Past Wild Ones Events

Past Events – 2023

Liz’s Garden Tour (Wilkins Township)
August 26th, 2023 10:00am

Brigitte’s Garden Tour (Canonsburg)
August 19th, 2023 11:00am

Tamara’s Garden Tour (New Castle)
July 16th, 2023 12:00pm


Family Friendly Hike at Beechwood Farms
July 15th, 2023 12:00pm


Member Appreciation Day at Arcadia Natives
June 24th, 2023 9:00am – 2:00pm

Visit Arcadia Natives in Washington, PA, with 20% OFF for all Wild Ones members. Discount will apply all day (9:00am – 5:00pm) and is good on plants and merchandise. You MUST have your Wild Ones membership card available. (Digital copy of the card is ok!)


Back to Roots: Native Plant Swap and Event
May 20th, 2023 11am-4pm


McConnell’s Mill Meader
April 12, 2023 1pm


Pittsburgh Pawpaw Pathways for Zebra Swallowtail Trails by Gabrielle Marsden
Tuesday, January 24th at 7:00 pm

Enjoy this awesome presentation given by Gabrielle Marsden on her “Pittsburgh Pawpaw Pathways for Zebra Swallowtail Trails” to restore the Zebra Swallowtail butterfly to the Pittsburgh area. This will benefit many many creatures, not just the butterflies and will help to make our most unique native fruit tree, the Pawpaw, common here like it used to be.


Past Events – 2022

July 16, 2022 10:30 AM – Member Garden Tour, Laura Bartoletti

July 30, 2022 2:30 PM – Member Garden Tour, Miriam Cheng

July 9th – 9:00 am – 5 pm, Visit Arcadia Natives in Washington, PA, with 20% for all Wild Ones members.

Saturday, July 16, 2022 10:30 AM – Member Garden Tour, Laura Bartoletti

Saturday, July 30, 2022 2:30 PM – Member Garden Tour, Miriam  Cheng


AUGUST

Saturday, August 23rd, 2022 10:30 AM, Member Garden Tour, Brigitte


Wild Ones Michelle Stoken’s Presentation for Penn State Arboretum

If you missed Michelle’s presentation this week, you can watch it now using the link below. Thank you Michelle Stoken for an awesome presentation.

If you were not able to join us or would like to view the presentation again, the recording is available here: https://bit.ly/36Lw9r8.

Presentation by our treasurer, Michelle Stoken, for the Penn State Arboretum and our chapter:  

THE IMPORTANCE OF NATIVE PLANTS AND NATURAL LANDSCAPING IN THE RESIDENTIAL GARDEN.

Michelle Stoken is a Penn State Extension Master Gardener of Washington County, PA.   She is also the Treasurer for the Wild Ones Western Pennsylvania Area Chapter.   Michelle has been actively gardening for over forty years.   As a vice president of a 25-billion-dollar food distribution company, Michelle traveled 100% and quickly learned that in order to keep her gardens looking healthy and happy she needed to “plant the right plant, in the right place”.   The right plants turned out to be native plants that needed little watering, fertilizer or weeding. Michelle and her husband recently purchased 1.3 acres of suburbia. Luckily, they were able to keep many native trees on their property alive through the construction of their home. They are currently converting even more ground to native gardens, natural landscapes and wildlife habitat.

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Fall – preparing for a successful pollinator spring garden and landscape”

Presented on November 9th at 7:00 PM

Introduction to Wild Ones and our chapter with a presentation by our treasurer Michelle Stoken: “Fall- preparing for a successful pollinator spring garden and landscape.

AGENDA:

• Introduction

• Leave the Leaves

• Why Natives

• Seed Collecting & Winter Sowing 

• Garden Preparation •Resources