Events

General Chapter Meeting open to the Public. Drawing on nearly 30 years of experience gardening for biodiversity in the Baton Rouge area, Wild Ones of Greater Baton Rouge founding President, Janine Kharey, shared a presentation of photographs and information about native plants that support rich biodiversity in a suburban backyard.  Door prizes were given.

We will be bumping up seedlings started about 2 months ago to 4" pots. Some of these plants will be sold at our next outreach event on March 25, 2023.

3 days of members volunteering. Friday set up plants for ‘sale’ at suggested donations. Saturday and Sunday interacting with public Massive educational talking including caterpillar ambassadors. 

Tabling event with Information on native plants and garden features that support biodiversity in home landscapes. Host plants for sale. Demonstration of plantings for small spaces and balconies, hanging gardens etc.  Demonstration of small water features from found objects. 

Saturday 9-4 and Sunday 12-4 under the pavilion at Hilltop 

Tabling event about native plants and ecosystems 

Tabling event at park venue - educational information on native plants and ecosystems

Presentation by Wild Ones GBR president on Habitat gardening 

Talk on native habitat gardening with native plants, keystone species, host plants, plant give away

4 members, propagation chair, plant rescue chair, treasurer and president joined a liason to explore a wild area in our ecosystem for local ecotypes and natural populations of native plants. 

Members bring labeled seed and take home seed to propagate