With the coming of spring and summer, we again return to our outdoor field trips and yard tours. These events are for members only and information as to date, time and place will be shared by email with all current members.
We invite you to our big event of the summer: the Native Plant Sale at Johnson’s Nursery in Menomonee Falls. Johnson’s is the premiere grower of native trees shrubs, flowers, grasses & ferns. ALL native stock will be discounted 30% to all current Wild Ones members during the whole month of June, and a portion of the sales will be returned to the chapter as a donation from Johnson’s. You must have proof of current Wild Ones membership. Get your card in the “My Membership” area of wildones.org
For more details and much more information on native plants go to:
https://kb.jniplants.com/native-plant-sale
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The Milwaukee Southwest/Wehr chapter is an active & vibrant chapter serving southern Milwaukee and Waukesha Counties. We offer new member support, mentoring, an extensive lending library, excellent programs and field trips, seed exchanges, and native plant sales. We pride ourselves on good communication and quality programming in a supportive, friendly setting. Visit us at an upcoming meeting or click on “Join” to join our chapter.
With it’s “roots” in the “Natural Landscaping Club” founded at the Wehr Nature Center in the early 1980s, our group was the second official chapter of the fledgling Wild Ones organization.
Our long history of association with the Wehr Nature Center, part of the Milwaukee County Parks system, has given us a solid foundation on which to grow our membership and influence in southeast Wisconsin.
We meet on the second Saturday of the month at the Wehr Nature Center, 9701 W. College Ave Franklin, WI 53132 (in Whitnall Park in southwest Milwaukee County).
Programs from October through April offer presentations on native plant landscape design; woodland, prairie, wetland and savanna plant communities; native plant support of wildlife and native plant propagation and much more. These meeting are open to the public at no charge. (The Wehr Nature Center charges a small parking fee).
From May through September we tour yards with native plant landscapes and local natural areas. Generally, these tours are for members-only, but memberships are always available on the day of the tour.
Links to previously recorded meetings:
April 2023: Paul Sparks with Wisconsin Dragonflies. https://youtu.be/tWQrM2cDoEY
Also, here is the link to our February 2022 presentation with Jennifer Lazewski, “Gardening for Birds”:
and the link to our March 2022 meeting with Jeff Kante, “How to Identify Trees in Winter”: https://youtu.be/GrTd63xvPc4
and the link to our April 2022 presentation with Danielle Bell, “The Forgotten Layer”, all about native shrubs: https://youtu.be/D3dyo6qbqUg