Welcome to Our Chapter
Welcome to the Pahove Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society. We are located in Boise and support the citizens of the Treasure Valley and southwestern Idaho. Anyone interested in botany, nature, wildlife, landscaping, gardening, hiking, photography and/or being outdoors are very welcome to join.
2021/2022 Presentations
!Mark Your Calendars!
UPCOMING TALKS
Dec 14-Barbara Ertter-New Discoveries and What’s Cool in the Boise Front
Jan 11-Pat Fields-Regional Miocene fossil floras, their biogeographic significance, and relevance to climate change studies
Feb 8-Peggy Owell-BLM National Plant Conservation Program
Mar 8-Lynn Kinter-Idaho’s Wicked Plants: Painful, Poisonous, & Pernicious Species
April 12-Israel Borokini-TBD
2020/2021 Presentations (past season available below)
INPS PAHOVE CHAPTER
View previous years’ sales lists.
Board Position Openings
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- supports native plant demonstration gardens at schools, local businesses, in our city, and other surrounding areas across the Treasure Valley
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- supports native plant restoration projects, such as the Yankee Fork project, the Birds of Prey Center project, and the Boise River project
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- funds native plant related publications, such as the Native Plant Coloring Book, Native Plants fandex, and Mirabilis brochure
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- funds teaching materials, such as field guides
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- sponsors plant workshops, such as the Astragalus, Brassicaceae, and Aquatics workshops
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- sponsors and staffs the Idaho Rare Plant Conference
- contributes articles to our Sage Notes newsletter
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- hosts an annual Native Plant Sale
- donates to our state’s herbaria
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- donates to the MK Nature Center
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- donates to the Idaho Botanical Garden and its Idaho Native Plant Garden
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- donates to the ERIG (Education, Research, and Inventory Grant)
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- awards Education and Enrichment for members
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- offers monthly presentations (Oct.-April) on botany, nature, and other scientific topics
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- offers field tours/field trips to members
- offers comaraderie
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- stays informed about conservation issues and shares information with our chapter members
- stays connected with our community
- and much more…
Wildflowers of Southern Idaho Coloring Book
Take this coloring book along with you when you are hiking, photographing, or simply enjoying the outdoors. Published by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Pahove Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society, this coloring book may be reproduced but not sold. Share it with every child you know!
In the Boise area (wildflower walks and trails)
In the Boise area (plant suppliers)
- Buffalo-Berry Farm buffaloberryfarm@frontiernet.net. Jim Crawford, Margo Conits, (208) 634-3062, 51 E Lake Fork Rd, McCall ID 83638
- Draggin’ Wing High Desert Nursery waterthriftyplants.com dragginwing@gmail.com (plants, demo gardens and landscape design). Diane Jones, (208) 345-4199, 5300 Stinger St, Boise ID 83703
In the Boise area (landscapers)
- Flutterby Gardens Landscaping LLC flutterbygardensmelissa@.gmail.com. Elisa Clark (208) 571-2170, 3777 W. Chinden, Boise (affiliated with North End Organic Nursery NEON)
- Madeline George Garden Design Nursery info@madelinegeorge.com. Kecia Carlson (208) 941-1252, 10550 W Hill Rd Pkwy, Boise 83714
- Peggy Faith 850-9981, Xeric Gardening xericgardening@hotmail.com
Many other landscapers also may install buffalo grass and blue grama grass plugs.
Officers
- Karie Pappani, President – pahove.chapter.president [at] gmail.com
- Susan Ziebarth, Vice President, Plant Sale Manager
- Daniel Murphy, Secretary
- Caroline Morris, Chapter Treasurer, Conservation Committee
- Kirsten Severud, Chapter Membership
- Karen Getusky, State Treasurer
- Vicki Henderson, State Membership, Chapter IT Committee
- Ray Corbin, Member at Large
- Barbara Ertter, Member at Large
- Anna Lindquist, Education & Outreach Committee
Write to the Pahove chapter at pahove.chapter@gmail.com