Events

Watch for information in the fall edition of the WOFVA newsletter and on conference website: TowardHarmonywithNature.org.

Join us for our annual membership meeting this year in Oshkosh; year-end review, officer’s slate, and fun. Bring a dish to pass. Beverages, plates and utensils will be provided. Meet in the Howard and Ruth Rolland rooms.

Josh Jensen and Emily Lukacs of J & E Apiary in Clintonville will present on the benefits of native bees and how to encourage their presence in the gardens and fields we depend on. Make a mason bee “home” to install in your own yard.

Treat Mom to a wildflower walk on Mother's Day! There will be a pop up tour of spring ephemerals this Sunday at 1:30 at Sullivan's Woods. Located about 20 minutes west of Oshkosh. Park on the south side of the road. Keep in mind it is tick season (but hopefully no mosquitoes yet).  Map to Sullivan's Woods.

The annual WOFVA plant sale offers regionally sourced native forbs, grasses, shrubs and trees at reasonable prices. Proceeds from the sale go to further the environmental mission of the Wild Ones Fox Valley Area Chapter. For inquiries contact:
• Spring Plant Sales: Pat & Dick Filzen (920) 754-4235
[email protected]
• Spring Tree & Shrub Sales: Everett Grosskopf (920) 470-6325
[email protected]
• Order form in the WOFVA winter newsletter & on website:
http://foxvalleyarea.wildones.org/spring-native-plant-sale
• Pre-Orders are due March 31, 2019

Naturalist, photographer, and writer, Rob Zimmer will lead us on a hunt for native orchids and other unusual bog plants through portions of the 15,000 acre Navarino Wildlife Area. Gather outside the Navarino Nature Center at 9 to begin the tour. For car-pooling information call WOFVA (920) 572-9540

Tour the property with homeowner, Dennis Nagan, who transformed his city lot, with the help of Wild Ones mentors, into a wildlife habitat for attracting bird, bees, and butterflies. Dennis will outline the transformation process which included much learning and hard work, including installing a pond water feature.  2812 Schaefer Circle, Appleton, 54914

Tour this exquisite private prairie restoration at the home of WOFVA charter members Bob and Carol Niendorf. This decades-old, short and tallgrass prairie, is home to native lupines, purple prairie clover, butterfly weed, and much more. Joining this tour will be the Fox Valley Group of Sierra Club.  4024 Marquart Lane, Omro, WI 54963

Wolf River Wild Ones member, Jim Schultz embarked on an ambitious project when he seeded 30 acres of his sandy-soiled farmstead in prairie. Seven years later, the rolling hills are alive with rattlesnake master, liatris, gaura, and a plethora of other native species. Tour this habitat with Jim as our guide. For car-pooling information call WOFVA (920) 572-9540.

Connie Ramthun, native plant expert from the Kettle Moraine region, will teach the collecting, storing, and planting of native wildflower and grass seed. After seed collection and cleaning, participants will have seeds to take home. Pre-registration required.  Registration starts in April. Watch for the sign up sheet in the next newsletter

Mickey O’Connor, Avian Zookeeper at the Milwaukee County Zoo, will discuss Ruby-throated Hummingbirds and their natural history. She will relate her own experiences banding them, as well as provide information on how to attract these beautiful birds to your home environment.  Evergreen Retirement Community