The Southwest Native Plant Primer

About the Author

Jack Dash is a naturalist and writer based in Tucson, Arizona. A graduate of Prescott College, Jack is a board member of The Arizona Native Plant Society and coeditor of Plant Press Arizona. He is the Gardens Manager at Tohono Chul botanical gardens and regularly speaks on, writes about, and guides trips related to botany, horticulture, and natural history in the Southwest.

Luke Takata is a photographer and storyteller based in Tucson, Arizona. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute’s BFA Photography program and the International Center of Photography’s Documentary Practice and Visual Storytelling program, where he was a Director’s Fellow. Takata has been recognized as an Award of Excellence winner by the Newhouse School at Syracuse University’s Alexia Foundation grant, and his photographs are a part of the permanent collection at The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University in San Marcos.

The mission of the Arizona Native Plant Society is to promote knowledge, appreciation, conservation, and restoration of Arizona native plants and their habitats. Currently, the Society has eleven chapters, based in Cochise County, Peach Springs, Flagstaff, Phoenix, Prescott, Santa Cruz County, Tucson, Upper Gila, White Mountains, Upper Gila and Yuma. Happenings, a newsletter about chapter activities, comes out quarterly.