Wild Ones News and Events
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Early December 2022 Monthly Meeting
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Our usual fourth Monday of the month meeting routine does not play nicely with holiday events, so we usually have a single Nov/Dec meeting on the first Monday in December (December 5 in this case).
We are delighted to welcome back Cynthia Rohrbach, Project Manager and Biologist with the Swan Conservation Trust. She was named Conservationist of the Year in 2005 by the Tennessee Scenic Rivers Association. She will give a presentation on
Conserving and Restoring Native Habitats on Private Lands:
Hardwood Forests, Remnant Grasslands, and Wetlands
Cynthia last spoke to our chapter in February 2019. Since that time, our chapter has participated in several invasive plant removal partnerships with the Swan Conservation Trust on newly acquired property in Lewis County. Please visit the event post for the details, including the Zoom information. And please share this flyer with others who might be interested.
Open to Everyone!
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Note Meeting Date Change!
The Wild Readers Book Club will next meet on Wednesday, December 7, at 7 PM CST via Zoom. We will read and discuss three chapters from The Forest Unseen by David George Haskell. Other chapters will be discussed in future meetings. Registration is required for this event which is open to everyone. Please see the event post for details.
Coincidentally, the Friends of Mill Ridge Park is hosting Dr. Haskell via Zoom to discuss The Forest Unseen on Tuesday, December 13, at 5 PM. If you would like to attend this event, please visit their post for information about registration.
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Coincidentally, the Friends of Mill Ridge Park's Nature Watch Book Club is hosting Dr. Haskell via Zoom for a presentation about The Forest Unseen on Tuesday, December 13, at 5 PM. If you would like to attend this event, please visit their post for information about registration.
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Need a refreshing break from the holiday rush? Have a question about using native plants? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? Join us for an informal discussion about native plants and any related topics. Everyone is welcome.
This month let's begin with a brief discussion of plant reproduction strategies and how knowledge of that can be applied in the garden.
Visit the Event post for the Zoom information. The meeting will open at 6:45 PM CST with discussion beginning at 7:00 on Monday, December 14.
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Two of our chapter members won awards in the Wild Ones Photo Contest! Contratulations to Abigail Rexer (1st Place in the Public Landscaping category) and Kristin Bailey Wilson (2nd place in the It's Alive category). To see all of the awarded photographs, please visit the 2022 Photo Contest Page.
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Photographer: Abigail Rexer
Title: Beauty in a Foggy City
Chapter: Middle Tennessee
Location: Lurie Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, IL
Flora: Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), Joe Pye Weed (Eutrochium sp.)
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Photographer: Kristin Bailey Wilson
Title: Frog Camo
Chapter: Middle Tennessee
Location: Westmoreland, TN
Flora: Common Duckweed – Lemna minor, Green Frog – Lithobates clamitans
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David Lincicome from the Tennessee Division of Natural Area will lead a hike at two adjacent state natural areas in Wilson County (Vesta Cedar Glade and Cedars of Lebanon Forest) on Saturday, December 10, from 10 AM to 2 PM CST. The cost is $10 (children under 10 free). For detailed information and the registration link please visit the event page.
The Division of Natural Areas hosts many educational hikes throughout the year. Our chapter keeps a link to their hikes at the bottom of our Event tab for periodic reference.
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Louis Nastasi, a third-year PhD student with the Frost Entomological Museum at Penn State University, has put together a wasp ID course that will take place virtually in January 2023. The goal of the course is to provide an accessible taxonomic treatment of wasps in a virtual setting.
For further information, please visit the course website. There you can watch an informational video (skip to 8:45 where the presentation begins) for more information.
Normal registration is $50 for the two-week course with other registration options available.
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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 158 members of the Wild Ones Middle Tennessee chapter along approximately 8,000 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 sales 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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