Chapters in New York

Join us for a tour of the gardens and meadows at Manitoga, the former home and 75-acre woodland garden of American industrial designer Russel Wright and a National Historic Landmark.

Our tour guide, Emily Phillips, will lead us on an exploration of the gardens surrounding this historical house along with the adjacent meadows. This will be an opportunity to experience a naturalistic and ecological landscape in the setting of Russel Wright's unconventional vision.

"...Wright’s integrating vision changed all the familiar components, blending the built elements and the natural landscape together so that each was enriched, enhanced, and transformed by the other. Just as the house is interwoven with the site, the hillside is connected by views to its larger context of the Hudson River Valley..."

Registration is required with a limit of 15 people. A registration link will be available closer to the tour date. Detailed tour information will be sent to all who register. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive program announcements. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Join our leadership team to discuss the direction of the chapter.  These monthly meetings are on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6:30 PM.  It is a great time to present events and opportunities for the chapter.   Ideas such as networking, collaborations, lobbying, advocacy, community science/conservation/restoration projects, fundraising, demonstration gardens, invasive species removals, and any other idea you can think of are welcome.  Contact us if you would like to receive a zoom link to attend this meeting.

Visit  1-2-3 or all 4 locations in the Town of Bethlehem.  See write ups for descriptions and open times. Feel free to bring a guest. Member Registration required for Private residences.

My Attempt to Create a Pollinator Palace  Joe uses a naturalistic gardening style and native plants to help with biodiversity and attract and support native wildlife, looking for mixes of full sun to shade, tall grasses, flowers, and shrubs and low ground cover, to provide opportunities for different types of insects, birds, and pollinators to thrive. Delmar, NY  Open 10AM -12PM

“Bethlehem Town Hall Beneficial Pollinator Garden”  Judith and DonnaLee, two avid gardeners, will be present to show you a newly rejuvenated garden and to answer questions about the use of native plants and cultivars. This garden is a collaborative effort of many volunteers from different groups. Open: Delmar,  11AM -1PM

SACRED SOIL GARDENS: Gardens in Evolution  WOCRNY VP Genoveffa has learned the impact that native plants have on our local ecology and has replaced much of her lawn with multiple planting of native trees, bushes, perennial beds and vines, as well as, maintaining her Sicilian roots by growing vegetables and caring for them by creating her own inoculants and mushroom compost. Open: Selkirk 12-3PM.

The Bioreserve Tour Ecologist Zach, invites us to join him for a tour of the Old-growth Forest, at the biological field reserve (68 acres of old fields, forested lands, ponds, small streams, a network of trails, and a modest lab) used for education and research programs that enhance a greater understanding of the natural systems supporting all living things.  Glenmont, NY  Open from 4-7 PM

All members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting on Tuesday, September 17, from 4:00-6:00 pm in Gardiner. We will be discussing a range of topics. Interested members-volunteers are welcome to join. If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected]. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation!

Wild Ones will be collaborating with NCSWCD to learn about the invasive plant Japanese Knotweed, along with removal techniques. We will focus on an area near King Zog's ruins which is a popular destination for hikers for removal.