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Good afternoon, Wild Ones!! I?ve been weeding and planting like crazy in this wonderful weather ? hopefully you have been, too! (although some of my weeding and planting was for my mom in Ohio, but I think it still counts) Our next meeting is right around the corner, and it?s a potluck to celebrate the […]

Wild Ones sale flyer 2018

Good morning, Wild Ones! You?re probably as tired of this up and down weather as I am, but let?s think spring and focus on how beautiful these last few days have been. For our May meeting, we?ll return to Colonial Park (on the Root River just like our chapter name and designed by the famous […]

Good morning, Wild Ones! Ecofest was a huge success ? thanks so much to our members for staffing our booth and filling bags of milkweed seed, because we?ve already given most of them away! For our April meeting, Dr. Brian Hudelson from the UW Madison Plant Disease Diagnostics Clinic is going to talk about diseases […]

Good afternoon, Wild Ones! Tired of all the up and down weather weirdness? Cheer up ? the plant sale advance order form is here! We have many new offerings and old favorites to tempt you, plus all of our plants are now available in quart pots so they?re extra big and more resistant to transplant […]

 For our March meeting, Dr. Joe Walsh, associate professor of instruction in biology at Northwestern University (and basically THE ecologist on campus), is going to talk about the restoration at Somme Prairie Grove in Northbrook, IL. They have a website if you want more information: https://sommepreserve.org Here?s the meeting info: When: Saturday, March 3 at 10:00 […]

The snow we got this morning notwithstanding, it?s time to stop thinking about winter and start thinking about plants again! To help us do that, for our February meeting, everyone who is attending the Fox Valley chapter conference this weekend will give a short report on what they learned. If you are going to the conference, […]

Good morning, Wild Ones! Hopefully you are having a wonderful end to 2017, and are looking forward to an even better 2018! To start things off, Peter Gordon, the director of land management and operations for Lake Forest Open Lands, is going to tell us about their mission and activities. Here?s the info: When: Saturday, […]

Our December meeting is a party!!! Here?s the info: Where: the Birchwood Grill off Hwy 50 in Kenosha (actual address is 7515 125th Avenue) When: Saturday, December 2nd at 11:30 am (we will be in our typical room just off the lobby) What: Party party party! We have unlimited access to the breakfast buffet AND salad bar which […]

For our October meeting, we?re going to continue to take advantage of this great weather and explore Petrifying Springs Park a little. The weather next Saturday is supposed to be very similar to today, which has been gorgeous, so hopefully we?ll get lucky then, too. There are several trails we could take ? Bill and […]