Chapter Events

Lindsey Spaulding of Spaulding Restorations will talk about using native plants as a solution to problem  areas on your property. 

Join us for a volunteer day with the South Bend Parks Department as we maintain the native beds of Pinhook Park from 9am to 11am on Saturday, June 13th. Wild Ones South Bend holds our monthly member meetings at the Pinhook Park Community Center free of charge in exchange for our volunteer efforts to maintain the plantings in the park.  Bring gloves and water, tools will be provided. 

Tour the native gardens designed and maintained by Wild Ones members. We will meet in the parking lot of the Potawatomi Zoo at 9am to see the native garden surrounding the giraffe exhibit. Afterwards we will walk over to the Potawatomi Conservatories to see the demonstration garden that Wild Ones South Bend installed last year. Asa Wood, designer of both gardens, will be our guide. Please be on time as we need to be let into the zoo before open hours.

Matt Meersman, President of the Friends of the St. Joe River Association, will join us to talk about our local watershed!

Aaron Sawatsky-Kingsley, Goshen City Forester and  Environmental Resilience Department Lead, will join us to chat about Goshen's efforts to support community native trees. 

Wild Ones South Bend is hosting a free community screening of the 60 minute documentary The Extraordinary Caterpillar.  The film was made in partnership with entomologist Doug Tallamy of Homegrown National Park. The Extraordinary Caterpillar follows the scientists and community activists with a peek into the dazzling world of nature’s tiniest superheroes. Suitable for all ages.

Lindsey Spaulding will lead a drop in tour of Milkweed Commons's native garden. Milkweed Commons is an urban development project on the 500 block of South Michigan which includes rehabilitation of two historic mixed-use buildings and transformation of the adjacent vacant lots into community green spaces. The larger of the two lots will be a Pocket Park and the smaller will be a Micro Farm. The project is led by Herstoric Development, with their non-profit arm Milkweed Gardens Inc. stewarding the outdoor spaces.

Dr. Cortwright of Indiana University Northwest will join us to chat about our local amphibians.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Presenter: Indiana's State Botanist, Scott Namestneck

Details coming soon!