DIRECTIONS: To Inniswood From I-270, take the SR 3/Westerville Road exit north to Schrock Road (Huntington Bank, 630 South State Street, is on the Southeast corner) and turn right. Go about one mile to South Hempstead Road and turn right. Entrance is about 1/2 mile on the right. Inniswood Metro Park

For more information, contact Columbus Chapter Jann Offutt, Columbus Chapter President.

WILD ONES ALERT!

Midwest Native Plant Conference

July 24- July 26 2009

Focus on this conference is native prairies and wetlands with emphasis on the importance of native plant communities and how these elements can be included in any landscape. Presented by Flora-Quest and Greater Cincinnati Wild Ones

Contacts: Jim McCormac, Chair, at ambrosia@columbus.rr.com and Kathy McDonald at 513.941.6497 or kmc@one.net

PROGRAM IDEAS AND COMMENTS?   If you have any program and/or field trip ideas/requests or you would like to comment on past programs, please contact our Program Committee at ideas&comments

    Jun 28, 2009 (Sun)    

12pm-6pm 243 Heischman Ave. Worthington (see directions below)

NATIVE PLANT SALE

Plan on stocking up on native plants for your garden!

This plant sale is being held in conjunction with the NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION CERTIFIED GARDEN TOUR in
Worthington.


Address is located near the intersection of Worthington-Galena and Schrock roads. Heischman Avenue is off Worthington-Galena Road, one-half block northeast of the intersection. The house if the fifth one on the left.

    Jul 11, 2009 (Sat)    

10AM we will be meeting at Wahkeena Preserve in Sugar Grove, Ohio

FERN FIELD TRIP

WAHKEENA PRESERVE
2200 Pump Station Road
Sugar Grove, Ohio 43155

phone: 740-746-8695

website with directions: Wahkeena

Guided nature hike with Tom Shisler, site manager and experienced naturalist. Wahkeena has approximately
26 types of ferns. Tom will include information about other plant and animal life and the geology of the area.

Carpool information

At 9:00 am sharp meet at the Indianola Park and Ride, which is near the do-it-yourself car wash on the east side of Indianola Avenue just south of Morse Road. This is just west of the Morse Road entrance to I-71. Park near Morse Road. Please donate $2 to your driver.

The $7 per car parking fee will be covered by The Wild Ones donation.

    Jul 18, 2009 (Sat)    

10AM at several prairies in the Plain City, Ohio area (see description and directions below).

DARBY PLAINS PRAIRIE TOUR

Rick Gardner will lead the group through 3 prairie remnants in the once expansive Darby Plains.
Two sites are pioneer cemeteries that are refuge for many prairie plants. Bigelow Cemetery Prairie State
Nature preserve (SNP) is home to the state threatened Royal Catchfly and many other prairie plants.
Smith Cemetery Prairie SNP is located nearby and has a high diversity of prairie plants including White
False Indigo, Purple Milkweed, and Bicknell's Sedge. After visiting these two sites, the groups will visit the
best example of an Oak Savanna remaining in the Darby Plains, Pearl King Savanna, owned by the Columbus
Metro Parks. Scattered large Oaks with several state threatened Prairie Dropseed occur here. For more
information about the SNP's visit Ohio Nature Preserves. The field trip will start at Bigelow Cemetery Prairie SNP.

Rick Gardner is Heritage Botanist, ODNR - Division of Natural Areas & Preserves.

Carpool Information

At 9:30 am sharp meet in the parking lot between McDonalds and Rousch Hardware which are in the west end
of the Kroger strip mall on the southeast corner of Route 161 and Frantz Road in Dublin, Ohio. Please donate
$2 to your driver. (There is only room for 5 cars at the Pearl King Savanna.)

Directions:

Go about 8 miles west of Plain City on State Route 161. Turn south (left) on Rosedale Rd. The Bigelow Cemetery
Prairie SNP is less the 1/2 mile on the west side of Rosedale Rd. There is a pull-off in front of the cemetery in
which to park. We will then follow Mr. Garner by car to the other prairies.

    Aug 08, 2009 (Sat)    

10AM Inniswood Metro Park

PRESENTATION ON THE HERITAGE GARDEN AT THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION

Guy Denny will present on his experience with the development of the Heritage Garden at the Governor's mansion in Bexley.

The Heritage Garden uses many Ohio native plants and seeks to represent the five physiographic regions of Ohio.

Mr. Denny is on the Governor's residence Advisory Commission and the Board of the Friends of the Governor's Residence and Heritage Garden. He has 33 years of public service including long service with ODNR, numerous publications and many naturalist/environmental awards.

Come learn from an expert how to utilize plants in your home setting. This is part of the Inniswoods August Plant Sale Showcase featured August 8th and 9th.

    Sep 12, 2009 (Sat)    

10AM Inniswood Metro Park

GROWING NATIVE TREES IN POTS - Borrowing the ancient art of Bonsai

Shelby Conrad, a Wild Ones member and Bonsai (bone-sigh) enthusiast will share her experiences
into the art and horticulture of nurturing trees in pots The goal of Bonsai is to create an echo of nature in
miniature. Shelby will identify what you stand to learn by trying and how to improve your sensitivity to using
native trees in our home landscape. She will discuss the principles of developing Bonsai and demonstrate
the basics of transplanting and care.