Events Calendar

Saturday, 28th 10:00am - 12:30pm @ Bethlehem Public Library 451 Delaware Ave, Delmar, NY 12054 join us for Native Seed Packaging.  Come and help package surplus from the Seed Swap. Seeds will be donated to libraries across counties served by WOCRNY.  If you have time, join for lunch afterwards (pay your own).

Fellow Wild Ones Members, Native Plants, Healthy Ecosystems

Wednesday, January 8th 6:30-8:00pm join us for a zoom Quarterly Membership Meeting.  2025 is the “year of the membership” Join members and discuss the direction of the chapter.  Reach out by email for zoom link:  [email protected] 

It’s easy and far less expensive to grow a pollinator garden from seed! This workshop will show you a simple way to start growing your own native plants. You will leave with a few seed plugs you can overwinter and plant after germination next year. Potting soil and seeds will be provided. Prepare to get a little messy!

Suggested items to bring:
3 or 4 toilet paper tubes (just the cardboard inserts)
Gloves

Class size is limited to 10 people. Please register online.

Location:
Dutcher Community Room

Saturday, 11th 1-3pm (inclement weather date Sunday 12th). Join Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, Friends of Thacher, and Wild Ones as we host the first Native Plant Sale Kick-Off Social to be held at the Nature Center (87 Nature Center Way, Voorheesville, NY 12186 (518) 872-0800 ).  Come join us if you have volunteered to or are thinking of volunteering for the Annual Native Plant Sale to be held May 17, 2025.  There are so many ways to become involved, come and join this dedicated group of volunteers and see what’s right for you! Please register here, to be notified in case of a weather event.

All interested members are welcome to share their ideas on how to raise awareness and make cultural changes to increase native plants in our communities.

Saturday, 18 10am -11:30am (inclement weather 1/25/2025). Join presenter Martie Teumim for It’s All Greek to Me - Understanding Latin Botanical Names at The Kelly Adirondack Center (897 St. David’s Lane Niskayuna, NY 12309).  In this fun presentation with powerpoint, you will learn the parts of a botanical name and how to pronounce them, as well as why it is much better to use a botanical name rather than the common or vernacular name. Please register here in case of inclement weather.

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.***

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.

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

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!