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Greater DuPage Chapter |
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Greater DuPage Chapter |
Wild Ones, Native Plants, Natural Landscapes is a non-profit organization dedicated to natural landscaping and related education.
Wild Ones is a national organization with local chapters that serve various parts of the United States. The Greater DuPage chapter covers several counties across the western suburbs of metropolitan Chicago in Illinois. It was founded in 1991 by Vicki Nowicki and Pat Armstrong.
This local chapter provides a venue for sharing information among members about using plants adapted to the soils and climate of Chicagoland. Our gardens range in size from small areas of native plants up to full-blown prairies. Become a member of Wild Ones and explore how to grow your own natural garden or yard full of native plant species that provide wildlife habitat and an interesting landscape. Gardeners of any skill or interest level are welcome. We encourage visitors to join us at one of our meetings to hear firsthand about our group.
We have over 140 individual, household, and business memberships. See the membership page for more information about the benefits of joining The Wild Ones.
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Naperville
Municipal Center 400 S. Eagle St. Room C (lower level) Naperville, IL 60540 Primary meeting location. Free parking is available in the garage at the south side of the building. |
Willowbrook Wildlife Center 525 S Park Blvd Glen Ellyn, IL 60137 Alternate meeting location. See calendar entry for details related to a specific month's meeting. |
Looking for a group closer to home?
If you are interested in participating in
a new Wild Ones Chapter or sub-group west of Route 59, please contact Jan
Smith 630 653-3958 (
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Events we sponsor include:
For details about upcoming monthly meetings and special events, see calendar below.
Calendar |
Feb 21, 2008 (Thu)
Location: Naperville Municipal Center
Round Table Discussion
Come join us to learn, ask questions, just listen, give tips, and discuss the pros and cons of various topics important to Wild One members. We hope to have yearly February Round Table Discussions in the future, so bring ideas for future topics. This month's topics, time permitting, are:
Mar 20, 2008 (Thu)
Location: Willowbrook Wildlife Center
Willowbrook Raptor Program
Learn about the natural history and other interesting facts of our local birds of prey: owls and hawks. See these beautiful live birds up close. Also take a tour of the Willowbrook Wildlife Center, a rehabilitation, refuge and education center, and learn how they care for our local wildlife.
To show our support for the work done at Willowbrook Wildlife Center, everyone is encouraged to bring a donation. Refer to the online wish list for ideas.
http://www.willowbrookwildlife.org/wishlist.asp
This is not required, but every contribution is appreciated
Apr 05, 2008 (Sat)
Location:
DuPage Unitarian Universalist Church
4S535 Old Naperville Road
Naperville, Illinois 60563
Note: This is a secular event. The church is kind enough to share their space with us.
Annual Chapter Potluck
Please join us for an evening of good food and growing friendship.
The fun starts at 6:00PM, but if you have an extra hour and would like to volunteer for setup before or cleanup after, please let us know.
This is a potluck, so bring a dish to share. It can be anything you like... that is the fun of a potluck.
Please bring your own plates, cups and utensils. This allows us to avoid creating more trash with disposable items. Unfortunately, the facilities cannot accommodate dish washing by everyone, so you get to do that at home.
The program for the evening will be:
Cool Cities – Local Solutions to Global Warming
Our own Wild Ones Chapter member, Lonnie Morris is the Illinois Sierra Club organizer for the “Cool Cities” campaign.
Cool Cities is a Sierra Club initiative working at the local level to reduce global warming pollution. Global warming and climate change are now accepted as a serious threat. Glaciers in Greenland and Antarctica are melting faster than predicted and in 2007, Arctic sea ice, a sensitive predictor of climate change, was at its lowest recorded level. These events seem distant and remote yet the causes of climate change are rooted in our everyday lives. Find out what Illinois “Cool Cities” are doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through energy efficiency, green fleets and renewable energy programs and how you can become involved in a Cool Cities campaign.
May 04, 2008 (Sun)
Knock Knolls Park - Tour/Picnic
The Greater DuPage Wildones will be having a tour of a woodland area Sunday, May 4th at 10:30AM. Meet in the parking lot of Knoch Knolls Park (Naperville) at 10:30am. We'll explore along the various paths and witness some outstanding spring blooms. Bring a picnic lunch and we'll dine alfresco before proceeding over to the Green Earth Fair sponsored by the Conservation Foundation. The fair starts at 1:00pm. We will have a booth at the fair, and need some help setting it up following lunch. The Green Earth Fair will be held at McDonald Farm, which you pass by on the way to Knoch Knolls Park. HELP NEEDED: If you can volunteer a hour or two of time to help stand at the booth during the afternoon, it would be greatly appreciated. Contact Pat Clancy if you can help in any way: clancypj@sbcglobal.net
Directions to Knock Knolls Park: It would be best to consult a map or your favorite Internet map display. On Washington St, about 1/4 mile south of 87th street, turn west on Ring Road. (Note - this is about one block north of where Naper Blvd and Washington St come together.) On Ring Road, take an almost immediate left onto Knoch Knolls Road - this is south. In less than 1/4 mile, you'll pass a turn off to McDonald Farm and the Conservation Foundation on your right. This is where the Green Earth Fair will be. Pass it by for now and keep going a little way to a turn off on the left for Knoch Knolls Park. Proceed to the parking lot and that is where we will meet at 10:30am
Board Members
President: Denise Sandoval
Vice President: Pat Armstrong
Secretary: Pat Clancy
Treasurer: Rich Whitney
Terms end on December 31st. We line up our leadership and committees for the coming year in October. Open positions can be filled anytime. Please consider sharing your interest by getting involved in one of these capacities. Help support the healthy continuation and growth of our chapter. Duties are flexible; if you think you can help in any way contact one of the people listed above. There is a strong core of former officers still very much involved in the group who will be happy to help anyone new coming on board. Board meetings are held monthly on the second Friday of the month.
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