Plants & Animals

Baja California: Botany in our Backyard

01/07/2012 - 7:30pm
01/07/2012 - 9:00pm

Join Jon Rebman, Ph.D., Curator of Botany at San Diego Natural History Museum, for a talk on what makes Baja California and it’s plants so unique.

Location: 
Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center

Lecturer: Jon Rebman, Ph.D, Curator of Botany, San Die

Show Me the Wildflowers!

03/11/2010 - 9:00am
03/11/2010 - 11:30am

Let a member of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Botany Society lead you to some of the best spots to see the desert in bloom.

Location: 
Meet at State Park Store (between Calico's and Coldwell Banker)

Several members of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Botany Society have teamed up to offer guided tours to areas with particularly spectacular blooms.  The location of the b

Show Me the Wildflowers!

03/09/2010 - 9:00am
03/09/2010 - 11:30am

Let a member of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Botany Society lead you to some of the best spots to see the desert in bloom.

Location: 
Meet at State Park Store (between Calico's and Coldwell Banker)

Several members of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Botany Society have teamed up to offer guided tours to areas with particularly spectacular blooms.  The location of the b

"Wild & On the Edge" Photo Exhibit

02/12/2010 - 10:00am
02/25/2010 - 4:00pm

Visit “Wild & On the Edge,” a photography exhibit featuring bighorn sheep by Jeff Young. Young’s photographs will be on display in ABF's State Park Store in Borrego Springs from February 12 – 25, 2010.

Location: 
ABF's State Park Store, Borrego Springs

“Wild & On the Edge” is a photography exhibit f

Hike of the Month: Mountain Palm Springs

01/17/2010 - 8:00am
01/17/2010 - 2:00pm

Ranger Steve Bier will lead this hike among the fan palms in Mountain Palm Springs.

Location: 
Mountain Palm Springs Primitive Camp

Instructor: Steve Bier
Fee: $10

Saharan Mustard Talk & Training

01/16/2010 - 9:00am
01/16/2010 - 11:00am

If you are interested in helping control non-native Saharan Mustard in the Park, join us for this informational training session.

Location: 
Borrego Palm Canyon Trailhead

Senior Park Aide Larry Hendrickson will lead f

Mountain Palm Springs Hike

12/13/2009 - 8:00am
12/13/2009 - 2:00pm

Join Ranger Steve Bier as we visit several palm groves on our second Hike of the Month.

Location: 
Meet at Mountain Palm Springs primitive campground

Instructor: Ranger Steve Bier
Fee: $10 (ABF members and non-members)

Plant Communities of Anza-Borrego

01/16/2010 - 9:00am
01/16/2010 - 4:00pm

A program to provide an overview of the major plant communities in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Location: 
Meet at ABDSP Visitor Center

Instructor: Michael Wangler, Professor of Geography, Cuyamaca College
Fee: $45, or $35 for ABF members

Fall Botany Festival

11/28/2009 - 9:00am
11/28/2009 - 5:00pm

Join desert gardening guru Maureen Gilmer at the first annual Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Botany Society’s Fall Botany Festival!

Location: 
ABDSP Visitor Center

The Fall Botany Festival will teach participants about the amazing native plants of the Anza-Borrego desert and their role in the ecology of the desert.

Early Naturalists in Anza-Borrego

11/21/2009 - 7:30pm
11/21/2009 - 9:00pm

Discover how early explorers and scientists documented the desert's unique natural history.

Location: 
Borrego Springs Performing Arts Center

From early drawings to exquisite glass replicas, discover how early explorers and scientists documented t