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Wild Ones Twin Cities Programs, Tours & Events
2024 Programs Tours and Workshops
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
6:30 pm Social | Program 7:00 to 8:30 pm
In person at Wood Lake Nature Center with online option
Monarchs & Migration
Presenter: Leah Darst
Explore the lives of monarch butterflies with an overview of their life cycle, migration, and conservation. Discuss their plant preferences and the best ways to help this charismatic flagship species.
Leah Darst is an Education Specialist, offering professional development workshops, public programs, and other outreach through Monarch Joint Venture. She has been a naturalist for over 20 years: at seven nature centers across Minnesota, the Minnesota Zoo, and through her own business, Nature Enthusiations. She's been on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Dragonfly Society since 2018 and is also their Outreach and Volunteer Coordinator and current President. This 'bug lady' is an enthusiastic educator who loves finding connections with people to collaboratively learn and share about the natural world, with a special interest in invertebrates and conservation.
RESCHEDULED DUE TO ILLNESS
Chasing Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers
Phyllis Root and Kelly Povo,
authors of Searching for Minnesota’s Native Wildflowers:
A Guide for Beginners, Botanists, and Everyone in Between.
Phyllis Root is a writer, Kelly Povo is a photographer, and they love searching for and learning about Minnesota's native wildflowers—the ones that have been growing here for centuries. They happily climb steep hills, wade streams, search in bogs and fens, and brake for wildflowers they see along the road. Learn about the wildflowers they search for, why they search, and where they (sometimes) find some of Minnesota’s little-known native wildflower treasures. They will also share stories of their own adventures (and misadventures) that led to their first book, a Northeastern Minnesota Book Award finalist, and to their forthcoming book, Wildflower Chasing: An Adventurous Guide to Minnesota's Native Wildflowers and Their Unique Habitats.
TUESDAY | OCTOBER 15, 2024
6:30 pm Social | Program 7:00 to 8:30 pm
In person with online option
The Forager's Garden
Presenter: Tim Clemens, Mycologist
Foraging promotes connection to native species, the land, and water. Join Tim Clemens of Ironwood Foraging Co. to learn how participating in humanity's most ancient story can help you be a better steward of our world.
TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Social, Food and Seed Exchange 6:30 pm
Program 7:15 pm
Annual Meeting, Volunteer Party and Seed Exchange
Unless otherwise noted, we meet 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
All meetings are free and open to the public!
Please check back for updates. Thank You!
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Wild Ones Minnesota Member Exclusive Tour
SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 28, 2024
9:00 to 11:00 am
Guided Tour at Cedar Creek Ecosystem
Join with other Wild Ones members for a guided tour of Cedar Creek Bog in East Bethel MN. Our tour, Katrina Freund, gave an excellent presentation on, "The Women of Cedar Creek" at a recent Lunch with a Scientist program. A donation of $10 per attendee is requested, proceeds go to Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. For more info and to register, visit our Eventbrite page.
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FALL PROGRAMS
presented by other Minnesota Wild Ones Chapters
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Wild Ones St Cloud
SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 7, 2024
9:30 am to 12:30 pm | In person outdoor event
Plant some Plants at Bethlehem Lutheran Church
4310 Co Rd 137, St Cloud
Public Welcome | Garden Installation/Maintenance
Plant some plants at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Cloud. These are the plants we started in jugs at the meeting this spring! Come see how they turned out and help get them in the ground. The day starts off with coffee and ends with pizza when we've gotten them in the ground. Joint with BLC volunteers.
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Wild Ones Prairie Edge
Unless noted, meetings are at Eden Prairie City Hall in the Heritage Room (on lower level), 8080 Mitchell Road, Eden Prairie
WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 11, 2024
7:00 to 9:00 pm | In person presentation and outdoor walk
Minnetonka Community Center, 14600 Minnetonka Boulevard
Bats in Our Backyard
Speaker and Guide: Christine Petersen
We'll begin with a "Bats 101" presentation - an overview of bat biology and diversity, habitat needs and how you can help these essential animals through native plantings and habitat protection. Then we'll go for a walk in Minnetonka's Civic Center Park to look and listen for feeding and migrating bats. Dress for the evening's forecasted weather. The trail is wheelchair-accessible. Recommended for adults and older children.
This event is limited to 24 people. Please register with the City of Minnetonka. Look for "Register for these events" using this form at the top of the page.
WEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 9, 2024
7:00 to 9:00 pm | In person
What Is a Native?
Presenter: Micheal Keenan
Description coming soon
Michael is Partner + Director of Design, PLA of Urban Ecosystems Landscape Architects.
WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 13, 2024
7:00 to 9:00 pm | In person
Climate Action: How Residents Can Make a Difference
Presenter: Jennifer Fierce
Learn about climate action planning and how the actions you take,
both big and small, can help the community you live in meet its goals.
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Wild Ones SE Minnesota Prairie Partners
Unless noted, meetings are at Emmaus Baptist Church, 712 Linden Street N, Northfield
THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
5:30 pm (Full) and 6:15 pm | Outdoor event
Dr. Dick Huston's Restored Prairie Tour
Dick started the his prairie restoration in 1999. It is now a mature and beautiful restored prairie. Attendees will ride in a 'prairie wagon' as Dick shares the story of prairie restoration. The first group (which is full) will depart at 5:30 pm. Due to the popularity, we're offering a second tour beginning around 6:15 pm. You may also walk the prairie. Reservations required, contact Barb Bolan for details.
SATURDAY | SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
9:00 am start time | Outdoor event
Native Prairie Plant Seed Collection
Schumacher-Sipe Property, 26050 Emery Avenue Randolph, MN
Co-Sponsored by Dakota County and SE MN Prairie Partners Chapter of Wild Ones
Volunteers are welcome to take the seeds they collect for use on their own property or leave them for use in our prairies. Long pants and closed toe shoes or boots are strongly recommended. We have a small supply of garden clippers, paper bags and containers with handles – but probably not enough for everyone. If you have some, bring them along for your use.
THURSDAY | OCTOBER 10, 2024
7:00 pm | In person
MN Terrestrial Invasives:
Terrestrial plants and Insects MN Dept of Ag Invasive Species Program
Presenter: Breanna Wheeler, Chair, Terrestrial Invasive Species Funding Subcommittee; DNR Natural Heritage Advisory Committee; and fellow Wild Ones SE MN Prairie Partner member
THURSDAY | NOVEMBER 14, 2024
6:00 pm | In person
Annual Meeting and Native Seed Share
Program: DNR Native Plants and Wildlife, Restorations
Presenter: Shelley Gorham, Assistant Area Wildlife Manager, MN DNR Owatonna Area
THURSDAY | DECEMBER 12, 2024
Annual Luncheon at St Olaf
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Wild Ones St Croix Oak Savanna
Meetings are at FamilyMeans building, 1875 Northwestern Ave, Stillwater
TUESDAY | SEPTEMBER 17, 2024
7:00 to 8:45 pm | In person
Save Them All::
How Pollinator Friendly Alliance, a grassroots local group, grew into a dynamic Minnesota conservation nonprofit
Presenter: Laurie Schneider, Pollinator Friendly Alliance
Laurie Schneider is the founder and Executive Director of Pollinator Friendly Alliance. She believes every living being of the web of life deserves our respect. Laurie shares the story of how a grassroots local group grew into a dynamic Minnesota conservation nonprofit. Get the history, motivations and latest in the struggle to protect and promote pollinators and their habitat.
TUESDAY | OCTOBER 15, 2024
Chapter Program TBA
TUESDAY | NOVEMBER 19, 2024
5:30 to 7:30 pm | In person
Annual Chapter Potluck Gathering
Our guest speaker will be Angie Hong. Angie will review family-friendly outdoor adventures in Washington County and update us on plans and projects at the Washington Conservation District. Copies of her new book, Exploring the St. Croix Valley; Adventures on and off the Water, will be available.
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Wild Ones Arrowhead
Meetings are at Hartley Nature Center, Duluth
WEDNESDAY | SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Social 6:30 pm | Program 7:00 pm | In person
Planning and Preparing for a Pollinator Garden
Erin Loeffler from MN Bureau of Soil and Water Resources will talk about planning and preparing for a pollinator garden along with information about Minnesota's Lawns to Legumes program.
WEDNESDAY | OCTOBER 30, 2024
Social 6:30 pm | Program 7:00 pm | In person
Native plant seed exchange, winter sowing info table and a short video on "pay it forward" garden volunteers, a local program with Pollineighbors sponsored by Arrowhead Wild Ones and Conservation MN.
WEDNESDAY | NOVEMBER 20, 2024
Program to be announced
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Wild Ones Big River Big Woods
Unless noted, meetings are at Autumn Grove Park, 1365 Lydia Avenue West, Roseville
THURSDAY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
6:30 to 8:30 pm | In person
Native Plants and Watershed Management
Presenters: Lucia Hunt and Alexandra Zerzan
Join two of Capitol Region Watershed District’s MN Water Stewards for a presentation highlighting the intersection of native plants and watershed management. Speakers will begin with an introduction to watersheds. They will share examples of native plants and their role in shoreline management and residential rain gardens, differences between wild-looking and maintained native planting for residential spaces, and resources to help you add native landscaping. You will leave the presentation with an understanding of using native plant landscaping to protect our lakes and rivers.
THURSDAY | OCTOBER 24, 2024
6:30 to 8:30 pm
October Chapter Meeting at Acorn Park
THURSDAY | NOVEMBER 21, 2024
6:30 to 8:30 pm
November Chapter Meeting
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Find a Wild Ones Chapter Near You!
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PAST WILD ONES TWIN CITIES MEETINGS:
MAY 21, 2024
Twin Cities Chapter 2nd Annual Native Plant Resource Fair
MAY 1, 2024
Wild Ones Outreach Training Workshop
APRIL 16, 2024
Patrick Maun | Unveiling the Mystery of Collecting Seed and Propagating Spring Ephemerals
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
Looking Forward to a Livelier Landscape: Indigenous plant-based landscapes.
The best is yet to come…
Presenter | Alan Branhagen, Executive Director, Natural Land Institute in Illinois
JANUARY 20th, 2024
Winter Seed Sowing at Wood Lake Nature Center
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 TOURS & OUTREACH 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
JULY 20, 2024
Dave Crawford Gardens
St Paul
JULY 27, 2024
Cass Markovich Gardens
Northeast Minneapolis
AUGUST 3, 2024
Holley Wlodarczyk Gardens
East Bloomington
AUGUST 16th, 17th & 18th, 2023
Mother Nature at Work, A Guided Tour and On Site Workshop
Instructors | Julia Vanatta and Susan Van Baerle
Minneapolis
JUNE 15th, 2023
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
