Events Calendar

Saturday, May 31st 10-4pm Demonstration Garden Tabling Event @ Unity Lutheran of Albany. Join volunteers as we share our passion about native plants, Wild Ones, and the Unity Demonstration Garden.  Can you spare 2 hours?  Volunteer to sit a shift and/or come out to support our friends at Unity Lutheran for their first annual craft, vendor, and rummage sale.  1500 Western Ave, Albany NY 12203.  To volunteer for a two hour shift please register here:  https://forms.gle/zJtaAH6J4RdzJ9jR7 

We will set out from the Uncle Sam gravesite and follow the man-made lake and creek downstream, observing the John C. Sidney’s landscape design and its evolution over 175 years. Bring appropriate attire for an easy walk and the weather. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667. Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.

Join us for our monthly  Leadership Team & Business Meeting.   Reach out by email for zoom link:  [email protected] 

Limestone means alkaline soil, selecting for plants that thrive in that condition, including a healthy selection of ferns. Park along the pull-off. Bring appropriate attire for a hike and the weather. The walk will be shady. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667.  Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.

 Visit Three Public Gardens Utilizing Native Plants -This tour is open to all 

10 AM   SoBro Conservancy of Saratoga-Docent on site all day    Address:  209 South Broadway -see parking directions on website

 11 AM   Saratoga YMCA Pollinator Garden- tour with Joy Keith Address:  290 West Ave Saratoga Springs, NY -see parking directions on website

1 PM  Hudson Crossing Park Address: at Lock C5 in Schuylerville NY.-Tour with  Mary Roberts  

No registration requited but check the website (https://capitalregionny.wildones.org/)before heading out in case of cancellation due to weather or unforeseen circumstances.

Come enjoy a walk through this lovely nature preserve filled with native plants! There will be lots to see in this small but lovely forest walk. For more info on the Orra Phelps Preserve, see:
https://saratogaplan.org/explore-parks-and-trails/orra-phelps-nature-preserve/

Sunday 13th 1-3:30 pm  join us for a brief membership meeting followed by an afternoon of creating an art collage together.  The large collages will become a traveling display (“Cultivate a Hopeful Community”).  You can also make a smaller collage to take home.  We will receive instruction from artist Kathy Zazarine on how to collage and make it appear 3D.  If you are able, please save and bring items such as empty seed packets, prints of native plants, butterflies, caterpillars, birds, pollinators, trees and some actual leaves or copies of leaves, in addition to small printed words with a conservation theme. Location is Pine Hollow Arboretum 34 Pine Hollow Rd, Slingerlands, NY 12159.  If you have time, come early or stay late to explore the beautiful grounds. 

Starting at the visitor center, we will walk the Native Plant Collection trail, approximately 1mi. Parking and visit are free, although Landis requests a $5 donation per visitor. Bring appropriate attire for a hike and the weather. Parts of the walk will be sunny, there are minor hills, and the trails can be slippery when wet. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667. Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.

Three Gardens to visit in Schenectady County.

Members can tour private residences of members

Dustin Mitchell 10-2

Betsy Henry has been re-wilding the vacant lot next door to her  Schenectady home.  In addition to lots of native trees, shrubs, and perennials, she's made two 9 x40 ft founder plots to grow seeds from plants in our ecoregion, collected from the Woodlawn Preserve and has planned to grow plugs to plant this year. 

the Schenectady County CCE opens their gardens to the public and will have several master gardeners on hand to talk about the development of their native gardens .

Gathering near the historic Whipple Bridge at River View and Van Vranken Roads, we will walk out to Fort’s Ferry and make a short loop. We will use David H. Behm’s list of observed invasive plants as a checklist to practice identifying invasives. Bring appropriate attire for a hike, the weather, and flying insects. Parts of the walk will be sunny. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667. Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.

In search of asters and allies, we will explore all of the early-fall blooms we find. We will walk both the blue and red trails, totaling about 1.5mi. Bring appropriate attire for a hike and the weather. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667. Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.
 

Details coming soon! 

Sunday Sept 21 2:30pm- 5pm Annual Wild Ones Garden Party! hosted at Kelly Adirondack Center What a great 4th year our Wild Ones chapter has had! Come celebrate our successful growth and projects at our 2nd  Annual Wild Ones Garden Party!  We will also conduct a brief annual meeting and elect new officers.  It will be a wonderful opportunity to mingle with members and fellow garden enthusiasts, maybe win a prize, and enjoy a special tour of the facility. We will have refreshments.  Bring an interested friend(s): registration required to plan for appetizers:  https://forms.gle/tm8yHpmmJQWfqaK19 

Beginning at the smaller Falstaff’s parking lot near Broadway, we will take the red loop trail, about 1.1mi, seeking late wildflowers, enjoying the fall foliage, and thinking about the soil structure all this falling plant matter supports. Bring appropriate attire for a hike and the weather. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667. Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.

Details coming soon! 

Friday 7th, 8:30am. Henry Gerber Reist Bird Sanctuary, 897 St David's Ln, Niskayuna, NY. Park at the Kelly Adirondack Center. From there we will follow the Paul Schaefer Yellow Trail, about 1.3mi, looking out for birds, late-fall flora, and the remnants of dry vernal pools. Bring appropriate attire for a hike and the weather; note that this area can get wet and muddy. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667. Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.

Details coming soon!