Native Vegetation Guidelines and BWSR Programs: Decision-making for Successful Projects

This Tech Talk will highlight the revisions to the Native Vegetation Establishment and Enhancement Guidelines including: A walk-through of the new and improved web-based format Exceptions and applicability with BWSR […]

Toward Harmony With Nature Conference

Join us In-Person or Virtually for an exciting all-day program with six expert speakers, exhibitors and vendors, and network with like-minded natural landscaping enthusiasts. Info here.

Native Plants and Pollinators

This session will focus on groups of insect pollinators and how you can attract and support them by growing various native and nativar plants. We will also cover a number […]

Language of the Land: Bringing Nature Home

Did you know that how we landscape our yards affects nature far beyond property lines? Join Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts […]

Spring Wildflowers

Join Bob Freckmann, Ph.D. on a spring wildflower walk. We’ll enjoy beautiful Powers Bluff County Park, home to some of the most diverse spring wildflowers in central Wisconsin, as we […]

America’s Public Gardens: A Resource for Native Plants

Take a journey to several of the nation’s public gardens. From gardens that grow exclusively native plants to others that have worked them into their diverse collection, get an in-depth […]

Native Plant Materials Virtual Conference

Successful habitat restoration depends on an adequate supply of native plant materials. Planting a diversity of native species provides ecosystem services for pollinators, wildlife, and people, as well as increasing […]

Considering Root Traits for Improved Native Plant Development and Restoration

Trait-based ecology aims to link specific plant traits, or characteristics that affect fitness, to community assembly, biodiversity, and ecosystem function. Trait-based approaches are increasingly being used to understand plant establishment […]

Native Plants and Pollinators

The Green Thumb Gardening series will give you the practical knowledge to keep your home garden thriving! University of Wisconsin Division of Extension educators and local horticulture experts will provide […]

Restore native habitat

Marbleseed, stiff goldenrod, golden alexander. These native plants, and more, are an important part in the balance of nature in Wisconsin that has developed over hundreds or thousands of years […]