2026 California Botanical Society Annual Banquet and Mixer

Saturday, April 25, 2026

UC, Merced

Please join us to celebrate California botany. This is open to the public; all are encouraged to attend.

Online Registration Only

Annual Mixer and Banquet,
Saturday April 25, 2025,
5pm mixer & posters, 6pm dinner

The Annual Society Banquet will be held at UC Merced. The banquet speaker will be Dr Dena Grossenbacher, a professor of Botany at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, presenting on “California’s high mountain species: persistence in the face of change.”

Featuring a Student Research Poster session!

Sign up using this form by April 15 to reserve a spot in the poster session. All students working in Western American botany are encouraged to present.

Field Trips and Tours

Saturday, April 25, 2026, 10-12pm: UC Merced Vernal Pools and Grassland Reserve with Lynn Breithaupt & Reserve Director Joy Baccei SOLD OUT

Saturday afternoon, April 25, 2026, 3:30-4:30pm: Campus tour through eyes of a botanist with Peter Nguyen

Sunday, April 26, 2026, 9-11:30am: Foothill wildflowers with Jason Sexton

Ticket prices (includes late fee)

Nearby accommodations

El Capitan Hotel downtown (recommended!), Best Western, Hampton Inn, and many other nearby options.

Local campground information (external site).

Sponsors

Dena Grossenbacher
Kathleen Kay
Lawrence Janeway
Susan Fawcett
Bruce Baldwin
Alison Colwell
Bruce Ponman
Kunyu Zhang
Brenda Grewell
Scott Hodges
Claudia Tyler

Have Questions?

Dr. Dena Grossenbacher

“California’s high mountain species: persistence in the face of change”

Photos by Andy Cabrera

Photos by Kathleen Kay

Photos by Lynn Breithaupt