Events

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.

Interested members are welcome to join. If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected]. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation!

In this special collaboration, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, joins youth leader and Nurture Natives founder Esther Bonney for an intergenerational conversation about belonging, reciprocity, and native plant action. 

Together, they will explore questions such as:

How do we create opportunities for young people to have a voice and feel empowered, even when they are not homeowners or decision makers?What kinds of relationships and mentorships help people stay engaged in native plant work over decades?Why do stories, shared practices, and community invitations matter just as much as plant lists?

Robin and Esther will reflect on what invites people into this work, what keeps them here, and what elders and youth have to teach each other.

Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley is kicking off our book club! For January we will be reading The Case for Native Plants by Jeremy Wuolle. We will meet at the Kingston Library in the small conference room from 10 am to 11:30 am. See the registration link below to sign up.

Following this Book Club meeting, interested participants will have the opportunity to join Kingston Land Trust land stewardship coordinator Tom O’Dowd for a native plant walk near the library from 11:30 am to 1 pm. We will meet outside the west door of the library, look for plants large and small, and learn more about their contributions to human and environmental health.

For February we will read Bringing Nature Home by Douglas Tallamy.  Location and date to be determined.

For March we will read Wildscape by Nancy Lawson. Location and date to be determined.

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

Seed sowing in the winter?  Yes!  Most native plant seeds require a cold period before they send out roots and shoots.  We'll show you one way that it's done, using potting soil and milk jugs.  Come prepared to get your hands in the soil.  Each participant will take home a planted jug.    This workshop is a joint workshop with Vassar College.  Registration is required.

Interested in going one step further?  We are looking for volunteers to grow out these winter sown seeds for a WO plant sale this fall.  We'll also be working with students to begin the year's propagation for Vassar's  native propagation program.

Limited to 20 participants.  $10 per person suggested donation, if not growing out plants.  Donations can be made via the WO MHV website or at the event.

Subscribe to the Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley monthly newsletter to receive program announcements. Carpooling for this event is encouraged. If you have any questions please contact [email protected]

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.

Interested members are welcome to join. If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected]. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation!

Our upcoming webinar with Basil Camu explores practical, evidence based ways to heal suburban and urban landscapes by working with trees, soil, and natural systems, drawing on real world practices from Leaf & Limb and community centered models for restoring life where we live, work, and play.!  

Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley is excited about our second chapter book club! For February we will be reading “Bringing Nature Home” by Douglas Tallamy. We will meet at the Merritt Bookshop upstairs in their book club room from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. See the registration link below to sign up.

Following this Book Club meeting, interested participants will have the opportunity to socialize or shop.

For March we will read “Wildscape” by Nancy Lawson. Location and date to be determined.

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

Enjoy a brisk late-winter walk through the Wallkill Valley Land Trust's wonderful Nyquist-Harcourt Wildlife Sanctuary, where we will identify woody plants by their bark, structure, and buds. Trip leader Tom O’Dowd of the Kingston Land Trust will guide participants in exploring the trees, shrubs, and vines in this unique floodplain forest habitat. Join us to expand your tree identification skills and to examine buds for early signs of spring.

Registration 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]

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.

Interested members are welcome to join. If you would like to attend, please get in touch with us at [email protected]. As a new chapter, we have a lot we're doing and planning, and we appreciate our members' participation!

Join Hudson Valley Seed Company and Wild Ones' members Sara DeAngelis and Alexandra Lotero Vanderkam to learn what plants are great for tough spaces. Drought? Shade? Swamp? We'll get into what thrives in less than ideal conditions. Bring your questions and get answers from the experts. 

Registration required. Tickets $25. A recording comes with your ticket.

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

Join Joey Santore, creator of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, for a candid Wild Ones National Webinar examining how inherited garden aesthetics shape native plant landscapes. Drawing on field experience and real ecology, Joey challenges tidy design norms and explores why dense, irregular plant communities are often the most resilient and ecologically sound.

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.

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

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]

Join award-winning author, photographer, and educator Rick Darke for What Is Wild and Why It Matters, a free national webinar on Tuesday, April 28th at 10 am CT. Discover how inviting a bit of authentic wildness can create a vibrant landscape that sustains you and local biodiversity. This national event is presented in collaboration between Wild Ones and Homegrown National Park.

Join us for a (free) tour of the greenhouse at the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt which is now mainly used for the propagation of annual plants.  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!  

NPS horticulturist, Anna de Cordova, will share the strategies used today including a simple germination bench, cold frames and lathe house.  

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.

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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Composting is an incredible way to feed your garden, nourish your soil, and reduce your waste stream. It is a great example of a virtuous, naturally circular cycle. Join us at this workshop and learn more about the process of composting and ways that you can help your soil’s health at Flower Power. This women-owned native plant nursery specializes in local-ecotype plants and runs The O-Zone, a great place to practice eco-friendly choices. 

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]

Garden Enthusiasts Meetup: From Lawn to Habitat - No Registration Required

What if our yards could be more than just lawn?

Join us for the next Garden Enthusiasts Meetup as local gardener and Wild Ones Board Member Alexandra Lotero Vanderkam shares a welcoming, photo-rich talk on transforming a conventional yard into a thriving native habitat. Over the past few years, she transformed her property from turf grass into a layered landscape featuring a woodland garden, hedgerow, pond, and seeded meadow—now alive with birds, pollinators, and other wildlife.

In the spirit of this casual, community meetup, this session is less about “perfect gardens” and more about the real process: experimenting, learning, and adapting over time. Alexandra will share what worked, what didn’t, and how she approached challenges like deer pressure, site conditions, and phased planting.

Whether you’re just starting out, curious about native plants, or already deep into gardening, you’re invited to come, get inspired, and join the conversation. There will be plenty of time for Q&A, idea-sharing, and discussion.

No registration is required!

Where: Boardman Road Branch Library, 141 Boardman Road, Poughkeepsie, NY, 12603

When: Tuesday, May 12  (second Tuesday of the month)

Time:  6 to 8 pm.

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].

Join Wild Ones for a visit to the Wild Woods Restoration Project to see the impact of their deer enclosures on the spring woodlands. Wild Woods’ focus is on restoring the health and diversity of our Hudson Valley forests with native plants. Our group visited their site last fall, and it was quite inspiring. We’ll hear about their seed propagation project and may have the opportunity to shop at their seedling sale after the tour. 

This is a free event on private property and requires registration. Address will be sent to all who register.

Subscribe to the Wild Ones Mid-Hudson Valley monthly newsletter to receive program announcements. If you have any questions, please contact [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 23, 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!