Upcoming Events

More plant sale planning

In this special collaboration, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, joins youth leader and Nurture Natives founder Esther Bonney for an intergenerational conversation about belonging, reciprocity, and native plant action. 

Together, they will explore questions such as:

How do we create opportunities for young people to have a voice and feel empowered, even when they are not homeowners or decision makers?What kinds of relationships and mentorships help people stay engaged in native plant work over decades?Why do stories, shared practices, and community invitations matter just as much as plant lists?

Robin and Esther will reflect on what invites people into this work, what keeps them here, and what elders and youth have to teach each other.

Join us for a winter sowing event!

We will have some supplies but if you have your own seeds or milk jugs, please feel free to bring them!

January Member Meeting

We will be discussing ongoing and upcoming projects and events.

Join us to watch The Extraodrinary Caterpillar!

This is a film by Jeff McKay. It's a peek into the dazzling world of nature's tinies and mightiest superheros. IT features Doug Tallamy, Sam Jaffee, and David Wagner. 

This event is free but donations are welcome!

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Our upcoming webinar with Basil Camu explores practical, evidence based ways to heal suburban and urban landscapes by working with trees, soil, and natural systems, drawing on real world practices from Leaf & Limb and community centered models for restoring life where we live, work, and play.!  

Seed trays for the plant sale.

Program Type: Crafts, Hobbies, & DIY, Gardening & Food, General Interest, Health & Wellness, STEM, Storytime & Early Learning

Event Details:

This fourth annual event features education and fun for adults and kids! 

Join Joey Santore, creator of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, for a candid Wild Ones National Webinar examining how inherited garden aesthetics shape native plant landscapes. Drawing on field experience and real ecology, Joey challenges tidy design norms and explores why dense, irregular plant communities are often the most resilient and ecologically sound.

Finish any seeding that needs to occur for the plant sale. Sign up required.

The 4th Annual International & Community Festival is a celebration of diversity, culture, faith, and organizations that support our community. This event will have music, dance, art, educational booths from around the work, and resources available to all festival goers. 

We will be transplanting seedlings. Sign up required.

We will finish transplanting any plants left or were not ready. Sign up required.

Join award-winning author, photographer, and educator Rick Darke for What Is Wild and Why It Matters, a free national webinar on Tuesday, April 28th at 10 am CT. Discover how inviting a bit of authentic wildness can create a vibrant landscape that sustains you and local biodiversity. This national event is presented in collaboration between Wild Ones and Homegrown National Park.

Meet in the parking lot a little bit before 9 am. We will head out onto one of the trails and see what we can see. 

Dress for the weather, bring binoculars and water if you need it.

We will be assembling the plant kits for the plant sale. Sign up required.

Attend the plant sale! 

Weeding and digging excess plant to take home. One is Queen of the Prairie. We may have others that have spread too. 

Weeding and trimming the garden border to keep it tidy.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!