SEASONAL STUDY CAMPING TRIP ꩜DESERT PLANTS꩜ 4.3-4.6 2025
a long weekend at whitewater preserve near palm springs - email to register!
A total of 7 spots are available in this desert plant study camping trip! Additional details available at plantfriends.org/seasonalstudydesert
Camping Location: The Wildlands Conservancy Whitewater Preserve (about 25 minutes from Palm Springs) will be our home base for the study. We will spend time in the preserve and also make field trips to nearby desert locations.
A beautiful stream flows through this desert canyon in Whitewater, CA, creating a biodiverse area featuring many different plant communities.. Come get to know the unique plant communities of desert Southern California.
Facilitators: Rose Fairley, UC-ANR California Certified Naturalist, Native Landscape Designer & Svetlana Iachkova (Field botanist with the Mojave Desert Land Trust, UC-ANR California Certified Naturalist, Horticulturalist & Designer)
Email rose.plantfriends@gmail.com with questions and to register <3
a long weekend at whitewater preserve near palm springs - email to register!
A total of 7 spots are available in this desert plant study camping trip! Additional details available at plantfriends.org/seasonalstudydesert
Camping Location: The Wildlands Conservancy Whitewater Preserve (about 25 minutes from Palm Springs) will be our home base for the study. We will spend time in the preserve and also make field trips to nearby desert locations.
A beautiful stream flows through this desert canyon in Whitewater, CA, creating a biodiverse area featuring many different plant communities.. Come get to know the unique plant communities of desert Southern California.
Facilitators: Rose Fairley, UC-ANR California Certified Naturalist, Native Landscape Designer & Svetlana Iachkova (Field botanist with the Mojave Desert Land Trust, UC-ANR California Certified Naturalist, Horticulturalist & Designer)
Email rose.plantfriends@gmail.com with questions and to register <3
a long weekend at whitewater preserve near palm springs - email to register!
A total of 7 spots are available in this desert plant study camping trip! Additional details available at plantfriends.org/seasonalstudydesert
Camping Location: The Wildlands Conservancy Whitewater Preserve (about 25 minutes from Palm Springs) will be our home base for the study. We will spend time in the preserve and also make field trips to nearby desert locations.
A beautiful stream flows through this desert canyon in Whitewater, CA, creating a biodiverse area featuring many different plant communities.. Come get to know the unique plant communities of desert Southern California.
Facilitators: Rose Fairley, UC-ANR California Certified Naturalist, Native Landscape Designer & Svetlana Iachkova (Field botanist with the Mojave Desert Land Trust, UC-ANR California Certified Naturalist, Horticulturalist & Designer)
Email rose.plantfriends@gmail.com with questions and to register <3
Sample Schedulea
Thursday: Check-in between 3pm and 4pm; setup camp; explore
Friday AM: Moonrise walk in the wash; leisurely breakfast & visit to the Malki Museum
Friday PM: Lunch, hike in the preserve; 5pm depart for date farm hot springs, Dinner
Saturday: Breakfast, packed lunch day trip to a location chosen by our guest facilitator Svetlana Iachkova; Dinner
Sunday: Breakfast, pack up & depart
Food: I’ll have two propane burners available for use. We’re still finalizing plans for food. Some meals will be provided and others will be up to participants.
Tuition: Sliding scale $160-$480
* Camping is by donation at the preserve. Plant Friends will contribute to the preserve for camping and to the Malki Museum. If you don't have camping gear or experience, this is a great beginner opportunity and we will help facilitate gear loans and support <3
SLIDING SCALE RECOMMENDATIONS - this is a guide only as income not take into account many other circumstances in addition to income so adapt as needed
$480 or more- Income greater than $300,000 per year OR recipient of substantial familial/generational wealth
$400 - Income greater than $220,00 per year and less than $300,000 per year
$320 - Income greater than $80,000 per year and less than $220,00 per year or recipient of substantial familial/generational wealth
$240- Income greater than $60,000 per year or benefit from intergenerational wealth
$160 - Income less than $60,000 per year