Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge Chapter is centered in East Baton Rouge and serves East and West Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston, East Feliciana and West Feliciana, St. Helena and Tangipahoa parishes and surrounding communities in the Loess Plains region of southern Louisiana.
https://greaterbatonrouge.wildones.org/
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Wild Ones Pontchartrain Basin Chapter This chapter serves communities in St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes and adjacent areas.
https://pontchartrainbasin.wildones.org/
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Wild Ones Western Gulf Plain Chapter serves communities in central Louisiana, southeast Texas, and southwest Arkansas.
https://westerngulfplain.wildones.org/
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Upcoming Chapter Events in Louisiana
3rd Quarter Meeting with Presentation: From "Loathsome harlotry" to DNA: Plant taxonomy Is not Nerdy
Hosted by Wild Ones Pontchartrain Basin ChapterPublic Welcome Recording Available Free Event Chapter Meeting Program/Speaker Presentation Seed/Plant Share Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
3rd Quarterly Public Meeting with presentation. Wendy Rihner will offer a discussion of the colorful history of plant taxonomy and why it matters more than ever. Rihner, a retired Delgado Community College English professor, started birding in 1997 but had yet to make the connection between birds and native plants. It was not until 2015 that she made that connection after watching Ruby-throated Hummingbirds feed on the Red Buckeye trees at Longue Vue House and Gardens. Rihner has been making up for lost time ever since, gardening with natives and even growing them! Her small, seasonal business, Birdgirl's Blooms, grows native plants and sells them February through April and donates all profits to the Orleans Audubon Society's Plants for Birds mission. Rihner is a board member of the Wild Ones Pontchartrain Basin and is both the Education Chair and Chair of the Plant for Birds Mission for the Orleans Audubon Society.
Bartram BioBash (planning in progress)
Hosted by Wild Ones Pontchartrain Basin ChapterVolunteers Needed Public Welcome Registration Required Conference/Symposium Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity
Planning is underway for the Pelican Park Nature Club, Fontainbleau State Park, and Wild Ones Bartram BioBash weekend event.
Assessing soil health for Habitat Restoration
Hosted by Wild Ones Pontchartrain Basin ChapterPublic Welcome Free Event Chapter Meeting Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Free Public Parking Lots of Physical Activity
4th Quarterly meeting with presentation by LA's USDA-NRCS soil scientist team. The presentation will be be focused on Assessing native soils and habitat restoration. A field trip to a restoration site might be included. The particular site might be private. If so, it will be for a limited number of members only, to be determined closer to the event.
5th Annual Wild Ones GBR Seed Swap
Hosted by Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge ChapterLSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden, Ione Burden Conference Center, 4560 Essen Ln, Baton Rouge, LA, 70809 Map
Paid Event Public Welcome Free Event Chapter Meeting Hands-On/How-To Workshop Seed/Plant Sale Seed/Plant Share Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking Drinking Fountains
Wild Ones Chapter Members have been busy collecting seeds from our certified habitats.
This is the fifth year that we have met to offer seeds and to accept donations to fill our supply for our various projects throughout the year.
You don’t need to bring seeds to attend. But if you do, please be sure to label them as accurately as you can. (Ask us how)
If you are not a chapter member, we ask that you be prepared to help us cover the cost associated with the meeting by paying $5.00 at the door.
If you’d like to become a member or contribute a donation to help us offer more free programs in the future visit greaterbatonrouge.WildOnes.org - join or donate.
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