Chapter Events

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, April 18th. 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. The Parks Department requests that you sign up via this link to help them keep track of our efforts.

Join award-winning author, photographer, and educator Rick Darke for What Is Wild and Why It Matters, a free national webinar on Tuesday, April 28th at 10 am CT. Discover how inviting a bit of authentic wildness can create a vibrant landscape that sustains you and local biodiversity. This national event is presented in collaboration between Wild Ones and Homegrown National Park.

Purchase native plants from local nurseries and talk to our community partners.

Vendors:

Bernacchi's Oak Valley

Blue Fox

Chapman Lake

Native Roots

Naturally Native Nursery

New Leaf

Spaulding Restorations

https://southbend.wildones.org/__spring-sale-2026/

Morgan Carr-Markell of  St. Mary’s College will join us to chat about our local native bees. 

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. 

Dr. Cortwright of Indiana University South Bend 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!