Events Calendar

Discover how ecological landscaping with native plants can make your landscape more resilient and help address the climate crisis. This webinar will highlight practical, evidence-based approaches to designing and maintaining landscapes that build resilience to climate change and support native biodiversity. Join Wild Ones for a free webinar, “EcoBeneficial Landscape Strategies for the Climate Crisis,” featuring environmental horticulturalist and ecological landscape designer Kim Eierman.

Sunday Sept. 21, 2025. 1:30pm- 4pm  Our annual Membership Appreciation Garden Party!  at the Kelly Adirondack Center. What a great 4th year our Wild Ones chapter has had! Come celebrate our successful growth and projects at our Garden Party!  We will also briefly  highlight  our achievements of the past year, and elect new officers.  It will be a wonderful opportunity to mingle with members (both new and renewed) and fellow garden enthusiasts, maybe win a prize, and enjoy the beautiful setting. We will have refreshments.  Bring an interested friend(s): registration required to plan for appetizers.  Address:  897 St David's Ln, Niskayuna, NY, 12309   https://forms.gle/LxALUJ6cBCRgsN959 

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

Save the Pine Bush - Decades of Experience 

 Thursday, October 9, 2025, 7:00- 8:30 pm.  Join members of WOCRNY Advocacy Committee to hear from Lynne Jackson, a founder of the advocacy group Save the Pine Bush, which has worked tirelessly to protect the unique ecosystem in our region for decades. Let’s learn from their experiences about how we can succeed at raising awareness of the importance of protecting natives in our ecosystems.  During our Zoom meeting you will have the opportunity to ask your own questions.  This presentation will be recorded.

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.

Even after reading books and attending talks, many still have pressing questions about ecological landscaping. In this talk, Tallamy addresses common concerns on biodiversity, invasive species, native plants, and conservation strategies, providing practical guidance and motivation to restore nature in everyday spaces. 

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 1.3 mi, 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.

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

We will be returning with our highly requested seed swap!  Enjoy a family-friendly event celebrating our New York native plants with a seed swap!  Please pre-register any seeds you wish to bring so we can have plant care signs made. This is a public event and even if you do not have seeds you are welcome to take home seeds. Emma Treadwell Nature Center staff will be providing related education.  There will be craft stations,  informative tables featuring like-minded organizations, winter seed sowing station, and more!  Help us have a fantastic event and  invite your friends and family to join.  Please pre- register your seeds here:  https://forms.gle/TgkA7svJiPpcfvGE6 .  

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Designing with native plants isn’t just about what you grow, it’s about how you shape your space. In this hands-on workshop, Zoe Evans (Plan it Wild) and Heather Evans (Design Your Wild) guide you through the process of creating a cohesive yard plan that supports both your lifestyle and biodiversity.

Saturday, January 10 10:00am - 12:30pm @ Shaker Heritage Society Meeting House - join us for Native Seed Packaging.  Come and help package surplus from the Seed Swap at the historical site where seed packages were invented!  Seeds will be donated to libraries across counties served by WOCRNY.  If you have time, join for lunch afterwards (pay your own).  

Check our website for snow date information (1/11) in case of inclement weather.

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Saturday, January 31st 1-3pm. Join Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, Friends of Thacher, and Wild Ones as we host the  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 16, 2026.  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.

Details coming soon! This will be a paid webinar with all proceeds supporting the Seeds for Education Program. 

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