Wild Ones News and Events
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Invasive Plant Removal:
Swan Conservation Trust
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For a few years now, our chapter and friends have assisted the Swan Conservation Trust in their effort to add and protect land near the headwaters of Big Swan Creek near Summertown, TN (Lewis County). We have assisted mainly with the removal of invasive plants. We will have another volunteer day on a newly acquired property on Saturday, September 24 from 10 AM until 2 PM CDT (or for however long you are available). Our Event page has all the details. Sign up to volunteer:
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September Monthly Meeting
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Our next chapter meeting will be on Monday, September 26, 2022, at 7:00 PM CDT. Our speaker will be chapter member Deborah Rosenthal, who will speak on
Restorations Gone Wild!:
How I Went from a Small Butterfly Garden
to 22 Acres of Restoration in Three Years
Deborah will talk about the four native plant restoration projects she has been involved with on her property in Dickson County. And, there's a video! Deborah supplied us with a drone video of her first restoration that is the most watched video on the chapter YouTube channel.
See the Event page additional information including the Zoom link.. |
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Table Event: Dragon Boat Festival
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Our chapter will have a booth at the Cumberland River Compact's 14th Annual Dragon Boat Festival at Cumberland Park. Our booth will be open from 9 AM to 4 PM. We need volunteers to fill shifts from 8:30 to 4:30. Signup up via our event page or go directly to signup.com using the button:
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Our chapter, in partnership with Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary, will hold the Fall Native Plant and Seed Sale on Saturday, October 22 from 10 AM to 12:30 PM. Online ordering for October 21 (Friday) pickup at Owl's Hill will be available beginning Monday, October 10, and will remain open until Noon on Tuesday, October 18. Online orders need to be picked up on Friday, May 13 at Owl's Hill between 9 AM and 3 PM.
We will need lots of volunteers Wednesday through Saturday, October 19 - 22 (Wednesday through Saturday), to help make this sale successful. Additional details will be added to the Event Page as they become available. Volunteer signups are available there, also, and directly on signup.com using the button below: |
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The October 15 deadline for the Wild Ones' Seeds for Education grant program is rapidly approaching.
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Thank you for being on our email list. We really appreciate your interest in keeping up with our chapter's activities. If you are not already a member, please consider joining the 150 members of the Wild Ones Middle Tennessee chapter along with the 7,650 other national members to demonstrate your support for using native plants and employing sustainable landscaping practices to support biodiversity. Collectively, we all work toward
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Member benefits include:
- Access to the current electronic issue of the quarterly Wild Ones Journal;
- Invitations to workshops, garden tours, seed exchanges, plants sales, and stewardship project;
- Discounts for partner educational webinars such as NDAL, etc. and Wild Ones chapter programs like native plant sale and other paid events;
- Participation in an annual national photo contest
- Access to the Wild Ones Member Center for learning resources;
- Participation in Wild for Monarchs and Native Garden recognition programs;
- Involvement in citizen science and networking with conservation partners;
- Receiving Wild Ones National e-Newsletters;
- Invitation to Wild Ones' private Facebook discussion group and the national Wild Ones Annual Member Meeting;
- Networking opportunities and camaraderie with like-minded people who care about native plants and our planet.
Member contributions help facilitate the Wild Ones mission of restoring native landscapes by allowing us to:
- Provide free, educational resources and learning opportunities that are open to the public from respected experts like Wild Ones Honorary Directors Doug Tallamy, Neil Diboll, Heather Holm, Donna VanBuecken, and Larry Weaner;
- Support the efforts of over 100 local Wild Ones chapters and seedlings in 29 states;
- Publish a quarterly, award-winning, online journal featuring current native plant information and resources;
- Share free, professionally-designed native garden templates for multiple regions in the United States.
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