Celebrating 25 years of connecting people and native plants
in southwest Michigan
Indiana Dunes
Field Trip
Mike Weis leads a tour of Miller Woods, site of three globally rare ecosystems, including the highest quality Black Oak savanna in the country.
Saturday, July 27
11:00am Eastern Time
(10:00am Central Time)
Miller Woods, Indiana Dunes
Pints and Native Plants
Our social gathering is back in August! Join us for an evening of conviviality with native plant lovers.
Thursday, August 1
7:00pm
Brewery Outré
Member Garden Tours
Our summer-long series of member garden tours continues in August. Get inspired and learn more about growing native plants by visiting established gardens of Wild Ones. Find garden stories and a map via the link below.
Monday, August 5, 6:00-8:00pm
Texas Township
Collaborate • Educate • Advocate
Help Us Connect People with Native Plants
We elect chapter officers every year in November. You can join one of our service committees any time, or get hands-on native landscaping experience through our community projects from spring through early fall.
Our Purpose – Your Importance
Native plants are part of our rich natural heritage here in Southwest Michigan. The Kalamazoo Area chapter of Wild Ones was established to help inform, educate and offer resources to people interested in learning about native plants. There simply isn’t enough protected or potentially protectable land to depend on its saving our birds, mammals, amphibians and insects, including pollinators.
You can make a difference—no matter the size of your yard
“Whether you live in the city or the country, on a small lot or a large property, you can help preserve the biological diversity of southwest Michigan by reducing the size of your lawn (or eliminating it entirely) and replacing it with native plants. These plants, as opposed to non-native ones, support the herbivorous insects on which all other wildlife—and we ourselves—directly or indirectly depend.”
You can make a difference—by making simple changes
“By planting a diverse assortment of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses in your yard, you’ll be doing your part to replace the vast amount of habitat that has been lost to development or destroyed by invasive non-native plants. You’ll be helping to slow the rapid extinction of species already under way and providing protection for the plants and animals of our region against the coming rigors of climate change, with its increased temperatures and scarcity of water.”
You can make a difference—and you can see it
“For using native plants to supply food and shelter for wildlife, you’ll be richly rewarded right away. Your yard will come alive with butterflies and birds, which—along with the constantly changing spectacle of the plants themselves—will provide a year-round source of interest and drama. You and your family will be drawn ever closer into a rich and satisfying relationship with nature.”
” ” as articulated by Nancy Small, co-founder of KAWO
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