Week 4 of #LessLawnMoreLife is here! 🌿 This week’s challenge, hosted by Andrew The Arborist, is to plant a keystone native tree or shrub Open the Wildr Places app and look for the 🦋 symbol to find keystone species native to your area. Join the challenge: www.lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones

What’s happening in the world of native plants this month? 🌿 Our latest Native Plant News roundup explores stories shaping native landscapes across the country. 👉 Read more: wildones.org/may-2026-nat...

🤝 Wild Ones is a community of people taking action: learning 📚, planting 🌱, and building something better together. Don’t wait for change. Be the change. Join Wild Ones: wildones.org/join/

🐝 In the Wild Ones webinar, “Bees Beyond Honey,” we explored the roles of native, solitary, and managed bees and why supporting pollinators means understanding those differences, not simplifying them. Watch the full conversation and take action for native bees: wildones.org/understandin...

The "learning in the field" framing is the unmissable thing about chapters — most people first really meet a native plant in person at a Wild Ones event, not in a book. Photo captures it. -C

📸 Catherine McKenzie’s First Place photo captures a familiar Wild Ones experience: learning in the field, surrounded by native plants. 👉 Read the full story and see more of her work: wildones.org/capturing-na... 🌿

🌿 Today is Endangered Species Day, a reminder that protecting native plants means protecting entire ecosystems. Learn more at wildones.org 🌿

🌿 The new Red, White & Bloom collection is here! Celebrate native plants, pollinators, and summer in Wild Ones style. Shop the collection: shop.wildones.org/collections/... #WildOnesNativePlants #NativePlants #RedWhiteAndBloom

Week 1 of the #LessLawnMoreLife Challenge is underway 🌿 Take your Wildr Score — a free 5-minute ecological assessment to better understand your outdoor space and discover ways to support biodiversity. No lawn required. Small spaces count too. Join anytime: www.lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones

This America’s Public Gardens Day, celebrate the botanic gardens, arboretums, and public green spaces helping connect people with plants. 🌿 Explore our feature with Matthew Ross on how public gardens across the country are advancing native plant education: wildones.org/ross-public-...

Give the Gift of Wild Ones Membership this Mother’s Day! 🌷 gift.wildones.org Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the special women in our lives. If you’re still looking for a meaningful gift, a Wild Ones membership offers a thoughtful way to connect them to a community dedicated to native plants.

🌿📸 This year, the Wild Ones Photo Contest is proud to be supported by our sponsors: New Directions in the American Landscape, Prairie Nursery, and Izel Native Plants. 👉 Learn more and enter: wildones.org/photo-contes...

🌱 In The Prairie Pots Project, Elizabeth Plonka shows how native prairie plants can thrive in containers, window boxes, and small urban spaces, with over 55 species grown on a Chicago deck. 👉 Read the blog and get inspired to start small with native plants: wildones.org/the-prairie-...

You don’t need to go out and take new photos 📸 Take a scroll through your camera roll, you might be surprised what’s already there. If you’ve been paying attention to native plants, chances are you already have entries ready to go 🌱 Submit one today → wildones.org/photo-contes...

🌿🌲This month’s Native Plant News brings together the latest science, restoration wins, and on-the-ground stories shaping native plants and habitat across the country. If you want a quick snapshot of what’s happening in the native plant movement this month, start here: wildones.org/april-2026-n...

Join landscape designer and author Rick Darke for What Is Wild and Why It Matters, a national webinar on creating vibrant, living landscapes with native plants. 🌿 Tuesday, April 28 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM ET Registration closes tomorrow, Tuesday at 10:55 AM ET Save your spot → wildones.org/rick-darke/

Arbor Day reminds us trees are more than landscape features 🌳🌲 They support wildlife, store carbon, clean our air and water, and anchor ecosystems 🐦💧 We’re sharing a Wild Ones reading list on the science and stories of trees 📚 Explore 👉 wildones.org/books-about-...

“We must not forget that humans also have relationships with the landscapes around them.” — Rick Darke 🌿 Landscapes aren’t just for wildlife 🐝🐦 They’re for people too. We’re exploring that alongside Homegrown National Park with Rick Darke on April 28. Join us: wildones.org/rick-darke/

“This isn’t just a tree. It’s an entire city for life.” — Basil Camu 🌳 We spoke with Basil about keystone trees and why they matter. Some native trees support hundreds of species—others support almost none. Read the blog: wildones.org/keystone-tre...

Through more than 100 chapters and 13,000+ members nationwide, Wild Ones is connecting people and native plants through education and hands-on action 🌱 Join a growing community restoring native landscapes across the country. Become a member → wildones.org

Wild Ones Photo Contest is open! 📸🌼 Share the native plants, landscapes, and moments you’re seeing—your photos inspire others to plant native 🌱 Submit up to 3 photos per category + chances to win prizes.👉 wildones.org/photo-contes...

🌱 A landscape can be intentionally designed and still function like an ecosystem. We’re exploring this with Rick Darke in What Is Wild and Why It Matters on April 28. 👉 Register now: wildones.org/rick-darke/

Happening tonight at 6 PM CT 🌿 Take a look at the people, programs, and momentum behind Wild Ones, from local chapters to national impact. Watch the Annual Membership Meeting: youtu.be/xfY5eJOgaeQ

In this Wild Ones Journal piece, Nicole Riendeau shares how a carefully planned prairie burn helped reduce invasive plants and give native species the chance to thrive again. 👉 Read more: wildones.org/burning-with...

Meet the speaker: Rick Darke 🌿 For 40+ years, he’s explored how landscapes function as living systems—and how “managed wildness” supports people and biodiversity. 📆 April 28 | 11am–1pm ET 👉 wildones.org/rick-darke/

Join Rick Darke for What Is Wild and Why It Matters, a conversation about how landscapes actually function over time, and what changes when we begin to design with that in mind. 📆 Tuesday, April 28 ⏱️11am–1pm ET (10:00 AM CT | 9:00 AM MT | 8:00 AM PT) 👉 Register → wildones.org/rick-darke/

Climate change can feel overwhelming. But solutions are already taking root. 🌱 Our latest reading list highlights books that explore hopeful, actionable approaches to climate solutions. 📖 See the full reading list: wildones.org/climate-acti...

🌸 Spring might not be here everywhere yet… but the Spring issue of the Wild Ones Journal is ready. If you can't get into the garden quite yet, this is a good time to settle in with the newest issue. Members can read the full issue here: wildones.org/journals/

🌿Check out this great article from The New York Times: “How to Grow a Mainly Native Garden.” We’re honored to see Wild Ones mentioned as a resource for regional native plant garden designs and guidance from local chapters. 📰 Read more: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/r...

📣 Happening tomorrow, Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology with Joey Santore. Register here to watch: wildones.org/joey-santore/

Yes, that’s really the title of this blog post by botanist and ecological restoration practitioner Jared Rosenbaum. He takes a look at witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana), exploring its chemistry, ecology, and long history as a medicinal plant. 🌱 👉Read the blog: wildones.org/witch-hazel-...

Ecology doesn’t follow straight lines—and neither should our gardens. 🌿 Catch a sneak peek from Joey Santore and join Wild Ones March 18 to rethink horticulture in this free webinar. 👉 Register now: wildones.org/joey-santore/

In this Wild Ones Journal piece, Janet Allen reflects on what it means to become an “elder” in a time of climate change and biodiversity loss, and why experience, time, and knowledge can be powerful tools for restoration. Read the article: wildones.org/im-elderly-s...

Wild Ones is proud to announce the 2026 Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Grant recipients! 🌱 22 schools & youth organizations across 17 states will create native plant gardens that serve as outdoor classrooms and pollinator habitat. 🐝 Learn more: wildones.org/2026-sfe-gra...

📚 Win a copy of Concrete Botany! Register for Wild Ones free webinar Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology by March 17 for a chance to receive Joey Santore’s new book ahead of its April 7 release. One registrant will be selected at random. 👉 wildones.org/joey-santore/

Register now for Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology, our upcoming free Wild Ones National Webinar with field botanist and science communicator Joey Santore. Premiere on March 18. 👉 Register Today: wildones.org/joey-santore/

Join us on March 18 for Rethinking Horticulture with Real Ecology.👉 Register here to attend: wildones.org/joey-santore

Joey Santore is taking a hard look at how inherited garden aesthetics limit ecological function and public understanding of native landscapes. Join the conversation on March 18, 2026. 👉 Register here: wildones.org/joey-santore/

📣 Last chance to register for "From Wasteland to Wonder" with Basil Camu. Join us tomorrow to explore practical ways to heal suburban and urban landscapes by working with natural systems, not against them. Free webinar with live Q&A. Register today: wildones.org/from-wastela...

Basil Camu shares practical approaches like native meadows from seed and pocket forests that can be used at home or scaled for parks, campuses, and communities. Join us February 18 to learn how working with natural systems can restore life and reduce effort: wildones.org/from-wastela...

📚 What is already on your spring reading list? We pulled together five upcoming books we have already preordered and think you should too. 👉Read the full list and see why these books made our Spring 2026 preorder stack: wildones.org/spring-2026-...

A question Basil Camu wishes more people would ask: “What can I stop doing?” In this webinar, Basil shares practical shifts that support healthier soil, water, and wildlife—without adding more work. Register to join us live on February 18, 2026: wildones.org/from-wastela...

“The difference between soil and dirt is life.” Join Wild Ones and Basil Camu on February 18 for a practical, hopeful session on working with natural systems instead of against them. wildones.org/from-wastela...

🌿 Join us for a free Wild Ones National Webinar with master arborist and From Wasteland to Wonder author Basil Camu. Learn how working with nature can heal land, reduce effort, and build resilient landscapes. 📅 Feb 18, 2026 👉 wildones.org/from-wastela...

🌿 Last chance to register for Intergenerational Care for Land and Community, a conversation with Robin Wall Kimmerer and Esther Bonney on Wednesday, January 21. Hosted by Wild Ones in partnership with Plant Baby Plant, and Nurture Natives. Save your spot: wildones.org/conversation...

📚Our latest reading list explores the works of upcoming webinar speaker Robin Wall Kimmerer. With books for readers young and not so young, Kimmerer’s writing offers practical wisdom on reciprocity, stewardship, and living well in place. Read the full list: wildones.org/robin-wall-k...

Your support helped us finish the year strong and step into the new year with momentum. Thanks to over 1,500 generous donors, we have reached our fundraising goal! We are deeply appreciative of everyone who said yes to supporting native plants, education, and community action. 🌱 donate.wildones.org

Wild Ones, Plant Baby Plant, and Nurture Natives are partnering on the upcoming webinar, Intergenerational Care for Land and Community, featuring Robin Wall Kimmerer and Esther Bonney. 👉 Register today: wildones.org/conversation...

Bonus for registering for our upcoming webinar with Robin Wall Kimmerer and Esther Bonney: you’ll be automatically entered to win a copy of The Serviceberry or Bud Finds Her Gift. 👉 Register now: wildones.org/conversation... Winners will be selected at random and contacted after the event.

🌿 Meet our webinar guest, Robin Wall Kimmerer. A botanist, author of Braiding Sweetgrass, and enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Robin bridges Indigenous knowledge and ecological science. Join her and Esther Bonney for a free webinar on Jan 21. 👉 wildones.org/conversation....