🌿 What’s happening in native plant conservation? This month’s Native Plant News covers wetland protection, prairie restoration, pollinator habitat, old-growth forests, and more. Explore the conservation progress, challenges and community-led efforts: wildones.org/july-26-nati...

🌿It's the final week of the #LessLawnMoreLife Challenge! Retake your Wildr Score and see how your habitat has grown over the past 12 weeks. Thanks to Homegrown National Park for helping wrap up the challenge! Score: wildrplaces.com/score Learn more: www.lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones

Create habitat that works—for wildlife. 🌿 Join Wild Ones on Aug. 19 for a FREE webinar with Shaun McCoshum, PhD, and learn science-based ways to support pollinators, birds, amphibians, and more in your own landscape. 👉 Register: wildones.org/the-ecology-...

🌿 Curious about native plants or ecological gardening? Join more than 14,000 Wild Ones members creating healthier habitats and supporting biodiversity. Enjoy webinars, local chapter programs, the Wild Ones Journal, exclusive resources, and more. 🌱 wildones.org

🌿 This week: Get inspiration about how to talk to your neighbors about your native garden with author and community advocate Lorraine Johnson. Join Wildr Places and Wild Ones for this free webinar on Wednesday, July 22. Register now: wildones.org/how-to-talk-...

This week's Less Lawn More Life challenge, hosted by landscape designer Leslie Needham, explores "cues to care"—simple design choices that help native landscapes look intentional while providing valuable habitat. 🌱 Join the free challenge: www.lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones

Applications for the 2027 Wild Ones Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Program are now open. 🌱 Application deadline: November 18, 2026. 👉 Apply today: wildones.org/seeds-for-ed...

🌿 Join author and former Wild Ones Honorary Director Lorraine Johnson for a free #LessLawnMoreLife webinar on talking with neighbors, navigating HOA concerns, and advocating for native plant gardens. 📅 July 22 👉 wildones.org/how-to-talk-...

🌿 Sometimes the best habitat is what you leave behind. This week's #LessLawnMoreLife challenge with Edwina von Gal encourages you to leave fallen branches or build a simple brush pile for wildlife. Join the free challenge: www.lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones

Author, community activist, and former Wild Ones Honorary Director Lorraine Johnson joins the Less Lawn More Life Challenge with Wildr Places to share practical tips for talking with neighbors, navigating HOA concerns, and building support for native plant gardens. 👉 wildones.org/how-to-talk-...

Healthy yards don't need fogging. 🦋 The Mosquito Bucket Challenge uses targeted Bti to help reduce mosquitoes while protecting pollinators, fireflies, and other beneficial insects. Our latest blog explains the science and shows you how to build your own mosquito bucket: wildones.org/mosquito-buc...

Interdependence starts in our communities. 🌿 Every Wild Ones chapter turns neighbors into volunteers, gardens into habitat, and small actions into lasting impact. Together, we help people and nature thrive. wildones.org #InterdependenceEveryday #NativePlants

🌱 June Native Plant News is here! From disappearing grasslands and endangered wildflowers to new habitat protections for the rusty patched bumble bee, this month's stories highlight why native plants matter—for wildlife, ecosystems, and our future. 🔗 wildones.org/june-2026-na...

🦋 Celebrate Pollinator Week by growing your knowledge and your habitat. Our latest reading list is packed with books for adults and kids alike that inspire action for pollinators and biodiversity. Explore the full Pollinator Month Book List: wildones.org/pollinator-m...

Want to help shape the future of Wild Ones? If you believe in the power of native plants to support biodiversity and restore ecosystems, consider applying—or share this opportunity with someone who may be a great fit. Learn more: wildones.org/board-nominations/

🌿 To celebrate summer, we're giving away a FREE Red, White & Bloom can koozie with any $35 purchase from the Wild Ones Merch Store through July 4! 🌼 Shop the collection: shop.wildones.org/collections/... Offer valid through July 4, 2026, while supplies last. One free can koozie per qualifying order.

📸 It’s Nature Photography Day, which feels like a pretty good excuse to go outside and pay attention. Enter the Wild Ones Photo Contest: wildones.org/photo-contest-info/

🦉 Wild Ones is seeking passionate leaders to help guide our growing organization. 📅 Application deadline: July 13, 2026 👉 Learn more about the role, review the prospectus, and apply today: wildones.org/board-nomina...

Challenge 5 of #LessLawnMoreLife focuses on identifying and managing invasive plants. Hosted by Dr. Mhairi McFarlane of @cornellbirds.bsky.social, you'll learn to recognize common invasives and make more space for native plants and wildlife. 🌿 lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones

The Wild Ones Photo Contest is open through July 15, and your next entry might already be sitting in your camera roll. Become a Wild Ones member and submit your photos today! 🌿 Join Wild Ones: join.wildones.org/ 📸 Enter the Photo Contest: wildones.org/photo-contest-info/

🌿 Already growing native plants? The Less Lawn More Life Challenge is for you too. Join the FREE challenge at www.lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones

Week 4 of #LessLawnMoreLife is here! 🌿 This week’s challenge, hosted by Andrew The Arborist, is to plant a keystone native tree or shrub Open the Wildr Places app and look for the 🦋 symbol to find keystone species native to your area. Join the challenge: www.lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones

What’s happening in the world of native plants this month? 🌿 Our latest Native Plant News roundup explores stories shaping native landscapes across the country. 👉 Read more: wildones.org/may-2026-nat...

🤝 Wild Ones is a community of people taking action: learning 📚, planting 🌱, and building something better together. Don’t wait for change. Be the change. Join Wild Ones: wildones.org/join/

🐝 In the Wild Ones webinar, “Bees Beyond Honey,” we explored the roles of native, solitary, and managed bees and why supporting pollinators means understanding those differences, not simplifying them. Watch the full conversation and take action for native bees: wildones.org/understandin...

The "learning in the field" framing is the unmissable thing about chapters — most people first really meet a native plant in person at a Wild Ones event, not in a book. Photo captures it. -C

📸 Catherine McKenzie’s First Place photo captures a familiar Wild Ones experience: learning in the field, surrounded by native plants. 👉 Read the full story and see more of her work: wildones.org/capturing-na... 🌿

🌿 Today is Endangered Species Day, a reminder that protecting native plants means protecting entire ecosystems. Learn more at wildones.org 🌿

🌿 The new Red, White & Bloom collection is here! Celebrate native plants, pollinators, and summer in Wild Ones style. Shop the collection: shop.wildones.org/collections/... #WildOnesNativePlants #NativePlants #RedWhiteAndBloom

Week 1 of the #LessLawnMoreLife Challenge is underway 🌿 Take your Wildr Score — a free 5-minute ecological assessment to better understand your outdoor space and discover ways to support biodiversity. No lawn required. Small spaces count too. Join anytime: www.lesslawnmorelife.com?ref=wildones