Author: Wendy Vernon

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"