In the fall of 2012, the Wild Ones National Board of Directors established a committee to develop a position for the Wild Ones organization on the use of nativars. The resultant statement was adopted in 2013. It has been eight years since this first statement was published and enough has been learned through scientific research… Read more »
Save the date this coming fall on Tuesday, October 5th at 6:00 p.m. CDT for a webinar with Wild Ones Honorary Director Douglas Tallamy where he will share about his new book “The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees.” The Nature of Oaks will inspire you to treasure these… Read more »
Wild Ones is sponsoring a series of online learning courses in conjunction with New Directions in American Landscape (NDAL) as a part of their “Broadening Our Landscape Vision: Ecology, Culture, and Art A Virtual Education Series.” This is a great opportunity to learn about ecologically sound landscaping right from your own home! Plus, Wild Ones members… Read more »
Please join us in congratulating Lena Song, a student at Oakton High School, Vienna, Virginia, as the recipient of the 2021 One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest “Wild Ones Environmental Sponsorship Award” for her stop motion film “A Home For Us All!” Lena’s use of origami, stop motion, and her conceptual design are technically brilliant and… Read more »
Wild Ones recently introduced seven beautiful, professional, ecoregion specific, free, native garden designs including for the regions of Minneapolis and St. Louis at nativegardendesigns.wildones.org. We want to share with you how the designers of the Minneapolis plan (Carmen Simonet) and St. Louis plan (Susie Van de Riet) each approached this project and invite you to… Read more »
