A Very Happy New Wild One’s Year to Members and Friends, Here’s what your Board has been up to recently: Last fall, we invited a planning consultant, Todd Johnson, to help us better understand the needs and desires of our members and prioritize our work. Over two detailed planning sessions, we identified several activities we […] Continue reading "A Message from your WORC Board"
Native Plants and Our Changing Planet A recap of Wild Ones River City Chapter’s Oct 15, 2018 program COMPILED BY RUTH OLDENBURG A group of interested folks gathered to hear a presentations by Meredith Zettlemoyer and Susan Magnoli, both Doctoral students at Michigan State University’s W. K. Kellogg Biological Station. Jen Lau at the Lau […] Continue reading "Native Plants and Our Changing Planet"
Restoring Biodiversity to Home Landscapes With Ranger Steve Mueller of Ody Brook Nature Sanctuary, Cedar Springs BY WORC MEMBER AMANDA WELSH On Monday, September 17, ecologist and “butterfly guy” Ranger Steve Mueller addressed the crowd with simple but impactful ways to increase biodiversity and create our own backyard sanctuaries. A local treasure, Steve shared his […] Continue reading "Restoring Biodiversity to Home Landscapes"
Life in the Garden with Native Plants BY MARTI MACARTHUR, WORC VICE PRESIDENT Published in the Sept-Oct edition of Eastown Access How is your garden growing this year? Are you seeing a variety of bees and butterflies coming to your flowers and lingering as they seek the nectar and pollen they need for their survival? Are you […] Continue reading "Life in the Garden with Native Plants"
Plaster Creek Stewards Cleaning Up a Polluted Urban Stream By Marty Arnold and Ruth Oldenburg On a rainy, but warm June 18 night some hardy Wild Ones and friends came out to see Plaster Creek Stewards? (PSC) work at the Christian Reformed Church headquarters at 1700 28th Street SE for our Wild Ones chapter meeting. […] Continue reading "Plaster Creek Stewards Cleaning Up a Polluted Urban Stream"