Wild Ones Twin Cities Programs, Tours & Events
Wild Ones Twin Cities
2024 Programs & Events
2024 Programs at Wood Lake Nature Center
JANUARY 20th, 2024
Winter Seed Sowing at Wood Lake Nature Center
Some of our PROGRAMS are HYBRID, online & in-person meeting at:
Wood Lake Nature Center, 6710 Lake Shore Dr S, Richfield, MN 55423
6:30 pm-7:00 pm Social | 7:00 pm-8:30 pm Program
See program announcements on our home page for online registration details.
All meetings are free and open to the public!
Please check back for updates. Thank You!
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Look for other Minnesota chapter meetings in the calendar listings above...
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PAST WILD ONES TWIN CITIES MEETINGS:
NOVEMBER 14th, 2023
Wild Ones Twin Cities Annual Meeting, Seed Exchange and Volunteer Recognition
OCTOBER 17th, 2023
Oaks, Fire, and Climate Change
Presenter: Heather Holm
SEPTEMBER 19th, 2023
Identification and Natural History of Deciduous Trees & Shrubs
Presenter: Stephen Saupe, professor emeritus, joint biology department of the College of St. Benedict/St. John's University
MAY 16th, 2023
Program: A to Z on Sourcing Minnesota Native Plants
Presenter: Julia Vanatta
APRIL 18th, 2023
Wild Ones' Spring Native Plant Resource Fair
MARCH 21st, 2023
A Natural Harmony: Using Feng Shui to enhance how you tend your patch of the planet
Presenter: Elaine R Anderson
FEBRUARY 21st, 2023
Landscaping for Wildlife
Presenter: L. Peter MacDonagh
JANUARY 14th, 2023
Winter Seed Sowing at Wood Lake Nature Center
NOVEMBER 15th, 2022
WOTC Annual Membership Meeting
Officer Elections, Volunteer Appreciation Pizza Party & Native Seed Exchange
OCTOBER 18th, 2022
Insect Tracks & Signs on Native Plants
Presenter: Eric Vehe
SEPTEMBER 20th, 2022
All About Seed Saving: Glorious, colorful, wonderful seeds!
Presenter: Vanessa Van Alstine
MAY 17th, 2022
Living Mulch: Using Native Plants to Replace Traditional Mulch
Presenter: Kaitlyn O'Connor
APRIL 19, 2022
SPRING INTO PLANTING WITH WOTC
Presenter: WOTC 2022 Plant Sale Committee
MARCH 26, 2022
Guided Phenology Tour
Meeting at Olivia Irvine Dodge Library and History Center, Dodge Nature Center (West St. Paul)
MARCH 15, 2022
Building habitat, building community: Three inspiring stories of local habitat projects (and the leaders who launched them)
Presenters:
Ava J T McKnight | Altlawns of Richfield and Bloomington
Sara Nelson | Corcoran Pollinator Project
Daniel Schultz | Greater Longfellow Community Wildlife Habitat
MODERATOR
Karen “Ren” Graham, Education Committee
FEBRUARY 16, 2022
Brooklyn Bridge Park Lessons (so far!) in Constructed Ecology
Presenter: Rebecca McMackin
Online program hosted by Wild Ones Prairie Edge, Big River Big Woods and Twin Cities Chapters
NOVEMBER 30, 2021
Annual Membership Mtg & Election of 2022 Officers
How Does Your Garden Grow? A discussion with Kent Petterson
OCTOBER 19, 2021
"Creating Healthy Habitat for People and Wildlife"
Presenter: Carmen Simonet, owner of Carmen Simonet Design LLC
SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
"Creating Pockets of Habitat with Native Plants"
Presenter: Angie Hong, coordinator for Minnesota’s East Metro Water Resource Education Program
MAY 18, 2021
Tips for Starting Native Plants from Seeds
Presenter: Nancy Schumacher, retired owner of The Vagary
APRIL 20, 2021
Tips and Techniques for Safe Transfer and Sharing of Native Plants
Presenter: Julia Vanatta
MARCH 16, 2021
Jumping Worms, the Latest Threat to Our Gardens and Wild Areas.
Presenter: Ryan Hueffmeier, University of MN Duluth
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Connecting Community and Native Habitat— Growing a Sense of Place
Presenter: Vicki Bonk, Nokomis Naturescape Stewardship and Outreach Lead
JANUARY 19, 2021*
Restoring Ecosystem Functionality and Biodiversity
Presenter: Heather Holm
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Annual Member Business Meeting, including election of officers for 2021.
Art and Nature—Naturally.
A sampling of garden art made by Wild Ones Twin Cities members, including, Vicki and Richard Bonk, Marilyn Jones, and Holley Wlodarczyk.
OCTOBER 20, 2020
The Natural Gardening Method: Creating Gardens with Minimal Ecological Footprint, Low Financial Commitment, with Maximum Environmental Benefit
Presenter: Karl Kloos, Northern Natural Gardens
SEPTEMBER 15, 2020
Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Repairing the Earth by Restoring with Native Vegetation
Presenter: Ron Bowen, Prairie Restorations
Lessons Learned from 40 Years of Repairing the Earth by Restoring with Native Vegetation
Presenter: Ron Bowen, Prairie Restorations
Giving Nature a Home: How our yards are among the last best places for birds, bees, butterflies, and other wildlife
Presenter: Liz Stanley
Surprises that Await us in our Native Pocket Gardens
WOTC Membership Meeting
Seed Exchange & Volunteer Recognition Pizza Party
OOCTOBER 15, 2019
Tools for Finding and Exploring the Rich Natural World of the Twin Cities
Presenter: John Moriarty, Senior Manager of Wildlife
America’s Flyways: Challenges and Opportunities
Presenter: Don Arnosti, Executive Director, Izaak Walton League
MAY 21, 2019
Water in the Landscape: Design Considerations for Storage and Use
Presenter: Dan Peterson, Landscape Designer and Ecologist, Habadapt
APRIL 16, 2019
7th Annual Table Topics
Featuring Local Native Plant and Landscaping Experts
MARCH 19, 2019
Not Your Mother's Garden: Adding Native Diversity
Presenter: Bonnie Harper-Lore, Ecologist and Author
FEBRUARY 16, 2019
DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE: HEALING AND RESTORING OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE
Larry Weaner, Landscape Architect and Author
Michael Lynch, Botanical Wanderings
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Ph.D., Author and Distinguished Teaching Professor at SUNY Syracuse
Spotlight Organization: Xerces Society
Member Garden Showcases
Presenters:
Andy Scott – Transforming Lawn to Habitat Over Five Growing Seasons, and
Jeremy Mayberg – An Urban Oasis:Landscape Gardening with Native Plants
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Annual Member Meeting and Potluck Dinner
Presenter: Jason Pruett, Arborist, Treehugger
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Building More Resilient Yards: What You Can Do Now to Plan for the Next Growing Season
Presenter: Rich Harrison, Landscape Architect, Metro Blooms / Blue Thumb
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Endangered Pollinators: A Southeast Minnesota Perspective
Presenter: Scott Leddy, Restoration Practitioner
MAY 15, 2018
Native Sedges and Grasses
Presenter: Dustin Demmer, Blazing Star Gardens in Owatonna, MN
APRIL 17, 2018
6th Annual Table Topics
Native Plant Gardening 101
MARCH 20, 2018
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Florilegium
Presenter: Marilyn Barber, The Minnesota School of Botanical Art
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE: NATURAL LANDSCAPE AS THE NEW NORM
Jared Rosenbaum, Wild Ridge Plants
Catherine Zimmerman, author and filmmaker
Rachel Mackow, Wild Ridge Plants
JANUARY 16, 2018
Native Tree & Shrub Clinic: Selection, Planting & Maintenance
• Native Tree and Shrub Selection for a Changing Climate - Erik Olsen, Outback Nursery
• Managing Healthy Public Space- Native Trees and Shrubs - Paul Buck, City of Plymouth Forester
• From the Ground Up—Tips on Pruning and Timing - Jason Pruett, Treehugger Treecare
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Annual Member Meeting and Potluck
Wild Ones in the Field- A partnership roundtable featuring WOTC members
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Minnesota Wildflowers
Presenters: Katy Chayka & Peter M. Dziuk, minnesotawildflowrs.info
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Conservation Strategies for Native ‘Big Woods’ Forest Plant Communities
Presenter: Dr. Lee E. Frelich, Director, The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology
MAY 16, 2017
Phenology and Citizen Science in Minnesota
Presenter: Rebecca Montgomery
APRIL 20, 2017
5th Annual Table Topics
With local experts on everything you want to know about gardening with native plants!
MARCH 21, 2017
Selecting Native Trees and Shrubs that Support Birds and Bees
Presenter: Heather Holm
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE: PLANTING MATTERS
Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware
Forest Isbell, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Reserve
Nathalie Shanstrom, Pasque Ecological Design
JANUARY 17, 2017
Native Plant Winter Sowing and Seed Exchange
Presenter: Carmen Simonet
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Annual Board Meeting and Potluck
Where the Wild Ones Have Gone: A Potluck Travelogue
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Grow Native: Bringing Natural Beauty to Your Garden
Presenter: Lynn Steiner
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
A Walk through the The Trespasser's Garden
Presenter: Emily Gray Koehler
MAY 17, 2016
Growing and Gathering Native Edible Plants
Presenter: Wesley Nugteren, Seeking the Wild Naturalist
APRIL 19, 2016
4th Annual Native Landscaping Table Topics
and Plant Sale Kickoff
MARCH 15, 2016
Home Is Where the Habitat Is
Presenters: Hannah Texler & Vera Ming Wong
FEBRUARY 20, 2016
DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE: GOOD DESIGN MATTERS
Heather Holm, author of Pollinators of Native Plants
Benjamin Vogt, eastern Nebraska prairie garden designer and owner of Monarch Gardens
Chris Behringer, Behringer Designs, and Arlys Freeman, Midwest Floating Islands
JANUARY 19, 2016
Native Plant Winter Sowing and Seed Exchange
Presenter: Carmen Simonet
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
Annual Board Meeting & Potluck
Youth and Native Planting Project
Presenter: Kris Martinka
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Dwindling Numbers for an Iconic Insect: A Conservation Biologist Ponders Moving Beyond the Documentation of Declines
Presenter: Karen S. Oberhauser, Ph.D., Professor in the Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota
NOKOMIS NATURESCAPE GARDENING
Since 2002 Wild Ones Twin Cities chapter has helped maintain the three prairie gardens located at the 4-acre Nokomis Naturescape. These demonstration gardens are designed to encourage people to plant native species to liven up their own yard. Get on our email list for current updates on Naturescape volunteering, garden bloom’s and wildlife, native plant gardening tips and more. For more information contact Vicki at vbonk@usiwireless.com or call 612-232-8196. Also check out our facebook site to keep you current with happenings: https://www.facebook.com/NokomisNaturescape
Jeremy Mayberg – An Urban Oasis:Landscape Gardening with Native Plants
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Annual Member Meeting and Potluck Dinner
Presenter: Jason Pruett, Arborist, Treehugger
OCTOBER 16, 2018
Building More Resilient Yards: What You Can Do Now to Plan for the Next Growing Season
Presenter: Rich Harrison, Landscape Architect, Metro Blooms / Blue Thumb
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Endangered Pollinators: A Southeast Minnesota Perspective
Presenter: Scott Leddy, Restoration Practitioner
MAY 15, 2018
Native Sedges and Grasses
Presenter: Dustin Demmer, Blazing Star Gardens in Owatonna, MN
APRIL 17, 2018
6th Annual Table Topics
Native Plant Gardening 101
MARCH 20, 2018
Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden Florilegium
Presenter: Marilyn Barber, The Minnesota School of Botanical Art
FEBRUARY 17, 2018
DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE: NATURAL LANDSCAPE AS THE NEW NORM
Jared Rosenbaum, Wild Ridge Plants
Catherine Zimmerman, author and filmmaker
Rachel Mackow, Wild Ridge Plants
Spotlight Organization: Izaak Walton League-Bush Lake Chapter
JANUARY 16, 2018
Native Tree & Shrub Clinic: Selection, Planting & Maintenance
• Native Tree and Shrub Selection for a Changing Climate - Erik Olsen, Outback Nursery
• Managing Healthy Public Space- Native Trees and Shrubs - Paul Buck, City of Plymouth Forester
• From the Ground Up—Tips on Pruning and Timing - Jason Pruett, Treehugger Treecare
NOVEMBER 21, 2017
Annual Member Meeting and Potluck
Wild Ones in the Field- A partnership roundtable featuring WOTC members
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Minnesota Wildflowers
Presenters: Katy Chayka & Peter M. Dziuk, minnesotawildflowrs.info
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
Conservation Strategies for Native ‘Big Woods’ Forest Plant Communities
Presenter: Dr. Lee E. Frelich, Director, The University of Minnesota Center for Forest Ecology
MAY 16, 2017
Phenology and Citizen Science in Minnesota
Presenter: Rebecca Montgomery
APRIL 20, 2017
5th Annual Table Topics
With local experts on everything you want to know about gardening with native plants!
MARCH 21, 2017
Selecting Native Trees and Shrubs that Support Birds and Bees
Presenter: Heather Holm
FEBRUARY 18, 2017
DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE: PLANTING MATTERS
Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware
Forest Isbell, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Reserve
Nathalie Shanstrom, Pasque Ecological Design
JANUARY 17, 2017
Native Plant Winter Sowing and Seed Exchange
Presenter: Carmen Simonet
NOVEMBER 15, 2016
Annual Board Meeting and Potluck
Where the Wild Ones Have Gone: A Potluck Travelogue
OCTOBER 18, 2016
Grow Native: Bringing Natural Beauty to Your Garden
Presenter: Lynn Steiner
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
A Walk through the The Trespasser's Garden
Presenter: Emily Gray Koehler
MAY 17, 2016
Growing and Gathering Native Edible Plants
Presenter: Wesley Nugteren, Seeking the Wild Naturalist
APRIL 19, 2016
4th Annual Native Landscaping Table Topics
and Plant Sale Kickoff
MARCH 15, 2016
Home Is Where the Habitat Is
Presenters: Hannah Texler & Vera Ming Wong
FEBRUARY 20, 2016
DESIGN WITH NATURE CONFERENCE: GOOD DESIGN MATTERS
Heather Holm, author of Pollinators of Native Plants
Benjamin Vogt, eastern Nebraska prairie garden designer and owner of Monarch Gardens
Chris Behringer, Behringer Designs, and Arlys Freeman, Midwest Floating Islands
JANUARY 19, 2016
Native Plant Winter Sowing and Seed Exchange
Presenter: Carmen Simonet
NOVEMBER 17, 2015
Annual Board Meeting & Potluck
Youth and Native Planting Project
Presenter: Kris Martinka
OCTOBER 20, 2015
Dwindling Numbers for an Iconic Insect: A Conservation Biologist Ponders Moving Beyond the Documentation of Declines
Presenter: Karen S. Oberhauser, Ph.D., Professor in the Dept. of Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota
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PAST WILD ONES TWIN CITIES
SUMMER TOURS & EVENTS:
SUMMER TOURS & EVENTS:
Since 2002 Wild Ones Twin Cities chapter has helped maintain the three prairie gardens located at the 4-acre Nokomis Naturescape. These demonstration gardens are designed to encourage people to plant native species to liven up their own yard. Get on our email list for current updates on Naturescape volunteering, garden bloom’s and wildlife, native plant gardening tips and more. For more information contact Vicki at vbonk@usiwireless.com or call 612-232-8196. Also check out our facebook site to keep you current with happenings: https://www.facebook.com/NokomisNaturescape
AUGUST 16th, 17th & 18th
Mother Nature at Work, A Guided Tour and On Site Workshop
Instructors | Julia Vanatta and Susan Van Baerle
Minneapolis
JUNE 15th
Propagating Spring Ephemerals - Member-Only Tour
West St. Paul
MAY 27th, 2023
Guided Tour of Habitats: Saint John's Boardwalk Loop
Guides: Stephen Saupe and Brian Johnson
Saint John's Abbey Arboretum, St Joseph, MN
JULY 31, 2022
A MASTER GARDENER’S JOURNEY INTO NATIVE GARDENING
Master Gardener Robert Hatlevig’s garden story began when he and his wife, Helen, purchased a unique, Midcentury Modern home (originally a parsonage) atop a hill, overlooking a church, in South St. Paul.
MAY 7, 2022
Member-Only Wildflower Walk
Spring Ephemerals in Bloomington's Nine Mile Creek
MAY 2, 2022
Member-Only Wildflower Walk
Spring Ephemerals in Bloomington's Minnesota River Valley
Bare Root Clinic and Workshops
Julia Vanatta
Spring & Fall clinics were held in South Minneapolis.
In addition to learning how to bare root plants, clinics covered Jumping Worm identification, early assessment and how to prevent introducing this invasive species to your garden.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2021
MONARCH FESTIVAL
MONARCH FESTIVAL
Lake Nokomis & Nokomis Naturescape | 49th St and Woodlawn Blvd, Minneapolis
From the first year on, Wild Ones Twin Cities have been essential partners in this festival.
The Wild Ones adopted garden, the Nokomis Naturescape, was a catalyst for the event.
To learn more visit http://monarchfestival.org
AUGUST 1, 2021
Tour of Andy Scott's Native Garden, Owner of ReWild Native Gardens, LLC
Bloomington
JULY 10, 2021
Native Plant Home Garden Tour + Environmental Stewardship Expo
at the Home of Leslie Pilgrim, Owner of Neighborhood Greening
Mendota Heights
MAY 26th & 29th, 2021
Tour of George & Bernice Watson's Native Gardens
Lakeville
SEPTEMBER 14, 2019
WILD ONES TWIN CITIES MEMBER ONLY TOUR
at Frontenac State Park
Guided by Bonnie Harper-Lore & Steve Winter
Frontenac
MONARCH FESTIVAL
Lake Nokomis & Nokomis Naturescape | 49th St and Woodlawn Blvd
Minneapolis
AUGUST 17, 2019
WILD ONES MEMBER PICNIC AND TOUR
at the Bush Lake Izaak Walton League
Bloomington
AUGUST 14, 2019
Corcorcon Pollinator Garden Walking Tour
AUGUST 17, 2019
WILD ONES MEMBER PICNIC AND TOUR
at the Bush Lake Izaak Walton League
Bloomington
Corcorcon Pollinator Garden Walking Tour
https://corcoranpollinatorproject.org
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
AUGUST 4, 2019
Kathleen Seal's Gardens
Minneapolis
Kathleen Seal's Gardens
Minneapolis
Mendota Heights
Root River Valley Member Only Tour
Led by Scott Leddy
Rushford
JULY 14, 2018
Native Landscaping in Mendota Heights
#1 | Leslie Pilgrim
#2 | Kraus Native Landscape
#3 | Sue Light
JUNE 30, 2018
Chris Burda's Sustainable Yard & Home
Minneapolis
JUNE 8, 2018
Tour native plants on the Roof of City Hall
Designer & Guide: Nathalie Shanstrom, Pasque Ecological Design and Consulting, LLC
Minneapolis
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Douglas Owens-Pike at Otter Creek Ridge!
Wisconsin
SEPTEMBER 23, 2017
Douglas Owens-Pike at Otter Creek Ridge!
Wisconsin
AUGUST 19, 2017
Native Plant Rain Gardens
#1 | Lutheran Church of Christ Redeemer
5440 Penn South Minneapolis, Mn. 55410
Guide: Laurie Bruno, Master Naturalist
#2 | St Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church Linden Hills
2914 W 44th St Minneapolis, MN 55410
Guide: Dottie Dolezal
JULY 12, 2017
3804 Cedar Lake Place, Minneapolis
Guide: Douglas Owens Pike
Guest Presenter: Peter Original Designer of Cedar Meadows Restoration
Minneapolis
JUNE 28, 2017
Storm Water Park and Learning Center
#1 | Mississippi Watershed Management Organization
2522 Marshall Street NE, Minneapolis
#2 | Donna’s House, Front and back
Design by True Nature Design, Roxanne Stuhr
#3 | Sandra’s House, Front and Back
Minneapolis
AUGUST 13, 2016
Crex Meadows Member Only Tour
Wisconsin
AUGUST 6, 2016
South Minneapolis, Seward, Longfellow, Corcoran
#1 | Marilyn Jones’ Garden
#2 | Common Ground Meditation Center
#3 | Liz and Bill Blood’s Garden
#4 | Julia Vanatta’s Yard
#2 | Donna’s House, Front and back
Design by True Nature Design, Roxanne Stuhr
#3 | Sandra’s House, Front and Back
Minneapolis
AUGUST 13, 2016
Crex Meadows Member Only Tour
Wisconsin
AUGUST 6, 2016
South Minneapolis, Seward, Longfellow, Corcoran
#1 | Marilyn Jones’ Garden
#2 | Common Ground Meditation Center
#3 | Liz and Bill Blood’s Garden
#4 | Julia Vanatta’s Yard
Minneapolis
JULY 6, 2016
Tour of Patty's Garden at Energy Savers Insulation
Minneapolis
JUNE 25, 2016
South Minneapolis Garden Tours
#1 | Vicki Bonk, Grow Monarch Habitat Coach's Garden
#2 | Local Roots Landscapers Client Garden
#3 | Nokomis East Gateway Garden Project
East 50th St & Hiawatha Ave, Minneapolis
JUNE 15, 2016
Douglas Owens-Pike's of EnergyScapes Private Residence
Minneapolis
JUNE 11, 2016
Southwest Area Gardens
#1 | Jeremy & Amy Mayberg’s Garden
#2 | Meleah Maynard’s Garden
Edina
JULY 6, 2016
Tour of Patty's Garden at Energy Savers Insulation
Minneapolis
JUNE 25, 2016
South Minneapolis Garden Tours
#1 | Vicki Bonk, Grow Monarch Habitat Coach's Garden
#2 | Local Roots Landscapers Client Garden
#3 | Nokomis East Gateway Garden Project
East 50th St & Hiawatha Ave, Minneapolis
JUNE 15, 2016
Douglas Owens-Pike's of EnergyScapes Private Residence
Minneapolis
JUNE 11, 2016
Southwest Area Gardens
#1 | Jeremy & Amy Mayberg’s Garden
#2 | Meleah Maynard’s Garden
Edina
