Events

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.

A look at Eastern Woodlands agricultural systems, ancestral seedlines, and medicinal plant traditions, highlighting Maguonket as a living archive of plant knowledge.https://lowerhudsonvalley.wildones.org/events/

Join Wild Ones Lower Hudson Valley and Growing Pound Ridge at the Pound Ridge Library on Feb 1st at 2pm for a winter seed showing workshop. It's the perfect time of year to winter sow your seeds. Snow acts like an insulating blanket, protecting seeds from extreme temperature swings while providing steady moisture that supports dormancy and prepares them to germinate in spring.

Register at www.poundridgelibrary.org

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.!  

Living Landscapes: Beavers & the Land — The Original Engineers of Biodiversity

Explores the ecological and cultural significance of beavers as hydrological architects whose engineering shaped Northeastern landscapes, including present-day Westchester.

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.

Reexamining Fire: Myth, Memory and Misinterpretation

A reframing of Indigenous fire practices, addressing cultural uses of fire, ecological benefits, and how misinterpretations have influenced modern policy and public perception.

Spring ephemerals are up right now, and they won’t be around for long.

Join Wild Ones Lower Hudson Valley this Saturday at Ward Pound Ridge Reservation for a Spring Ephemeral Walk with naturalist Mathew McDowell. We’ll be looking closely at what’s emerging across the forest floor, including trout lily, bloodroot, spring beauty, and more.

These plants move fast. They take advantage of the short window before the canopy fills in, and then they’re gone until next year. Timing matters, and this is it.

It’s a relaxed, guided walk and a good way to spend a spring morning outside while actually learning what you’re seeing.

A few spots are still open.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/.../spring-ephemeral-walk...

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.

We’re heading to the Catskills !

Join Wild Ones Lower Hudson Valley for a guided tour of the incredible Flying Trillium Gardens on June 7th at 10:00AM. This is a rare chance to walk through a thoughtfully designed native plant landscape, with woodland paths and mature plant communities throughout.

*Transportation not provided. Private tour, so registration is required.

Exact location shared after sign-up.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/.../flying-trillium-gardens...

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!