Hundreds of native plant enthusiasts joined the Capital Region Wild Ones on Nov. 16 at the Thacher Park Visitor Center for the 4th Annual Native Plant Celebration and Seed Swap. Participants walked away with seeds to sow in their home gardens. They also learned about winter sowing, participated in nature-based craft activities and enjoyed goodies […] Continue reading "Native Plant Celebration – 2024 edition"
Join the Garden Tour We will be touring Carol Q’s Garden on Saturday, August 10th, 2024 from Noon to 2 pm. Members are encouraged to bring a friend and to carpool. See all of our upcoming events and register for the address on our Events Calendar. How It Started Anyone expecting a pristine, cultivated garden will […] Continue reading "A Mighty Fine Mess"
Join the Garden Tour We will be touring Kate’s Garden on Saturday, August 10th, 2024 from 10 am to 12:30 pm. Members are encouraged to bring a friend. Read street signs to park where you won’t get a ticket and please consider carpooling. See all of our upcoming events and register for the address on […] Continue reading "A Growing Cottage Style Garden"
Join the Garden Tour We will be touring Jennifer’s Garden on Saturday, August 10th, 2024 from 10 am to 2 pm. Members are encouraged to bring a friend and to carpool. See all of our upcoming events and register for the address on our Events Calendar. We have been slowly converting the lawn to native plants […] Continue reading "A Yard in Transition"
Join the Garden Tour We will be touring Crem’s Garden on Saturday, July 20th, 2024 from Noon to 2 pm. Members are encouraged to bring a friend and to carpool. See all of our upcoming events and register for the address on our Events Calendar. Crem Dias’ home is located on a lovely traditional residential street […] Continue reading "A Free For All"
Join the Garden Tour We will be touring Aimee’s Garden on Saturday, July 20th, 2024 from 11 am to 1 pm. Members are encouraged to bring a friend and to carpool. See all of our upcoming events and register for the address on our Events Calendar. How it Started Aimee Allard who has lived in her […] Continue reading "A Hell Strip and So Much More"
Join the Garden Tour We will be touring Donna’s Garden on Saturday, July 20th, 2024 from 10 am to noon. Members are encouraged to bring a friend and to carpool. See all of our upcoming events and register for the address on our Events Calendar. How It Started Starting 5 years ago in my new-to-me 100-year-old […] Continue reading "The Try It and See Garden"
The Davis Family began their journey of converting their suburban lawn into a native pollinator garden in the fall of 2019. After the first meadow section flourished, they agreed their son could start to convert the front lawn using the knowledge from his ecology degree. While the native plants looked like weeds to some, they gained […] Continue reading "Davis Garden Tour"
Unlike years past when we’d gone to the garden center with the crowds on Memorial Dayweekend to find a load of annuals and would come home to stick them in the yard, this time wewatched the ground as soon as the snow melted, wondering just what would grow. The past fall,we’d smothered the grass turf […] Continue reading "An Emerging Gardener"
It’s our Seed Swap! Each fall, the Wild Ones Capital Region hosts at native seed celebration to help broaden the diversity of native plants in our region. New to a seed swap concept?It is just like the cookie swaps that happen near the holidays, where everyone brings a plate of cookies. Then everyone goes around […] Continue reading "What is a Native Seed Celebration?"