Events

Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley is excited about our third chapter book club! For March we will be reading “Wildscape” by Nancy Lawson. We will meet at the Adriance Memorial Library in Poughkeepsie  from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. See the registration link below to sign up.

We are looking forward to hearing from participants their suggestions for our next book club series.

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Members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting in Hyde Park. We will be discussing a range of topics. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation.

If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Come join us for Earth Day, where Wild Ones and many other Dutchess County organizations will be a part of this year's event celebrating Earth Day at the Vassar Barns. Wild Ones will have a table - please stop by and say hi!  

If you are looking for ways to volunteer, this is the place to be!  There is a special focus on volunteerism this year and most organizations will have opportunities to contribute to a better planet.

This is a public event sponsored by Dutchess County.   Please come  and enjoy the Earth Day Celebration, and explore the many Earth focused organizations present.    No registration required, just come!

Are you ready for Spring? Can’t wait to add more native plants to your garden? Then join us for our spring nursery tour of Flower Power. This women-owned native plant nursery specializes in local-ecotype plants, including flowering perennials, grasses, trees, and shrubs. We’ll get a tour of the native species and have the chance to learn more about the nursery’s mission to empower sustainable living. 

Registration is required for this free event.

Subscribe to the Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley monthly newsletter to receive program announcements. If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

The greenhouse at the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt was historically used for cut flower production of roses, a Victorian fern collection, table grapes, overwintering palms and other non-hardy conservatory plants, and some annual plant propagation.  Currently, they are mainly used for the propagation of annual plants throughout the park properties and gardens.  NPS horticulturist, Anna de Cordova, will share the strategies used today including a simple germination bench, cold frames and lathe house.  Water, fertility, energy use, greenhouse plastics, commercial growing media, plant health and timing are all factors we balance in getting healthy transplants out into the park. Come check it out!  

Please note: much of what we will learn applies to all plants, including native plants.

The greenhouse tour will take about 1 hour, after which we are free to explore the estate, including the Wild Garden at Bellefield, composed primarily of native plants.

Registration coming in early April.

The Gardiner Library and Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley are hosting a native plant sale again this year.
Plants are $4 each. Cash, check or credit.

These small plants, called landscape plugs, are much less expensive than container plants and an excellent way to keep costs down while trying out some new plants.

Proceeds to benefit the Gardiner Library.

Plant species available at this year’s sale include:

Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis)
Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) 
Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
False Blue Indigo (Baptisia australis)
Longflower Alumroot (Heuchera longiflora)
Blue Flag (Iris versicolor)
Beebalm (Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’)
Sundrops (Oenothera fruticosa)
Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea) 
Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’)
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans)
Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum muticum)

To ensure that we have enough plants available for purchase this year:

-A single species purchase is limited to ½ flat per customer. (½ flats are 16 or 25 plants)

-The total number of plants purchased is not limited,  just the purchase of a single species.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

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All members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting on zoom. We will be discussing a range of topics including ongoing business and chapter operations. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation!

Interested members are welcome to join. If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Flying Trillium Gardens and Preserve is located in the southern Catskill Mountains in Sullivan County, NY. The gardens are an ongoing work by author, teacher, and landscape designer, Carolyn Summers. Throughout her career, Carolyn has been acutely aware of the need for clients, DIY homeowners, and designers to be able to see how lovely native plants are when used in garden settings. The Catskills – mostly in a Zone 5 climate – makes an excellent test for fitness and hardiness. In addition to managed gardens, large areas of the property are preserved to protect native flora in their natural habitats, along with the wildlife that depend on them. We invite you to come and experience the beauty, diversity and sustainability of the native flora for yourself. These gardens will leave you inspired to plant more of the same.

This is a free event on private property and requires registration. Address will be sent to all who register. Registration will become available on April 13, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Subscribe to the Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley monthly newsletter to receive program announcements.

Members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting on zoom. We will be discussing a range of topics including ongoing business and chapter operations. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation.

If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting. We will be discussing a range of topics. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation.

If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting on zoom. We will be discussing a range of topics including ongoing business and chapter operations. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation.

If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Join us for our second tour this season when we visit these wonderful gardens again, this time with the gardens and meadows in mid-summer bloom.

Flying Trillium Gardens and Preserve is located in the southern Catskill Mountains in Sullivan County, NY. The gardens are an ongoing work by author, teacher, and landscape designer, Carolyn Summers. Throughout her career, Carolyn has been acutely aware of the need for clients, DIY homeowners, and designers to be able to see how lovely native plants are when used in garden settings. The Catskills – mostly in a Zone 5 climate – makes an excellent test for fitness and hardiness. In addition to managed gardens, large areas of the property are preserved to protect native flora in their natural habitats, along with the wildlife that depend on them. We invite you to come and experience the beauty, diversity and sustainability of the native flora for yourself. These gardens will leave you inspired to plant more of the same.

This is a free event on private property and requires registration. Address will be sent to all who register. Registration will become available on July 22, 2026.

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].

Subscribe to the Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley monthly newsletter to receive program announcements.

Members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting on zoom. We will be discussing a range of topics including ongoing business and chapter operations. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation.

If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Details coming soon! 

Members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting. We will be discussing a range of topics. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation.

If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Details coming soon! 

Members are invited to join the next Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley leadership team meeting on zoom. We will be discussing a range of topics including ongoing business and chapter operations. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation.

If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected].

Details coming soon!