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• July 18, 2009 - The Green Bay chapter of Wild Ones Native Plants, Natural Landscapes is taking a day trip to the Chiwaukee Prairie in Kenosha County on Saturday, July 18. Chiwaukee Prairie contains many endangered and threatened species of native Wisconsin plants and wildlife. Members and non-members are welcome to attend.
  
  Bring a bag lunch and meet at the Park and Ride at Hwy 172 and GV. Plan to leave at 7 AM. Wild Ones will provide juice, bagels and coolers. We will carpool; those with larger vehicles may want to consider driving. Plan to chip in for gas. The cost for non-members is $5. We will arrive by 10 AM. The Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund will conduct the tour. Lunch will follow the tour. We plan to leave at 1:00 PM, and will arrive back at the Park and Ride by about 4 PM. Anyone with questions can call or email Ceci Kiefer (920-336-1662, ceci@stonesiloprairiegardens.com).
  
  Read more about Chiwaukee Prairie here.



• August 2009 - Summer Prairie Yard Tour



• September 2, 2009 - TBD



• September 2009 - Removal of invasives along the Mountain Bay Trail



• October 7, 2009 - Seed collection and propagation - Pat Kiefer will give a talk about the process of collecting and propagating seeds.

Recent Events

Spring Ephemeral Tour

Members and non-members took advantage of a sunny, slightly chilly day to tour the incredible prairie and woodland garden at Bonnie and Harold Vastag's lovely home in Oneida.

School Plantings

Franklin Middle School planted a large native planting. Members stepped up to the plate and donated a variety of natives for the middle schoolers.

YMCA Healthy Kids Day

Saturday, May 2, found hundreds of children and their parents exploring the booths and activities at Lambeau Field. Chapter members helped the kids plant their native plants. Between 10 am and 1:30 pm, 500 native plants found new homes with happy kids. They all just loved digging in the dirt. We had good volunteers from our group and also some very helpful volunteers from the Y and from De Pere High School. When the plants were gone, we switched to the head bands which also produced a lot of smiles. Members also had time to talk to many of the adults and give them a quick overview of Wild Ones. Check out some of the photos here!

Trail Clean-Up

Members met on Wednesday, April 29, at 5 p.m. to clean up our section of the Mountain Bay Trail. Several members braved the large amount of water on each side to clear the plastic, cans, metal, chairs, even a part of a bowling ball! from the trail. The weather was nice and we spotted bloodroot and marsh marigolds along the way.

April Meeting - Eek!!! There's a spider on that flower!

Matt Weller gave a beautiful photo presentation about spiders, their habits and identifying features at our April meeting. Matt is the Curator of Education at the Neville Public Museum.

March Meeting

Andrew Knapp give a lively presentation on landscaping with natives.

February Meeting - Think Green, Plant Natives!

Paul Hartman, Charlie Nitka, and Ceci Kiefer gave informative talks and showed some beautiful photos and slides of what is possible with native plants.

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    Jul 18, 2009 (Sat)    

The Green Bay chapter of Wild Ones Native Plants, Natural Landscapes is taking a day trip to the Chiwaukee Prairie in Kenosha County on Saturday, July 18. Chiwaukee Prairie contains many endangered and threatened species of native Wisconsin plants and wildlife. Members and non-members are welcome to attend.

Bring a bag lunch and meet at the Park and Ride at Hwy 172 and GV. Plan to leave at 7 AM. Wild Ones will provide juice, bagels and coolers. We will carpool; those with larger vehicles may want to consider driving. Plan to chip in for gas. The cost for non-members is $5. We will arrive by 10 AM. The Chiwaukee Prairie Preservation Fund will conduct the tour. Lunch will follow the tour. We plan to leave at 1:00 PM, and will arrive back at the Park and Ride by about 4 PM. Anyone with questions can call or email Ceci Kiefer (920-336-1662, ceci@stonesiloprairiegardens.com).

Read more about Chiwaukee Prairie here.

    Aug 05, 2009 (Wed)    

Summer Prairie Yard Tour - Details to be determined.

    Sep 02, 2009 (Wed)    

TBD

    Oct 07, 2009 (Wed)    

Seed Collection and Propagation - Pat Kiefer will give a talk on the steps to collecting and propagating seeds from your native plants.