Membership
Become a member
Support the society and enjoy monthly meetings, the LAIFS Journal, member sales, private tours and more.
What members get
The LAIFS Journal
Published four times a year: growing ferns, book reviews, identification, fern habitat and ecology, collecting abroad, and where to buy ferns and spores.
Monthly meetings
Fascinating speakers, plant tables, member-grown ferns for sale, and access to our bookstore and lending library.
Annual show & sale
The event of the year for fern lovers. Display your own plants and find new or different ones, including rare and exotic plants.
Bookstore
Books and publications on ferns and their culture, plus fern lessons and Journal back issues, with member discounts.
Supply store
Sphagnum moss, wire baskets, hapu pots, terrariums and other useful items at very reasonable prices, at meetings and events.
The LAIFS Journal
Every member receives the LAIFS Journal four times a year: growing tips, fern identification, book reviews, habitat and ecology, collecting trips abroad, and where to find ferns and spores. Here are two issues from the archive.
Behind the scenes at the Huntington
Members get special access to places most visitors never see, like the Huntington’s research greenhouses, plus field trips to private collections and member gardens.
Membership levels
Membership is good for one year from the date your payment is received, and is added to any current membership.
Within the United States
$25
per year with the digital Journal
$45 with the printed Journal
Outside the United States
$25
per year with the digital Journal
$55 with the printed Journal
Students
$15
per year with the digital Journal
$25 with the printed Journal
Levels effective January 1, 2025. Replacement printed copies of the Journal are $5 each plus postage.
How to join
Questions? Email membership@laifs.org.
Step 2
Send your details
New members, or members with changes to their contact information, please email your details to membership@laifs.org.
Step 3
Come say hello
Join us on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm at the LA County Arboretum, or online.
Moving? Please let the Membership Secretary know about any change of address before you move.