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
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...
From “Weed” to Wildflower: Pueblo Protects Cultivated Native Landscapes
For years, a native sunflower standing over 10 inches tall could land a property owner a code violation in Pueblo. Thanks in large part to the efforts of Di Graski, Pueblo has newly updated language in their local weed ordinance. "Intentional native plant...
Five Decades of Colorado Botany—Now at Your Fingertips!
Exploring Five Decades of AquilegiaFifty years ago, William Weber wrote the first issue of Aquilegia. He couldn't have known then that a simple black-and-white newsletter would evolve into the full-color, resource-rich magazine we enjoy today. Until recently,...