Events

The Southern Kentucky Chapter officers hold virtual planning meetings at 7:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month. All chapter members are encouraged to send in agenda items and are welcome to attend.

Please contact us at [email protected] for the password for the READ MORE link, which has the Zoom link and passcode. 

This free family-friendly activity will take you through the steps to create food sources for birds and other wildlife using pinecones, seeds, dried fruit, and other natural items. Best of all, you will take home your creation to feed your neighborhood birds!

For those with food allergies, please be aware that peanut butter will be used. There will be four sessions on Sunday, January 21 at 1:00, 1:30, 2:00, and 2:30 pm. To make sure we include everyone we can, register for just those creating a bird feeder. Registration is required, and spaces are limited, so register today!

Explore how native gardening can address climate challenges in our next Wild Ones national webinar, “Cultivating Change” with author and activist Lorraine Johnson. Johnson has been researching and writing about environmental issues for three decades. Learn about the pivotal role of gardening as an act of stewardship in the face of climate and ecological challenges. Discover the profound connections between individual gardens and the broader world and learn how these green spaces can serve as catalysts for positive ecological and social change.  Join Wild Ones for a practical and insightful discussion on gardening's positive impact on the environment and our future. 

Virtual registrants will receive a link to watch the talk live as well as a link to the recording. The recording will only be available for a limited time. 

Learn how to winter sow native seeds using a container made from a recycled gallon jug. This method allows seeds to get an early start in a miniature diy greenhouse. Winter sown seedlings are hardy and easy to transplant in the spring after frost.

Registration is $5 and includes materials to make one seed starting container with the native species of your choice. Additional containers will be available for $5 each. The available native species are purple coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), butterfly weed (Asclepias tuberosa), and swamp milkweed (Asclepias incarnata).

The Southern Kentucky Chapter officers hold virtual planning meetings at 7:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month. All chapter members are encouraged to send in agenda items and are welcome to attend.

Please contact us at [email protected] for the password for the READ MORE link, which has the Zoom link and passcode. 

Join us for a video presentation and discussion of The Bridge Between Horticulture and Environment created by New Directions in American Landscape. 

About The Bridge Between Horticulture and Environment:

"Horticulture is going through a revolution, as our fragile environment becomes increasingly in need of our care. The observation and analysis that is so embedded in this process, and the craftsmanship of tending for a garden, are perfect gateways to thinking about the neglected and overused places beyond the garden. Dan Pearson, whose painterly-natural landscapes are renowned in Britain and beyond, will demonstrate how landscape design can be the medium that brings together the worlds of nature, agriculture, and garden."

This watch party is co-sponsored by the Wild Ones Southern Kentucky Chapter and the Green Sanctuary Team at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Bowling Green. 

Join us for our March meeting in the River Birch Room at Lost River Cave. During this meeting, we’ll hear from WKU’s Ecology and Conservation Club and learn how they’re supporting biodiversity on the WKU campus.

Wild Ones officers will provide an iNaturalist demonstration and discuss the upcoming City Nature Challenge.

Registration for this event is now closed, and registrants have been emailed about attending. Please contact [email protected] if you have any issues getting in.

This will be a paid event for both in-person and remote viewing. Virtual registrants will receive a link to watch Dr. Kimmerer's talk live as well as a link to the recording. The recording will only be available for a limited time. 

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Ecological restoration can be understood as an act of reciprocity, in return for the gifts of the earth. This talk explores the ecological and ethical imperatives of healing the damage we have inflicted on our land and waters. We trace the evolution of restoration philosophy and practice and consider how integration of indigenous knowledge can expand our understanding of restoration from the biophysical to the biocultural. Reciprocal restoration includes not only healing the land but our relationship to land. In healing the land, we are healing ourselves.

Wild Ones is excited to cohost this event with the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh's Earth Week 2024 and the Wild Ones Fox Valley Chapter. 

Join us for our April meeting in the River Birch Room at Lost River Cave. During this meeting, we’ll hear from the meadow restoration team at Lost River Cave. Hear about the results of the 2023 meadow inventories and learn how you can help with the 2024 BioBlitzes.

There will be an opportunity to participate in an iNaturalist demonstration for those who download the app in advance. We’ll also discuss the upcoming City Nature Challenge, April 26-29.

The Southern Kentucky Chapter officers hold virtual planning meetings at 7:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month. All chapter members are encouraged to send in agenda items and are welcome to attend.

Please contact us at [email protected] for the password for the READ MORE link, which has the Zoom link and passcode. 

Join us for our annual Spring Native Plant Sale at the Community Farmers Market on Saturday, May 11, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. We will have a wide variety of affordable native plants and seeds grown and harvested from member gardens. All proceeds benefit the chapter and fund our efforts in the community. 

Most plant prices will be between $3 and $10. Purchases from the Spring Native Plant Sale help fund our chapter’s initiatives, including community gardens, assisting with the Lost River Cave meadow restoration, providing grants for local organizations, and participating in educating youth about native plants.

The Southern Kentucky Chapter officers hold virtual planning meetings at 7:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month. All chapter members are encouraged to send in agenda items and are welcome to attend.

Please contact us at [email protected] for the password for the READ MORE link, which has the Zoom link and passcode. 

Learn creative techniques for arranging native flowers and plants, and create a bouquet to take home. If you’re able, please bring a vase and clippers or scissors. We’ll have a wide of variety of June-blooming flowers and other interesting plants, but if you have native flowers, grasses, or ferns you can share, please bring them.

Registration will open in April. Registration is required as space is limited. The workshop is free, but there is a suggested donation of $5/participant. Cash, credit, and checks will be accepted at the door.

The Southern Kentucky Chapter officers hold virtual planning meetings at 7:30 pm on the third Thursday of each month. All chapter members are encouraged to send in agenda items and are welcome to attend.

Please contact us at [email protected] for the password for the READ MORE link, which has the Zoom link and passcode. 

Join us outdoors and tour a local native garden during our July member meeting! We’ll socialize and enjoy light refreshments and drinks. Additional details and the registration form will be provided in April.

The garden tour is free and open to the public, but registration is required.