Events

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

The Wild Readers Book Club is back at it, this time to read and discuss Margaret Renkl's new book, The Comfort of Crows.  We will meet via Zoom and cover the first third of the book on pages 1 through 86.

The meeting is open to everyone, but registration is required.

Zoom links will be sent to registrants the week of the meeting.

Our next chapter meeting will be a pot-luck social event on Monday, January 22, at 7 PM CST, in the Ed Jones Auditorium at the Ellington Ag Center in Nashville.  Please be aware that some GPS systems place the street address in the wrong place, so actual GPS coordinates can be used if needed: (36.06396, -86.74473). The signage at the Ag Center campus can also be used to locate the auditorium.  Since there will be no presentation at this meeting, there won't be a simultaneous Zoom stream.

This chapter meeting is open to everyone. If you are able to bring a dish, please let us know using the signup button below. The chapter will supply additional items based on feedback from the signup.

There will be door prizes at the meeting as well as a "Swap Table." If you have any items you would like to give away (native plants, native seeds, books, etc.) please bring them.

Everyone is welcome!

Location: Ed Jones Auditorium, 416 Hogan Road, Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville, TN.  GPS (36.06396, -86.74473).

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00.

Zoom Link

January board meeting.  Zoom Link

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. 

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

The Wild Readers Book Club will have it's second meeting on Margaret Renkl's new book, The Comfort of Crows.  We will meet via Zoom and cover the middle third of the book on pages 87 through 175.

The meeting is open to everyone, but registration is required.

Zoom links will be sent to registrants the week of the meeting.

The founders of the Neighbors for Native Plants organization, Bieke Puncochar and Bethany Crandell, will give a presentation about the quick success of their 2-year-old organization.  They accept orders for native plant plugs and potted plants and have pick-up days twice per year.  Visit the N4NP website for additional information about the organization.

This meeting will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom event.

Everyone is welcome!

Location: Ed Jones Auditorium, 416 Hogan Road, Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville, TN

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00.

Zoom Link

The Wild Ones Middle Tennessee chapter will hold its board meeting.

Zoom Link

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

The Belle Forest Cave & Arboretum is a 4-acre piece of land that was purchased by the TennGreen Land Conservancy in 2015. The arboretum was certified in 2018 by the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council with 38 native tree species. Because there are only three parking spaces at the property, we will need to meet at a nearby shopping center and carpool to the site.

Please note that this event is tentative pending approval by the TennGreen Land Conservancy.

Additional details and a sign-up link available soon.

Ivan Chester is the owner of Habitat Landscapes -- a company that has been designing and installing native landscapes for six years.  He will give a presentation on

"No Mow Lawns: Transform your lawn into a thriving habitat"

Ivan will discuss the advantages of converting lawn to wild habitat. His presentation will also cover site preparation; lists of native plants that do well in sun, shade, and low-growing plants that can support light foot traffic; Nashville Metro government's Intentional Design application that can help prevent code citations for those in Davidson County; matrix planting; and, maintenance of it all.

Everyone is welcome!

Location: Ed Jones Auditorium, 416 Hogan Road, Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville, TN

Doors open at 6:30 PM CDT, meeting begins at 7:00. Everyone is welcome!

Zoom Link

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. 

The Wild Readers Book Club will have it's third meeting on Margaret Renkl's new book, The Comfort of Crows.  We will meet via Zoom and cover the last third of the book on pages 177 through the end.

The meeting is open to everyone, but registration is required.

Zoom links will be sent to registrants the week of the meeting.

We will meet for a wildflower hike at Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary on Saturday, April 6, from 12:30 - 3:00 PM CDT.  This will be a moderate 2-mile hike that will involve a total ascent of about 300 feet. This is a members-only event and registration is required.

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

Joy Boven, owner of Simple Joy Nursery and co-owner of Wonder Gift and Garden in Kingston Springs, will give a presentation on 

"Host Plants: How these unique relationships will change the way you garden''

This meeting will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom event.

Everyone is welcome!

Location: Ed Jones Auditorium, 416 Hogan Road, Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville, TN

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00.

Zoom Link

Kristin Bailey Wilson has opened up her Macon County farm for a picnic and wildflower hike.  Attendees should bring their own drinks and are welcome to bring a shareable lunch item or just bring their own lunch.  The chapter will provide pinwheel sandwiches (or similar) for everyone. 

The farm address will be sent to attendees after registration, which is required.

We will have a booth at the Nashville Earth Day Festival.  This was a big event for us last year, so we want to be prepared with several volunteers to staff the booth.  We will have two shifts, one from 10:30 - 2:00, the other from 2:00 - 5:30.  Follow the registration link to signup.

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

Our next native plant sale is coming in May. Online ordering will be available from Tuesday, May 7, at Noon through Tuesday, May 14, at Noon with plant pickup on Friday, May 17, at Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary. The in-person sale will be Saturday, May 18, 10 AM - 12:30 PM, also at Owl's Hill.  

The Read More link below will always contain the latest information - most recent plant list, additional details - as it becomes available.

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More details soon.

This meeting will be a hybrid in-person/Zoom event.

Everyone is welcome!

Location: Ed Jones Auditorium, 416 Hogan Road, Ellington Agricultural Center, Nashville, TN

Doors open at 6:30 PM, meeting begins at 7:00.

Zoom Link

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

Description: This is a joint outing with the Tennessee Native Plant Society.

Get an inside / outside look at the Southeastern Grasslands Institute on a tour of SGI headquarters at Austin Peay State University, including their “Seeds of Success” native seed collection initiative, a tour of the largest collections in a Mid-South herbarium, and a stroll through the Native Plant Teaching and Research Garden. 

Afterwards, we’ll drive as a caravan to see a nearby SGI restoration site that includes over 50 acres of Pennroyal Plain Prairie.  The private restoration site should be in peak bloom for this visit!

Participants who need to leave after the campus leg may do so, but all are welcome to join us at the prairie and then leave from there. Click Read More (below) for additional details.

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.

We will continue to meet via Zoom for our chat meetings.  

These are informal and mostly unstructured meetings where anyone can ask questions related to native plants and related topics. Have a question about using native plants in your yard? Have some comments or pictures you want to share? This is the place to be.  Everyone is welcome.

The Zoom Link will open at 6:45 PM.