How do we marshal human and community resources to incorporate native plants into our gardens, parks and communities? This recording was a part of the Tending Nature speaker series sponsored by The Ohio State University and has been shared with permission. Continue reading "“Cultivating a Community of Support for Native Plants” with Wild Ones Chapter Liaison Lisa Olsen"
Take a journey to several of the nation’s public gardens. From gardens that grow exclusively native plants to others that have worked them into their diverse collections, get an in-depth look into how public gardens can help inform and influence your design and maintenance practices. This webinar is free and open to the public. A […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Presents “America’s Public Gardens: A Resource for Native Plants” webinar with Matthew Ross"
When you’re passionate about something, it’s not work. Just ask Gail and Dick Olson, of Bristol, Virginia. Continue reading "Member Garden Gail and Dick Olson"
Deb and Ray Rees are beginning to see the fruits of their labor in their third year of restoring a small floodplain woodland in Elgin, Illinois. Continue reading "Member Garden: Deb and Ray Rees"
Learn about how native plants and phytoremediation can be used to improve soil, air and water quality by removing or transforming common environmental contaminants found in urban, suburban and rural settings. Continue reading "Native Plants, Phytoremediation & Green Infrastructure: How Native Plants Can Be Used to Improve Environmental Quality"
In this season of giving, express your love & gratitude to family, friends, and co-workers with a gift membership to Wild Ones! Your gift helps grow our community of support for natural landscaping and expand Wild Ones network of habitat gardens. Continue reading "Wild Ones Gift Household Wild Membership Sale"
Written by Sally Wencel Larry Weaner, landscape designer and author of “Garden Revolution: How our landscapes can be a source of environmental change”, Principal and founder of Larry Weaner Landscape Associates and founder of New Directions in American Landscapes presented an information-filled webinar on November 16, 2021. In case you missed it, here are some […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Presents “The Self-Perpetuating Landscape: Setting a Process in Motion…”"
By entering their photographs in our photo contest, photographers are helping Wild Ones further its mission. Wild Ones may use contest photos in Wild Ones publications, promotional materials, presentations, and on the Wild Ones websites and social media channels so that others may be inspired to learn about native plants and natural landscaping. Continue reading "2021 Photo Contest Winners"
Wild Ones celebrates the month of Oaktober with highlights from Doug Tallamy’s presentation on his new book, The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees Continue reading "“Oaktober” 2021"
Wild Ones Honorary Director Heather Holm shares from her new book, “WASPS,” which features approximately 150 species of flower-visiting wasps that occur in eastern North America, and the specific native plants and habitat each species depend upon. Continue reading "Wild Ones Presents “WASPS: Their Biology, Diversity, and Role as Beneficial Insects & Pollinators of Native Plants”"