The PBS episode 20 from season 48, Butterfly Blueprints, is a must see for anyone with an interest in butterflies. You can watch it for free right now on the WTTW PBS website until February 9, 2022. Here is the PBS description of the episode and a link to view it: The hidden scientific secrets […] Continue reading "Watch the Nova Episode “Butterfly Blueprints”"
The Wild Ones Greater DuPage Chapter is a proud parter in the DuPage Monarch Project along with the The Conservation Foundation, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, and the Sierra Club River Prairie Group. Check out the DuPage Monarch Project 2021 Annual Report to see what this partnership and the individual communities who have signed […] Continue reading "DuPage Monarch Project 2021 Annual Report is Available"
We are pleased and excited to share the news that the DuPage Monarch Project has been accepted as a Monarch Joint Venture Partner. The Greater DuPage Wild Ones is a proud partner in the DuPage Monarch Project along with The Conservation Foundation, Forest Preserve District of DuPage County, and the Sierra Club River Prairie Group. […] Continue reading "DuPage Monarch Project Joins the Monarch Joint Venture Partnership"
Bell Bowl Prairie, one of the last remnant prairies in Illinois, is under threat of destruction by the Chicago Rockford International Airport expansion. Rich and diverse prairies, developing only over millennia, once covered 22 million acres of Illinois. Today, less than 1/100th of one percent of that is left even partially intact, and each fragment […] Continue reading "Save Bell Bowl Prairie"
Renowned entomologist Dr. Doug Tallamy’s recent presentation,”The Nature Of Oaks: The Rich Ecology Of Our Most Essential Native Trees”, hosted by Wild Ones, Native Plants, Natural Landscapes is available to watch on the Wild Ones YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YxehIqY-t0&t=217s. Drawing from his book, The Nature of Oaks (2021), Dr. Tallamy offers a month-by-month guide to […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Presents “The Nature of Oaks: The Rich Ecology of Our Most Essential Native Trees” by Dr. Doug Tallamy"
Hosted by DuPage Monarch Project Celebrate pollinators and help ecologists with the DuPage Monarch Project get a snapshot of wild DuPage! Simply take photos Jun 21 – 27 of any pollinators you see — hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, beetles, etc. — in a DuPage forest preserve or park and upload them to the iNaturalist app. Here’s […] Continue reading "DuPage for Pollinators BioBlitz"
Please take a look at this video from the DuPage Monarch Project. It has a couple Wild Ones stars in it! We think all our Wild Ones members should have a chance to see it and share it with their friends and neighbors so that they see how important it is to save this important […] Continue reading "DuPage Monarch Project Saving Monarch Butterflies Video and Free Milkweed Seeds"
Wild Ones Natural Landscapers, Ltd., is proud to introduce a professionally-designed, native garden plan free for the public to use specific to the ecoregion of Chicago. The design was created with the premise that using native plants in landscaping can be beautiful, promote wildlife, and be achievable for gardeners of all skillsets in terms of […] Continue reading "Wild Ones Introduces Free Native Garden Design for the Ecoregion of Chicago"
YOU’RE INVITED TO A CELEBRATION DuPage Monarch Project is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Jane Foulser Habitat and Pat Miller Community Engagement awards on Tuesday January 19th at 2:00 pm. You are invited to join us in recognizing these outstanding achievements in increasing pollinator habitat and the community’s awareness of solutions for […] Continue reading "DuPage Monarch Project 2020 Jane Foulser Habitat and Pat Miller Community Engagement Awards"
Wild Ones is co-sponsoring a national webinar series in conjunction with New Directions in American Landscape (NDAL). There are several great interactive webinars featuring a renowned group of instructors including Larry Weaner, founder of New Directions in American Landscape. The instructors will illustrate landscaping techniques that make our little corners of the world more ecologically […] Continue reading "NDAL Ecology-Based Landscapes Webinar Series"
Chris Benda, aka Illinois Botanizer has added a new video to his YouTube channel which introduces the concept of “cadaver botany” by explaining how to identify 17 common plants found in the woods of southern Illinois in November. This is also a great video to learn how to identify plants in winter. Here is a […] Continue reading "Cadaver Botany"
Dennis Swiftdeer Paige has presented for our chapter in the past on creating native eco-gardens in your community. He is the author of a new book, Community Eco-gardens: Landscaping with Native Plants, published by Mcfarland and Company under Toplight Books, with a foreword by noted native plant expert and entomologist Doug Tallamy. His book, which […] Continue reading "Community Eco-gardens: Landscaping with Native Plants"