Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the special women in our lives. Give mom what she really wants this Mother’s Day! Give the gift of native plants or a Wild Ones membership!!
Give Her Native Plants!
Skip the ornamental plants or cut flower arrangements. Visit our native plant swap on Saturday, May 9, 10 am – 12 noon, at the Leonardtown Library and take home some of our region’s tried and true native plants. We have a variety of perennials, grasses, vines, shrubs, and trees, including:
- Foxglove beardtongue, Penstemon digitalis
- Canada goldenrod, Solidago canadensis
- Symphyotrichum oblongifolium “October skies”
- Obedient plant
- Broadleaved mountain ming, Pycnanthemum muticum
- Blue-eyed grass
- Virgin’s bower
- Anise hyssop
- Golden ragwort
- River Oats
- Redbud
- Tulip poplar
- Buttonbush
- River Birch
- Swamp white oak
- Flowering dogwood
This free event offers both experienced and new gardeners a chance to add native plants to their yards. In doing so, you will be creating habitat for our native birds, bees and butterflies.
If you’re new to gardening with native plants, this event is the place to get started! Meet and chat with native-plant enthusiasts, view native plants in the Front Yard gardens, and take home free plants! If you’re an experienced native gardener, please spread the joy by bringing your favorite plants and seeds to swap and share.
For full details, visit our Event page.
Give a Native Plant Gardening Gift Basket!
After stopping by our plant swap, consider creating a gift basket. This is a fun & easy way to introduce mom to native plant gardening. What to include:
- A selection of native plants or seeds
- Gardening gloves
- Hand trowel
- Plant tags
- A resource list of your favorite native gardening websites or Facebook groups
- One or more of our recommended native plant books by Doug Tallamy, Larry Weaner, Benjamin Vogt, Nancy Lawson, Robin Wall Kimmerer, or Thomas Rainier and Claudia West
- Bringing Nature Home by Doug Tallamy(2007)
- The Living Landscape by Rick Darke and Doug Tallamy (2010)
- Nature’s Best Hope by Doug Tallamy (2019)
- The Nature of Oaks by Doug Tallamy (2021)
- How Can I Help? by Doug Tallamy (2023)
- Garden Revolution by Larry Weaner (2016)
- A New Garden Ethic by Benjamin Vogt (2017)
- Prairie Up by Benjamin Vogt (2023)
- The Humane Gardener by Nancy Lawson (2017)
- Wildscape by Nancy Lawson (2024)
- Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013)
- The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2024)
- Planting in a Post Wild World by Thomas Rainer and Claudia West (2015)
Give a Wild Ones Membership!
If you’re looking for a meaningful gift, consider giving mom a Wild Ones membership as a thoughtful way to connect her to a community dedicated to native plants and biodiversity.
If you are not a Wild Ones member, we invite you to join Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay.
Or find your local chapter here
Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay is deeply rooted in native plants and cultivating partnerships, while striving to educate, advocate, and collaborate to connect people and native plants for a healthy planet. Our vision is native plants and natural landscapes thriving in every community. Check out our Events page, Google calendar, Facebook, and/or Instagram for our upcoming events. And don’t forget to subscribe to our new YouTube channel and email subscriber list!
