Social 6:30 pm | Program 7:00 pm
Get ready to test your nature knowledge, win prizes, and have lots of fun at our May meeting! Wild Ones Twin Cities members and trivia nuts Andrea and Jackie will lead small teams through questions about birds, butterflies, plant identification, and more! The top three teams will win prizes and bragging rights. Join us to have fun and get to know other members!
Program is free and open to public.
MAY Birding Tour
Kroening Nature Center | 4900 N Mississippi Dr, Minneapolis
Saturday, May 30th, 2026 | 10 AM-11:30 AM
Host: Travis Bonovsky
Join us for a guided tour of Kroening Nature Center led by Travis Bonovsky, a Minnesota Master Naturalist, expert birder, and nature photographer. This engaging walk will explore the rich diversity of native plants and the bird species they support within this unique urban natural area.
Participants should wear comfortable tennis shoes or hiking boots as this tour will take place on paved nature trails. Binoculars aren’t necessary, but highly encouraged. Binoculars are available for rent inside the Kroenig Nature Center. Meet at the Kroenig Nature Center. We hope you can join us as Travis helps us learn more about the relationship between native plants and birds.
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New Member meeting
If you have joined Wild Ones Twin Cities in the last year, we invite you to a new members meeting on May 20, 5:30 at Malcom Yards: 501 30th Ave SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414.
Members will have a chance to share a little bit about their native plant journey.
Please contact membership chair, Adrienne Richardson with any questions.
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Saturday, June 27th, 2026
Bex's Garden in Brooklyn Center
Saturday, July 25th, 2026
Meg's Garden in Chaska MN
Saturday, August 22nd, 2026
Gwen's Garden in Richfield, MN
Members-Only Nature Hikes
Host: Don Gustafson
Attendance will be limited to 15 people each hike. Registration link coming soon!
June 13, 2026 | 10 AM
Easy hike at Eloise Butler to go see showy lady slippers.
July 11, 2026 | 10 AM
Moderate hike (approximately 1.5 miles) to view native forbs and grasses at Nine Mile Creek Bluff Remnant Prairie.
August 29, 2026 | 10 AM
Easy hike at Eloise Butler to view the prairie at peak bloom.
Their school is one of 22 organizations nationwide to be chosen for the 2026 Wild Ones Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant award and Wild Ones Twin Cities Chapter wants to help support their efforts.
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| Meet the Hiawatha garden leaders (right to left) second grade teachers Hannah Froiland and Emy Mariano, with Hiawatha parent Carrie Magnuson in front of what will soon become vibrant native habitat gardens. __________________________________________ Thanks to our Earth Day Outreach Volunteers! Click here to download our Egg carton Eco garden instructions!  |
