Chapters in New York

Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley is kicking off our book club! For January we will be reading The Case for Native Plants by Jeremy Wuolle. We will meet at the Kingston Library in the small conference room from 10 am to 11:30 am. See the registration link below to sign up.

Following this Book Club meeting, interested participants will have the opportunity to join Kingston Land Trust land stewardship coordinator Tom O’Dowd for a native plant walk near the library from 11:30 am to 1 pm. We will meet outside the west door of the library, look for plants large and small, and learn more about their contributions to human and environmental health.

For February we will read Bringing Nature Home by Douglas Tallamy.  Location and date to be determined.

For March we will read Wildscape by Nancy Lawson. Location and date to be determined.

Subscribe to the Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley monthly newsletter to receive program announcements. If you have any questions please contact [email protected]

Meet us at Hill of Beans in Youngstown. Brighten the winter doldrums with a riveting discussion of native plants and favorite books about plants and ecology. There is a great selection of hot drinks and pastries available for purchase. Registration is optional; helps us know how many to expect.

IMPORTANT UPDATE: January 25, 2026 Meeting - Now Zoom-Only

Due to impending winter weather, our in-person + Zoom meeting on Sunday, January 25 at 1:30pm has been changed to Zoom-only.

Wild Ones HGCNY Chapter  presents “Creating a Meadow One Step at a Time” with Deanna English, Owner of Grow Wild! Native Plant Nursery

You don’t have to be an expert to create a meadow! Deanna will take you on a journey through her continuing efforts to restore an old farm field to a diverse meadow ecosystem.  Along with a description of the how-to’s of this process and the resources she has used, the talk will include the rewards, surprises, challenges, frustrations and utter confusion that she has experienced. This technique can be scaled up or down to meet the landowner’s needs.

About our speaker: Deanna’s life ambition is to support the healing of the natural world. She owns the native plant nursery, Grow Wild!, in Brooktondale, NY, near Ithaca, which is one of the nurseries featured in HGCNY’s native plant shopping guide. Her background is in education and ecological restoration. She has a BA in Middle School Education and a MS in Environmental Studies.

Location
Zoom-only: attendees will be able to hear the speaker, view their slide presentation, and ask questions during the Q&A at the end.
Registration required at the link below.

Recording
Meetings are typically recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.

Seed sowing in the winter?  Yes!  Most native plant seeds require a cold period before they send out roots and shoots.  We'll show you one way that it's done, using potting soil and milk jugs.  Come prepared to get your hands in the soil.  Each participant will take home a planted jug.    This workshop is a joint workshop with Vassar College.  Registration is required.

Interested in going one step further?  We are looking for volunteers to grow out these winter sown seeds for a WO plant sale this fall.  We'll also be working with students to begin the year's propagation for Vassar's  native propagation program.

Limited to 20 participants.  $10 per person suggested donation, if not growing out plants.  Donations can be made via the WO MHV website or at the event.

Subscribe to the Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley monthly newsletter to receive program announcements. Carpooling for this event is encouraged. If you have any questions please contact [email protected]

A look at Eastern Woodlands agricultural systems, ancestral seedlines, and medicinal plant traditions, highlighting Maguonket as a living archive of plant knowledge.https://lowerhudsonvalley.wildones.org/events/