SUMMER TOUR SCHEDULE
Addresses and other logistics will be published on our website prior to each event. All native plant garden tours start at 10:00 am unless noted. In the event of severe weather, Saturday tours move to Sunday at 1:00 pm. Thank you to George Watson for coordinating our summer tours in 2024 and 2025. If you have an interest in coordinating tours for 2026, please contact any board member or email info@wildonestwincities.org.
______________________________________
Adrienne's Gardens in St Louis Park
Adrienne got hooked on native plants and continues to add to their gardens. Together with her husband, Patrick, and their two children, the family gardens now include visits by fox, rabbits and toads. Their Bird Weather monitor has detected 157 birds, with 30 species they see frequently. Adrienne said they have been mounding leaves under the larger shrubs instead of mulching and to their delight, fireflies were spotted last July - a huge highlight!
We look forward to seeing what's in bloom on June 21, and thank Adrienne for inviting us to visit their habitat gardens.
Emily's Gardens in West St Paul
Prairie, woodland (newly established, including a spring 2025 installation) hedgerows and shrubs, pollinators, wildlife. Emily is hopeful to complete installation of a wildlife pond this summer with a high diversity of plants, including rare species.
______________________________________
Bria and Kendras's Indigo House Prairie in South Minneapolis
Indigo House Prairie is in South Minneapolis and has gone through tremendous transition over the last four years; it is now a well-loved one to three year old native prairie with high plant diversity.
______________________________________
Minneapolis Monarch Festival
This year is the 17th Annual Minneapolis Monarch Festival! WOTC has always been the host of the Habitat Tent. There are many opportunities to volunteer and enjoy the celebration too! Stay tuned for website volunteer sign-up. Want to get your hands dirty? The Nokomis Naturescape Gardens are the roots of this festival, help maintain the gardens by sending an email to Vicki Bonk vbonk@usiwireless.com.
______________________________________
SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 7, 2025 | 1:00 pm
Leslie's goal has been to create biodiversity in their yard, she doesn't garden. Per Leslie, "To me, gardening is to create pretty for me. Naturescaping creates pretty for both me and wildlife. Everything in this yard (except two trees and two shrubs) was planted by me. My guess is that about 75 percent of the vegetation in this ½ acre is native."
