The Greater Baton Rouge chapter of Wild Ones hosted their 4th annual seed swap October 19, 2025 at the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens. Members look forward to this event all year because it is a wonderful opportunity to swap seeds native to our area and to donate local ecotype seeds to the Wild Ones seed […] Continue reading "Seed Swap 2025!"
The Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge chapter hosted a dozen eager members for a seed cleaning social to process seeds for the chapter’s seed library and seed packets, the East Baton Rouge Public Library seed libraries, and for the upcoming seed swap on October 19th. Our members learned different techniques for releasing seeds from the […] Continue reading "Seed Cleaning Social"
by Joan Chiasson Did you know that Louisiana was once home to about 2.5 million acres of tall grass prairie? Today, less than 1% remains of this critically imperiled ecosystem. I had the chance to see the first Baton Rouge screening of Louisiana Grass Roots, a short documentary about it (the “Cajun Prairie”) today at […] Continue reading "Grass Roots"
Summer stroll at Burden The Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge chapter held its first Wildflower Walk today along the trails of the LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens at Burden. The blooms that were putting on a particularly flashy show were in LSU purple and gold, like the Tall Ironweed that was being visited by bumblebees, and […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Wildflower Walk"
This spring, we visited four yards of Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge members who are integrating native plants into their landscaping. This was a great way to get inspiration and learn from each other. Seeing the native plants in a landscape setting, talking about the different species of plants, and hearing about the various techniques […] Continue reading "Inspiration: Spring Yard Visits"
Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge hosted a native plant sale and outreach table as part of the Master Gardener Plant Sale at LSU AgCenter Botanic Gardens in Baton Rouge. The event was extremely well attended by plant fanatics, and there was great interest in learning about the native plants. Customers were excited to take home […] Continue reading "Masterful Plant Sale"
Our first chapter meeting! The dedication and determination has paid off! Janine and Alok Kharey realized their dream of starting a Wild Ones chapter to preserve local ecotype species and educate homeowners about nature and landscaping with native plants. The first official member meeting was held on August 11, 2022, and the first public meeting […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Welcome!"
When it’s too hot to go outside, BREC Bluebonnet Swamp Nature Center brings the wildlife inside! The new seedling chapter of Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge partnered with the Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater Baton Rouge and wowed “Wonders of Wildlife” event visitors with native host plant information and live caterpillars munching on their host […] Continue reading "The Wonders of Host Plants"