Wild Ones Events

In this special collaboration, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, joins youth leader and Nurture Natives founder Esther Bonney for an intergenerational conversation about belonging, reciprocity, and native plant action. 

Together, they will explore questions such as:

How do we create opportunities for young people to have a voice and feel empowered, even when they are not homeowners or decision makers?What kinds of relationships and mentorships help people stay engaged in native plant work over decades?Why do stories, shared practices, and community invitations matter just as much as plant lists?

Robin and Esther will reflect on what invites people into this work, what keeps them here, and what elders and youth have to teach each other.

Wild Ones HGCNY Chapter  presents “Creating a Meadow One Step at a Time” with Deanna English, Owner of Grow Wild! Native Plant Nursery

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-to’s 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 landowner’s needs.

About our speaker: Deanna’s life ambition is to support the healing of the natural world. She owns the native plant nursery, Grow Wild!, in Brooktondale, NY, near Ithaca, which is one of the nurseries featured in HGCNY’s native plant shopping guide. Her background is in education and ecological restoration. She has a BA in Middle School Education and a MS in Environmental Studies.

Schedule
• 1:00 p.m. — Refreshments and conversation with fellow native plant enthusiasts
• 1:30 p.m. — Presentation begins

Location
This meeting is both in-person at the Liverpool Public Library and online via Zoom.
Zoom attendees will be able to hear the speaker, view their slide presentation, and ask questions during the Q&A at the end.
Registration is required for Zoom attendance only.

Recording
Meetings are typically recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.

Details coming soon!  

February Wild Ones HGCNY Chapter Meeting

Join us for our February meeting featuring a presentation on native plant gardening and landscaping. Topic to be announced.

Schedule
• 1:00 p.m. — Refreshments and conversation with fellow native plant enthusiasts
• 1:30 p.m. — Presentation begins

Location
This meeting is both in-person at the Liverpool Public Library and online via Zoom.
Zoom attendees will be able to hear the speaker, view their slide presentation, and ask questions during the Q&A at the end.
Registration is required for Zoom attendance only.

Recording
Meetings are typically recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.

Details coming soon! 

March Wild Ones HGCNY Chapter Meeting

Join us for our March meeting featuring a presentation on native plant gardening and landscaping. Topic to be announced.

Schedule
• 1:00 p.m. — Refreshments and conversation with fellow native plant enthusiasts
• 1:30 p.m. — Presentation begins

Location
This meeting is both in-person at the Liverpool Public Library and online via Zoom.
Zoom attendees will be able to hear the speaker, view their slide presentation, and ask questions during the Q&A at the end.
Registration is required for Zoom attendance only.

Recording
Meetings are typically recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.

Join us at Pompey, NY's Earth Day Fair!

The Wild Ones Habitat Gardening in Central New York (HGCNY) Chapter will be tabling- stop by to say hello, learn about native plants, and discover how to create biodiversity-friendly landscapes.

Learn more about our tabling outreach: https://hgcny.wildones.org/event-tabling/

Volunteer to help at this event: https://hgcny.wildones.org/volunteer-for-tabling/

April Wild Ones HGCNY Chapter Meeting

Join us for our April meeting featuring a presentation on native plant gardening and landscaping. Topic to be announced.

Schedule
• 1:00 p.m. — Refreshments and conversation with fellow native plant enthusiasts
• 1:30 p.m. — Presentation begins

Location
This meeting is both in-person at the Liverpool Public Library and online via Zoom.
Zoom attendees will be able to hear the speaker, view their slide presentation, and ask questions during the Q&A at the end.
Registration is required for Zoom attendance only.

Recording
Meetings are typically recorded and posted on our YouTube channel.

Join us in welcoming back our migratory birds at the Great Swamp Conservancy’s 24th Annual Spring Migration Festival!

Wild Ones Habitat Gardening Chapter of Central New York will have a table there on Sunday, May 3rd, 10 a.m.–3 p.m.

Stop by, say hello, and chat native plants and habitat with us!

Learn more about our tabling outreach: https://hgcny.wildones.org/event-tabling/

Volunteer to help at this event: https://hgcny.wildones.org/volunteer-for-tabling/

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!