Events Calendar

We welcome our members, their guests, and anyone who likes to discuss and share their stories of native plants and ecological landscaping. Jennifer Michelle of GreenTown Consulting will lead our group in delightful conversations about current and relevant topics. Please use the registration link to sign up for the Zoom link and submit any topics/questions that you might have. Then share this event with others so we always have a lively group!

***Comments and statements made during the forum are not a reflection of Wild Ones, our chapter, or our partners. Please note all in attendance have varying skill sets and levels. Additional research should be done outside of our forum from industry leaders. We also encourage you to bring your findings back to the group at the next event.***

Winter Sowing is an easy 30-year-old method that's revolutionized gardening in cold regions. Learn how to make mini-greenhouses out of recycled containers to grow seeds that require cold stratification. Take a fully prepared and seeded container home!

Saturday February 1st, 10am - 12:30 pm (inclement weather date Sat 2/8). Join SUNY Cobleskill Associate Professor Timothy Marten LEED AP, ASM, for Production Scale Seed Sowing and Propagation instruction utilizing the techniques, materials, and procedures for small-scale production. Learn the scarification and stratification techniques taught at the college.  If time allows, we will be transplanting grasses used for advanced level parasitic (known as holoparasites, cannot photosynthesize and depend on their hosts for food) plant production. Plants will stay to grow on in the greenhouse and part of what we do will come back to the Thacher Native Plant sale on May 17th.  Please register here in case of a weather event.

Saturday 1st, 1:00pm - 2:30 pm.  Join Forest Technician Erik Heidenfelder on the SUNY Cobleskill Campus for Seed harvesting of the Eastern Redbud trees.  This program will include an educational talk on the native members of the legume family of trees (Fabaceae) in NY and the importance of their propagation moving into New York’s Climate-Resilient Future, and a brief demonstration of harvesting technique. We will then aid in the collection of seeds for propagation at DEC Saratoga Nursery.  We will be working on small step ladders in order to reach the seeds higher in the trees.  The DEC Saratoga Tree Nursery has been tasked to multiply the production of tree seedlings by eight by the year 2030 to fulfill the Governor’s Climate Initiative. Join Wild Ones in helping them accomplish this task.    Please register here  for  meet-up location & weather updates. 

Grab a soothing beverage and maybe lunch, and join fellow WildOnes members/potential members for relaxed chat about native plants and healthy ecosystems. Olde Bryan Inn is one of the oldest buildings in Saratoga and has a warm, cozy feel in winter. We'll meet in the room for large groups - ask for WildOnes when you come in. PARKING: on street or in the adjacent Hilton Inn parking lot. Enter the lot at the sign on Maple Ave for Hilton Inn, then turn right in the lot and drive to the end of the lot closest to the Olde Bryan Inn. (Parking for easier wheelchair accessibility is different - call the Olde Bryan Inn for details, 518-587-2990.)

Wild Ones will have a table at the Capital Area Beekeepers Association event on Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at 5:30 pm EST. 

The event is open to the public and will be held at:
William K. Sanford Town Library
629 Albany Shaker Road
Loudonville, NY 12211

Join us for a coffee and chat with fellow gardeners who love pollinators! Share pictures of your garden and gardening goals. And learn tips from the book, Nature's Best Hope , about gardening for habitat.

Jennifer Michelle of Wild Ones will be giving a presentation on "What Beekeepers Need to Know about Native Bees." The event is open to the public and takes place Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from 7-9 pm as part of the Capital Area Beekeepers monthly meeting.

Location:
First United Methodist Church
1 Gilligan Rd
East Greenbush, NY 1206
(Corner of Hayes and Gilligan)

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!