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Louisville MetroWild Chapter |
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Louisville MetroWild Chapter |
To contact the chapter by U.S. Mail, use the following address:
Our Vision:Wild Ones® Louisville Chapter
P.O. Box 4593
Louisville, KY 40204
This chapter encompasses the Louisville Metro area and Southern Indiana. We host spring speakers, an early summer "Show Me, Help Me Day," and summer tours of native plant gardens, fall board elections and seed/plant exchange at an indoor potluck dinner, and winter speakers. Meetings focus on what can be done to naturalize our residential properties. The fourth Saturday of each month is the Chapter adopted Wildflower Woods Work Session (weather permitting) Location: Wildflower Woods is in Cherokee Park between Cherokee Parkway, Barney Avenue and the Scenic Loop.
Louisville Chapter Meeting Schedule
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Wild Ones in Louisville? Yes! Our local chapter was formed March 1998 and we already have over 100 people on our mailing list. It shows the phenomenal interest for native plants and landscape restoration in our area.
Wild Ones was formed in 1979 as a direct outgrowth of a natural landscaping workshop taught by Lorrie Otto and offered by the Schlitz Audubon Center of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A nucleus of nine people became intensely interested in this new concept as an alternative to the great American lawn. They united, dedicated to the idea that it is far better to use plants adapted to their own soils and climate than to struggle trying to maintain exotic plantings.
Become a member of Wild Ones and learn how to grow your own natural yard full of native American plant species that provide habitat for a multitude of wildlife. The local chapter provides a venue for educating members and sharing information about native plant species, restoration techniques, plant rescues and exchanges, seed gatherings, as well as tours and slide programs. See the membership page for details.
Meetings are held quarterly. See the latest issue of the newsletter for current information.
Chapter Officers and Board Members
Rick Harned, President / Newsletter Editor
Portia Brown, Vice President
Amy Adevich-Akin, Secretary / Webmaster
Mike Edelen, Treasurer
Ward Wilson, Wildflower Woods
Phyllis Fitzgerald, Publicity
Judith McCandless, Membership
Honorary Directors:
Lucy Lee
Mike Smiley
John Swintosky
John Warren
Richard Wolford
Jerry Brown
Calendar |
Jun 10, 2008 (Tue)
Wild Ones Chapter Meeting. Louisville Nature Center, 3745 Illinois Ave. 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Anne Meyers Bobigian, Louisville area representative of the Kentucky chapter, American Chestnut Foundation, will review the decades-long effort to restore this once-dominant forest giant and critical food source to its former glory in our state – and what we can do going forward
Jun 28, 2008 (Sat)
Wildflower Woods Work Session (weather permitting). Location: Wildflower Woods is in Cherokee Park between Cherokee Parkway, Barney Avenue and the Scenic Loop. For Information contact Chapter President.
Wild Ones: -- Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization.
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