Please note: these Community Events are not run by Wild Ones.
April 15, 2025
Deanna English of Grow Wild presents “Ecological Restoration? You Can Do It Too” at the Finger Lake Native Plant Society
When: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 – 7:00pm
Where: Cornell Botanic Gardens’ Nevin Center, 124 Comstock Knoll Drive, Ithaca or Zoom (register)
Description: You don’t have to be an expert to create a meadow! Deanna will take you on a journey through her continuing efforts to restore an old farm field to a diverse meadow ecosystem. Along with a description of the how tos of this process and the resources she has used, the talk will include the rewards, surprises, challenges, frustrations and utter confusion that she has experienced. This technique can be scaled up or down to meet the land steward’s needs.
April 17, 2025
From Wasteland to Wonder
Easy Ways We Can Help Heal Earth In the Sub/Urban Landscape
When: April 17th, 12:00 – 1:30 pm EDT
Where: Zoom (register)
Description: To celebrate Earth Day, Treecologist Basil Camu has generously agreed to give a special presentation!
Our current landscaping practices work against nature by destroying ecosystems, polluting water, and wasting time and money. By choosing to work with nature, we can restore beauty, resilience, and biodiversity instead!
In this talk, you’ll learn:
- Community-driven solutions, like growing and giving away native trees
- How plants, soil, water, and air interact to support life
- Simple steps to heal the Earth: protect trees, plant saplings, and replace lawns with native plants