Chapters in New York

Come and enjoy a 30 minute guided walking tour of three of the five native gardens at FT Proctor Park, all designed by WOMV Program Chair, Amy Funkhouser. All three thriving gardens are full sun and received little to no watering after planting. The plant communities and designs may give you ideas for replicating at home or just relax in the beautiful surroundings. Family friendly. RSVP helpful but not required. [email protected]

In addition to helping individuals incorporate native plants in their home landscapes, WOMV also supports ecological landscaping on public and private lands. The Peace Garden was installed with the help of WOMV, and we continue to maintain it twice a year. Come help with the upkeep of this garden so that it remains an attractive local and public example of native gardening. Bring gardening gloves and a trowel, if you have them. RSVP to [email protected] is helpful for planning but not required. 

Summer Solstice Potluck at the Field of Dreams

Celebrate the summer solstice and Father’s Day with an outdoor community potluck, and enjoy some education on the side! After enjoying great community food, and conversation, you can learn about the pollinator garden coming to this site from Ashley Gamell of PollinateHV, a project of Partners for Climate Action (PCA). The New Paltz garden is one of seven other public demonstration gardens coming to the Hudson Valley this season. Gamell will share plant highlights, pollinators insights, and design strategies from PollinateHV's work at the intersection of pollinator conservation and ecological landscape design. This free event is a collaboration between PollinateHV of Partners for Climate Action, the New Paltz Recreation Department, Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley and New Paltz Garden Club.

Can you bring a dish to share at the potluck?

Contact the New Paltz Recreation Department at [email protected]

Registration required.

Join the HGCNY Chapter of Wild Ones for an Evening of Food, Fun, and Native Plant Enthusiasm!

This 1.5 acre property on the side of a hill has a small wet wooded area, many existing shade beds dominated by invasive plants, and a sunny front bed of hostas.  The new homeowner has identified many of the native and non-native plants on the property and is working on an overall plan. The plan will be designed with plant communities, guided by the existing native plants which include sugar maple, hickories, Eastern cottonwood trees, jewel weed and gray dogwood. Goals include low maintenance for the long term, adding privacy screening, and flowering understory trees, expanding the small woods,  and restoring natives to the existing beds. Challenges include heavy deer pressure, shade, and invasive plants. For exact location, RSVP [email protected] 

If you are interested in hosting a Show Me/Help Me tour of your own yard, please let us know. Show Me/Help Me tours can be of properties that are just starting to add natives or long established native landscaping.