This April 24–27, put your curiosity to work for science. The City Nature Challenge is the world’s largest community science event, bringing people together across hundreds of cities to document the wildlife living alongside us — from the insects in your garden to the birds overhead. This year, Wild Ones Wayne County has partnered with […] Continue reading "Your Yard Is a Research Station — Join the City Nature Challenge!"
With the recent tease of sunny and unseasonably warm weather, we are excitedly looking ahead to plan our 2025 Member-to-Member (M2M) Yard Tours. M2M yard tours are a great way for members to share real experiences, ideas, successes and challenges with maintaining native plants in sustainable landscapes. Whether you joined today, or are a lifetime […] Continue reading "Request for Hosts for 2025 M2M Yard Tours"
First and foremost: Thank you to those that were able to be a part of the first WOWC Seeds to Community Winter Sowing event! We had a wonderful time chatting with you and being a part of your native plant journey. As was mentioned at the event, we intend to make this winter sowing event just one […] Continue reading "First WOWC S2C Workshop was a Success!"
Saturday, February 8th, 2025 10:00 am to 1:00 pm (Eastern Time) Winter sowing is a fun, easy, and low-cost way to prepare native seeds for the upcoming planting season! We’ll provide materials and instruction, and participants will be able to take home their prepped seeds and containers. Stay tuned to join us for part 2 where we’ll “up-pot” our seedlings […] Continue reading "Winter Sowing Workshop Upcoming!"
Fall is just around the corner and there is a long list of plant sales coming up in the area. Find out which one you can attend to pick up your fall planting natives in the image below, courtesy of @detroitbutterflynursery. Continue reading "Fall 2024 Plant Sales"
This Expo is One-stop shopping for your Native Plants! And quite possibly the largest native plant sales event you will likely come across here in Michigan! 15 nurseries will be on hand with a large selection of native flowers, shrubs and trees. In addition, 26 Vendors and Exhibitors will be there with a variety of […] Continue reading "2024 Native Plant Expo & Marketplace June 1st"