Connecting people and native plants
for a healthy planet
Wild Ones promotes native landscapes through education, advocacy, and collaborative action.
Wild Ones Presents
Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology
Joey Santore, creator of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, examines how inherited design norms like straight lines, uniform spacing, tidy edges, and color-grouped plantings shape expectations for native landscapes.
Native Plant News
February Native News
This month’s Native Plant News highlights threats to the Boundary Waters, efforts to save Michigan’s last lakeplain prairie, Illinois’ new rewilding law, invasive species action in Virginia, rare plant protections in Nevada, new genetic research, and seed banking to preserve endangered Garry oak ecosystems.
Meet our Chapters
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How You Can Help
A healthy planet starts with native plants
Dwindling biodiversity is a threat to the foundation of life on Earth. In the last century alone, we’ve lost millions of acres of diverse ecosystems to urbanization.
Native plants help protect and restore biodiversity, improve air and water quality and provide wildlife with quality food and shelter. Our vision is native plants and natural landscapes in every community.
Local Chapters
Supporting the efforts of over 100+ local chapters across the US
Resources
Providing free, educational resources like a sample native plant ordinance and learning opportunities
Garden Designs
We want to help you create striking home landscapes that benefit wildlife and you.
Check out the Reading List
This list has been Wild Ones staff and volunteers to feature a wide variety of great titles.
Certify your Habitat
When you certify your habitat you are contributing to the larger vision of 5,000 gardens for the wild.
Become a Volunteer
Whether it is with your chapter, or through one of our national opportunities, Wild Ones relies on the hard work of volunteers to carry out our mission.
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Check Out the Wild Ones Store
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View the Latest Wild Ones Award-Winning Journal
The Wild Ones Journal is published digitally on a quarterly basis in March, June, September and December for members.
Collaboration
Partners in environmental progress
Since 1977, we’ve discovered we can do more for our environment together than alone. Wild Ones® partners with industry organizations and businesses to offer mutual advocacy and mission support, locally and nationally. By sharing knowledge, goods and services, we can all create a healthier planet.
