Wild Ones Twin Cities Minnesota

Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 21, 2019

6:30 pm-7:00 pm | Social
7:00 pm-8:45 pm | Program
Wood Lake Nature Center
6710 Lake Shore Dr S, Richfield, MN 55423
All meetings are free and open to the public.

Water in the Landscape:

Design Considerations for Passive Water Management within the Landscape

Daniel A. Peterson

Landscape Designer and Ecologist,

HabAdapt Landscape Design

Landscape design is more than installing a perennial garden space. Water, especially when dealing with climate effects, is critical for establishing and maintaining diverse landscapes. I will be discussing grade detailing, soil modifications, rain garden and gravity cistern basics for storing water within the landscape for extended use. I will also be discussing basic water volume calculations as well as infiltration rates to aid in determining storage potentials.

Daniel Abdon Peterson is the the owner and designer of HabAdapt Landscape Design. He focuses on developing designs, landscapes and spaces aimed at long-term sustainability and functionality based on ecologic and permaculture systems design. His projects range from small courtyard design, art and sculptural elements, to larger farmstead design and planning. Daniel is a registered member of the DSWA-GB (Dry Stone Walling Association of Great Britain) as an Advanced Dry Stone Craftsman, member of ELA (Ecological Landscape Alliance), member of The Stone Trust and a Qualified Professional Member of APLD (Association of Professional Landscape Designers.) Samples of his design and work can be found at HabAdapt.com

REMINDER:

Order deadline for the

Wild Ones Twin Cities

Native Plant Sale is
Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

Pick-up: Saturday, June 1st, 2019

Noon to 3 pm
4009 Minnehaha Ave S, Minneapolis, MN
(next to Visual Expressions)

This year we are offering 6 collections and a variety of individual favorites in 3 convenient sizes available for pre-order. All plants available for pre-order are grown by a local Minnesota native plant nursery without the use of neonics.

Click HERE for more information about the sale, individual plants and collections,

and HERE to download an order form.

...AND MORE PLANTS!

Additional native plants donated by WOTC members will be available for sale on Pick-up day.

Keep this in mind as you divide your native plants this spring, and donate extras to help support your local Wild Ones Chapter! If you would like to donate plants, please label each pot with both the common and botanical names, and bring to the pick-up location above on Saturday, June 1st between 10 am and noon.

Next Meeting: Tuesday, April 16, 2019

6:30 pm-7:00 pm | Social
7:00 pm-8:45 pm | Program
Wood Lake Nature Center
6710 Lake Shore Dr S, Richfield, MN 55423
All meetings are free and open to the public.

8th ANNUAL TABLE TOPICS

Come learn the basics of Native Plant Gardening
with local experts!

How to plan, design and select plants for a native garden in your yard

Nathalie Shanstrom

Pasque Ecological Design

This table talk will be geared towards those who want to plant natives in their gardens, but don’t know how to decide what to plant. We will cover the very basics of native plant selection and design, including guiding principles and a summary of books and websites that can be helpful resources. We will also look at some examples of sites planted with native plants of various scales and design styles for inspiration, and leave plenty of time for questions at the end.

What you need to know about getting started and selection of native plants and shrubs

Terry Serres

In this session we will discuss basic printicples, challenges and ideas for getting started.

Terry Serres is completing a Master's program in forest ecology at the U of M. He has professional certifications in wetland delineation and ecological restoration and has taught professional enrichment courses on botanical topics for foresters and naturalists. Originally a conventional gardener, Terry has ramped up his commitment to native plants and finds himself on an exciting curve. He'll share a bit of his personal experience in site preparation and plant selection.

How to care for and maintain a native garden through the seasons

Vicki Bonk and Marilyn Jones

Volunteer Coordinators, Nokomis Naturescape

Native plant gardening is habitat gardening. Maintaining a native garden is like traditional gardening in some ways but has essential differences that place us within nature. How to care for plantings in a way that recognizes leaf litter, stems, grass clumps as homes for beneficial wildlife and

still have a tended, managable landscape? How to encourage a local ecology to thrive? How to know when to step aside, observe what is happening and let the process unroll?

Having nature right out your door, is to experience wonder time and again. Your native plant garden is dynamic, taking on new character throughout the season. Seasonal blooms draw in new varieties of seasonal pollinators. Native gardens evolve over time - soil nutrients alter, plants move about, the seed bed grows, some plants thrive while others don’t. Change is the constant. This is natural, as is a plant species behaving differently in various situations. Your specific site conditions will also change - perhaps more shade or sun from tree growth or loss, plant competition, wildlife activity - to name a few. Variations on a theme in the native plant garden are continually enlivening - enjoy!

Get your order in for our chapter's

13th Annual

NATIVE PLANT SALE!

Click HERE for more information about the sale, individual plants and collections,

and HERE to download an order form.

Order deadline: Tuesday, May 21st, 2019

Pick-up: Saturday, June 1st, 2019

Noon to 3 pm |4009 Minnehaha Ave S, Minneapolis, MN (next to Visual Expressions)

...AND MORE PLANTS!

Next Meeting: Tuesday, March 19, 2019

6:30 pm-7:00 pm | Social
7:00 pm-8:45 pm | Program
Wood Lake Nature Center
6710 Lake Shore Dr S, Richfield, MN 55423
All meetings are free and open to the public.

PROBLEM-SOLVING
WITH NATIVE PLANTS,

a Site-Specific Solution

Bonnie L. Harper-Lore

21st century problems include diminished pollinator habitat, degraded water supplies, climate change, increasing invasive species and more.

Some nonnative plants are used to solve these issues. However, in the big picture, native plants have fewer unintended consequences while protecting the natural environment at the same time. I now call for the sciences of horticulture and applied ecology, that have been at odds for decades, to combine strengths. The well-being of the human environment and protection of land health hang in the balance. Let’s examine environmental problems, examples of site-specific plantings and lessons learned to assure successful use.

My journey began with a native wildflower garden at age 14. I intuitively knew how to match plant needs with planting site constraints.

I thought everyone knew that. However, working with residential landscape projects for ten years, landscape architect students for nine years and highway corridor restorations for 17 years, I quickly learned I assumed too much. Now, I explain what works and what does not in the use of native plants - some of them wildflowers.

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Wild Ones Minnesota Presents the

2019 DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE

Saturday, February 16, 2019

9:00 AM – 4:30 PM CST

University of St. Thomas

James B. Woulfe Alumni Hall, Anderson Student Center

2115 Summit Ave (at Cretin), St. Paul, Minnesota 55105

featuring

Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D

Michael Lynch

Larry Weaner, ASLA

and a

SPOTLIGHT PRESENTATION by

Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

THE CONFERENCE IS NOW SOLD OUT!

Click here for more INFORMATION.

Click here to VOLUNTEER.