“Michigan lily (Lilium michiganense )” by Gerhard Stegemann

Plant(s): Lilium michiganense
Photo Story: grown from seeds
Equipment: cell phone camera
Photo ID: 32507

“Aptgardens” by John Magee

Plant(s): There are probably too many species in the picture to name accurately, but some highlights would be Wild Quinine (Parthenum integrifolium), Culver’s Root (Veronicastrum virginicum), Wild Senna (Senna hebecarpa), Green Headed Coneflower (Rudbekia laciniata), Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium)
Photo Story: This is a pollinator garden created on some HOA common grounds in the Village of Ashburn Village in Northern Virginia. It was the first of it’s kind in the county and is home to many pollinators as they pass through the area.
Equipment: Sony DSC-RX10M3
Photo ID: 32544

“Whitmire Wildflower Garden” by Renee Benage

Plant(s): Indian pink, purple coneflower, many others
Photo Story: Taken at Shaw Nature Reserve in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden – part of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
Equipment: Canon Power Shot SX70 HS
Photo ID: 32551

“Shaw Nature Reserve” by Renee Benage

Plant(s): Liatris, mountain mint, purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea)
Photo Story: Visitor center at Shaw Nature Reserve – part of the Missouri Botanical Garden
Equipment: Canon Power Shot SX70 HS
Photo ID: 32552

“Made in the Shade” by Elizabeth Struckhoff

Plant(s): Palm Sedge, Ohio Horse Mint, River Oats, Golden Alexander.
Photo Story: A lovely shade combo in a bed sponsored by the St. Louis Wild Ones chapter at the National Museum of Transportation.
Equipment: Canon Point and shoot.
Photo ID: 32603

“TeePee” by Besa Schweitzer

Plant(s): Mist flower and palm sedge
Photo Story: A prairie restoration surrounds a teepee
Equipment: phone camera
Photo ID: 32632

“Sunny solar” by Besa Schweitzer

Plant(s): lanceleaf coreopsis
Photo Story: Coreopsis track the sun in front of a solar panel covered school.
Equipment: phone camera
Photo ID: 32637

“Indian Creek” by Christel Maass

Plant(s): Cup plant glows in the distance. Other natives include goldenrods, coneflowers, swamp milkweed, Joe-Pye weed, ironweed, vervain, wild bergamot, boneset, mountain mint, and obedient plant.
Photo Story: Evening light glows across the restored wet meadow toward a footbridge crossing Indian Creek in Fox Point, Wisconsin.
Equipment: iPhone SE (2nd generation)
Photo ID: 32729

“Cup Plants against the Indian Creek Footbridge” by Christel Maass

Plant(s): Cup plants
Photo Story: Cup plants, a magnet for wildlife, greet those crossing the Indian Creek footbridge in Fox Point, Wisconsin.
Equipment: iPhone SE (2nd generation)
Photo ID: 32730

“Clouds over the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center” by Christel Maass

Plant(s): Goldenrods are seen going to seed near a pond at the nature center.
Photo Story: The clouds parted briefly for a wonderful display of light over one of the ponds and the main building at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center, where the Milwaukee-North Chapter of Wild Ones meets.
Equipment: iPhone SE (2nd generation)
Photo ID: 32731

“Red Buckeye” by Diana Linsley

Plant(s): Red Buckeye tree
Photo Story: taken during an early sprint hike at Shaw Nature Reserve
Equipment: Canon R5 24 to 240 zoom
Photo ID: 32742

“Public Library Native Species Planters” by Heather Brunelle

Plant(s): Monarch (Danaus plexippus) and Aromatic aster (Symphyotrichum oblongifolium).
Photo Story: The photo was taken at the Jonathan Trumbull Library in Lebanon, Connecticut. To provide visual cover of exterior utilities, trough planters were installed and planted with native species plants. Approximately 50 children from a summer camp worked collaboratively to help construct the eight planters. Heather Brunelle, a Wild Ones member, volunteered to design, install, and maintain the native species planters. The planters are intended to be used for environmental education purposes at the town library.
Equipment: Samsung Galaxy S22 phone.
Photo ID: 32802

“Center of Cul-de-sac” by Richard Whitney

Plant(s): Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), Prairie Dropseed (Sporobolus heterolepis)
Photo Story: The plants are at the center of a cul-de-sac which has 4 homes. Each year, it looks a little different and this year the butterfly weed was spectacular.
Equipment: Cell phone.
Photo ID: 32830

“Prairie View School Native Garden1” by Dawn Marie Staccia

Plant(s): Lavender Hyssop, Butterfly Weed, Wild Bergamot, Yellow Coneflower, Stiff Goldenrod, Purple Coneflower, Golden Alexander, Whorled Milkweed to name a few.
Photo Story: Led by teacher Melissa Barton, a group of nine fourth graders at Prairie View Elementary School in North Prairie designed and planted a butterfly garden in June, 2022. This project was inspired by the garden planted at Prairie Village Park by the Friends of North Prairie Native Gardens. Fourth graders in the Advanced Learning Program, along with some adult volunteers, planted a butterfly garden at the school with plants purchased through the Kettle Moraine Wild Ones Chapter plant sale. All together they planted 192 plants – 16 different types of flowers and grasses. There are a total of 4 photos of the school’s garden.
Equipment: Apple iPhone 13
Photo ID: 32877

“Prairie View School Native Garden2” by Dawn Marie Staccia

Plant(s): Lavender Hyssop, butterfly weed, prairie blazing star, wild bergamot, yellow coneflower, brown-eyed susan, stiff goldenrod, purple coneflower, prairie dropseed, golden alexander, early sunflower, little bluestem, hoary vervain, whorled milkweed and many others.
Photo Story: The school students of Prairie View Elementary school researched the importance of how people can help butterflies thrive and about the Monarch butterfly, specifically. Most importantly, these students created presentations on these topics and shared their research with the Prairie View PTO and all of the students in grades 1-6. A naming and logo contest was held and the garden is now called “Prairie View’s Butterfly Wonderland.” They continue to provide further educational opportunities for the students and families at Prairie View on the importance of pollinators and how to create spaces for them to thrive. This is the second photo of the native garden out of 4 photos.
Equipment: Apple iPhone 13
Photo ID: 32920

“Prairie View School Native Garden Swallowtail and Honeybee” by Dawn Marie Staccia

Plant(s): Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly, Purple Coneflowers, Honey Bee
Photo Story: I took this photo with my telephoto lens at the Prairie View School Native Garden of a swallowtail butterfly and a honey bee. This is the third photo of four photos taken of the Prairie View School native garden. The swallowtail butterfly and the honey bee is on a purple coneflower.
Equipment: Canon EOS 80D Telephoto Lens 150-600 mm
Photo ID: 32921

“Prairie View School Native Garden Swallowtail Butterfly” by Dawn Marie Staccia

Plant(s): Purple Coneflower, Yellow Swallowtail Butterfly
Photo Story: This photo is a far shot taken with my telephoto lens of a yellow swallowtail butterfly resting among a group of purple coneflowers taken at the Prairie View School Native Garden. This is part 4 of the photos taken at the garden.
Equipment: Canon EOS 80D Telephoto lens 150-600 mm
Photo ID: 32922

“National Railroad Museum Native Garden” by Sue Barrie

Plant(s): Butterfly Weed, Bee Balm, Big Bluestem, Aster, Wild Petunia, Ox Eye Sunflower, Blue Vervain
Photo Story: Our Green Bay chapter of Wild Ones planted this native garden at the entrance to the National Railroad Museum in June of 2008. This photo is a portion of the garden. Thanks to numerous Wild Ones volunteers and support from Stone Silo Prairie Gardens, this garden continues to be maintained and is the longest community project for our chapter.
Equipment: Apple iPhone 13 mini.
Photo ID: 33033

“Summer Splendor” by Nathalie Shanstrom

Plant(s): Many native plants, including Indian Grass, Prairie Dock, White Wild Indigo, iwth Monarch Butterfly on a Blazing Star
Photo Story: Summer splendor at the University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Equipment: Samsung Galaxy 22
Photo ID: 33195

“Purple + Blue Parking” by Courtney Denning

Plant(s): Blue False Indigo (Baptisia australis) and Northern Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
Photo Story: Finding this dense planting of Blue False Indigo, Northern Blue Flag Iris, and other native species alongside a back parking lot was a delightful surprise. It’s a great example of often-overlooked space being used to create habitat. Instead of turf grass, mulch, or concrete, there is beauty for us, food, and shelter for wildlife.
Equipment: iPhone 13 Pro
Photo ID: 33261

“Saint Kateri Preserve at Calvary Cemetery” by Courtney Denning

Plant(s): Prairie planting (early in season), Northern Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa) off to the side
Photo Story: Saint Kateri Preserve is a lovely site for the living and the dead. It’s a natural burial site in Calvary Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. Prairie plants grow throughout, and burial plots are marked with large boulders engraved with a loved one’s name. I am interested in green burial for myself and found it soothing to visit and walk along the pathways in the preserve. Being part of this ecosystem after I’ve died is comforting to me. This small burial ground is full of life rather than a stark reminder of death.
Equipment: iPhone 13 Pro
Photo ID: 33265

“PDL Monarch Waystation” by Quyen Edwards

Plant(s): purple coneflower, false sunflower, joe pye weed, grey-headed coneflower, native grasses and sedges
Photo Story: This is the Monarch Waystation at the Portage District Library. We use it as an opportunity to teach the community about the importance of native plants.
Equipment: Google Pixel 6a
Photo ID: 33319

“Blue Wild Indigo at the PDL Monarch Waystation” by Quyen Edwards

Plant(s): Blue Wild Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Photo Story: This plant is one of the first to appear the the Portage District Library’s Monarch Waystation each spring. It looks so lovely with the the library’s unique architecture in the background.
Equipment: Nikon D3300
Photo ID: 33324

“Outstanding in the Field” by Louise DeCesare

Plant(s): Coneflower (Echineacea purpuria) amongst other native plants–in the foreground common milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), black-eyed susan (Rudbeckia hirta), switchgrass (Panicum virgatum).
Photo Story: Photographed at the Tackapausha Museum Native Demonstration Garden in Seaford, New York.
Equipment: iPhone 8 plus
Photo ID: 33410

“Come As You Are” by Laura Stellmacher

Plant(s): Virginia Creeper
Photo Story: Old water tower at Nashotah House Seminary
Equipment: Iphone
Photo ID: 33563

“Barn and Prairie” by Edward Beimborn

Plant(s): Stiff Goldenrod, Compass plant, Rosin weed, Canada Goldenrod, Indian Grass, Yellow coneflower.
Photo Story: Our native planing is in a field behind an old farmstead. The land was worked hard for many years in a rotation of corn and hay. The prairie planting is slowly restoring the soil and landscape. Here in early August the prairie is in full bloom with the barn and corn crib in the background.
Equipment: Cannon SX40
Photo ID: 33576

“Community Gardening at Fort Health Care” by Margaret Schroeder

Plant(s): Butterfly Weed, False Sunflower, Whirled Milkweed, Sneezeweed, Rough Blazing Star, Common Evening Primrose, Hairy Aster, Pinnate Prairie Coneflower, and Jerusalem Artichoke Sunflower.
Photo Story: Members of our local non-profit Heart of the City were approached by Fort Health Care (local hospital) about installation of two native plant gardens. A group of seven of us installed both gardens. Here is a picture of the smaller one at the base of the hospital’s flag pole.
Equipment: Digital handheld camera
Photo ID: 33595

“Birchwood Park fall” by Cathy Streett

Plant(s): Habitat gone to sleep last fall – includes grey headed coneflower, purple coneflower, aster, and many more.
Photo Story: Great re-do of shoreline at Birchwood Park – native habitat
Equipment: galaxy S22
Photo ID: 33621

“Big Red” by Patty Berry

Plant(s): Red buckeye/Aesculus pavia
Photo Story: It was late April and the Red buckeyes were in full bloom. I was looking for hummingbirds. While I did not see any on this trip, I still liked the shape and colors in this native garden at the Weldon Spring Interpretive Site.
Equipment: Apple IPhone 13Pro
Photo ID: 33769

“Hunter Gatherer” by Patty Berry

Plant(s): Hoary vervain/Verbena stricta and Gray-head coneflower/Ratibida pinata, Common milkweed/Ascleias syriaca, among others.
Photo Story: My husband and I took a trip north to Wisconsin to escape the summer heat in Missouri. We love Horicon NWR so made sure to stop there. We stopped at the (closed) visitor center, but were not disappointed to find native plantings and these sculptures. I liked the composition.
Equipment: Apple IPhone 13Pro
Photo ID: 33770