Events

Teatown is a 1,000-acre preserve with 230 species of native wildflowers. We will be visiting the two-acre Wildflower Island, a refuge that is home to an amazing array of wildflowers, trees, shrubs, ferns, grasses, sedges, and rushes. Because it is on an island, this two acre jewel has become a sanctuary for species that are now under huge pressure from our deer population. We will be led by volunteers through the winding trails to see what is in bloom and to learn more about this spectacular preserve. 

This event is free but requires registration. Information on the event will be shared with all who register.

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

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

Garden Design with Native Plants

Join us in June with Carlie Graves, Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley board member,  for a discussion of the whys and wherefores of native plants and some design considerations to get the most of them for your garden and local habitat.  If time permits we can also discuss sourcing natives and some easy ways to propagate them.

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 for a tour provided by the Beatrix Farrand Garden Association of the Bellfield Historic Site’s new Wild Garden. In the spring of 2024, volunteers planted these stimulating new gardens. The association’s volunteers planted hundreds of herbaceous native plant plugs in a new wild garden surrounding the walled site. We’ll hear about the experimental approach their team has been using to keep deer from the plants as they get established and learn about the work the group is doing to save this significant garden. The Garden Association is a nonprofit group dedicated to preserving the work of Beatrix Farrand, a renowned landscape designer who helped shape American gardens in the first half of the 20th century. She championed the use of intriguing and delightful perennial plants in gardens.  

Registration is required with a limit of 20 people. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter to receive program announcements.  If you have any questions please contact [email protected]

Summer Solstice Potluck at the Field of Dreams

Celebrate the summer solstice and Father’s Day with an outdoor community potluck, and enjoy some education on the side! After enjoying great community food, and conversation, you can learn about the pollinator garden coming to this site from Ashley Gamell of PollinateHV, a project of Partners for Climate Action (PCA). The New Paltz garden is one of seven other public demonstration gardens coming to the Hudson Valley this season. Gamell will share plant highlights, pollinators insights, and design strategies from PollinateHV's work at the intersection of pollinator conservation and ecological landscape design. This free event is a collaboration between PollinateHV of Partners for Climate Action, the New Paltz Recreation Department, Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley and New Paltz Garden Club.

Can you bring a dish to share at the potluck?

Contact the New Paltz Recreation Department at [email protected]

Registration required and will be available in early June.

Community Volunteer Planting at the Field of Dreams

Volunteer to help plant a pollinator garden at New Paltz's Field of Dreams Park. Please bring a trowel or soil knife and garden gloves to planting day.

This New Paltz garden is one of seven other public demonstration gardens coming to the Hudson Valley this season. This free event is a collaboration between PollinateHV of PCA, the New Paltz Recreation Department, Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley and New Paltz Garden Club.

If you have any questions please contact [email protected]

No registration required.

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.

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].

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!