Events

Join us for the Loveland Garden Crawl! We'll visit the homes of two Wild Ones members to learn from their experience with incorporating native plants into their gardens, then finish with light snacks at a wetland and Plant Select demonstration garden. If you have extra plants, please bring them to share with other members at the last stop. If you're looking for a specific plant, put it in the registration comment and maybe someone will bring it!

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One of our most dedicated Boulder members has been propagating seedings for a native plant garden at Boulder Sports Recycler, owned by his daughter and son-in-law.  In this small volunteer event/workshop  “bump” (transplant) seedlings into bigger containers. There will be some mess (dirty fingers).   Also, if you have seedlings in sow bags you'd like to bump to take to regional swaps or to get bigger before planting, bring them! If you have never sown, if you have never bumped, you are still welcome to join, and we will teach you.  Registration required, space limited.  We will have 2.5" pots, potting soil, and trays on hand.  SOME PLANTS WILL BE ON HAND FOR ADOPTION.

Please join us  for our 2nd Annual Native Plant Swap  on June 1st, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, in Colorado Springs!  

Let's grow a vibrant native plant community in the Pikes Peak Region!  Bring native plants to share or just bring yourself.  You do not need to bring a plant to receive a plant.  

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

Please mark the date on your calendar.  Registration is required.  Sign up today!  You won’t want to miss it! 

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

COLORADOSCAPING is…

Landscaping for where you live: Coloradoscaping emphasizes the use of plants that are native to the state of Colorado and the Western US, inherently thrive in Colorado’s different climates and conditions, and celebrate Colorado’s natural beauty.

The first annual Jeffco Regional Native Plant Share strives to put native plants in the hands of home gardeners increasing the population of native plants in our environment.

We prefer to accept donations of regional native plant seedlings the day before the event, but can accept some on the day of.  Donors stop at the Plant Intake table before entering the event. One does not need to donate plants to adopt plants.

This event will be limited to registered Wild Ones members.  This event is not open to the public.  Copy & paste the link below to join Wild Ones Front Range Chapter prior to the event.

 https://join.wildones.org/?chapter=86

The annual NoCO Plant Swap & Giveaway supports getting more native plants into landscapes along the Front Range!

Bring your extra native plant seedlings to donate and/or pick up some new species to try in your garden.  You DO NOT need to donate plants to take home some free plants.

Please label each plant that you bring using plant tags or masking tape with the plant’s common name, the plant’s botanical (Latin) name, your first initial and last name, and if possible the location and approximate elevation where the plant was grown.

CLICK HERE  to sign up for a volunteer activity in support of this fun and impactful event.

Member Brian Rasmussen lives at over 8000', and the blue mist penstemon blooms for him later than for those of us in the lower parts of Boulder County.  But when it blooms, it really blooms!  This is a Bring Your Own Beverage and carpool from Boulder event; we'll sit on Brian's deck, ooh and ahh over the penstemons, and catch up with each other.  Registration is required, and we'll carpool from Boulder.  (Brian's driveway requires high clearance and 4WD.)  

Join us on Saturday June 21 for our Denver Metro Region native plant swap! The event is FREE and open to members only. Arrive at 9AM to participate in a Solstice Plant ID Walk with Cherry Creek Stewardship Partners prior to the swap.

Plant donation not required to attend.

Colorado native & regionally-native plants welcome! (If you are unsure whether a plant is regionally native, please reach out to us at [email protected] and we can help ID the species.)

Please share only chemical-free native plants.

If you do plan to donate: label plants with scientific name, common name, elevation or town, who donated (first initial and last name)

Ex: Monarda fistulosa, Bee-Balm, Denver 5,280', J. Doe 

NOTE: A CPW State Parks Pass or Daily Parking Pass is required for vehicle entry into the park. Please reach out to one of our regional coordinators at [email protected] if you'd like to request carpooling to the event.

This garden crawl will feature 4 hosts in Jefferson County who have established mostly native plant gardens.  They will share the history of the creation of their gardens with lessons they learned in the process and advice to the visitors.

We will have a guided tour and then socialize with a bag lunch.

From the RMBG website:  "The Rocky Mountain Botanic Gardens features native plants of Colorado from five ecological zones: Prairie Grasslands, Foothills, Montane, Southwest, and Riparian. Created and maintained by community volunteers, we show the beauty and resilience of native plants to inspire gardeners to plant local. We serve as an educational resource so visitors may identify the plants they meet in the Colorado wilds. Our garden is run as a nonprofit with the mission to foster an understanding and an appreciation of Rocky Mountain native plants and wildlife, and to create a place where people can learn and enjoy the peace and beauty of the natural world. RMBG is free and open to visitors every day from dawn until dusk, except in extreme snowy conditions."

Join us for the Greeley Garden Crawl! We'll visit the homes of two Wild Ones members to learn from their experience with incorporating native plants into their gardens and finish with a social at the last stop. If you have extra plants, please bring them to share with other members. If you're looking for a specific plant, put it in the registration comment and maybe someone will bring it!

Registration coming soon.

We will have a garden tour and social at the home of member Brian Rasmussen (recognize that name from any of your seeds???).  Brian is in the Foothills up Boulder Canyon in the Sugarloaf Mountain vicinity.  Registration is  required; we will have to carpool from Boulder, because Brian's driveway is challenging and requires high clearance.  (If you have 4WD and good clearance and can drive, let us know!) Brian has some interesting spaces--a very bee balm-y meadow, a moist spring, a mixed Ponderosa pine and dry shade area, and more.  He also has an excellent rock garden.

Save the date! 
Members and their families are invited to a free chapter-wide gathering and potluck lunch. 

Registration and volunteer sign up links will be posted later this summer.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!