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Jan 28, 2012 • Toward Harmony with Nature Conference on Native Plants, Natural Landscapes - Complete Details

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Conference on Native Plants, Natural Landscapes - January 28, 2012 - Wild Ones Fox Valley holds an annual full-day conference in Oshkosh. Expert guest speakers on a variety of natural landscaping topics are featured in concurrent sessions, along with a keynote speaker, buffet lunch, and exhibits by native plant nurseries, nature centers, booksellers, nature artists, and environmental organizations. Be sure to join us each year on the last Saturday in January. Details

Native Plant Sale - May 19, 2012 - Wild Ones Fox Valley conducts an annual native plant sale which gives area residents opportunity to select high quality plant product for use in their plantings. For more information, contact sale Coordinator. Which plants might work for your own growing conditions? Download Prairie Nursery Catalog for ideas. Any not-for-profit organization is eligible for a discount on plants purchased for use in developing outdoor learning centers and nature areas. For further information, please contact the WILD Center, 920-730-3986.

More Opportunities

Join Wild Ones any time during the year. We value new and renewing members. Contact our Membership Chair or Wild Ones for a membership brochure. Welcome!

WILD Center - We invite, appreciate and need your volunteer help at WILD Center—your hours are credited toward the chapter’s use of the WILD Center facility as its home base. Remember to record your hours on one of the Time Sheets for Wild Ones Volunteers located in the front entrance or in the tool shed. Examples of hands-on tasks and a WILD Center Wish List are available here. Thank you for making a difference in our communities.

Show Me/Help Me Tours are opportunities for members to walk your property so you can learn what experienced members suggest for native planting improvements in your yard. For information on having your yard included on a tour, contact our Program Chair.

Yard Tours are opportunities for you to walk other members' properties, view their plantings, learn what worked in their yard.

Grants - Established by Wild Ones Fox Valley, the Natural Landscaping for Tomorrow fund awards grants ranging from $100-$500 to chapter area (Map) schools, houses of worship, and other public and not-for-profit organizations who wish to create natural landscapes or outdoor classrooms using native plants. Applications are due January 15. Notification of awards is given in March. Natural Landscaping for Tomorrow Grant applications may be obtained from the Wild Ones national office at 920-730-3986. Or download Instructions and Application here.

Plant Rescues, Speakers Bureau, Wild Ones Merchandise, see our Project page.

Conservation - If you are interested in tracking efforts and legislative issues that affect conservation in Wisconsin, here are a few links: Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters, Aldo Leopold Foundation, Wisconsin Conservation Congress, Wisconsin Conservation Hall of Fame. 

Chapter Meetings

Friends & Resources

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    Jan 28, 2012 (Sat)    

Toward Harmony with Nature
16th annual full-day conference on native plants and natural landscapes. Details.

    Feb 23, 2012 (Thu)    

At WILD Center
6:30 PM Social - Ed Pahl shares his wildflower catalog of native plants in his yard.
7 PM Program & Annual Meeting
WILD Center’s Landscape Design for the Future –
Growing the Fox Valley’s Only Native Landscaped Public Gardens, presented by Donna VanBuecken
Board Update & New Program Initiatives
Come and enjoy a warm winter’s evening around the fireplace with good company and food.

    Mar 22, 2012 (Thu)    

At Evergreen Community, Oshkosh
6:30 PM Social
7 PM Program
Connecting with Nature through Better Images
by Ted Eischeid, teacher & amateur photographer

    Apr 21, 2012 (Sat)    

9:00 AM or 1:00 PM at WILD Center
Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop Pre-registration and pre-payment required.
Contact the WILD Center, 920-730-3986

    Apr 26, 2012 (Thu)    

6:30 PM at WILD Center
Climate Change and Wisconsin Cold Tolerant Plant Species
by Dr. Robert Freckmann (Retired UW-Stevens Point Professor)

    May 18, 2012 (Fri)    

5:00 PM at WILD Center
Build Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop
Pre-registration and pre-payment required.
Contact the WILD Center, 920-730-3986

    May 19, 2012 (Sat)    

9:00 A M -11:30 AM at WILD Center
Native Plant Sale & Order Pick-Up (Information in Apr/May newsletter & webpage)
Contact: Sharon Ziebert 920-410-6932

    May 24, 2012 (Thu)    

6 PM in New London
Tour - (Members only)
View Spring Ephemeral’s on the Kuehl Property,
E9375 Brookside Ct., New London .

    Jun 09, 2012 (Sat)    

10-11:30 A M in Menomonee Falls, WI
Bus Tour - Johnson’s Nursery, with Special Emphasis
on Native Shrubs & Trees. Plant propagator, Michael Yanny, will conduct a 11⁄2 hour tour.
Participants will be able to purchase plants, which will be on sale.
(More information on bus fee and departure times/locations in Apr/May newsletter and chapter webpage.)

    Jun 16, 2012 (Sat)    

In Menomonee Falls, WI
Tour Johnson's Nursery
With special emphasis on native shrubs & trees.

    Jun 28, 2012 (Thu)    

6 PM in Appleton
Show Me/Help Me on Geiser Property - (Members only)
A city lot, 70’x100’, to suggest maintenance and improvements
for a mature native garden, and naturalization of a wooded area.

    Jul 26, 2012 (Thu)    

4–7 PM in Neenah & Fremont
Two Tours* - (Members only)
• Gossen Property, 7535 S. Center Rd., Neenah: 3-acre prairie
with 200 Prairie Dropseed plants lining driveway
• Spencer Property, N636 Rabbit Rd., Fremont: 23 acres
with pond, two scrapes, and 30 kinds of prairie forbs

    Aug 17, 2012 (Fri)    

at WILD Center
Wild Ones National Meeting
All members invited and encouraged to attend

    Aug 18, 2012 (Sat)    

at WILD Center
Wild Ones National Meeting
All members invited and encouraged to attend

    Aug 19, 2012 (Sun)    

at WILD Center
Wild Ones National Meeting
All members invited and encouraged to attend

    Aug 23, 2012 (Thu)    

4 PM in Oshkosh
Two Tours - (Members only)
• Frievalds Property, 913 Honey Creek Rd. -
Prairie was featured in 2004 Paine Gardens Yard Tour
• Potempa Property, 1535 Candlelight Ct. -
Urban Yard with Emphasis on Native Plants

    Sep 27, 2012 (Thu)    

6:00 PM in Oshkosh
At Evergreen Retirement Community
Tour Evergreen Oak Savanna, followed by
Maintenance of an Established Area with Steve Maassen

    Oct 01, 2012 (Mon)    

Week of Oct 1st
Seed Gathering at selected members’ properties
(Locations announced in Aug/Sept newsletter & chapter webpage)

    Oct 25, 2012 (Thu)    

6:30 PM WILD Center
• Birdscaping with Natives by Steve Petznick, Mosquito Hill Nature Center Naturalist
• Seed Swap

    Nov 15, 2012 (Thu)    

6:30 PM in Oshkosh
At Evergreen Retirement Community
Sustainability in Lakes Winnebago, Butte des Morts, Winneconne, Poygan & Connecting Rivers
by Professor Mike Lizotte, UW-O, & President of Winnebago Lakes Council
Joint program with Winnebago Audubon

    Jan 26, 2013 (Sat)    

Tentative Date for Toward Harmony with Nature Conference

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