THE SOUTHWEST Native Plant Primer
Fri, Aug 01
|Whiskey Creek Zocalo
Book Release 235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
Time & Location
Aug 01, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Whiskey Creek Zocalo, 11786 US-180 East, Arenas Valley, NM 88022, USA
About the event
THE SOUTHWEST Native Plant Primer
235 Plants for an Earth-Friendly Garden
in the Lodge
2:00pm
Join us for Book Release by horticulturalist and writer, Jack Dash.
There is increasing interest in the American southwest about using native plants in home and commercial gardens to knit together landscapes impacted by habitat fragmentation and climate change. The Southwest Native Plant Primer is a new book that introduces important concepts for arid-land gardeners, while highlighting 235 wildflowers, grasses, vines, cacti, and trees. This book is recommended for gardeners of any skill level interested in choosing native plants for a garden that makes a positive environmental impact. It covers a broad area including New Mexico, Arizona, and the southern portions of Utah and Colorado. Though there are vast differences between locations within this region there are also surprising commonalities that this book will highlight. As the Southwest grows in population, but water becomes increasingly…