DonateCharlotte Grenier
Charlotte’s passion for native plant conservation and visual art began as a child, motivating her to earn her bachelor’s degrees in environmental studies and fine art from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She developed her inner moral compass from working at the UCSC Arboretum, cultivating community, equity, and sustainability. After graduating, she spent six months creating natural history-based artwork and completed a one-year service term with the California Conservation Corps Watershed Stewards Program in Humboldt.
Research interests: CA natural history, land stewardship, environmental justice, place-based artwork, traditional ecological knowledge, ethnobotany, permaculture, outdoor education, watershed science, printmaking
Insights
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A Week in the Field as a Rare Plant Botanist
While our 2025 field season got off to a slow start, by mid-July, most of the Rare Plant Team was heading out every week to sites across California for field work. On this particular week, Chloe Tilton, Rare Plant Technician,…
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Collecting Seeds, Saving Ecosystems: Partnerships for California’s Native Plant Restoration
It was mid-April when the first heat wave hit southern California, and the Central Valley looked mighty crispy. With the heat, we sensed that some…
