Wild Ones is a national not-for-profit organization with local chapters that teaches about the many benefits of growing native plants in residential yards and public landscapes. If you would like to become a member, get involved, make suggestions or contributions, or simply want to ask a question, please contact us.
Contact Us
Janine Kharey (President) – [email protected]
Chapter Region
Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge Chapter is centered in East Baton Rouge and serves East and West Baton Rouge, Ascension, Livingston, East Feliciana, West Feliciana, St.Helena, Tangipahoa, and surrounding communities in the Loess Plains region of southern Louisiana.
Our region is the southernmost part of the North American Mississippi Valley Loess Plains, a narrow Ecoregion that parallels the Mississippi Alluvial Plain from Baton Rouge up to western Kentucky. Our region has relatively flat topography, and as you move north, there are the gently rolling hills and loess bluffs of the Tunica Hills area.
Our region is marked in orange and labeled 74c and 74d in this zoomed-in view of the Ecoregions of Louisiana. We use the ecoregion as our chapter area because our native plants and animals evolved in this very specific terrain, soils, and climate.