Category: Our Work

Media and Awards – 2025

Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay is deeply rooted in collaborating with and recognizing the like-minded organizations that share our passion for native plants and natural landscapes.  At the College of Southern Maryland, we have the pleasure of partnering with Tracey Stuller and Madeline Kaba on numerous initiatives, including native seed cleaning workshops, winter sowing, and starting […] Continue reading "Media and Awards – 2025"

Show Your Love with Native Seeds

Collecting, cleaning, sharing, and sowing native seeds are keystone activities of Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay. Collecting Seeds From the time the spring ephemerals start to drop their seeds in spring until the last of the fall bloomers’ seeds have ripened, our chapter members were armed with organza bags, paper bags, markers, and clippers in hand […] Continue reading "Show Your Love with Native Seeds"

2024 Year in Review

At our annual membership meeting on November 20, members of Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay celebrated our inaugural year with a Year in Review video by chapter vice-president, Bill Smith. But first we covered the annual chapter business. Chapter election results – Secretary Sue Williams reported that our appointed board of directors were elected by unanimous […] Continue reading "2024 Year in Review"

Help Us Grow

Support Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay this Giving Tuesday! 2024 was a busy year for Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay. To support our mission of native plants and natural landscapes thriving in every community, we accomplished the following:16,500+ free native seedlings distributed9000+ sq ft of native habitat supported2000+ native plants grown from seed & distributed100+ native trees […] Continue reading "Help Us Grow"

Fall 2024 at a Glance

This fall has been a busy one for Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay (WOCB), starting with a field trip in early September through our participation at the Chesapeake Natives Fall Festival the last weekend of October. Whether virtual or in-person, there was something everyone. On September 14, we cosponsored the Maryland Native Plant Society’s annual “Parks […] Continue reading "Fall 2024 at a Glance"

Deeply Rooted in Native Seed Collecting

Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay is deeply rooted in natives, promoting native plants for a healthy planet. We accomplish this through education, advocacy, and collaboration. And this fall, education and collaboration is all about native seed collecting! To date, we’ve given presentations on native seed collection at our local college, the College of Southern Maryland (in collaboration […] Continue reading "Deeply Rooted in Native Seed Collecting"

Biodiversity and Native Gardening 101

Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay is deeply rooted in natives, promoting native plants for a healthy planet. We accomplish this through education, advocacy, and collaboration. On August 3rd, Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay and Nurture Natives partnered with the St. Mary’s Public Library in Charlotte Hall to present our first presentation of the year on “Biodiversity and […] Continue reading "Biodiversity and Native Gardening 101"