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Wild Ones

A national non-profit organization with 100+ local chapters that teach the benefits of native plants.
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09/02/2026

🌿 What happens when we stop trying to control every part of the landscape?

“We’re meeting the land where it is and guiding and editing as needed, rather than micromanaging.” — Sara Weaner Cooper

In her family’s ongoing transition from conventional lawn to native meadow, Sara has learned to work with the landscape as it develops—observing what emerges, adapting along the way, and allowing the meadow to change over time.

Join Sara, owner and principal of New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL), for From Lawn to Meadow, a free Wild Ones webinar exploring the real-world process of turning lawn into meadow.

📅 Wednesday, September 16
🕖 7 p.m. ET | 6 p.m. CT | 5 p.m. MT | 4 p.m. PT
🌱 Free and online

Register here: https://wildones.org/from-lawn-to-meadow/

08/31/2026

🌿 Celebrating 5 Years of Wild Ones Mohawk Valley Chapter! 🎉

Serving Oneida, Madison, and Herkimer Counties, with in-person events centered around Utica, New York, the chapter helps people create beautiful, sustainable landscapes while building a community where members can learn, share, and grow together. Through garden tours, field trips, native plant sales, educational programs, planting events, volunteer projects, and more, they’re helping bring native plants to both private and public spaces.

Thank you to the dedicated members and volunteers who have helped Wild Ones Mohawk Valley grow and make a difference in their community. Here’s to five years, and many more to come! 🌱

Happy 5th anniversary, Wild Ones Mohawk Valley Chapter!

Learn more about the chapter: https://mohawkvalley.wildones.org/

Mohawk Valley Lawns Gone Wild

08/28/2026

🦇 Happy International Bat Night Weekend!

We’re celebrating one of the most underrated creatures in our ecosystems: bats. Bats can eat up to half their body weight in insects each night, and around the world, they provide vital ecosystem services through insect consumption, pollination, and seed dispersal.

Native plants can play an important role in supporting healthy bat populations. Native species support diverse insect communities, which means more food for bats and other insectivores. Planting natives, reducing pesticide use, and leaving some natural cover in your yard can all add up to better habitat for these night flyers. 🌿

Want to learn more? Join us on October 21 for Bats in the Backyard, a webinar with Brandi Christiano, PhD and Megan White from Bat Conservation International exploring how native plants, healthy insect populations, and thoughtful landscape choices can support bats right where you live.

Register here: https://wildones.org/bats-in-the-backyard/

This webinar is sponsored by Wild Yard. With their support, we're also excited to be working on a new bat-friendly native garden design. Stay tuned for more updates. 🦇🌱

08/27/2026

🌿 Celebrating 25 Years of Wild Ones Central Upper Peninsula Chapter! 🎉

For 25 years, the Central Upper Peninsula Chapter of Wild Ones has been connecting people and native plants through education, resources, and community.

From winter sowing programs and invasive species education to resources created specifically for Upper Peninsula gardeners, the chapter has helped make native landscaping more accessible in their region. Their educational work also reaches the next generation through pollinator resources and hands-on learning activities, and has inspired people across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula to support biodiversity in their own communities.

Happy Anniversary, Wild Ones Central Upper Peninsula Chapter! 🌱

Learn more about the chapter: https://centralupperpeninsula.wildones.org/

08/24/2026

🌿 Meet the Presenter: Sara Weaner Cooper

Educator. Ecological gardener. Native meadow advocate.

As owner and principal of New Directions in the American Landscape (NDAL), Sara Weaner Cooper helps advance ecologically informed approaches to landscape design and stewardship. Her own landscape has become part of that work: Sara and her husband’s experimental transition from conventional lawn to native meadow has been featured in The New York Times and BBC.

In this free Wild Ones webinar, presented in partnership with NDAL, Sara will share a candid look at their ongoing lawn-to-meadow project, including the decisions, successes, surprises, and challenges that have shaped it over multiple growing seasons. 🌱

📅 Wednesday, September 16

Register today: https://wildones.org/from-lawn-to-meadow/

08/23/2026

🌿 Celebrating 5 Years of Wild Ones Western Pennsylvania Area! 🎉

For five years, the Wild Ones Western Pennsylvania Chapter has been connecting people and native plants through education, advocacy, and community.

From educational programs and garden tours to native plant projects, community outreach, and local partnerships, the chapter has helped grow awareness of native plants and inspire people to create healthier landscapes across western Pennsylvania.

Thank you to the volunteers, members, and supporters who have helped make the past five years possible. Here’s to continuing the work of sharing knowledge, building community, and growing the native plant movement for years to come.

Happy Anniversary, Western Pennsylvania! 🌱

Learn more about the chapter: https://westernpa.wildones.org/

08/20/2026

What does it really take to turn a conventional lawn into a thriving native meadow? 🌿

Replacing turfgrass with native plants can create a more biodiverse, dynamic landscape—but the transformation doesn’t happen overnight.

Join us on Wednesday, September 16, for a free Wild Ones webinar with Sara Weaner Cooper, owner and principal of New Directions in the American Landscape, as she shares the real story behind her family’s ongoing lawn-to-meadow project.

From site preparation and planting to weeds, competition, surprises, and changing expectations, Sara will share what she’s learned through multiple growing seasons—and what it really takes to let a meadow develop over time.

👉 Register today: https://wildones.org/from-lawn-to-meadow/

08/18/2026

🌿 Happening tomorrow! Last chance to register.

Join landscape ecologist, Certified Wildlife Biologist, and author Shaun McCoshum, PhD, on Wednesday, August 19, for a free Wild Ones webinar exploring how to create habitat that truly works for wildlife.

🌿 Register now: https://wildones.org/the-ecology-of-home-creating-habitat-that-works/

📚 Plus, register for a chance to win Shaun’s book!

One registered attendee will receive a copy of Natural Habitats and Wildlife Gardening: Inviting Nature into Your Backyard, Shaun’s illustrated guide to creating landscapes that support wildlife. The winner will be selected at random and notified by email following the webinar.

08/17/2026

🌿 Happy National Nonprofit Day!

As a nonprofit, Wild Ones is powered by people who believe healthier landscapes can start right at home. Our members, donors, volunteers, chapter leaders, partners, and supporters make it possible to connect people and native plants through education, advocacy, and collaborative action.

Today, we’re celebrating everyone who helps grow this movement—and the thousands of native plant gardens, habitat projects, educational programs, and community connections happening because of you.

Want to get involved? Here are a few ways to support the Wild Ones mission:

🌱 Become a member: join.wildones.org
💚 Make a donation: donate.wildones.org
🦋 Certify your native habitat: wildones.org/cnhp/

Thank you for helping bring the Wild Ones vision to life: native plants and natural landscapes thriving in every community.

📷 by Cary Smith, member of the Wild Ones Greater Frederick Maryland Chapter

08/15/2026

🌿 A message from Shaun McCoshum, PhD!

Hear from Shaun about what he’ll be exploring in the upcoming free Wild Ones webinar, The Ecology of Home: Creating Habitat That Works, on Wednesday, August 19, and learn practical, science-based ways to support pollinators, birds, amphibians, and other wildlife right at home.

📅 Wednesday, August 19

🌿 Register today: https://wildones.org/the-ecology-of-home-creating-habitat-that-works/

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