Welcome to Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay Chapter!
We promote environmentally friendly, sound landscaping to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, and establishment of native plant communities across Southern Maryland.
Wild Ones chapters are a space where like-minded people gather to support each other in learning about landscaping with native plants and to share with others in their communities and networks about why it’s important to reintroduce native plants into public and private gardens and how to go about doing it. Chapters are where change happens. We are excited to offer local residents the opportunity to expand their impact in the natural landscaping movement and help promote native plants!
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Recent Posts/News
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- 2025 Annual Chapter Meeting
Celebrating two years as a chartered chapter, Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay held their annual meeting on November 18. Annual member meetings are a foundational element of chapter life at Wild Ones, offering more than a chance to fulfill procedural duties—they’re an opportunity to reflect, recognize, and re-energize. After an overview of Wild Ones’ mission, vision,… Read more: 2025 Annual Chapter Meeting - Walk on the Wild Side
Ever wonder where the leaders of the rewilding movement actually garden? Walk on the Wild Side is a 3-part video series by Plan It Wild featuring intimate tours of the private home gardens of Rebecca McMackin, Edwina von Gal, and Filippine Hoogland — pioneers in America’s ecological landscaping movement. Watch how theory becomes practice in… Read more: Walk on the Wild Side - Native Garden Design and Climate Resilient Landscaping
If you missed it, check out this recorded presentation by Sara Ressing, Education and Program Coordinator of Wild Ones, on October 28, 2025, as part of the 2025 Monarch Conservation Webinar Series hosted by Monarch Joint Venture. “Explore native garden design with Wild Ones! For the past 5 years, Wild Ones has offered free, region-specific… Read more: Native Garden Design and Climate Resilient Landscaping - Fall 2025 at a Glance
Fall 2025 has been a busy one for Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay (WOCB), starting with a meadow walk in early September through our participation at the Leonardtown Library’s Diamond Jubilee the last weekend of October and planting a hedgerow in the Front Yard native garden. Whether virtual or in-person, there was something everyone. September Meadows… Read more: Fall 2025 at a Glance
A Few of My Favorite Native Things
Native bees buzzing and fireflies lighting
Monarches eclosing and new species sightings
Hummingbirds hover on fast-moving wings
These are a few of my favorite things
Red oaks and white oaks in decades old glory
Dogwoods and redbuds in the understory
Paw paw, persimmon, sassafras seedlings
These are a few of my favorite things
Beechdrops on beech roots and milkweed fluff flowing
Seed heads turn brown as the plants finish growing
Winter approaches and then then comes the spring
When I’ll enjoy more of my native things
When the frost bites
When the wind stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my native gard’ning
And then I don't feel so bad
by Marlene Smith, President Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay