Category: Event recap

Plaquemine Garden Club Explores Gardening with Native Plants

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The Plaquemine Garden Club (PGC) was interested in learning about native plants, and Heather Blanchard volunteered to coordinate speakers and resources for a memorable and informative meeting on November 11, 2025 at the Plaquemine KC building. As the Wild Ones Greater Baton Rouge Membership Chair, Certified Native Plant Professional of Heather’s Habitat, and garden club […] Continue reading "Plaquemine Garden Club Explores Gardening with Native Plants"

The Baton Rouge Community Pitches in to Re-Wild the Main Library

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On November 8, 2025, the Baton Rouge community came together in a big way to install a brand-new, large-scale native plant pollinator garden in the front of the main branch of the East Baton Rouge Public Library (EBRPL). The Louisiana Wild Society hosted a site preparation day on November 7, where 15 volunteers hauled and spread […] Continue reading "The Baton Rouge Community Pitches in to Re-Wild the Main Library"

Seed Swap 2025!

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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!"

Seed Cleaning Social

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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"

Grass Roots

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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"

Inspiration: Spring Yard Visits

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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"

Masterful Plant Sale

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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"

Wild Ones Welcome!

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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!"

The Wonders of Host Plants

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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"