2025 Annual Meeting Schedule
Updated 6/13/2025
Friday (June 13, 2025)
1:00 pm – On-your-own visit to Native Root, LLC native plant nursery, 2475 E 3600 N, Twin Falls
3:00 pm – On-your-own visit to the Orton Botanical Garden, 867 Filer Ave West, Twin Falls
3:00 pm – Board Meeting (Orton Botanical Garden)
5:00 pm – Registration begins (Burley Inn & Convention Center, 800 N Overland Ave, Burley)
6:00 pm – Welcome reception (Burley Inn & Convention Center)
7:00 pm – Dinner followed by a presentation on the big blue penstemon complex of southern Idaho by Robert Johnson, Collection Manager, BYU Herbarium, and Mikel Stevens, BYU Professor Emeritus.
Saturday (June 14, 2025)
The departure point for field trips is the northwest corner of the large parking lot to the rear of the Burley Inn and Budget Motel.
8:00 am – Departure - South Hills/Goose Creek/Penstemon idahoensis site
8:15 am – Departure - Independence Pass/City of Rocks/Lynn Valley, Utah
8:30 am – Departure - Sublett Mountains/Massacre Rocks State Park/Register Rock Historical Site
6:00 pm – Reception (Burley Inn & Convention Center).
7:00 pm – Banquet and annual business meeting follwoed by a keynote speech by Sophia Bates (Burley Inn & Convention Center).
Sunday (June 15, 2025)
The departure point for field trips is the northwest corner of the large parking lot to the rear of the Burley Inn and Budget Motel.
8:00 am – Departure - South Hills/Goose Creek/Penstemon idahoensis site
8:15 am – Departure - Independence Pass/City of Rocks/Lynn Valley, Utah
8:30 am – Departure - Sublett Mountains/Massacre Rocks State Park/Register Rock Historical Site
Monday (June 16, 2025)
The departure point for field trips is the northwest corner of the large parking lot to the rear of the Burley Inn and Budget Motel.
8:00 am – Departure for the Aberdeen Research and Extension Center.
Participants may terminate the Monday field trip at their own convenience