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January 2014
Member Meeting
All North Oakland Wild Ones members are welcome to attend this meeting! We will be voting on Board members, as well as discussing 2014 events.
February 2014
Member Meeting
Please join us to discuss old and new chapter business. While this is a Board meeting, we encourage and welcome all North Oakland chapter members to attend and participate!
Member Meeting
Please join us to discuss old and new chapter business. While this is a Board meeting, we encourage and welcome all North Oakland chapter members to attend and participate!
March 2014
Wildflower Association of MI Annual Conference
Join the Wildflower Association of MI (WAM) for their annual conference in East Lansing. The Michigan Wildflower Conference is designed for persons who are interested in Michigan native plants and their habitats. There will be general and concurrent sessions both days. Full details are available on their web site.
Hummingbirds
Note the date of this event has been updated to March 5, and the location has changed to The Birdfeeder on Main St. We are very excited to have such an appropriate venue for a hummingbird talk!
The Great Lakes HummerNet is a research project, initiated in Autumn 2001 by Project Director Allen Chartier. It is designed to learn more about hummingbirds in Michigan, Ohio, and northern Indiana by enlisting the help of volunteer observers throughout the region. Data is gathered through observation as well as banding studies.
This presentation will describe the research objectives of the project, tell you how you can participate, provide helpful hints on how to attract and feed hummingbirds, provide hummingbird gardening tips, and review what has been learned so far.
Allen is the Project Director for the Great Lakes HummerNet. He has been a birder since age 11 and has traveled extensively to see and photograph birds. He has authored several publications and most recently has completed A Birder's Guide to Michigan. He holds a U.S. Federal Master Permit for banding hummingbirds.
Doors open at 7 pm, and the presentation starts at 7:30.? The public is welcome and encouraged to attend this free event!
Seating will be limited, so we would greatly appreciate an RSVP, either by using the Booking option below, or sending an email to Lisa Schmaltz [email protected]. Those who have RSVP'd will be seated first!
The Birdfeeder will be open for business, and a portion of sales will be donated to Wild Ones!
Let Them Eat Your Garden
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, 5631 North Adams Rd, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 48304 Map
Marna Nemon, North Oakland's very own Wild for Monarchs Liaison, will be giving a talk at the Master Gardener Society of Oakland County (MGSOOC) General Meeting. Marna's? gardening knowledge is amazing, and her enthusiasm for nature is contagious!? Her talk is sure to inspire ideas for your own gardens.? The talk is free to MGSOOC members, and $5 for non-members. For more information, visit the MGSOOC web site.
Native Gardening
It's time to think SPRING!? Learn about the benefits of gardening/landscaping with native plants from an advanced master gardener and native plant expert.? Our very own Trish Hacker, who is also the owner of American Roots, will share her vast knowledge on native Michigan plants.
No cost to attend.? All are welcome.? Takes place in the Community Room at the Springfield Library.
Member Meeting
Please join us to discuss old and new chapter business. While this is a Board meeting, we encourage and welcome all North Oakland chapter members to attend and participate!
April 2014
Rain Gardens and Native Plants
Drew Lathin of Creating Sustainable Landscapes will be sharing his vast knowledge about how you can use native plants in your own yard to make it both more sustainable as well as more beautiful!
Doors open at 7 pm, and the presentation starts at 7:30.? The public is welcome and encouraged to attend this free event (donations to support future speakers always welcome)!
RSVP is not required, but we would appreciate an email to Lisa Schmaltz at [email protected].
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Member Meeting
Please join us to discuss old and new chapter business. While this is a Board meeting, we encourage and welcome all North Oakland chapter members to attend and participate!
Depot Park Rain Garden Spring Clean Up
Weather permitting, join us for an evening of spring clean up in our Depot Park rain garden. Learn new plants, see what's coming up, and help with edging, weeding, and cutting down last year's stalks. Bring any gardening supplies you might have such as work gloves, rakes, small shovels, clippers, and lawn bags.
May 2014
Creating Eco-Friendly Landscapes in Your Yard
Oakland County Executive Office Building, 2100 Pontiac Lake Road, Building 41 West, Pontiac, MI, 48328 Map
This workshop is intended for those with little to no experience gardening with native plants.
Learn how to design a garden with native? wildflowers and plants
Help protect water resources and manage stormwater runoff
Learn how to attract beneficial birds and? butterflies to your garden
Participants should bring a sketch and photos of their yard.
Multiple members for our North Oakland chapter will be there to help you!
To register for this FREE event, visit: http://events.anr.msu.edu/ecolanscapes14/
For more information or assistance, call 586-469-6440, or email [email protected].
Download the flyer here.
Member Meeting
Please join us to discuss old and new chapter business. While this is a Board meeting, we encourage and welcome all North Oakland chapter members to attend and participate!
Depot Park Rain Garden Spring Clean Up
Weather permitting, join us for an evening of spring clean up in our Depot Park rain garden. Learn new plants, see what's coming up, and help with edging, weeding, and cutting down last year's stalks. Bring any gardening supplies you might have such as work gloves, rakes, small shovels, clippers, and lawn bags.
June 2014
Home Landscaping with Native Plants
Laurie Kaufman, an MSU Professor in the Department of Horticultural, will be speaking with us about designing with native plants. Laurie is a founding member of the Mid-Michigan Stewardship Initiative, a member of The Stewardship Network, Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter, the Capital Area Master Gardeners, & the Great Lakes Phragmites Collaborative.
Laurie received the 2014 Meridian Township Environmental Award for promoting community awareness of invasive species. She has led field tours & presented to community groups on topics relating to use of native plants & invasive species awareness in the Greater Lansing area. Laurie works for MSU as an Associate Professor at the College of Osteopathic Medicine.
Doors open at 7 pm, and the presentation starts at 7:30.? The public is welcome and encouraged to attend this free event (donations to support future speakers always welcome)! Click here for a printable flyer!
Creating Eco-Friendly Landscapes in Your Yard
Macomb County MSUE Assembly Room, VerKuilen Building, 21885 Dunham Road, Suite 12, Clinton Township, MI, 48036 Map
This workshop is intended for those with little to no experience gardening with native plants.
Learn how to design a garden with native? wildflowers and plants
Help protect water resources and manage stormwater runoff
Learn how to attract beneficial birds and? butterflies to your garden
Participants should bring a sketch and photos of their yard.
Multiple members for our North Oakland chapter will be there to help you!
To register for this FREE event, visit: http://events.anr.msu.edu/ecolanscapes14/
For more information or assistance, call 586-469-6440, or email [email protected].
Download the flyer here.
August 2014
Member Meeting
Please join us to discuss old and new chapter business. While this is a Board meeting, we encourage and welcome all North Oakland chapter members to attend and participate! Check out the agenda here.
September 2014
Member Meeting
Date is tentative! Please check back before the meeting.
Please join us to discuss old and new chapter business. While this is a Board meeting, we encourage and welcome all North Oakland chapter members to attend and participate!
EL Johnson Nature Center Garden Tour
Please join us as Center manager Dan Badgley guides us around the grounds of the EL Johnson Nature Center. He'll be showing us beautiful prairie-savanna areas in bloom right now, forest restoration in progress, and future restoration sites! For more information about the Nature Center, visit their web site.
Please also help us spread the word by printing and distributing the event flyer!
The event is free and open to the public. We appreciate any donations to help us fund future presentations.
October 2014
Depot Park Rain Garden Fall Clean Up
Weather permitting, join us for a day of fall clean up in our Depot Park rain garden. We will be working on both the main rain garden and the Mill Pond garden. Bring any gardening supplies you might have such as work gloves, rakes, small shovels, clippers, and lawn bags.
Stick around after, and let's head over to The Woodshop for a great lunch!
Gardening for Wildlife
Want to learn more about how to attract wildlife to your garden? The Organization for Bat Conservation will educate us on how to incorporate features into our gardens that support wildlife. Learn about:
meeting the needs of native wildlife in your garden by adding plants and other features such as wildlife houses and bird baths.
the connection between plants and backyard wildlife.
Michigan?s native wildflowers that will make beautiful additions to any garden.
Meet live native animals such as the Big Brown Bat, an owl, and a flying squirrel!
Doors open at 6:30 pm, and the presentation starts at 7:00.? The public is welcome and encouraged to attend this free event (donations to support future speakers always welcome)! Door prizes and plenty of great shopping at The Birdfeeder also await you! View a printable flyer here.
November 2014
Native Trees and Shrubs
Bill Schneider, owner of Wildtype Native Plant Nursery, will be speaking to us about native trees and shrubs, and their relationship with the surrounding ecosystem.
Doors open at 7 pm, and the presentation starts at 7:30.? The public is welcome and encouraged to attend this free event (donations to support future speakers always welcome)!
View a printable flyer here.
About Wildtype
Bill Schneider began Wildtype Design, Native Plants & Seed LTD., in 1996 (located Mason, Michigan).? Wildtype provides ecological design & consulting services for public, commercial and residential projects focusing on restoration and preservation of native landscape.? Wildtype also operates a nursery, growing over 250 species of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers, grasses and emergent wetland plants.
Learn more about why you should attend this presentation!
December 2014
Wild Ones Holiday Party
We would love to see all North Oakland Wild Ones members, their families, and their friends at our annual Holiday Party. No work for anyone to do, just come and enjoy each others' company! Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Flyer is available here.