Events

Tour the native perennial gardens and vegetable gardens with Douglas County Master Gardeners, and walk the trail to Cherry Creek looking for native plants.   Share a picnic lunch or snacks afterwards and talk about landscaping with native plants.

Question? Contact Fran Tate, Regional Coordinator    [email protected]

All members are welcome.  Please email us if you are interested in attending.

Roy Wardell has graciously invited us to a potluck lunch at his home on the rolling sand hills outside of Platteville. Situated amid original prairie, and timed for the Tradescantia occidentalis bloom, this is a wonderful opportunity to see this unique native plant community and grow our friendships by sharing a meal of crockpot soups and salads.  A sign up link for potluck dishes will be provided in the registration confirmation email.

Registration is required. Spouses, partners, and significant others are encouraged to attend.  To register them, do an additional registration with their name and your member #.

The event location will be provided once you register.  Parking is limited, so a carpool link will be provided in the registration confirmation email.

Wild Ones members, join us in this summer's Denver Garden Crawl! All of these gardens are at different stages - some new to natives, some established. We will not only explore the early-summer stage of the gardens, but also celebrate our hosts' successes, ask questions and possibly offer advice to help them overcome any challenges they are encountering.

In the interest of showing how native plants directly support birds, we are partnering with Denver Field Ornithologists (DFO), and will have a DFO representative at one of the homes explaining the connection between birds and native plants.

On this crawl, we will move as a group to the homes of four WOFR gardens in a pre-determined order, spending about a half hour at each property.

The garden crawl is kid friendly (please supervise), members and friends are welcome (limited spots, so all need to register!) and street parking is available. Carpooling is encouraged from the first garden address. 

Questions? Please contact Zoe, Denver Co-Regional Coordinator @ [email protected]

Register here!

Volunteer Sign Up

Join the NOCO Plant Swap Planning Committee at WRV headquarters in Fort Collins to label 2000+ native plants grown by volunteers to be donated and given away for free at the NOCO Plant Swap the next morning.  We'll load them onto trucks and trailers for transporting to the FoCo Xeriscape Garden Party - happening the next morning (June 1st). 

We'll have tags and plant ID covered. We're working outside, so bring gear for rain or shine and shoes and clothes that can get dirty. We have covered open air sheds if it's rainy, but we will work rain or shine.

This is a collaboration between several mission-aligned entities.

This volunteer opportunity does require physically able bodies.

Join us for the first FRWO Native Plant Swap Social in the Pikes Peak Region!

Bring a native plant to share or just bring yourself.  Mingle with fellow members over coffee and conversation.  Share your "successes" and "challenges" with growing native plants in your landscape.

New to native plants?  Welcome!  You'll be glad you came!

Together we're building a vibrant community of "Coloradoscaping" in the Pikes Peak Region!

NOTE: You do not need to bring a plant to receive a plant.

Registration here! The meeting location will be provided when you register.    

For more information contact:  Sue Wright - [email protected]

NOCO 2024 Plant Exchange Details

Link to web page with all important details on participating:

Bringing plants?  Make sure they are regionally native and pesticide-free.  See labeling requirements, drop off options, etc.

Have plastic 2-3" pots and plastic trays to donate?

Taking home plants? - Bring your own box, basket or bag to take them home.

Multiple organizations (?) are coming together to host the inaugural Boulder Regional Plant Swap.  All plants are grown by volunteers and community members; plant stock isn't commercially grown.

A link to more information is coming soon, including:

Participation: no need to bring plants to receive plants.

Plant donations:

No plants grown with pesticides nor neonicotinoids. No noxious weeds as defined by the CDA Labelling specifications.

Tour Jack's Solar Garden the premier agrivoltaic farm in the U.S. This includes visiting Sprout City Farm's cultivation of crops under almost 3,000 single axis tracking solar panels and over an acre of pollinator habitat, native plants and trees.

This is a very important site for everyone who is interested in the future health of our agriculture and natives of all stripes... plants, insects, birds!

Registration Required. Tour fee paid at time of event - $9.

To learn more about Jack's Solar Farm, check out READ MORE!

Question? Contact: Donna Baker-Breningstall, Co-Regional Coordinator: [email protected]

Wild Ones Front Range is partnering with People and Pollinators Action Network and EarthLinks to host the annual Denver Pollinator/Native Plant Swap.  

All plants are grown by volunteers and community members; plant stock is not commercially grown.  

A link to more information is coming soon including:

Participation:  No need to bring plants to receive plants.

Plant Donations:  

   -  No plants grown with pesticide nor neonicotinoids

   -  No noxious weeds as defined by the CDA

   -  Labeling specifications

Bring your own container to take plants home.

We are looking for native plant gardens in the Pikes Peak Region for be on the tour.  Contact Sue Wright - [email protected]