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Wild Ones Lower Hudson Valley (Seedling) Chapter serves the vibrant regions of Westchester County, NY, and Fairfield County, CT.

10/13/2026

Share Seeds. Grow Community. Support Native Plants!

Join Healthy Yards, Westchester Pollinators and Wild Ones Lower Hudson Valley for a FREE Native Seed Event on Sunday, October 25, in Bedford Hills!

Discover the incredible diversity of our region's native plants, with seeds from more than 100 native plant species available to share and swap.

Whether you're an experienced gardener or just beginning your native plant journey, there's something for everyone!

- Share and swap native seeds
- Learn how to harvest and collect seeds
- Watch winter sowing demonstrations
- Connect with fellow native plant enthusiasts

No seeds to share? No problem! Everyone is welcome to participate, learn, and help grow a healthier, more biodiverse landscape.

Sunday, October 25 | 10 AM–1 PM
Bedford Hills Community House
74 Main Street, Bedford Hills, NY

Please park behind the train station and enjoy the short 5-minute walk to the Community House.

Free and open to all!

09/03/2026

Come see us this Saturday from 10-12 at the Bedford Hills train station/TIOLI shed.

We still have a great selection of native tree and shrub saplings still available for fall planting, which is one of the best times of year to get woody plants established.

Available species include sumac, p***y willow, oaks, ninebark, winterberry, cottonwood, redbud, maples, and more.

We will be there to take your plant donations AND you can take home something new for your garden. Add a few native trees or shrubs to your landscape while the fall planting window is just getting started.

We hope to see you there!

08/21/2026

A little something special for tomorrow’s plant swap: Kalm’s lobelia (Lobelia kalmii)

We grew these from seed, and we’ll have a limited number available tomorrow.

Kalm’s lobelia is a small, delicate native with pale blue-violet flowers that naturally grows in moist, open places. It’s a beautiful choice for rain gardens, pond edges, wet meadows, or that damp spot in the garden where other plants never seem quite happy.

It’s also the kind of native you don’t often stumble across at a garden center, which makes us especially happy to be able to share it.

Come find one tomorrow, along with plenty of other native plants looking for new homes.

photo credit: Mike Adamovic

Saturday, August 22 | 10 AM–12 PM
Bedford Hill train station | next to TIOLI shed

08/18/2026

Native plants aren’t showy? We beg to differ.

A native garden can be full of color and movement from spring through fall, while providing food and habitat for the insects, birds, and other wildlife that depend on these plants.

Beauty and biodiversity. You don’t have to choose.

08/18/2026

Your August garden doesn’t need a cleanup!

By late summer, native gardens can start to look a little less polished. Plants lean. Leaves get chewed. Flowers fade. And perhaps most importantly, seeds begin to form.

Take a closer look at those seed heads. They’re food for wildlife, next year’s plants, and an opportunity to share the native plants already thriving in your garden.

Save some seeds for our Fall Native Seed Swap Event!

Wild Ones Lower Hudson Valley and Healthy Yards are teaming up for our annual Native Seed Swap on October 24th at the Bedford Hills Community Center.

Now is the perfect time to start watching your native plants and collecting seeds as they ripen. Bring what you have, swap with fellow native plant gardeners, and go home with new species to grow and share.

More details coming soon.

Let it stand. Let it seed. Share the abundance.

08/07/2026

Two ways to grow your native garden this weekend!

Join us Saturday from 10 a.m.–12 p.m. at the Bedford Hills train station, parking lot 8 next to the TIOLI shed for our weekly native plant swap. Bring native plants to share, or stop by to see what is available. Donations are encouraged and welcome.

Then on Sunday, August 9 from 2–4 p.m., learn how to identify, collect and save native plant seeds at our free Seed Collecting Workshop presented with Healthy Yards as part of the Westchester Pollinators Open Gardens 2026.

RSVP for Sunday’s workshop at:
https://lowerhudsonvalley.wildones.org/events/

Come for one event or make a weekend of it. Both are great opportunities to add more native plants to your landscape, meet fellow gardeners and learn new skills.

08/03/2026

Join us this Sunday, August 9, from 2–4 PM for a free Seed Collecting Workshop with Wild Ones Lower Hudson Valley and Healthy Yards.

With all this rain softening the soil and helping new plants establish, it’s a great time to learn how to collect native seeds and plan for fall planting.

Register at https://lowerhudsonvalley.wildones.org/events/

07/31/2026

Looking to make your garden a pollinator haven? Come by the Bedford Hills train station next to the TIOLI shed in parking lot 8. We’ll be there from 10-12 with a selection of native perennials, trees and shrubs. Bog goldenrod, Bottle gentian or yellow star grass, anyone? We’ll have those species and more. Pics below are from my woodland edge garden in full swing!

Address

1 Bloomer Rd
North Salem, NY
10560

Website

https://lowerhudsonvalley.wildones.org/

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