Welcome to the Colorado Native Plant Society!
Become a Member
Discover the benefits of membership in the Colorado Native Plant Society.
Join a Local Chapter
Connect with fellow nature lovers in your immediate area, and find out how you can help preserve our native plants.
CONPS Chapters for Local Connection
Find an Event
See our Calendar of Events to find a gathering or field trip near you!
Events Per Year
Learn About our Plants & Habitats
Find out more about the diversity of our plant life zones and the native (and non-native) plants that thrive in each one.
Colorado Native Species to Discover
Aquilegia – The CONPS Magazine
CoNPS’ Aquilegia Magazine was first published in January 1977 after the first CoNPS board meeting. The magazine has been published quarterly from that date to the present.
In 2013 the magazine’s editor Jan Turner moved from the previous printed black and white format to a full-color on-line edition through our CoNPS website. Limited copies were still printed with a color cover only for members who preferred a printed copy.
Members have FREE access to digital subscriptions after logging in.
Print copies are available to everyone for $20.
CONPS Blog
2026 Myrna Steinkamp and Sue Martin Grant Recipients
Clark Hollenberg, student at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, "Unraveling a species complex: Evidence-based delimitation of Erigeron wilkenii and allied lineages" - $2,500Kelby Anderson, student at Northwestern University, "Elucidating the mating system...
2025 Alice Eastwood Scholarship Awarded
2025 Alice Eastwood Scholarship Recipient: Kat Barr (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder). $950. Kat is an aspiring restoration and plant ecologist pursuing a second undergraduate degree at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research...
2023 Alice Eastwood Scholarship Awarded
2023 Alice Eastwood Scholarship Recipient: Aubanie Dubacher (Biology, Fort Lewis College). $950. Aubanie is training as a botanist, whose research has addressed the genetics and conservation of Colorado endemic milkvetches and photosynthetic processes in native fern...