Our native plant sale is on!
Find out more about the sale here, or go directly to the order form.
Field Trip to Kal-Haven Trail
Conservation Steward Sue Hodapp will lead a field trip to the Kal-Haven Trail to view spring ephemeral wildflowers. The field trip is open to anyone, but space is limited, so we ask that you sign up in advance. Four time slots over two days are available.
Saturday, April 27, 10:00 am and 11:30 am
Sunday, April 28, 10:00 am and 11:30 am
April
Program
For our April Program, Mitch Lettow of SWMLC will present “Botanical Diversity Back from the Dead,” a discussion of his work restoring oak savannas and prairie fen wetlands. Click on the green button below to read Mitch’s inspiring introduction.
Please note that our monthly programs now begin at 6:30 pm. We’ll be there to greet you starting at 6:00, so come early and meet more Wild Ones.
Wednesday, April 25, 6:30 pm
Community Projects
Work days for KAWO community projects are set for 2024. Click on the button below to see the schedule and find out when you can volunteer at one of our sites around Kalamazoo. This is a great opportunity to get hands-on experience with native plants and help local plant communities thrive.
Collaborate • Educate • Advocate
Help Us Connect People with Native Plants
We elect chapter officers every year in November. You can join one of our service committees any time, or get hands-on native landscaping experience through our community projects from spring through early fall.
Our Purpose – Your Importance
Native plants are part of our rich natural heritage here in Southwest Michigan. The Kalamazoo Area chapter of Wild Ones was established to help inform, educate and offer resources to people interested in learning about native plants. There simply isn’t enough protected or potentially protectable land to depend on its saving our birds, mammals, amphibians and insects, including pollinators.
You can make a difference—no matter the size of your yard
“Whether you live in the city or the country, on a small lot or a large property, you can help preserve the biological diversity of southwest Michigan by reducing the size of your lawn (or eliminating it entirely) and replacing it with native plants. These plants, as opposed to non-native ones, support the herbivorous insects on which all other wildlife—and we ourselves—directly or indirectly depend.”
You can make a difference—by making simple changes
“By planting a diverse assortment of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses in your yard, you’ll be doing your part to replace the vast amount of habitat that has been lost to development or destroyed by invasive non-native plants. You’ll be helping to slow the rapid extinction of species already under way and providing protection for the plants and animals of our region against the coming rigors of climate change, with its increased temperatures and scarcity of water.”
You can make a difference—and you can see it
“For using native plants to supply food and shelter for wildlife, you’ll be richly rewarded right away. Your yard will come alive with butterflies and birds, which—along with the constantly changing spectacle of the plants themselves—will provide a year-round source of interest and drama. You and your family will be drawn ever closer into a rich and satisfying relationship with nature.”
” ” as articulated by Nancy Small, co-founder of KAWO
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