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.!  

This free in-person presentation (with a little bit of workshop thrown in) is being hosted by Go Native Brandermill but is open to the general public.  Seating at the venue is limited so we have asked people to register in advance.

Join Wild Ones Greater Richmond Chapter and Go Native Brandermill for a presentation on how to read, understand, and adapt the sample native garden design for Richmond that has been created for Wild Ones by Pete Corbino of District Native Plants. The presentation is geared for do-it-yourself gardeners who  are seeking a better understanding of how a sample landscape design is organized, how to relate elements of the sample design to their own planting sites, and how to work with accessible tools to identify and develop the “sweet spots” where the existing design can inspire your own plans and plantings. 

Co-presenters Sharon Lamberton and Janit Llewellyn will introduce the sample design and cover the following topics:
* Setting your design goals
* How to “read” this--or any--sample landscape design
* Collecting information about your planting site
* Comparing your site to elements in the sample's hypothetical site
* Fitting elements from the sample design into your landscape
* Editing your choices
* Creating your own sketches to help you visualize the customized planting

The handout package for this presentation includes downloadable materials available from the Plant RVA Natives regional campaign (worksheets and a copy of the regional native plant guide covering the Richmond area). 

Master Gardener and founding chapter member Laura Lemmon will present an overview of some of the many native plant species which are scarce or threatened in the State of Virginia. The where and the why and the how we can help these imperiled plants will be covered.  40 minute presentation plus 20 minutes Q&A.
 

Free and open to the public! If you are not a chapter member, please sign up through Ticketleap (link provided) so that we may send you a link to this Zoom presentation. 

Chapter members will automatically receive the Zoom link, which will be sent  automatically a few days before the presentation.  Update: Registration is scheduled to close on Saturday at noon - If you have registered, you will be sent a message with the link either Saturday afternoon or Sunday. Thank you! 

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.

In this talk, you will learn about the living world below your feet that is often overlooked in today's world. We will explore what living soil is through the lens of a microscope, how the plants in your yard are chatting & farming microbes, and explain how you can become a soil steward at home.

Presented by Conner Parrish, the Founder & CEO of Bloomistry, a conservation-focused garden and education company offering 300+ learning programs for all ages, beyond-organic garden consulting/installation, and organic garden products that help you live a more eco-aligned life. A passionate farmer and consultant, Conner promotes organic, regenerative, and science-based growing in suburban, urban, school, and community gardens. His mission is to inspire and plant the seeds of green for the world to become a more nature-based place!

This event is free and open to the public, but the in-person seating is limited, so we ask you to register to reserve your spot. There is no cost to register. Thank you! 

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.

Free, open to the public, and geared to "do it yourself" gardeners. 

In this interactive online presentation, Wild Ones Greater Richmond Virginia Chapter Director Janit Llewellyn and Chapter President Sharon Lamberton will host designer Pete Corbino of District Native Plants, who created the Wild Ones Native Garden Design for Richmond, Virginia. 

Together we'll walk through key elements of Pete's design, introduce design concepts, and conduct some brief exercises with downloadable tools available through the Plant Virginia Natives initiative that you can use to better understand your planting site, consider your design priorities, and find the "sweet spots" where the sample design can best contribute to your own planting goals.  

Wild Ones sample garden designs--including the design for Richmond--are available for download from Wild Ones at https://nativegardendesigns.wildones.org/.

Links to the downloadable resources will be provided to registered participants ahead of the meeting so you can have them handy during the presentation.  The presentation will be recorded and posted later to the chapter's YouTube channel. 

Our chapter's book club is open to both chapter members and non-members, and you are welcome to join at any time. We meet quarterly to discuss an inspiring or informative book that relates to gardening with native plants. During the meeting we participate in a guided discussion led by a volunteer member of the club. The tone is friendly and informal, and at the end of each meeting the participants suggest titles and take a quick poll to select the next book.  

This quarter's  selection is The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer (author of Braiding Sweetgrass).

If you enjoy reading and talking about books, consider joining our Book Club! Simply write to the chapter at [email protected].  We will be glad to add you to our list of Book Club participants and send you the link to our next Book Club meeting!
 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!