Events

In this special collaboration, Robin Wall Kimmerer, author, botanist, and founder of Plant Baby Plant, joins youth leader and Nurture Natives founder Esther Bonney for an intergenerational conversation about belonging, reciprocity, and native plant action. 

Together, they will explore questions such as:

How do we create opportunities for young people to have a voice and feel empowered, even when they are not homeowners or decision makers?What kinds of relationships and mentorships help people stay engaged in native plant work over decades?Why do stories, shared practices, and community invitations matter just as much as plant lists?

Robin and Esther will reflect on what invites people into this work, what keeps them here, and what elders and youth have to teach each other.

Sign-up to take part in a FREE winter sowing educational event- 

participants will receive all necessary supplies to get growing!

Let's Grow in Community 

#wintersowing #nativeplants #EcoLandscaping #freeseeds

#wildones 

Eight spots remain for this event- 

Alternative events are occuring-

Please reach out for accommodation for another date and time- 

I want to help you grow!

The event is located on my personal property in Pickerington- 

Address to be provided via email to participants at a later date.

Our upcoming webinar with Basil Camu explores practical, evidence based ways to heal suburban and urban landscapes by working with trees, soil, and natural systems, drawing on real world practices from Leaf & Limb and community centered models for restoring life where we live, work, and play.!  

Join Joey Santore, creator of Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t, for a candid Wild Ones National Webinar examining how inherited garden aesthetics shape native plant landscapes. Drawing on field experience and real ecology, Joey challenges tidy design norms and explores why dense, irregular plant communities are often the most resilient and ecologically sound.

Join me in a social gathering to help package our native seed mix for distribution on April 25th during the Pickerington Earth Day event of which we are one of the hosting parties. Seed packaging will occur indoors in my private residence so the address will be available closer to the time and date of the event. 

Below you find a link to indicate your intention to volunteer as well as a link to Earth day volunteer opportunities and our free native tree giveaway.

This year WOFCO is giving away 550 Native trees and I need your help to tag the trees and prep the orders to be ready for our Earth day event on April 25. 

We will have all the trees in the driveway ready to take and place into bundles of 1-5 per household. I would appreciate any amount of time you can donate. The time listed in an estimate- it could take more or less. 

This event is weather dependent- if the report calls for rain we will use April 24 as a back-up prep day. 

Below you will find a link to a write up by Pickerington Online about the Earth day event - within this you will find links to the tree giveaway and other volunteer opportunities. 

Please click the link below to register-  take this step so that I know I have help coming. 🙂 

Celebrate our beautiful planet

Take action locally:

Litter pick-up 

Native tree planting 

Nature Hike with Fairfield County Park District 

     (Pre-registration required- brings at 3 pm at Coyote Run 

Free Native Trees (must pre-register)

Free 2026 Pollinator Pocket -native seeds

Headquartered at Combustion Brewery & Taproom - Pickerington  April 25 

This year the Pickerington Lions Club is hosting our community's Earth Day efforts. 

Stop by to plant a few and have a brew!

(Non-alcoholic options are available ) 

Click the link below to sign-up. 

More information available here- https://www.pickeringtonvillage.com/events/2026/4/25/the-2026-pickerington-earth-day-celebration

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/5080844A8A92CA2F85-61339750-earth?useFullSite=true&fbclid=IwdGRjcAQEj1hjbGNrBASPLWV4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHqttz16eJgjG9EAWP4HVfzzHT75lE_t9Lmjs0mcsif9oCkuPstdtenlJbEsA_aem_QY7cUPegfdL9OC6SwuKlXA

Join award-winning author, photographer, and educator Rick Darke for What Is Wild and Why It Matters, a free national webinar on Tuesday, April 28th at 10 am CT. Discover how inviting a bit of authentic wildness can create a vibrant landscape that sustains you and local biodiversity. This national event is presented in collaboration between Wild Ones and Homegrown National Park.

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon! 

Details coming soon!