Events Calendar

Our chapter will have a display table at the Capital Region Flower & Garden Expo, held at the McDonough Sports Complex at Hudson Valley Community College, Troy.  Our table will have a colorful display about native host plants and butterflies, along with membership information. Wild Ones will be offering a several workshops in their listing of over fifty presentations. 

This annual Expo event includes large-scale gardens and floral-themed exhibits, and a Marketplace filled with over 190 flower and garden-themed retail exhibits, an indoor farmers market, and NYS wine tastings.  Public is charged an entry fee of $14/day if paid in advance.

All interested members are welcome to share their ideas on who to ensure native gardening is a culture change, not a fad.  Currently, this committee is focused on how to modernize town ordinances to make native gardens easier to start in communities that have strict lawn height requirements.  Register to receive a zoom link.

Grab a cuppa (or lunch) and join informal chat about native plants and related topics.  We meet in one of the rooms toward the back of Professor Java. Some chatters have asked for chat time dedicated to removing invasive plants - we'll do that, if people are interested. This is the last Cozy Chat until next fall; in summer, we connect at our Wild Ones garden tours. 

Join us for our quarterly  Membership Meeting.   Reach out by email for zoom link:  [email protected] 

Spring wildflowers beneath beech, oak, hickory, and hemlock. We will follow the one-mile orange loop beginning and ending at the parking area. Bring appropriate attire for a hike and weather. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667. Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.

Learn about how native gardening supports pollinators and songbirds, and learn more about the Crandall Seed Library! 

We will take the blue trail loop with a side-trip to the falls, a bit over 1mi, looking for spring ephemerals like bloodroot and wild ginger. Bring appropriate attire for a hike and the weather. Host: Dustin Mitchell, 314-616-2667. Always check the Events Calendar for any cancellation.

Come join us for an informal discussion and information-sharing session about native plants and pollinators. It's the perfect opportunity to ask questions, get advice, and share your love of native plants and pollinators with others who totally get it! 

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

Saturday, May 17th from 10am - sold out @ Thacher State Park Pear Pavillion Annual Thacher Native Plant Sale join Emma Treadwell Thacher Nature Center, Friends of Thacher, and Wild Ones as we feature native plants that support our native bird populations by providing food, shelter, and habitat they so desperately need.

Saturday, May 24th 10:30-11:30 tabling event at Ten Broeck Mansion Family Garden and Planting Day.  Stop by and join Laura as she advocates for native garden plants. 

Camp Saratoga is a Karner Blue butterfly preserve. With any luck, we will see lots of these tiny but lovely butterflies! Lots of native plants, too - Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca), Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa), and Horsemint (Monada punctata). Maybe a few native lupine (Lupinus perennis) still in bloom, too!

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.

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/

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.

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.
 

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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!