Events

Join us for our bi-monthly Garden Chat with a presentation by chapter secretary Miranda Yourick, owner of Earthly Delights Native Gardening. 

All Wild Ones members are welcome to attend and invite a guest!

Description:

While natural spaces are wild and beholden to the laws of nature, gardens are constructed by humans who wish to embody particular aesthetics.  Perhaps you want a naturalistic look but need to appease the HOA? Maybe you want a cottage garden like your grandmother's but filled with native plants instead of the traditional roses and foxgloves? Miranda will introduce you to some guiding principles for designing your garden as a place of comfort, excitement, and beauty that reflects your personal style and practical needs while also supporting the wildlife in your backyard.

About the Speaker: 

Miranda found her passion for native plants after buying her first home in 2023. Beginning with zero gardens, she stumbled through the process of creating them and made a ton of mistakes along the way. A chance encounter led her to volunteering at the USGS Bee Lab with Wild Ones Chesapeake Bay, where she soaked up as much information as possible about propagating and identifying native plants. Miranda is no stranger to learning scientific names, as she holds a PhD in Biology where she studied the genetics of fishes. Miranda has more than a decade of teaching experience in traditional classrooms, community outreach, and hands-on learning.

Designing gardens is an exercise in art and science, both of which Miranda is enamored with. She hopes to help create natural spaces that delight the senses while supporting habitat for wildlife. When not gardening, you can find her listening to audiobooks from the science-fiction or horror genres, hiking (stopping often to look at everything), or learning enumerable new crafts. One such craft is linocut - which is how she designed the Earthly Delights logo.

Favorite native plant - Wild Columbine, Aquilegia canadensis