If you are a member, welcome to the newly chartered Wild Ones of South Eastern Pennsylvania! If you are not a member yet, welcome! There will be posts here to learn more about Wild Ones as a club and what our mission is (hint, it involves getting native plants in the ground!).
The April-May 2025 chapter newsletter features articles on key plant families for pollinators, the keystone tree of the month, lights out for spring migration, and sedges. The Events page lists a number of spring plant sales. Continue reading "April-May 2025 Chapter Newsletter"
The March 2025 chapter newsletter is available, including articles on spring tasks, matrix gardening, the importance of planting for pollinators on private land, and techniques to shrink your lawn. Continue reading "March 2025 newsletter"
The chapter’s February 2025 newsletter is now available, including articles on meadow installation insights, native broadleaf evergreen shrubs, landscaping for native pollinators, river birch, spring cut-backs, and what to plant for bees. Continue reading "February 2025 Newsletter"
The January 2025 Chapter Newsletter is now available, including articles on cultivars, nativars, and straight species, garden planning for spring, neonicotinoids, native evergreens, and multiflora rose. Continue reading "January 2025 Chapter Newsletter"
The November 2024 newsletter is now available, including articles on building a backyard pond, planting for specialist insects, and native plants for fall color. Continue reading "November 2024 newsletter"
The October 2024 newsletter is now available, including articles on gardening in an HOA community, fall pollinator magnets, and fall garden practices and planting tips. Continue reading "October 2024 Newsletter"
The September 2024 chapter newsletter is now available, with articles on creating a meadow, goldenrods, and proposed Pennsylvania legislation to protect pollinators. Continue reading "September 2024 Chapter Newsletter"
Join former chapter president Jessie Shiffler to learn about ways to foster biodiversity in your home landscape by considering alternatives to the traditional sterile fall “cleanup” practices most of us learned as responsible homeowners. Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7:00 p.m. Request a zoom link by emailing us at [email protected] Continue reading "Fall Cleanup for Wildlife Webinar"
The August 2024 chapter newsletter is now available, including articles on gardening despite deer, native “weeds” that feed caterpillars, planting in the hellstrip, and transplanting summer seedlings. Continue reading "August 2024 Chapter Newsletter"
The June 2024 chapter newsletter is now available, with articles about reconsidering No Mow May, northern red oak, clearwing sphinx moths, potting up your native seedlings, June Pollinator Week, and combating mugwort. Continue reading "June 2024 Chapter Newsletter"