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.
The Colorado Environmental Film Festival
October 2-5, 2008
The Colorado Native Plant Society will be on hand to talk with folks at this year’s Colorado Environmental Film Festival, an exciting, inspiring, and energizing event that includes world-class environmental films, an engaging exhibition hall with representatives from local and national organizations and companies, topical forums and discussions, and a children's environmental film program.
True to the spirit of Colorado, this event is supported and attended by people who value the natural world and share a passion for the power and beauty of film. This year’s Festival is hosted by the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education and will be held October 2-5 at the American Mountaineering Center in Golden, Colorado.
For more information, visit http://www.ceff.net/.
Contact Megan if you’d like to volunteer to staff the booth.
ProGreen EXPO
January 14-16, 2009
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 14th through Friday, January 16th. 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.
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.
Check back later 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.