter outlines document discrepencies and nature disruptions (including habitat of FESA listed birds) for the proposed Reclamation Inert Waste Disposal Operation near a section of Santiago Creek. We recommend a full Environmantal Impact Report before the project proceeds.

9 Thursday

CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting

11 Saturday

A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Environmental Nature Center, 1601 E 16th St., Newport Beach. 10 AM. 120 plants.

11 Saturday

A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Home Grown Farmers Market. 9 AM. 48 plants.

11 Saturday
18 Saturday

A Sage In Every Garden giveaway returns to the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center, 10AM, 96 plants. Sponsored by the City of Dana Point!

19 Sunday

A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 2845 Mesa Verde Dr. E., Costa Mesa. 10 AM. 50 plants.

25 Saturday

A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Shipley Nature Center, 17851 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. 10 AM. 80 plants. Rescheduled to March 4 due to rain.

MARCH 2023

2 Thursday

CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting

3 Fri - 4 Sat

CNPS Board of Director Meeting and Chapter Council Meeting in Orange County

4 Saturday

A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Shipley Nature Center, 17851 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. 10 AM. 80 plants.

4 Saturday

Chapter Public Meeting @ the Murray Center, Mission Viejo: Habitats and Habitat Gardening with Bob Allen 

20 Monday

FYI: March-Spring-Vernal Equinox

APRIL 2023
6 Thursday

CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting

20 Thu - 23 Sun 
MAY 2023
TBD

Field Trip: Arroyo Trabuco 

4 Thursday 
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting  
14 Sunday
FYI: Mother's Day  
29 Monday
FYI: Memorial Day   
JUNE 2023
1 Thursday
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting   
9 Fri - 10 Sat
CNPS Quarterly Board of Directors and Chapter Council Meeting    
18 Sunday
FYI: Father's Day  
21 Wednesday

FYI: Summer Solstice

21Wednesday
JULY 2023
4 Tuesday
FYI: Independence Day   
6 Thursday
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting    
AUGUST 2023
3 Thursday
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting    
SEPTEMBER 2023
4 Thursday
FYI: Labor Day    
7 Thursday
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting    
8 Fri, 9 Sat
CNPS Quarterly Board of Directors and Chapter Council Meetings @ TBD
21 Thursday

Chapter Public Meeting @ the Tustin Clifton Community Center. Moths with Chris Cosma.

23 Saturday

FYI: September-Autumn Equinox

OCTOBER 2023
5 Thursday
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting    
9 Monday

FYI: Indigenous Peoples' Day

19 Thursday

Chapter Public Meeting via Zoom. Naomi Fraga and the recent Super Bloom.

21 Saturday
NOVEMBER 2023
2 Thursday
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting    
11 Saturday

Field Trip: Tentative, joint CNPS OC plant and Sea and Sage Audubon bird walk.    

15 Wednesday

Chapter Public Meeting @ the Murray Center. School Night.

19 Sunday

Field Trip: Falls Canyon

23 Thursday

FYI: Thanksgiving    

DECEMBER 2023
7 Thursday
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting    
21  Thursday
FYI: December-Winter Solstice     
21  Thursday

Chapter Public Meeting via Zoom. O'Neill Research Grant recipients from spring 2023.