Chapters in Michigan

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Public pre-orders June 29-July 12.

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It is always nice to see what other native plant enthusiasts are doing with their landscapes. Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter members will get just such an opportunity on July 20th.

A long time WORCC member will be hosting a garden tour on Saturday July 20th at​ 11 am. There are several different installations around the 7.5 acre property.  A 10-year-old rain garden (what worked, what didn't), and a large "designed meadow" using the design concepts of Piet Oudolf. Come see it for yourself! Directions will be Emailed directly to WORCC members.

This event is available exclusively to Wild Ones members. Sign up or renew your membership today!

The goal of Member-to-Member garden visits (aka Show Me-Tell Me), is to allow members to share experiences, ideas, and challenges with maintaining native plants in our landscapes. The location of the member hosting these visits will be shared privately with the A2WO members and invited guests.

Garden Walkabouts are informal tours of home gardens and landscapes managed by members. Come and go as you wish.

Address TBA via email to members.

Event is for Wild Ones members only and their guests.

Marty describes her property as “a patch of wilderness hidden deep inside the city of Grand Rapids.” When she and her husband bought the 2.5 acre vacant lot in 1988 it was a ragged lawn and a wooded ravine clogged with invasive species and neighborhood trash. Over the decades they’ve added hundreds of native trees, shrubs, no-mow grass, perennials and ferns. In 2018 they purchased 4.5 acres of adjacent property. Since then, Marty has added an oak savanna, an emergent woodland, a rain garden and bioswale, a shady “hidden garden” and colorful beds of wildflowers. "I love the idea that our land is healthier and more diverse than it has been in 150 years,”  Marty says. “All along the way, I’ve relied on Wild Ones and Kent Conservation District for native plants and great advice. I hope you visit my work-in-progress."

This joint tour is planned with NOWO and WOWC chapters. In addition to John's beautiful butterfly/pollinator garden, using native and non-native plants, John has worked with USFW to restore a prairie on a large portion of this once agricultural property.