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. Continue reading "February Native News"
Across the country, Wild Ones chapters are helping native plants move from the margins to the mainstream. Not through one big moment, but through a steady stream of visible, practical actions that meet people where they are: on the radio, in parks, in libraries, at community planting days, and in conversations with local decision-makers. Continue reading "Wild Ones Seedlings & Chapters Make Headlines"
In this webinar, Joey Santore explored how traditional garden rules shape the way we plant and why real plant communities rarely follow them. Continue reading "Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology"
Spring 2026 is shaping up to be an exciting season for nature readers. We’ve compiled a short list of five books we have on pre-order and think you should too. Continue reading "5 Books To Preorder For Spring 2026"
Long before winter sowing became a trending gardening topic online, Wild Ones members were already experimenting with seeds, soil, and seasonal cycles. In the Winter 1993 issue of The Outside Story, contributors shared practical guidance on seed stratification, cold-weather sowing, and hands-on ways to help young people understand how plants grow and move through the world. Continue reading "Learning from Seeds: Winter Sowing, Seed Starting, and Youth Discovery"
Basil Camu explores practical, evidence based ways to heal suburban and urban landscapes by working with trees, soil, and natural systems, drawing on real world practices from Leaf & Limb and community centered models for restoring life where we live, work, and play. Continue reading "From Wasteland to Wonder"
Explore the works of Robin Wall Kimmerer, from Braiding Sweetgrass to The Serviceberry, and discover how Indigenous knowledge, ecology, and reciprocity shape conservation and our relationship with nature. Continue reading "The Works of Robin Wall Kimmerer"
This month’s Native Plant News explores proposed changes to the Endangered Species Act, a rare rediscovery of canada yew in Indiana, cost saving pollinator landscapes in Michigan, coastal habitat restoration in New Jersey, new genetic insights into cheatgrass invasions, the expanding ecological role of beavers, and ethical approaches to plant rescue in Texas. Continue reading "December Native Plant News"
This webinar brings together author and botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer and youth organizer Esther Bonney for a live, intergenerational discussion on native plants, community care, and long term engagement in the native plant movement. Continue reading "A Conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer & Esther Bonney"
Adding plants to the landscape for primarily winter interest extends our garden enjoyment through the entire year and more importantly provide food and shelter to wildlife. It lifts the spirits to look outside and see red stems or berries against the snow or birds flitting among tree branches or added texture in a dormant landscape. Planting something for specific-winter interest is a gift worth giving ourselves and the wildlife with whom we share our gardens. Continue reading "Extending Holiday Spirit in the Garden"