Accent on Natural Landscaping

Donna VanBuecken

Monches Farm Retiring

  Monches Farm has been a long-time friend of Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes. They were an early advertiser in the Wild Ones Journal and always accommodating to tours by Wild Ones chapters. But like for many of us, the time has come to retire to a less active life. Monches … [Read more...]

Bluebonnets or Lupines

  Bluebonnets Bluebonnets are now blossoming in Texas so I thought it would be a good time to try to explain the difference between a bluebonnet and a Wild Lupine (Lupinus perennis). … [Read more...]

UW Arboretum added to National Register of Historic Places

University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum Photos by nationally known native plant landscape architect Darrel Morrison. If you've never had the opportunity to visit the Curtis Prairie or the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum (UW Arboretum), you might consider adding this to your … [Read more...]

2019 Wisconsin Conservation Congress Spring Hearings

Today, Monday, April 8, starting at 7PM the 2019 spring hearings hosted by the Wisconsin Conservation Congress (WCC) will be held in each county. Wisconsin is one of the few, if perhaps the only, state to give its citizens a voice in conservation legislation through such hearings. This year there … [Read more...]

First Spring Blooms for Honey Bees

Wild Ones member Ken Sikora recently wrote to share the news his honey bees had ventured outside for a cleansing flight,* and that they will be ready to pollinate as soon as the first blossoms appear. With Ken's permission, I share our conversation below. Donna:  Can you tell me what kind of bees … [Read more...]