Thursday, June 30 Wild Ones SoKY hosted a garden tour at Wild Ones SoKY Member Lizabeth’s house. Lizabeth’s main goal with her garden is to attract native wildlife include bluebirds, butterflies, dragonflies, bats, owls, hummingbirds, moths, and lightning bugs. She has been at this property for nearly 5 years and has worked to remove invasive […] Continue reading "June Garden Tour"
We are proud to announce Wild Ones SoKY Chapter won First Prize in the Educational Display category at the Cardinal Council Flower Show June 14, 2022! The theme for this year’s flower show was “Sweet Land of Liberty” and nectar was the perfect sweet topic for Wild Ones to center our display around. “Nectar: Pollinators’ […] Continue reading "Educational Display at Flower Show Wins 1st Place"
We were able to have a quick tour of the Warren County Extension Master Gardeners Certified Monarch Waystation between much-needed rain showers and blustery winds. Kathee Morgeson gave us an informative introduction to how the Waystation gardens were established last year as a Warren County Master Gardeners research project. Many species of butterflies, moths, and […] Continue reading "Monarch Waystation Tour"
Many garden plants commonly found in big box stores are exotic and invasive but have native relatives or alternatives. Here are some resources to help find native plants to use in place of exotic invasives. Some plants in these lists are not Kentucky specific so check other resources like wildflower.org or Tennessee Kentucky Plant Atlas […] Continue reading "Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants"
A list of relatively close by native plant nurseries so you can add to your native garden! Busy Bee Nursery and Consulting – Barren County, KY https://busybeenurseryandconsulting.com/ On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BusyBeeNurseryandConsulting Dropseed Native Plant Nursery – Goshen, KY https://www.dropseednursery.com/ On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dropseed-Native-Plant-Nursery-119164238210182 Ironweed Native Plant Nursery – Columbia, KY https://www.ironweednursery.com/ On facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Ironweednursery/ Pick n Grin […] Continue reading "Native Plant Nurseries"