Events

Come learn the winter sowing technique for growing Virginia native plants on a budget.  We will provide potting mix, tools, and seeds, but you are also welcome to bring your own seeds to swap and share.  Experienced sowers welcome to come sow as part of the group as this is a great social setting to meet others in the area with the same passion for sustainable gardening.

Please register through Eventbrite.  The venue has limited space and we cannot accommodate ticket sales at the door.  

Tickets are $5 to cover the cost of supplies.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/winter-sowing-workshop-i-hosted-by-wild-ones-tickets-1967602511077?aff=oddtdtcreator

Learn how to sow native plants using the milk jug outdoor winter sowing method. Enhance your garden and support wildlife on a low budget! You can either bring your own supplies (milk jugs, potting mix, weather resistant marker, scissors, duct/painters tape, soldering iron and native plant seeds) or pay a $5 activity fee and receive supplies.

Registration Info coming. Cash only for this event. 

In this special collaboration, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, joins youth leader and Nurture Natives founder Esther Bonney for an intergenerational conversation about belonging, reciprocity, and native plant action. 

Together, they will explore questions such as:

How do we create opportunities for young people to have a voice and feel empowered, even when they are not homeowners or decision makers?What kinds of relationships and mentorships help people stay engaged in native plant work over decades?Why do stories, shared practices, and community invitations matter just as much as plant lists?

Robin and Esther will reflect on what invites people into this work, what keeps them here, and what elders and youth have to teach each other.

Our upcoming webinar with Basil Camu explores practical, evidence based ways to heal suburban and urban landscapes by working with trees, soil, and natural systems, drawing on real world practices from Leaf & Limb and community centered models for restoring life where we live, work, and play.!  

Join Joey Santore, creator of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, for a candid Wild Ones National Webinar examining how inherited garden aesthetics shape native plant landscapes. Drawing on field experience and real ecology, Joey challenges tidy design norms and explores why dense, irregular plant communities are often the most resilient and ecologically sound.

Join us for a guided tour of the Native Spring Ephemeral garden at Wolf Trap.   

Park in the lot for the Wolf Trap Loop Trail. The garden is in the fenced in area next to the Filene Center. 

Share and swap native plants and seeds with your friends and neighbors.  This is a great event for gardeners with established gardens to offload surplus plants to help out newbies and folks on a tight budget.

We are adding a Mosquito Bucket of Doom workshop and demonstration.   We plan to have kits available for purchse.  Details to follow soon.

Bring your extra seedlings, houseplant propagations, and garden volunteers to share! No plants listed on the DCR Invasive species list will be allowed. 

We'll plan to set up at 1:30, and swap plants starting at 2pm. 

Yellow House Natives is a new native plant nursery in Berryville, VA.  They have graciously offered to host us for a tour and answer questions. (and maybe do some plant shopping! :-D) We'd love to carpool or meet you there! Please RSVP by letting us know on the FB event or email us at [email protected] 

Come visit a local gardener's established garden and new beds and pond.  Discuss successes and failure and enjoy some native plant company. 

Details to follow

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!