Wild Ones Mountain Laurel Chapter serves Connecticut and environs.
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Upcoming Chapter Events in Connecticut
The Pollinator Victory Garden with Author Kim Eierman (Rescheduled)
Hosted by Wild Ones Mountain Laurel ChapterPublic Welcome Registration Required Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Kim Eierman is the founder of EcoBeneficial LLC, an eco landscape design company. She also teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Native Plant Center, and the Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
In addition, she is the author of the book “The Pollinator Victory Garden-Win the War on Pollinator Decline with Ecological Gardening; Attract and Support Bees, Beetles, Butterflies, Bats and Other Pollinators.”
Join Wild Ones and Audubon Birdcraft for an informative and lively evening. Ms. Eierman is an engaging and knowledgeable speaker. She loves questions, so bring them on! She will have her book for sale and will happily sign it for you.
This program is free, but registration is necessary as spaces are limited.
Fall Native Plant Sale (Day 1)
Hosted by Wild Ones Mountain Laurel ChapterPublic Welcome Seed/Plant Sale Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
This is the first day of our annual plant sale pre-order pickup and walk-in sale. You can log into your account at the plant sale website to see a copy of your order(s). We suggest that you drive in and pick up your order first, then park and explore the walk-in sale at leisure.
WALK-IN SALE: Both commercially grown and member-donated plants will be available on a first come, first served basis during pick-up hours. We expect to have a large variety of local ecotype forbs, grasses, sedges and ferns including species and sizes not available for advance ordering. There will also be some woody plants. Wild Ones and Arboretum volunteers will be on hand to help you find the right plant for the right place in your landscape. Planting instructions, sample garden designs and suggested guilds of compatible plants for multilayered plantings will be available.
Cash, check or credit card payments will be accepted. (Sorry but we do not accept e-payments.) Come early for the best selection!
Contact [email protected] with questions or if there are specific native plants you are interested in purchasing this year.
Fall Native Plant Sale (Day 2)
Hosted by Wild Ones Mountain Laurel ChapterPublic Welcome Seed/Plant Sale Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
This is the second and last day of our annual plant sale pre-order pickup and walk-in sale. You can log into your account at the plant sale website to see a copy of your order(s). We suggest that you drive in and pick up your order first, then park and explore the walk-in sale at leisure.
WALK-IN SALE: Both commercially grown and member-donated plants will be available on a first come, first served basis during pick-up hours. We expect to have a large variety of local ecotype forbs, grasses, sedges and ferns including species and sizes not available for advance ordering. There will also be some woody plants. Wild Ones and Arboretum volunteers will be on hand to help you find the right plant for the right place in your landscape. Planting instructions, sample garden designs and suggested guilds of compatible plants for multilayered plantings will be available.
Cash, check or credit card payments will be accepted. (Sorry but we do not accept e-payments.) Come early for the best selection!
Contact [email protected] with questions or if there are specific native plants you are interested in purchasing this year.
Native Seed Collecting Walk
Hosted by Wild Ones Mountain Laurel ChapterCoogan Farm Nature and Heritage Center, 162 Greenmanville Ave, Stonington, CT, 06355 Map
Public Welcome Registration Required Seed Handling Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity
Come along on a guided walk, led by Lydia Pan, through areas that are being planted and managed to augment wild populations of native species. Learn how native plants disperse their seeds, how to know when seeds are ripe, how to gather them sustainably without harming wild populations and prepare them for storage or sowing. You will leave with several different types of seeds to try sowing at home. Bring garden snips, empty envelopes or small paper bags to hold each type of seed, a pen or pencil for labeling envelopes and a shopping bag to carry everything with you. (We will have some extra envelopes and bags.)
This program is co-hosted by the Denison Pequotsepos Nature Center and Wild Ones. Open to the public, but preregistration is required since space is limited.
DPNC Members: $8.50, Non-members: $10