Chapters in Kentucky

Join us for our annual Spring Native Plant Sale at the Community Farmers Market on Saturday, May 11, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. We will have a wide variety of affordable native plants and seeds grown and harvested from member gardens. All proceeds benefit the chapter and fund our efforts in the community. 

Most plant prices will be between $3 and $10. Purchases from the Spring Native Plant Sale help fund our chapter’s initiatives, including community gardens, assisting with the Lost River Cave meadow restoration, providing grants for local organizations, and participating in educating youth about native plants.

The Southern Kentucky Chapter officers hold virtual planning meetings at 7:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month. All chapter members are encouraged to send in agenda items and are welcome to attend.

Please contact us at [email protected] for the password for the READ MORE link, which has the Zoom link and passcode. 

Wild Ones is teaming up with the Kentucky Falconers Association and the Urban Forest Initiative to share with you the Hawks of Ashland's Tree Canopy! Join us as local falconer and accomplished outdoorsman, Eric Patton, introduces attendees to his hawk, Piper, and the art of falconry. Wild Ones will have prepared information about the native tree canopy of Ashland's Central Park, and the hawk population that relies upon our community's trees to survive. Attendees will be encouraged to adopt a tree or plant a tree in their own back yard to help support the wildlife who depend on them! This event is available to the public after admission to the museum; museum members will be able to attend without any associated cost. 

During this field trip, participants will meet at the I-64 park and ride and caravan to the Renew Appalachia strip mine reclamation site in Inez, KY. Attendees will learn about the succession of a landscape, how to restore soil to sustain vegetation, and reforestation after decimation of a forest. We will discuss the layers of soil, and how the roots of native species work together to penetrate deep into soil layers to stabilize soil, sustain biodiversity, and restore the health of a watershed. We hope you will join us! Please register at the link below. 

What is a native plant? During this event, we will have a brief circle time and introduction to native plants in the Forest Co-Op trails! Families will receive a trail guidebook and join a trail buddy before we embark on a search for local native plants and the animal species they support along the way. As we return, we will have a picnic and share our observations. Information for native plant and seed suppliers will be provided in each family's guidebook, and ideas for locating and incorporating native plants into our community's landscapes will be discussed. This event is free and open to the public. 

All Wilding Romps are all-weather events. Please come prepared for rain/cool weather with appropriate shoes, rain jackets, and towels and/or blanket following the hike in case of inclement weather.