Seed Talk: Putting Your Garden to Bed

Date/Time
10/08/2019
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Ramsey County Library, White Bear Lake
2150 2nd Street, White Bear Lake


What should you do before Old Man Winter comes? Should you clean up the dead stalks and leaves of your plants or let them be until spring? What about tomato plant and pepper plants? Do I really need to rake up all these leaves?
Learn how to take care of your garden while it rests over the winter.
What you can do to help make next year’s garden even better.

As always, Seed Talks are really discussions about a specific topic, though we do occasionally wander into other related topics! Please come and share your tips and questions!

Hope to see you there!
Pam

Landscaping with Edible Native Plants

Date/Time
10/09/2019
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location
Eden Prairie Community Center
16700 Valley View Rd,, Eden Prairie


​Julie Noraker, an Elegant Edible Landscaping Educator from Gen 1:11 Farm in Andover will present on how to incorporate edible native plants into your home landscape. She will also take a closer look at specific plants, their medicinal properties, and edible uses like jams, jellies, breads, and more!

(Prairie Edge Chapter Meeting)

Wild Ones Annual Meeting Webinar

Date/Time
10/12/2019
10:00 am - 12:00 pm


I’d like to invite you to call in to the Wild Ones Annual Meeting webinar for important news about Wild Ones and how we are making an impact. You will hear an update about our 2019-2021 Strategic Plan, financials, accomplishments, and next steps.

There will be time at the end of the meeting for questions and comments, so please think about what you might want to ask the national board and staff.

The Wild Ones Annual Meeting Webinar is Saturday, October 12 at 10:00am CDT. 

To sign up for the webinar go to: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3708892814693240845

Please also take a moment to verify your contact information on the Members-Only site. It’s easy– just click the green button in the upper right corner of the website, wildones.org, and log in. Click “Update Personal Membership Info”, review the information, and make any corrections needed.

If you change your email address, please notify the national office, info@wildones.org. A change in email will change your Members-Only login, but we can give you step-by-step instructions on how to register your new email address.

Thank you for your dedication to Wild Ones and its mission. We can’t wait to share what our members and donors have made possible in the past year!

Elaine Krizenesky
National Office Director

Tools for Finding and Exploring the Rich Natural World of the Twin Cities

Date/Time
10/15/2019
6:30 pm - 8:45 pm

Location
Wood Lake Nature Center
6710 Lake Shore Drive, Richfield


Presented by John Moriarty, Senior Manager of Wildlife

Novices and long-time naturalists alike will enjoy viewing this visual journey of the Twin City region’s significant patchwork of remaining native and restored habitats including prairies, woods, and wetlands. The beautiful photography in this presentation illuminates 30 places within an hour of the Metropolitan Twin Cities area where you can see a wide variety of native plants and wildlife. Hear John’s expert insight on how to discover and explore the rich natural world of the Twin Cities. John’s new book A Field Guide to the Natural World of the Twin Cities will be available for purchase and author signing.  Interested in exploring specific habitat in the Twin Cities? Come and ask Don where to find it!

(Wild Ones Twin Cities Chapter Meeting)

Lawns to Legumes Cost Sharing Grants Promote Pollinator Habitat

Date/Time
10/15/2019
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Family Means Building
1875 Northwestern Ave S, Stillwater


Lawns to Legumes is a new State-funded initiative to protect pollinators, especially the rusty patched bumblebee.

This cost-sharing and technical outreach program is being set up for homeowners who want to enhance their landscape by adding pollinator-friendly habitat, including native plants. Priority is being given to areas in the State that can support the endangered rusty patched bumblebee. This includes most of Washington County.

We’ll discuss the State-wide program and then details of how Washington County residents can participate. Free and everyone is welcome.

Program begins at 7 pm, socialize 6:30 pm. All are welcome! You do not have to be a Wild Ones member to attend.

(St. Croix Oak Savanna Chapter Meeting)

The Importance of Caring for and Feeding Native Pollinators

Date/Time
10/24/2019
6:45 pm - 8:30 pm

Location
Autumn Grove Park
1365 Lydia Avenue West, Roseville


peck's skipper photo

Big River Big Woods Chapter Meeting

Presented by Dave Crawford

Dave will share photos and videos of pollinators to illustrate a sample of the diversity of this group, and the specific needs which must be provided for in order to maintain pollinator-friendly habitat.  He’ll illustrate a proposed “palette” of native plants which can help provide for pollinators’ nutrition throughout the growing season, based on what has worked in his own native plant gardens.

Dave Crawford is a retired Minnesota State Park Naturalist who has worked and volunteered at parks up and down the St. Croix Valley for over 40 years. After retiring, he developed a growing interest in the many hundreds of species of pollinating insects that are native to Minnesota. He documents his pollinator finds in parks and in his home’s native plant gardens through video and still photography. He’s presented talks on pollinators and native plant gardening to a variety of audiences across central Minnesota.

Note: See Dave’s handout for this presentation on the Native Plants page.

sweat bee photo

Seed Packaging

Date/Time
11/05/2019
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Location
Ramsey County Library, White Bear Lake
2150 2nd Street, White Bear Lake


Seed Packaging is brought to us by Pam Frink and the White Bear Lake Seed Library.

Held in the Lion’s Den room of the White Bear Lake library.

We have seeds that need packaging and we need lots of helpers!  Come to this fun event to help the Seed Library package seed from non-hybrid, open-pollinated vegetables and native plants.  No experience necessary!

How to Start Native Plant Seeds

Date/Time
11/13/2019
6:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Location
Ramsey County Library, White Bear Lake
2150 2nd Street, White Bear Lake


How to Start Native Plant Seeds is brought to us by Pam Frink and the White Bear Lake Seed Library.

Held in the Lion’s Den room of the White Bear Lake library.

Learn several ways to start native plant seeds. Why do many native plant seeds need a chilling period before they will germinate? What is the winter sowing method? And how to use the winter sowing method for seeds other than native plants.
If you are interested in trying out the winter sowing method save your rinsed plastic milk/juice/water half gallon or gallon jugs. You can pick up some native plant seeds at the seed library and then all you need is some potting soil. I’ll show you how to do it at this talk.
As always, Seed Talks are really gardener discussions about a specific topic, though we do occasionally wander into other related topics. Please come and share your tips and questions!

Among Suburban Wildlife

Date/Time
11/13/2019
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location
Eden Prairie Community Center
16700 Valley View Rd,, Eden Prairie


​There are hidden savannas, prairies, and forests in our backyards and parks. They are replete with predators and prey, herbivores and carnivores, parasites, and parasitoids in a network of life not unlike, in some ways, the savannas of Africa or the prairies of Yellowstone’s Lamar Valley. But one has to look closely to find this diversity. This is a world dominated by humans that have destroyed or modified the habitats of a myriad of animals. Some disappeared under the onslaught of blacktop and manicured lawns, but others have adapted to our of backyards and parks and life there can be diverse. Gordon will share his adventures among that wildlife and the places that support them. ​
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Gordon Dietzman grew up on a dairly farm in southwestern Wisconsin where he spent much time observing wildlife and creating wildlife habitat. He often ignored his farm chores to wander through the fields and woods of the Driftless Area. The love of the out of doors led him to a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies with an emphasis in environmental interpretation. He has worked at the International Crane Foundation where he led education programming at ICF’s headquarters in the Baraboo, Wisconsin area, but also worked on endangered species issues and preservation in Southeast Asia. He currently works as a park ranger with the National Parks Service, at least when he isn’t wandering his backyard, area parks, (and national parks) photographing the wildlife with which we share our living spaces.

(Prairie Edge Chapter Meeting)