Wild Ones Gibson Woods Chapter serves the Indiana counties of Lake, Porter and La Porte, and Illinois’s Cook County.
https://gibsonwoods.wildones.org/
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https://www.facebook.com/Wild-Ones-Native-Plants-Natural-Landscapes-Gibson-Woods-Chapter-38-528949993858676/
https://www.instagram.com/wildonesgibsonwoods/
Wild Ones Greater Indianapolis Chapter serves communities in Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson and Marion counties and adjacent areas.
https://greaterindianapolis.wildones.org/
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https://www.facebook.com/WildOnesGreaterIndianapolis
https://www.instagram.com/wildonesgreaterindianapolis/
Wild Ones South Bend Chapter centered in South Bend, Indiana. The South Bend Chapter serves residents in St. Joseph County, Indiana, and surrounding counties (Elkhart, Laporte, Marshall, Starke, Kosciusko, and Michigan counties of Berrien and Cass.)
https://southbend.wildones.org/
[email protected]
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100075865006272
https://www.instagram.com/WildOnesSouthBend/
Wild Ones South Central Indiana (Seedling) Chapter serves communities in Bartholomew, Brown, Decatur, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Monroe, Morgan and Shelby counties and adjacent areas.
https://southcentralindiana.wildones.org/
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https://www.facebook.com/WildOnesCentralIndiana
https://www.instagram.com/wildonessouthcentralindiana/
If you do not find a chapter near you, or if you choose not to be part of a Wild Ones chapter, you may choose to be a Partner At Large (PAL). A PAL is not assigned to a chapter but joins a group of members who work solo in their own communities or simply enjoy the benefits of a Wild Ones membership. Either way – as a chapter member or as a PAL, you receive all the benefits of membership. Join Now!
Upcoming Chapter Events in Indiana
WILD ONES SPRING NATIVE PLANT SALE
Hosted by Wild Ones South Bend ChapterPinhook Park Community Center, 2801 Riverside Dr, South Bend, IN, 46616 Map
Public Welcome Family Friendly Free Event Seed/Plant Sale Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Local native plant vendors will offer a large selection of native plant species just right for your landscapes! Also, education tables provided by our community conservation partners, who look forward to sharing information about their organizations and answering your questions!
This year 3 of our vendors are offering pre-ordering! The Botany Shop is already open to pre-order and Bernacchi's and Blue Fox Farms will start on April 15th (please note that Bernacchi's will NOT be selling plants at the plant sale on May 18th, however, they will have all pre-order plants there for pick up). At checkout, make sure to state your order is for the "Wild Ones Plant Sale". All pre-orders will be ready for pick-up on May 18 at Pinhook Park between 9-3. Follow the links below for vendor pre-order information.
Bernacchi's Oak Valley Greenhouses - pre-order starts April 15th
Blue Fox Farms - pre-order starts April 15th
The Botany Shop - pre-order now open
Naturally Native Nursery - no pre-order
Sunroom Native Nursery - no pre-order
Volunteer Day at Flanner Farms
Hosted by Wild Ones Greater Indianapolis ChapterFlanner Farms, 2424 Dr M.L.K. Jr St, Indianapolis, IN, 46208 Map
Public Welcome Free Event Garden Installation/Maintenance Public Restroom Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity
We will be pulling weeds and planting native plants in the area behind the future pollinator garden. If you have any native plants you want to thin out please bring them to plant. Bring gloves and shovels.
June presentation: All About Soil
Hosted by Wild Ones South Bend ChapterPinhook Park Community Center, 2801 Riverside Dr, South Bend, IN, 46616 Map
Public Welcome Free Event Chapter Meeting Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Shelley Chaffee will talk about soils, soil health, soil structure, soil types and soil surveys. We will discuss how homeowners can assess the type of soil in their backyard and what they can do to improve soil health for their yard, which will contribute to the overall community and ecosystem.
Plant Swap and Chapter Meeting
Hosted by Wild Ones Greater Indianapolis ChapterTBD, Indianapolis, IN, 46234 Map
Public Welcome Family Friendly Free Event Chapter Meeting Hands-On/How-To Workshop Seed/Plant Swap Public Restroom Free Public Parking
We will be bringing our milk jugs from the Winter Sowing meeting and swapping the plants to give everyone more variety of native plants. Additional extra native plants will be available for attendees.
"What Lawns Can Do (or to) Birds, Butterflies and Bees"
Hosted by Wild Ones South Bend ChapterSt. Joseph Public Library Main Branch, Community Learning Center, 304 S Main St, South Bend, IN, 46601 Map
Public Welcome Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking
Wild Ones South Bend member John Hamilton will discuss how the American lawn and its maintenance contributes to the recent dramatic declines in bird and pollinator populations we have suffered in recent decades. He will discuss how adding native plants to our gardens and landscape can support our wildlife while adding beauty and life to our lives.