Calendar

DBS Planning Calendar

DBS Planning Calendar  2025-2026

Board meetings - Six per year

  • August 20, 2025

  • October 23, 2025

  • January 22, 2025

  • March 19, 2025

  • April 16, 2025

  • June 18, 2025

Lasthenia Newsletter published twice year

  • Fall Issue

    • Last day to submit articles

    • Publication Date

    • Send to all members digitally

    • Mail paper copies to those requesting printed materials

    • Mail paper copies to aligned organizations

    • Upload Screen Reader copy to website

  • Spring Issue

    • Last day to submit articles

    • Publication Date

    • Send to all members digitally

    • Mail paper copies to those requesting printed materials

    • Mail paper copies to aligned organizations

    • Upload Screen Reader copy to website

Field Trips - Two per year - April & May

  • August - Solicit leaders, locations, dates

  • Gather information for Field Trip flyer and website event posting

  • Google Doc for sign ups to be included on meeting event posting on website

  • Verify that all signed up are members of DBS

  • Spring - Field trips take place

  • Submit after field trip report?

Election of Board

  • Nominations

  • Send slate to members

  • Vote at Annual Spring Meeting in May

Annual Spring Meeting - May

Blanchard Room, Mary L. Stephens - Davis Branch Library - 315 E. 14th Street, Davis, CA

  • Reserve Library exactly 3 months in advance, contact this person ___________________

  • Although reservation is confirmed, it does not show up on the Library calendar.

  • Voting for new board members

Membership Renewals

  • Prepare calendar, renewal, and Lasthenia to be printed and emailed to members

  • Printing of calendar, renewal, and Lasthenia for distribution.

  • Stuff envelopes and mail

  • Distribute to all members digitally

Plant Sales

  • Add to events on website

  • Prepare and distribute membership list 3 days before sale to Arboretum or Conservatory

Conservatory Lectures - Night at the Museum

  • One per Quarter

  • Add event to website 

  • Post flyers in building

Fall Student Seminars - November

  • Grant recipients present work and share pizza

Winter Open House at the Conservatory

Botanical Tea at the Herbarium - January

Identification Workshops

  • Ceanothus (See I Know This) Plant ID Workshops - Keying - March - October

    • Meetings held at Herbarium on Saturdays, verify dates

    • Mike Bower, CA Field Botanists Association

  • Lichen Identification - Keying

    • Brittany Long

  • Moss Identification - Keying

    • Meetings held at Herbarium and other locations

    • Jordan Collins, CNPS

Volunteer Sundays (First Sunday) 2:00 - 5:00 (Mike Bower?)

  • November

  • December

  • February

  • March

UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day - February

  • biodiversitymuseumday.ucdavis.edu

  • Deadline to submit any other information?

  • No date yet for 2026

  • 10:00 - 2:00 shown for both Conservatory and Center for Plant Diversity 2025

  • Deadline to submit any other information?

  • Saturday, February 8, 2025, Saturday, February 10, 2024, Saturday, February 18, 2023, Sunday, March 6, 2022, via zoom 2021 the month of February, Saturday, February 15, 2020

UC Davis Picnic Day - April

Student Grants

  • Applications Due - March

  • Determine funds

  • Award Grants

  • Students present projects

Graduation Party - June

  • For interns and volunteers

  • Held outside at picnic tables at building entrance

  • Sweep and clean courtyard before setting up tables and chairs from Herbarium

  • Volunteers bring food

  • During finals, students come between classes