Tahoe Wildflower Big Year Celebration Planned

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The Tahoe Institute of Natural Sciences (TINS) is hosting the 2025 Tahoe Wildflower Big Year Celebration, an evening event to bring together the community of plant enthusiasts who documented local wildflowers over the past year. The celebration will feature light refreshments, participant storytelling, a photo slideshow, and an update on the Tahoe Plant Book.

Why it matters

The Tahoe Wildflower Big Year is a community science initiative that encourages residents and visitors to explore and document the diverse wildflowers found in the Lake Tahoe region. This annual celebration helps foster a sense of community around the shared love of the area's natural flora and the citizen science efforts to better understand and protect it.

The details

The 2025 Tahoe Wildflower Big Year Celebration will take place on April 2, 2026 from 5-7 PM at the Spurlock/Evers Environment & Education Center in South Lake Tahoe. The event will feature light appetizers and beverages, opportunities for casual mingling, a update on the Tahoe Plant Book, and storytelling from participants who documented wildflowers during the past year.

• The 2025 Tahoe Wildflower Big Year ran from January 1 to December 31, 2025.
• The celebration event will take place on April 2, 2026 from 5-7 PM.

What’s next

Registration for the 2026 Tahoe Wildflower Big Year will open in early 2026, encouraging more community members to participate in documenting the region's diverse flora.