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Upcoming Events Summary
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May 3
David Haskell, Author of
The Forest Unseen
7:30 pm
May 4
Members' Picnic
10:00 am
May 5 Monarch Way Stations 2-4pm
May 9 Trip to Sunlight Gardens Members only
See more details in
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Benefits of Membership in the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones
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$10 discount for the 2014 native plant symposium presented by the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones.
Invitations to
MEMBERS-ONLY EVENTS:
*"Landscapes in Progress" garden visit programs
*Guided Native Plant &
Wildflower Walks
*Native Plant Rescues
*Native Plant Nursery Visits
E-mail notices about
upcoming local native plant EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS
and events.
Special DISCOUNT OFFERS
from local landscapers
and nurseries,
including
Sunlight Gardens and
Overhill Gardens.
Show your Wild Ones
membership card to receive
10% off at these nurseries.
BECOME INVOLVED
with a group of
local gardeners
interested in
native plant landscaping.
PLUS all the benefits of a
national Wild Ones membership, including the
New Member Handbook
with practical ways
to add native plants to
your landscape ...
AND the quarterly
Wild Ones Journal.
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May 4 Members' Picnic
at the Chattanooga Arboretum & Nature Center at Reflection Riding
Saturday, May 4th
10:00 am until ...
Bring your lunch.
Drinks will be provided.
At 10:00 am, Michael Green will lead us on a walk at Reflection Riding to see wildflowers and other blooming plants. Michael has extensive knowledge about the history of the property and the region...his outings are always fascinating!
After the walk, we'll take time for a spring picnic outdoors together.
Please note that in some publications, the date of this picnic was incorrectly listed as May 1. The correct date is Saturday, May 4th. Sorry for the confusion. Hope to see you on the 4th.
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David Haskell, author of The Forest Unseen
Presented by the Chattanooga Arboretum & Nature Center
Friday, May 3rd 7:30 p.m.
UTC Benwood Auditorium Cost: $5 A special evening is in store when David Haskell, biology professor at Sewanee, comes to Chattanooga on May 3rd. Haskell's book The Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch In Nature is a Pulitzer Prize finalist. In his book, Haskell uses a one-square-meter patch of old-growth Tennessee forest as a window onto the entire natural world. Visiting it almost daily for one year to trace nature's path through the seasons, he brings the forest and its inhabitants to vivid life. Beginning with simple observations--a salamander scuttling across the leaf litter, the first blossom of spring wildflowers--Haskell spins a brilliant web of biology, ecology, and poetry, explaining the science binding together ecosystems that have cycled for thousands--sometimes millions--of years.
The New York Times describes The Forest Unseen as "...a welcome entry in the world of nature writers. He thinks like a biologist, writes like a poet, and gives the natural world the kind of open-minded attention one expects from a Zen monk rather than a hypothesis-driven scientist." |
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Monarch Way Stations
Presented by the Tennessee Aquarium
 Sunday, May 5th 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Tennessee Aquarium River Gardens Discover the fascinating behavior of the Monarch from butterfly expert and Earth Kinship educator Wanda DeWaard. Go on a guided butterfly walk at the Tennessee River Gardens and learn to create a monarch way station with a milkweed plant to take home.
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Member Visit to Sunlight Gardens
Opportunity to purchase native plants
Thursday, May 9th
Members only
We're organizing a group of Tennessee Valley Wild Ones to take a road trip to Sunlight Gardens in Andersonville, TN.
Nursery owner Andy Sessions (one of the speakers at our March Symposium) will be on hand to help us with plant selections.
All members receive a 10% discount on plant purchases!
We will depart Chattanooga at 8:00 a.m. and will return in the afternoon.
Please email Nora to reserve your spot for this trip. Travel plans will be emailed to you once you register.
For more info about Sunlight Gardens, click here to visit the website. |
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Tennessee Valley Wild Ones
at the Garden Expo
On the weekend of April 20-21, the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones launched the "Monarch Watch" program for 2013 at the Garden Expo presented by the Master Gardeners of Hamilton County. Our member volunteers provided information about growing milkweed (the ONLY host plant for the monarch butterfly), as well as other native nectar plants for butterflies.
And just so that no one missed us, our own Cheri Hubbard (above) underwent her own "metamorphosis" and became a beautiful and eye-catching monarch herself!
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Milkweed Plant Delivery Expected in May
If you attended our Symposium in March, you received a certificate for a free milkweed plant. Milkweed is the only host plant for the Monarch butterfly, and Wild Ones is promoting the establishment of Monarch "Way Stations" across the county.
We had hoped to have plenty of milkweed plants available during April, but because of the cold weather conditions, our plants will not be ready until May. We're sorry.
As soon as the plants arrive, we'll let you know where you can get them! |
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Renew Your Wild Ones Membership
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Renew Your Membership Before May 31!
Our Chapter benefits from early renewals
We hope that you are enjoying being a member of the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Wild Ones.
Our chapter receives a portion of all membership dues paid to Wild Ones, and we use those funds to present a variety of educational programs for our members and for our community.
Since this is our first year as a chapter (we became a chapter of Wild Ones in June 2012), we receive 55% of all dues paid. Our percentage decreases on June 1, so we'd really appreciate it if you'd renew your membership by May 31st. You can choose to extend your membership for 1, 2 or 3 years...or become a lifetime member. To renew your membership, click here. If you have any questions about your membership,
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All photos in this section were taken recently by Tennessee Valley Wild Ones member Mike O'Brien. Mike has a great way of seeing the beauty in nature. Thanks, Mike, for sharing your photos!
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Wild Ones: Native Plants. Natural Landscapes is a national non-profit organization with over 50 chapters in 12 states that promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. Please read more information about Wild Ones at www.wildones.org.
We offer guest speakers, field trips and other special events throughout the year, as well as an annual native plant and natural landscaping symposium in early spring.
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