Events

Presenter: John Blair 

John Blair will bring you along on his journey to both restore his land to original native prairie and create magnificent pollinator gardens on his rural property in Brooklyn. He will also cover the restoration of his wooded savanna and his efforts to bring back to life three natural ponds that had been buried by farmers decades ago. Through John’s beautiful photos, you will get to see this wonderful transformation from hayfields back to lush native prairie habitat, much like what was originally there two hundred years ago!

NOTE #1: Explore John's prairie via his online Flickr photo album:

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBgqHR

NOTE #2: John graciously hosted a tour of his property for Ann Arbor Wild Ones members on July 27, 2024.

Biography for John Blair

When John Blair retired from his automotive engineering job, he knew he would need something interesting to do with his time. He found it when he attended a presentation in the winter of 2012 by butterfly expert Brenda Dziedzic on making a butterfly garden with native plants as the focal point. John got busy that spring creating his own butterfly garden at his Westland home; over the next seven summers, it grew to over 5,000 square feet in size with 130 species of native plants and 38 different species of butterfly visitors. In 2019, having filled all his available gardening space, John moved with his wife, Sheri, to a new home on a nine-acre property in rural Brooklyn, Michigan. There, he is restoring large tracts of land to original prairie with native plants and creating a gigantic butterfly and pollinator habitat! John enjoys giving his inspirational talks and educational tours of his restoration to help others get started with their own pollinator habitats using native plants, which is something that means very much to him!

John’s garden has appeared in “Fine Gardening,” “Michigan Gardener,” the “Detroit Free Press,” and the Garden Answer YouTube channel. He has also authored articles for “Michigan Gardener” on creating pollinator gardens. Over the last ten years, John has given his “How to Make a Butterfly Garden” and “Prairie Restoration Journey” talks to county Master Gardener organizations, Michigan State University, Greenfield Village, numerous Michigan garden clubs, church groups, and Nature clubs throughout southeast and mid-Michigan.

A series of guided workshops in which attendees select seeds they wish to sow for spring planting, add soil to milk jugs with drainage holes and plant the seeds, add water and an identification small stake, and learn how to monitor the jug outdoors until spring 

Video of this presentation on our YouTube channel -  Designing Native Landscapes with Purpose

Presenter: Mike Weis 

A yard can be a self-sustaining, resilient plant community that is both beautiful and interesting. The goal is to make habitat that is both visually pleasing and self-sustaining. Having a good plan is essential. Whether you are wondering how to get started with native plant gardening or have years of experience, this program presents the practical aspects of native gardening. Experienced native plant gardener and designer Mike Weis will take us through the steps in the first garden he ever installed, presenting a slideshow of images of this garden through the years to illustrate how some decisions/methods that were used worked well while others did not.

About Mike Weis

Mike Weis is the owner of the Kalamazoo-based landscape company Dropseed! Native Gardens and Ecological Restoration. He has been gardening with native plants since 2005. Weis also works seasonally for Hidden Savanna Native Plant Nursery and volunteers as an ecological steward for Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy and Stewards of Kleinstuck, where he serves as a board member. Weis is also an accomplished percussionist, composer, and conceptual photographer.

PARKING: Metered parking is available at Matthaei Botanical Gardens; members park for free.

All are welcome to join this free virtual panel discussion exploring the vital roles of native, solitary, and honeybees in pollination and biodiversity. Featuring experts Sam Droege (USGS), Dave Hunter (Crown Bees), and Dr. Lora Morandin (Pollinator Partnership), this event will discuss into the challenges pollinators face, the balance between managed and wild bees, and actionable ways to support all pollinators.

Gain insights from over 90 years of combined experience and learn how to advocate for pollinator habitats through planting native species, participating in community science, and adopting responsible management practices.

UPDATE March 9, 2025: This March 12th event will be in person only. We plan to add the option to join presentations over Zoom in the future; we regret that it is not possible for this one.

Plant A Rain Garden – Keep our Rivers Clean, One Garden at a Time  

Anyone can plant a rain garden! You don’t need any special equipment—just a yard, a spade, compost, and a few native plants.  Rain gardens are a beautiful addition to any landscape—and keep our rivers, lakes and streams clean!  We’ll talk about the benefits of rain gardens and how to build and plant one at your own home. Rain gardens are for the greater good, and they are practical solutions for basement and yard flooding.   

About Susan Bryan

Susan Bryan created and teaches the Master Rain Gardener class at Washtenaw County Water Resources Commissioner’s Office. The program became a state-wide certification in 2015, and has spread to the Great Lakes western states including—gasp!—Ohio! (a Michigan joke there), as well as to our neighbor to the north, Canada.  Over 2,000 rain gardens have been built by homeowners on her advice by the industrious and spectacular Master Rain Gardeners.  Susan was the recipient of the Ann Arbor Wild Ones Bob Grese Deep Roots award in 2014.

PARKING: Metered parking is available at Matthaei Botanical Gardens; members park for free.

Rain Garden Gallery on Flickr

Public gardens hold tremendous power to influence landscaping norms and inspire change. By showcasing the beauty, functionality, and ecological value of native plants, these spaces help foster biodiversity, advocate for sustainable practices, and engage communities in environmental stewardship. 

This webinar will explore how public and demonstration gardens serve as powerful tools for native plant advocacy. Attendees will learn how gardens move beyond aesthetics to spark action—turning appreciation into engagement and inspiring participants to replicate these practices in their own communities.

We will hear insights from Nicole Machuca, Environmental Social Scientist at the Field Museum, on how public gardens influence behaviors, foster stewardship, and connect people to conservation efforts through research and community engagement. The Wild Ones Capital Region NY and the Wild Ones San Diego (CA) Chapters will share their experiences building native plant demonstration gardens and how these spaces drive community engagement, education, and advocacy. And We'll finish with a conversation exploring how public gardens create a lasting impact beyond planting day moderated by Kelly Kapuzzi, Demonstration Garden Char with the Wild Ones Hocking Hills (OH) Chapter.

PLEASE NOTE: Early start time so we have enough daylight for the outdoor portion of our program.

Presenter: John Metzler

We will start with a slide show in the auditorium and then move outside to Matthaei's gardens to take photos. 

Topics to be addressed include seeing through the lens, lighting, shooting from different angles, e.g., lying on the ground, capturing the essence of the subject, and proximity to the subject.

About John Metzler 

John Metzler is a partner at applEcon, LLC, an antitrust economics firm in Ann Arbor. He got his start in photography sixty years ago with a sister's Kodak Brownie, learned to shoot 35mm on his Dad's fully-manual Minolta Rangefinder ten years later, and switched to digital in 2004. An avid explorer of regional natural areas, John shares his pictures of various natural areas with their stewards to use as they choose. He began learning botany and native plants on Ellen Elliott Weatherbee's WedAm walking botany lectures in 2018, and he then joined the Michigan Botanical Society in 2022.

All of John's pictures are on his website, https://johnmetzler.smugmug.com/.  All are available as full resolution downloads free of charge for non-commercial use.

PARKING: Metered parking is available at Matthaei Botanical Gardens; Matthaei members park for free.

NOTE: This was a hybrid (virtual and in-person) event.   Video of the event will be posted here soon. 

Presenter: Brenda Sattler (formerly Dziedzic)

Brenda's presentation will cover the components of a butterfly/moth garden with native plants, which include sun, planting in groups, locations for host plants, plant arrangements, sunning spot, overripe fruit, a place to puddle, nectar plants, and host plants. The presentation will go into depth about the native host plants that the butterflies and moths use.

About Brenda Sattler

Brenda is the author of Raising Butterflies and Moths in the Garden, 2nd edition, which features 50 North American butterfly and moth species, range maps and more than 550 fascinating photographs showing all stages of each species' life cycle; copies of the book will be available for purchase at this event. 

PARKING: Metered parking is available at Matthaei Botanical Gardens; Matthaei members park for free.

Join Wild Ones National Board President Loris Damerow for a special presentation as part of Week 3 of the 2025 Less Lawn More Life Challenge, “Native Plants Planted Right.” Loris will walk us through the basics of native plant gardening- from choosing the right plants to planting and maintaining them with confidence.

Join us on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at 5 p.m. CT for the YouTube Live premiere of this 30-minute webinar. Native plant experts from  Wild Ones, Plan it Wild, Homegrown National Park, ReWild Your Campus, and others will be active in the live chat throughout the presentation and for 30 minutes after the webinar, giving you plenty of time to ask questions and engage! 

This event is designed for newcomers to native gardening and is part of the national Less Lawn More Life Challenge, hosted by Plan It Wild in collaboration with Wild Ones, iNaturalist, Homegrown National Park, Pollinator Partnership  and many others! 

See more about the Less Lawn More Life Challenge:  https://www.lesslawnmorelife.com/ 

Guide: Brooks Curtis

Join Brooks Curtis for a walk in the Bird Hills Nature Area. We will learn how to identify and eradicate many invasive species (spring and woody invasive). We will discuss  restoration successes and challenges. We will also discuss the history and explore some of the features of the Bird Hills Nature Area. Most of the walk will be on the trails, but there might be an opportunity to go off trail in a few areas. 

Brooks has been a park steward at Bird Hills Nature Area, Ann Arbor’s largest at 146 acres, for about nine years. During that time, there has been a substantial reduction in the number of invasive species due to the involvement of many volunteers and City of Ann Arbor staff support (Nature Area Preservation).

About Our Guide

Brooks Curtis began doing ecological restoration work around 2005 by volunteering at the University of Michigan Arboretum and Matthaei Botanical Gardens. After a few years, he found out about the City of Ann Arbor's NAP Stewardship Workday program, and realizing that they were in worse shape and had the fewest resources, he started focusing primarily on the Ann Arbor nature areas. 

In 2013 Brooks became the Ann Arbor Park Steward for Sunset Brooks Nature Area, which he selected because it is small (7.5 acres) and in very bad shape; he figured that whatever work he did he couldn’t make the nature area any worse. Sunset Brooks Nature Area receives a tremendous amount of stormwater from four different streets and now, after a decade of restoration work, it absorbs most of the stormwater, due to the clearing of woody invasives and the introduction of native wet area plants.

Where to meet: Entrance opposite the Bird Hills Nature Area Parking on Bird Road

PARKING OPTIONS

Bird Hills Nature Area Parking on Bird Road - Google Map

Barton Nature Area Parking on West Huron River Drive - Google Map

Please note - Construction on Miller Road may impact your route.

On Saturday, June 21st, at 9:30 AM Wild Ones chapters from North Oakland and Ann Arbor, will join our Wayne County chapter for a tour of the Ouldolf Garden - Detroit located on Belle Isle. Meredith Simpson, a volunteer with Oudolf Garden Detroit has very graciously agreed to lead the three Wild Ones chapters on a tour of this garden!

Piet Ouldolf is a Dutch garden designer who has, to date, designed 20 "natural" gardens throughout Europe and the US. Five of the US gardens, including Oudolf Garden - Detroit, are listed below. 

·         Oudolf Garden Detroit at Belle Isle Park (Michigan, USA, 2020)

·         Meadow garden, Delaware Botanic Gardens (Dagsboro, Delaware, USA, 2019)

·         High Line (New York City, 2006)

·         Battery Park (New York City, 2003)

·         Lurie Garden, Millennium Park (Chicago, 2003 with Kathryn Gustafson and Shannon Nichol)

While the Ouldolf Garden - Detroit would not be considered a native garden, or necessarily even a sustainable garden, our takeaway from this event could be how to incorporate world-class garden designs and plant groupings into our own native garden projects at home and in our community! 

I'm looking forward to seeing you there! Reach out if you have any questions.

In 2014, Jim Vallem began the process of replacing non-native plants and lawn with natives in his 60' x 120' (0.165 acres) city lot. Each year since, edits have been made and more plants added, with the yard currently sporting over 80 native plant species, and no-mow grass (a fine-fescue mix) instead of traditional turf grass. This tour for Ann Arbor Area Wild Ones and the Master Rain Gardener program will feature the front yard rain garden (2016) and the moisture-loving plants in the low area along the back edge of the lot.

Join us at Jim's home to enjoy the garden of a native plant enthusiast! Joint event with Washtenaw County Water Resources.

PARKING: Public street parking.

Rain Garden of Jule Monnens 

We started our garden in spring of 2022. Our property had major drainage issues which we were able to mitigate with a lot of hard work digging trenches and putting in the first iteration of our garden. Each year we have expanded and redesigned the garden so that it now occupies the entire front yard. Before we had even done more than dig, the site of our rain garden had been a sponge, absorbing runoff from the gutter and a trench around the back, as well as discharge from the sump pump. Rain gardens rule!

NOTE TO MEMBERS: We will send an email with the address to you at least three days before the event. 

The closing event of this year’s Less Lawn More Life Challenge, will be led by Lisa Olsen, Chapter Liaison at Wild Ones. In this webinar, you’ll learn how small, personal actions like planting native species and removing invasives, can ripple outward to inspire neighbors, change policies, and reshape communities. 

During the premiere, native plant experts from Wild Ones and collaborating organizations will be active in the live chat. They’ll be ready to answer questions, share tips, and connect viewers with resources. The live chat will remain open for 30 minutes after the webinar, giving you plenty of time to ask questions and engage. Please note: You must be logged into a YouTube account to participate in the chat. 

The Less Lawn More Life Challenge is a free, 12-week action series designed to help people transform traditional lawns into vibrant, life-supporting native plant habitat. Each week, participants complete a simple challenge like planting a native shrub, removing invasives, or observing pollinators to reimagine their outdoor space and take meaningful steps toward restoring biodiversity at home. 

It’s not too late to get involved. Catch up on the weekly videos and start your rewilding journey today at https://www.lesslawnmorelife.com/ 

Guides: Ron Gamble and Faye Stoner

On this walk we will cover basic plant ID skills (e.g., Are the leaves arranged opposite each other along the stem or in alternate positions? Do the leaves have a simple (single) or compound form? Are the leaf edges rounded or squared?), and we will practice these skills as we look at plants found in this lovely remnant prairie. Plants found in the prairie this time of year include Tall Coreopsis, Yellow Coneflower, Mountain Mint, Early Goldenrod, and Prairie Loosestrife; there will be many more species to see! 

About Our Guides

Faye Stoner grew up in western Pennsylvania, but has been in Michigan for over 30 years. She worked as a naturalist for the Huron-Clinton Metroparks and for Washtenaw County Parks. 

Ron Gamble was raised in central Iowa (what he calls “the real Midwest”). His father was a veterinarian who had a wide-ranging interest in natural sciences of all kinds, which Ron inherited. Ron has a B.S. from Iowa State University and an M.S. from University of Michigan. His career has included employment at University of Michigan in the Great Lakes Research Division, and he is now retired from an environmental engineering career at Ford Motor Company and Visteon Corporation. Ron has worked part-time for Huron-Clinton Metroparks, and he remains active in natural resources community support.

BE PREPARED FOR BUGS!

Depending on the weather, there may be ticks, mosquitoes, and chiggers. Wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants tucked into socks, etc., and bring your favorite repellent.

ENTRANCE FEE AND PARKING at Independence Lake Park 

Daily Admission, per Vehicle:  Washtenaw County residents: $6 ($3 for Seniors); Others: $10 ($6 for Seniors)

Where to Park and Meet: Please park at the east end of the Beach Center parking lot (about one mile in from Jennings Road; it is the first left after the Blue Heron Bay parking lot). Watch for a large lime green vertical banner to find our group. The first section of the prairie is about an eight-minute walk from there.

Independence Lake Park Brochure with Map

NOTE: The address you will use for this event depends on whether you want to take a three-mile hike or walk one-quarter mile to reach the meeting location—please see below for details.

ABOUT RIVER BEND GARDENS BY OUR GUIDE, WAYNE OLIVER

River Bend Gardens was established in July 2017, and it was formally founded by my wife and me in January 2019 as a private botanical garden, aviary, and retreat for our family of five children.

We selected the property for its unique combination of natural features; it is located in Washtenaw County, 15 miles southwest of Ann Arbor, in the Village of Manchester. The gardens are situated on 65 acres with a half mile of frontage on the River Raisin, and they are adjacent to the south and west with the Leonard Preserve, a 259-acre property owned by Washtenaw County’s Natural Areas Preservation and The Nature Conservancy.

There are twelve gardens that make up River Bend, with nine natural plant communities, and several glacial features in the landscape from kames, an out-wash plain, to a floodplain that includes a Buttonbush depression. In addition to the River Raisin, the property includes a four-acre pond, two brooks, and over 30 natural springs.

Hiking River Bend Gardens offers our guests an opportunity to view a gardener's pragmatic effort at native plant preservation and restoration. Wayne is happy to share the mechanics of the preservation work and prairie restoration with considerations to methods, successes, and failures.  

NOTE: While the trails are established, they are not completely groomed. The garden is not ADA compliant, nor is there a restroom present on the property.

OPTIONS FOR ARRIVING AT THE MEETING LOCATION

A discussion and Q&A will begin at 10:30 a.m., and guests have two options for arriving at the prairie and meeting location. In either case there will be someone from the River Bend family there to guide you to the meeting location. After a discussion and Q&A, guests will be free to walk the trails and experience the gardens at their own pace.

Three-mile Hike from East Entrance Garden, 115 Mound Street Manchester, MI 48158

Arrive at 9 a.m. for this hike along the Garden Trail to the meeting location.

PARKING: There is a horseshoe drive where you can pull in for parking, or you can park on the shoulder of Mound Street on the north side of the street facing west.

Quarter-mile Walk from West Entrance Garden, 328 River Bend Street, Manchester, MI 48158

Arrive at 10:15 a.m. for this short walk to the meeting location.

PARKING: There is adequate parking off the street on garden property.

For more information on River Bend Gardens you may visit:

Website: https://riverbendgardens.org/ 

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100025765903558

Instagram: @river.bend.gardens 

Sandy's Story

There are three primary reasons, in order of importance, that determine a plant choice for my yard: native, deer resistance, and providing flowers or leaves for botanical printing. I have been a gardener forever it seems, an avid deer resistor for eight years, and a botanical printer for five.  

During the lockdown of COVID, a friend invited me to join a Zoom lecture by Doug Tallamy. That led me to borrow and read all of the available library books by Tallamy, purchase “Nature's Best Hope” for my personal library, follow Tallamy on YouTube, and finally join the Homegrown National Parks and then Wild Ones. I was a convert!  

My first goal was to rid my yard of invasives. Those were about one-quarter-acre of vinca, large stands of privet which the former owner had planted, volunteer buckthorn, and large swaths of Dame’s Rocket. My ultimate goal was to bring my half-acre lot up to 70% native plants. After our house remodel, the landscaper gave us wonderful “bones”: two Amelanchier (serviceberry), two native viburnum, a Sumac cultivar, plus many non-native shrubs and evergreens. The perennials were mine to choose. The stars of my choice were two dozen daylilies in various hues with hostas for shade, and roses, lilies, and tulips in abundant plantings. With the emergence of buds, the deer herd spread the word that a buffet had risen in the neighborhood.    

I have tales to tell of deer resistance and the work of removing invasives. I think the share of native plants in my yard is now approaching 70%. My summer botanical printing is set up in the garage. I can’t promise as I write this in May that I can have a reveal of silk covered with the prints of nature in August,  but that is my goal. Come and enjoy my native plant conversion thus far, my American Heritage lawn (yes, a lawn), and the story that is growing about the half-acre I am stewarding a mile from downtown Ann Arbor. 

LOCATION: The address will be sent to members via email a few days before the event.

Please join us for an introduction to collecting seed for growing native plants. This hands-on opportunity will be guided by Calla Butler, Native Plant Horticulturist at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Calla will present on the importance of seed collection, the ethics of collecting, cleaning practices, useful tools, and more. Following the presentation, we will move out into the prairie plantings and bioswales of Matthaei for the hands-on experience of harvesting seed! 

Supplies for the workshop will be provided.

Portions of the workshop's seed harvest will go to the Seeds to Community project, a collaborative program of A3WO. https://www.facebook.com/groups/seedstocommunitywashtenaw/ 

About Calla Butler

Calla Butler is the Native Plant Gardens Horticulturist at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. Her professional experience includes working at the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory on Belle Isle and in the field of garden design. With her team of volunteers, Calla is responsible for maintaining the Great Lakes Gardens, home to over 300 native plant species. Calla manages the seed gathering and propagation of plants for this garden habitat and the Matthaei native plant sale. This year you will find her floriferous results growing in and around new locations on the U of M campus.  

PARKING: Metered parking is available at Matthaei Botanical Gardens; members park for free.

Discover how ecological landscaping with native plants can make your landscape more resilient and help address the climate crisis. This webinar will highlight practical, evidence-based approaches to designing and maintaining landscapes that build resilience to climate change and support native biodiversity. Join Wild Ones for a free webinar, “EcoBeneficial Landscape Strategies for the Climate Crisis,” featuring environmental horticulturalist and ecological landscape designer Kim Eierman.

NOTE: Jan McWethy's address will be mailed to members a week or so before the event.

Please mark your calendars and plan to attend our last Member-to-Member Yard Visit of the year.

Jan's Story

We bought our house three years ago. Two things happened almost simultaneously last spring to radically change our front yard.  I read Doug Tallamy’s Nature’s Best Hope, and we needed foundation work done on our basement’s front wall. Once the basement wall was shored up and the yard was all mud, I informed our contractor that I wanted to more than double the size of the former front bed and have all native plants installed. He scratched his head but came through. Eighty-eight one-gallon plants arrived, most of them native. A few months ago he returned to run a sump pump line to near the street and created a small pond/bog. I’ve edged that with natives too. My other main project has been working to eliminate the many beds of ditch lilies on the side and back of the house and replace them with native plantings. 

PARKING: Free street parking.

Zoom Link

https://wildones-org.zoom.us/j/82568476910?pwd=UQ0zBW06f9Gqarw6yyNsqs7ElbG6Kb.1

Pocket forests are very dense plantings of native trees and shrubs. Come hear how this ecologically efficient concept can be scaled to urban and rural settings. This presentation highlights the planning, planting, and first-year observations of the 300 trees and shrubs planted in a 2,500-square-foot area of Buhr Park. Learn how you can be a Citizen Scientist by entering your observations of the forest into iNaturalist. This is the first native plant forest in Michigan inspired by the Miyawaki Method. 

Our Presenter

Meg Delaney is an A3WO member and the chapter's Secretary, and she also serves as a Board member of the national Wild Ones organization. Meg is an avid cyclist, camper, and native plant gardener. Her small city garden began as a haven for songbirds and pollinators, and is still expanding. A retired librarian, Meg has a gift for organization and good documentation that is positively poetic.

PARKING: Metered parking is available at Matthaei Botanical Gardens; members park for free.

Even after reading books and attending talks, many still have pressing questions about ecological landscaping. In this talk, Tallamy addresses common concerns on biodiversity, invasive species, native plants, and conservation strategies, providing practical guidance and motivation to restore nature in everyday spaces. 

Jon and Susan Cross are passionate about restoring the rare habitat where they live—The Oak Openings Region, located in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. They have successfully restored their own 20 acres of rare woodland, sand barren, and wet prairie to provide a home for rare and state-listed species. Their experience models how private citizens—no matter where they live or how much space they have—are critical participants in the stewardship of healthy environments. Professionals can’t shoulder this burden alone. The Crosses are now on a mission to influence others to plant natives as often as possible one garden or landscape at a time.

ABOUT OUR PRESENTERS

Jon Cross is a highly regarded native plant advocate, speaker, and award-winning nature photographer. Jon’s alter ego is that of an information technology leader for over 20 years. He was named 2022 Landowner of the Year by the Green Ribbon Initiative (GRI) for work on behalf of the globally rare Oak Openings Region where he and Susan live. GRI is a consortium of public and private organizations, landowners, and individuals working to preserve, enhance, and restore critical natural areas in the Oak Openings Region.

Susan Cross is a native plant advocate, author, and speaker. Susan’s alter ego is that of a public relations professional for over 30 years in corporate America.

Jon and Susan are frequent hosts to environmentalists and landowners who share their passion for restoring The Oak Openings Region to its native state and want to see and apply learnings from their efforts. They also speak frequently about their habitat restoration experiences. To learn more visit www.zenvironment.net.  

PARKING: Metered parking is available at Matthaei Botanical Gardens; members park for free.

Discover the power of ecological garden design in this free national webinar, Living in the Liberated Landscape: My Yard, with award-winning landscape designer Larry Weaner. Join us for a personal look at how dynamic, self-sustaining landscapes can emerge when we partner with nature instead of controlling it. Drawing on more than 35 years of experience, Larry will share practical strategies for designing dynamic gardens that evolve naturally, support biodiversity, and bring lasting beauty to your yard.

Designing with native plants isn’t just about what you grow, it’s about how you shape your space. In this hands-on workshop, Zoe Evans (Plan it Wild) and Heather Evans (Design Your Wild) guide you through the process of creating a cohesive yard plan that supports both your lifestyle and biodiversity.

NOTE: Program description will be provided by December 1, 2025.