Agastache nepetoides (giant yellow hyssop); adiantum pedatum (maidenhair fern); and mondara fistulosa (bee balm) appears with a great spangled fritillary.
Native Gardeners: It’s Time to Show Us Your Stuff
For Capital Region Wild Ones members, the growing season brings the joy of visits to native gardens. Every year — in one of our most popular events — native gardens around the Capital Region are opened to the public. Some of these gardens are spectacular and longstanding, others are in a beautiful transition stage and still others are just beginning to go native. Each one of these gardens helps tell the story of how we build landscapes bursting with native plants.
Many tours take the form of “Show Me” or “Help Me” events. A “Show Me” tour showcases a garden that heavily features native plants. Attendees see firsthand what an established native garden looks like. A “Help Me” event may feature less well-established gardens. The group collectively offers suggestions, shares ideas for problem spots and answers the owner’s questions.
Capital Region Wild Ones is starting to plan for tours and here’s how you can participate:
Volunteer your garden: Would you be willing to open your native garden or recommend another native garden for a tour?
Join our planning committee: This group meets via Zoom in the winter and spring when we will help identify potential tour gardens, spread the word about upcoming tours and assist with organizational efforts.
Tour the gardens: Watch for details in our upcoming newsletters, but remember that while garden tours are FREE, they are open only to members of Capital Region Wild Ones. (When there’s room, members can bring a friend!)
To learn more about how to participate, please write to us at [email protected].