Serving the greater Bozeman area, including Gallatin, Park & Sweet Grass counties, and Yellowstone National Park
For more information, contact Gretchen Rupp (406) 586-8363 beesgrmt@gmail.com & get added to our “Friends” email list. Or visit our Facebook Page.
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2025 Winter events
(For indoor events, folks are encouraged to bring treats to share.)
- Tuesday, January 13 – Plant Trivia night from 6 pm to 8 pm
This should be a fun, with trivia questions ranging from highly-technical to pop-cultural – friendly to all levels of know-how! The game will take place at MAP Brewing; folks can order drinks and appetizers downstairs before heading upstairs to match wits with question-masters/Valley of Flowers members Bryce Pease and Jared Trilling. Naturally, prizes will be awarded. - Tuesday, February 10 – How Do those Quillworts Get Around? at 7 pm (MSU, Bozeman)
Come meet new MSU plant scientist (and Herbarium Curator, and Valley of Flowers Chapter member) Sylvia Kinosian, and hear about her work puzzling out the relationships and ecology of the ancient aquatic plants known as quillworts (Isoetes sp.), as they occur on the granite outcrops of the Texas Llano Uplift. Her unexpected findings yield insights into possible conservation methods for small plants growing in isolated habitats. Room 108 of the Plant Bioscience Building on the west side of 11th Avenue on the MSU campus – parking could not be more convenient - Planning for the Annual “rendezvous”
Our chapter is hosting the statewide Annual Meeting on June 26-28, 2026, at Homestake Lodge near Butte. If you can help, contact Beth Madden (406) 224-1012.
Projects
The Valley Flowers Chapter maintains a native-plant garden in central Bozeman to demonstrate the principles of gardening to benefit pollinators.
Here’s a fact sheet about the garden.