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.

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.!  

What IS winter sowing? It's an easy way to safely sow your native seeds in their own private greenhouse until you're ready to move them into their forever home!

Join us Saturday, March 7th at 9am - 12pm at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 4310 County Road 137, St Cloud.

-First will be coffee and homemade treats from the BLC quilting ladies. 
-Next, our very own Brian Johnson, President of Wild Ones Native St. Cloud, will present a talk on the Importance of Native Plants and Pollinators. 
-Then we will plant native wildflowers, which will be transplanted next fall into the BLC renovated prairie. If you want to take home some winter sowing, please bring in your own seeds. 
-Finally, pizza for all!

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.

Participants will learn how to dibble (separate seedlings and replant into six-packs).  They will adopt trays of six packs for a month and bring them back to SJU for a plant sale.

Come early and mingle! St. Cloud Wild Ones is co-sponsoring, and will have a table set up. Doors open at 6:00. The speaker is John Latimer, a phenologist on Northern Community Radio. 
As always, bring a friend!
 

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.

As part of Birding Day at St. John's Outdoor U,  native plants will be available for sale.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!