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• Earth Day 2008
• National Railroad Museum
• Trail Cleanup

Planting at National Railroad Museum

On Wednesday, June 18, several of our members spent their time planting and watering a large variety of native plants at the entrance to the National Railroad Museum. Our club was contacted by the the director of the museum to get some help with incorporating natives into the landscape. They are looking to reduce the amount of time spent on maintaining a large lawn. We planted well over 200 plants; a gas-powered auger certainly helped with the very tough clay soil! A large portion of the plants were contributed by some members, and the rest where purchased by the museum.
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Rain Gardens at Christa McAuliffe Park

Our president, James Havel, helped to plan and plant two rain gardens and a bio-filtration basin at Christa McAuliffe park on Saturday, April 26. The rain garden planting was held along with a clean-up of the park and rain barrel and composting demonstrations. Along with Wild Ones, the City of Green Bay, Baird Creek Preservation Foundation, and UWGB were sponsors, and volunteers braved the cold weather to participate in the Earth Day events. The plants are getting established and greening up.

YMCA Healthy Kids Day

The YMCA Healthy Kids event on May 3 was a big success! The kids had their choice of planting a wild petunia or making a bee buzzer out of corks, popsicle sticks, and a rubber band. We explained to the children and their parents that the flower is a native perennial they will enjoy for years to come with very little work. We also held a drawing for four rain barrels which were donated to the Green Bay Wild Ones chapter. Thanks to Stone Silo Prairie Gardens for donating the flowers!

Clean-up of Trail

The Green Bay chapter sponsors approximately a one-mile section on the Mountain Bay trail. While picking up trash on May 21, we spotted bloodroot, cowslips, and other natives.

    Feb 04, 2009 (Wed)    

Open House - We are working hard to increase our presence in the Green Bay area. We are using our February meeting to draw new members to Wild Ones. Please check back for more details.

    Mar 04, 2009 (Wed)    

Garden Design with Native Plants - Local landscape designer Andrew Knapp of Green Bay Nursery will give a presentation on designing with natives.

    Apr 01, 2009 (Wed)    

Eek!!! There's a spider on that flower!

Join us to hear Matt Weller from the Neville Public Museum to learn more about spiders and see his beautiful photographs.

    Jun 03, 2009 (Wed)    

We will be touring a woodland garden for spring ephemerals. Join us at Harold and Bonnie Vastag's home in Oneida at 7 p.m.

    Jul 11, 2009 (Sat)    

Road Trip! We will be taking a field trip to Chiwaukee Prairie in Southern Wisconsin. This prairie is a haven for rare plants. It is known to have 23 plants listed as rare in Wisconsin and an additional 13 species considered rare in Northeastern Illinois.

Read more about Chiwaukee Prairie here.

    Aug 05, 2009 (Wed)    

Summer Prairie Yard Tour - Details to be determined.

    Sep 02, 2009 (Wed)    

TBD

    Oct 07, 2009 (Wed)    

Seed Collection and Propagation - Pat Kiefer will give a talk on the steps to collecting and propagating seeds from your native plants.