In 2021, the Wild Ones Board of Directors and staff adopted Wildly Important Goals (WIGs) to strategically focus on specific organizational targets. Wild Ones identified and is working toward several critical WIGs in 2022 and staff and board members have been busy dedicating time and energy mapping how we will accomplish these goals. Continue reading "Wild Ones Announces Wildly Important Goals for 2022"
Monarch Joint Venture awards $400,000 to fund monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation projects across the U.S. including Wild Ones’ “Wild for Monarchs” Program Bees and other pollinators critical to global food security are disappearing at an alarming rate; even the iconic monarch butterfly, beloved across its trinational North American range, has only a 10% chance […] Continue reading "Conservation Funding a Welcome Relief Amid Pollinator Declines"
Wild Ones Natural Landscapers, Ltd., is proud to introduce Larry Weaner as a Wild Ones Honorary Director to serve a 2022 through 2025 term. Wild Ones honors and recognizes distinguished individuals who are respected and known for their expertise in fields of ecology, botany, plant science, horticulture, entomology, climate change, and conservation. Larry Weaner received […] Continue reading "Wild Ones is Proud to Announce Larry Weaner as an Honorary Director"
The board of directors at The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park recently announced the appointment of Wild Ones Board Member Matthew Ross as Executive Director, effective April 11, 2022. In this role, Matthew will provide leadership for all areas of operations and work closely with the board to forge both vision and strategy for […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Board Member Matthew Ross Announced as New Executive Director of The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park"
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"
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"
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. Continue reading "Wild Ones Releases Revised Nativar Statement"
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.” Continue reading "Save the Date for Doug Tallamy Webinar"
The staff and National Board of Directors of Wild Ones Natural Landscapers, Ltd. are thrilled to announce that Wild Ones National is now allied with Two Thirds for the Birds to promote the use of native plants in landscapes. Continue reading "Wild Ones and Two Thirds for the Birds unite to promote native landscaping"
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!” Continue reading "Lena Song Receives Wild Ones Environmental Sponsorship Award"
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