30th Annual THWN Conference
Save the date for the Toward Harmony with Nature Conference for Saturday January 23, 2027! Explore a diverse array of natural landscaping and native plant-related topics, featuring many exhibitors, vendors, speakers, and engaging discussions. Don’t miss out on our silent auction—a perfect opportunity to discover unique treasures while enjoying a celebration of nature.
Click here for this year’s brochure
Date: Saturday, January 23, 2027
Time: 8:00 AM – 4:15 PM
Where: UW-Oshkosh Culver Family Welcome Center (No lodging has been reserved for this event)
Keynote Speaker: Dexter Patterson
Food: Lunch, snacks, and non-alcoholic beverages will be provided. The cost is included with your admission price.
(Virtual price is not discounted. You don’t get to eat lunch with us, but admission helps pay for professional videography and live-streaming costs)
Vendor/Exhibitor Google Form – Must be received by January 8, 2027
Make sure you use your break time to check out the amazing vendors!
- Brian the Brain Prints
- Door Landscape and Nursery
- Fox Valley Technical College
- Lion’s Mouth Bookstore
- Oshkosh/Fond du Lac Citizens’ Climate Lobby
- Prairie Nursery, Inc
- The Seed Guild
- SOS – Save Our Songbirds
- Wisconsin Prescribed Fire Counsil
- ….and more!
Toward Harmony with Nature Conference Silent Auction Items Reminder
Wild Ones members and friends: Please start thinking of and collecting things you might want to donate to our next Toward Harmony with Nature (THWN) conference to be held January 23, 2027 at the Culver Center. Past donations have included things such as: birdhouses and feeders, quilt hangings, handmade soaps, garden tools and gloves, native plant seeds, gift certificates, books, handmade cards, artwork showing native landscapes or plants, etc. – any new or nearly new items related to nature, ecology and the environment, native plants or natural landscaping. We have also accepted gently used books related to native plants and natural landscaping. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact: Kathleen Hallett at [email protected]
As most are aware, everyone involved with our chapter is here on a voluntary basis. We are always looking for additional volunteers to aid in the smooth flow of the conference.
If you are interested in being a volunteer, please click here or use this QR code to sign-up:
Your current Toward Harmony with Nature Conference Committee members (alphabetically):
Dan Barker, Carolyn Gessner, Kathleen Hallett, Stephanie Losse, Mel Mohr, Ron Jones, and Abbey Sena.
