Chapters in Kentucky

To RSVP and get directions, please reply to Hart Hagan at [email protected].

She has a small property but has worked hard to get all these in:

Milkweeds:

A. incarnata, rose milkweed

A. tuberosa, butterfly milkweed

A. perennis, aquatic milkweed

A. ovalifolia, oval-leafed milkweed

A. purpurascens, purple milkweed

A. exaltata, Poke milkweed

A. viridis

Coneflowers:

Echinacea purpurea, purple coneflower

Pale purple coneflower

Grey-headed coneflower

Tennessee coneflower

Asters:

Blue wood aster

White wood aster

Smooth blue aster

Sky blue aster

Aromatic aster

Prairie aster

Maryland golden aster

New England aster

Bee Balm:

Monarda fistulosa

Monarda didyma

Monarda Bradburiana

Ironweed, Sunflowers, etc.:

New York ironweed

Smooth Ironweed

Cup plant

Compass plant

Little wingstem

Melanthera nivea, snowy squarestem

Canadian lettuce

Rose turtlehead

Liatris aspera

Liatris squarrosa

Liatris microcephala

Anise hyssop

Purple giant hyssop

Anemone cylindrica, thimbleweed

Anemone virginiana, tall thimbleweed

Blue false indigo

False sunflower

Downy sunflower

Downy skullcap

Heart-leaf skullcap

Hoary mountain mint

Slender mountain mint

Downy woodmint

Rosinweed

Early figwort

Late figwort

Little bluestem

Splitbeard bluestem

Purple love grass

White baneberry

Late boneset

Hyssop-leaved boneset

Seedbox

Winged loosestrife

American germander

Southern obedient plant

Indian Pink

Indian physic

Queen of the prairie

Rattlesnake master

Golden Alexanders

ZigZag goldenrod

Soidago shortii

Sweet Joe Pye

Spotted Joe Pye

Hollow Joe Pye

Wild ginger

Wild strawberry

Black-eyed Susan

Brown-eyed Susan

Great blue Lobelia

Cardinal flower

Shrubs and trees:

Pinxter azalea

Red chokeberry

Black chokeberry

Fragrant sumac

Roughleaf dogwood

American snowbell

American spikenard

American beautyberry

Lonicera sempervirens

Lonicera diervilla

Button bush

Steeple bush

Paw Paw

Witchhazel

American bladdernut

Pagoda dogwood

Red buckeye

Spice bush

Carolina allspice

Wild hydrangea

Oakleaf hydrangea

Virginia Sweetspire

Spring ephemerals currently dormant 

How have native plants been used and protected across Appalachia's history? Join us for circle time and a walk around the trails and wildlife center of Heritage Farm to learn about the native plants and across Appalachia's history in gardens and as wildlife habitat. Participants will be encouraged to consider ways they can incorporate native plants into their gardens to build habitat in their own homes and neighborhoods. The event will be led by the farm's Wildlife Educator. Please ensure you dress appropriately for the weather. The cost of the event is $12.75 per individual, and must be paid upon arrival to the farm. 

Please register for this event to be sure enough materials are prepared for the activity. 

Join the Wild Ones as we share tips and information on late-summer native garden care, and preparation for seed collection and fall plantings. This event is free and available to the public. 

Join us outdoors and tour a local native garden during our August member meeting! We’ll socialize and enjoy light refreshments and drinks.

Guests will explore the wild spaces curated by Tosha Clark, a longtime member of the Wild Ones Southern Kentucky Chapter. Over the last five years, Tosha and her husband have worked to re-wild several spaces that were previously mowed lawn on their one-acre property.

The wild spaces were accomplished with a lot of experimentation, and Tosha is happy to share the lessons they’ve learned from their trial and error.

Attendees can also explore the outdoor tortoise enclosure and meet the animals who live among the native plants!

The garden tour is free and open to the public, but registration is required. The exact address of the member garden will be provided after registration is complete.

Join us for a private garden tour and seed collection demonstration using common native flowers in the landscape. Participants will learn to safely collect, clean, store, and properly label seeds to preserve them for future years.