Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter 2025 Calendar of Events
To see events offered by all the Wild Ones chapters, follow this link.
In addition to the current WORCC programs, you can scroll down to see videos of past Zoom meetings. Enjoy!
To see events offered by all the Wild Ones chapters, follow this link.
In addition to the current WORCC programs, you can scroll down to see videos of past Zoom meetings. Enjoy!
We will have all kinds of interesting programs scheduled for 2025. Check back for more details!
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Thursday, January 9, 2025, 5:00 pm ET
The Healing Feast - Benefitting Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter
Stage One at Sycamore Creek Eastwood, 2200 Lake Lansing Rd., Lansing, MI 48912
The Healing Feast is a monthly gathering that offers food and music for healing connections with self, others, the earth, and the sacred. Singer/songwriter and sacred space facilitator Sari Brown brings this new monthly series to Stage One with a delicious, nurturing Bolivian sopa de maní - peanut chicken soup (with vegan and peanut-free chicken options - all options are gluten, egg, soy, and dairy free).
January's guest artist is legendary Lansing singer/songwriter Jen Sygit, and theme is “Earthy Epiphanies,” exploring the unexpected “aha!” moments that uncover a hidden truth and change everything.
BENEFIT: The Healing Feast this month is a benefit for Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter in their work to promote environmentally sound landscaping practices and native plant biodiversity. 10% of all proceeds will be donated to benefit this organization. Wild Ones will have an information table available for visitors.
TICKETS: Sliding scale tickets (from $7 children's tickets to $55 pay-it-forward tickets) are available in advance ( bit.ly/the-healing-feast-january2025 ) or at the door. Through the generosity of participants, free tickets will be made available on a first-come first-served basis. Please contact [email protected] if you need to reserve free tickets or with any other accessibility needs.
TIME: Doors open at 5:00, dinner at 5:30, concert & dialogue 6:30-7:45.
LOCATION: Stage One at Sycamore Creek Eastwood, 2200 Lake Lansing Rd., Lansing, MI 48912.
The Healing Feast - Benefitting Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter
Stage One at Sycamore Creek Eastwood, 2200 Lake Lansing Rd., Lansing, MI 48912
The Healing Feast is a monthly gathering that offers food and music for healing connections with self, others, the earth, and the sacred. Singer/songwriter and sacred space facilitator Sari Brown brings this new monthly series to Stage One with a delicious, nurturing Bolivian sopa de maní - peanut chicken soup (with vegan and peanut-free chicken options - all options are gluten, egg, soy, and dairy free).
January's guest artist is legendary Lansing singer/songwriter Jen Sygit, and theme is “Earthy Epiphanies,” exploring the unexpected “aha!” moments that uncover a hidden truth and change everything.
BENEFIT: The Healing Feast this month is a benefit for Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter in their work to promote environmentally sound landscaping practices and native plant biodiversity. 10% of all proceeds will be donated to benefit this organization. Wild Ones will have an information table available for visitors.
TICKETS: Sliding scale tickets (from $7 children's tickets to $55 pay-it-forward tickets) are available in advance ( bit.ly/the-healing-feast-january2025 ) or at the door. Through the generosity of participants, free tickets will be made available on a first-come first-served basis. Please contact [email protected] if you need to reserve free tickets or with any other accessibility needs.
TIME: Doors open at 5:00, dinner at 5:30, concert & dialogue 6:30-7:45.
LOCATION: Stage One at Sycamore Creek Eastwood, 2200 Lake Lansing Rd., Lansing, MI 48912.
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Sunday, January 19, 2025, 11:30 am ET
Native Wildflower Winter Sowing Workshop
Haslett Community Church, 1427 Haslett Rd, Haslett, MI 48840
Join us to learn an easy way to grow native plants for your home garden. Abby Deneau, ecological restoration enthusiast, will show us a method to overcome winter dormancy in native seeds.
In this hands-on workshop, you will create, and take home, your own gallon jug of winter sown native wildflower seeds. Leave the jug outside and the seeds will sprout in the spring! All of the supplies are provided. Donations are welcome, but not required. If you can bring your own empty milk jug, that would be helpful.
This event is brought to you by Mid-Michigan CISMA, the Haslett Community Church Green Team, and Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter. This event is free and open to the public.
Native Wildflower Winter Sowing Workshop
Haslett Community Church, 1427 Haslett Rd, Haslett, MI 48840
Join us to learn an easy way to grow native plants for your home garden. Abby Deneau, ecological restoration enthusiast, will show us a method to overcome winter dormancy in native seeds.
In this hands-on workshop, you will create, and take home, your own gallon jug of winter sown native wildflower seeds. Leave the jug outside and the seeds will sprout in the spring! All of the supplies are provided. Donations are welcome, but not required. If you can bring your own empty milk jug, that would be helpful.
This event is brought to you by Mid-Michigan CISMA, the Haslett Community Church Green Team, and Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter. This event is free and open to the public.
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Bumblebee on nodding wild onion - M. Beloskur
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Wednesday February 19, 2025, 7:00 pm ET
Native Planting & Sustainability Efforts in our Local Communities Michigan Nature Association 2310 Science Pkwy #100, Okemos Representatives from Haslett Community Church and All Saints Episcopal Church in East Lansing will each share how they helped lead native plant installations for their community. Our presenters will share how they approached building support for their projects, budgeting, selecting and purchasing plants, removal of invasive plants, and breaking ground. This event is free and open to the public. |
Thursday-Sunday, March 13-16, 2025
Lansing Home and Garden Show
Michigan State University Pavilion, 4301 Farm Ln., East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Come visit the Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter booth (#1065) at the Lansing Home & Garden Show. Pick up brochures, or use a QR code to link to a variety of fliers detailing how native plants can help you attract more birds, butterflies and pollinators to your yard. Learn about the great educational programs and plant sales we will be hosting this spring and plan to join us!
Lansing Home and Garden Show
Michigan State University Pavilion, 4301 Farm Ln., East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Come visit the Wild Ones Red Cedar Chapter booth (#1065) at the Lansing Home & Garden Show. Pick up brochures, or use a QR code to link to a variety of fliers detailing how native plants can help you attract more birds, butterflies and pollinators to your yard. Learn about the great educational programs and plant sales we will be hosting this spring and plan to join us!
Vernal Pool in Meridian Twp. M. Beloskur
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Wednesday March 19, 2025, 7:00 pm ET
Vernal Pools: Understanding, Monitoring, and Conserving these Valuable Habitats Michigan Nature Association 2310 Science Pkwy #100, Okemos Our presenters will be Georgia Peterson and Abby Pointer. Georgia is a Natural Resources Extension Specialist with Michigan State University Extension and Abby is the Vernal Pools Partnership Coordinator for Michigan Nature Association. Learn why vernal pools are such an important natural resource and how, by working with the Vernal Pools Partnership, you can contribute to improved understanding and conservation of these valuable, biodiverse habitats. |
Saturday April 19, 2025, 10:30 am ET
Red Cedar Riverbank Restoration
MSU campus (specific meeting location TBD)
Staff at MSU's Beal Garden have been removing invasive species along a section of the Red Cedar riverbank and replacing those with native plants and shrubs. In 2022, a more extensive project began to create a riparian showcase that can be a model of what the riverbank could look like, and use that to educate the public about Michigan’s rivers and the threats they’re experiencing. Join us for a walking tour of the restoration area and learn more about the project from Carolyn Miller, Beal Botanical Garden Arboretum and Invasive Species Coordinator.
Red Cedar Riverbank Restoration
MSU campus (specific meeting location TBD)
Staff at MSU's Beal Garden have been removing invasive species along a section of the Red Cedar riverbank and replacing those with native plants and shrubs. In 2022, a more extensive project began to create a riparian showcase that can be a model of what the riverbank could look like, and use that to educate the public about Michigan’s rivers and the threats they’re experiencing. Join us for a walking tour of the restoration area and learn more about the project from Carolyn Miller, Beal Botanical Garden Arboretum and Invasive Species Coordinator.
Spring Beauty, M. Beloskur
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Saturday May 17, 2025, 10:30 am ET
Spring Wildflower Walk Harris Nature Center, 3998 Van Atta Rd, Okemos Spring Beauty, Bloodroot, Trillium, and Jack-in-the-Pulpit are just a few of the many wonderful wildflowers in bloom at the Harris Nature Center in spring. Join an HNC naturalist for a look at all the spring wildflowers in bloom along the trails. |
June 21, 2025 - 10:00 am ET
The Montgomery Drain Project
Lansing (specific meeting location TBD)
The Ingham County Drain Commission has rebuilt a 100-yr old storm drain. Using creative infrastructure, 96% of the 50,000 -75,000 pounds of pollution per year that was going into the Red Cedar River in Lansing is now eliminated. Drain Commissioner Pat Lindemann has generously offered to lead another walk through of this project site. Wild Ones visited this site last year, but this re-visit will be in the summer so we can enjoy seeing the native plantings at the site at their peak. Learn more about the project here.
The Montgomery Drain Project
Lansing (specific meeting location TBD)
The Ingham County Drain Commission has rebuilt a 100-yr old storm drain. Using creative infrastructure, 96% of the 50,000 -75,000 pounds of pollution per year that was going into the Red Cedar River in Lansing is now eliminated. Drain Commissioner Pat Lindemann has generously offered to lead another walk through of this project site. Wild Ones visited this site last year, but this re-visit will be in the summer so we can enjoy seeing the native plantings at the site at their peak. Learn more about the project here.
Saturday September 13, 2025 - 10:30 am ET
ADBF Railroad Beautification Project
Old Town Lansing, near Burchard Park (specific meeting location TBD)
Learn about a new, collaborative effort between Michigan Waterways Stewards and the Mid-Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area to remove invasive plant species along an abandoned railroad near Burchard Park in Old Town and to plant native trees, shrubs and flowers. Our presenters will be Stephanie Day, Invasive Species Coordinator for the Mid-Michigan CISMA and Mike Stout with Michigan Waterways Stewards.
ADBF Railroad Beautification Project
Old Town Lansing, near Burchard Park (specific meeting location TBD)
Learn about a new, collaborative effort between Michigan Waterways Stewards and the Mid-Michigan Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area to remove invasive plant species along an abandoned railroad near Burchard Park in Old Town and to plant native trees, shrubs and flowers. Our presenters will be Stephanie Day, Invasive Species Coordinator for the Mid-Michigan CISMA and Mike Stout with Michigan Waterways Stewards.
Bur Oak, M. Beloskur
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October 11, 2025 - Date and Time TBD
Forest Bathing Michigan State University Sanford Natural Area, meet on the west side of the Natural Area, where the trail meets the Bogue Street bridge. Forest bathing is inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku. Join us for this guided experience. Participants will enjoy the opportunity to be in a forested environment, to slow down, and to connect to our natural surroundings with intention. This practice is designed to promote a calm, clear mind, and overall wellness. Our experience will be led by Georgia Peterson, Natural Resources Extension Specialist with Michigan State University Extension |
Past Programs
 Trillium and moreby Great Smoky Mountains National Park Flickr.com February 21, 2024
Planting for Shade Bill Schneider, Owner of Wildtype native plant nursery in Mason, Michigan shares the many factors to consider when gardening in shade. There are all sorts of different shade conditions (wet/dry, dappled/dense, etc.) with different implications. Many plants are more widely adapted than you might find them in nature. This video is sure to have something helpful for anyone gardening in shade. To watch a recording of this webinar follow this link, or click on the following window. |
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 Speaker Mike Weis in His First Native Garden
January 17, 2024
Designing Native Plant Gardens: Minimizing the Error in "Trial and Error" Experienced native plant gardener and designer Mike Weis, owner of Dropseed! Native Gardens and Ecological Restoration in Kalamazoo MI, takes us through the steps in the first garden he ever installed. He will present a slideshow of images of his garden through the years to illustrate how some decisions/methods that were used worked well while others did not. To watch a recording of this webinar follow this link, or click on the following window. |
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 Black Swallow-Wortby Ingeborg van Leeuwen Flickr.com November 15, 2023
Invasive Species Update Michelle Beloskur, the Midwest Invasive Plant Network’s full-time Coordinator (MIPN.org), will bring us up-to-speed on invasive plants that may be moving into our area, as well as those that are being tackled right now. She will have tips on what to watch for and what to do if you discover a new population of invasive plants. If we can catch these invaders at an early stage, the easier it will be to eradicate them. To watch a recording of this webinar follow this link, or click on the following window. |
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 Spring Beautiesby khteWisconsin Flickr.com March 16th, 2022
Spring Beauties: Native Wildflowers for the Woodland Garden Tired of tulips? Find daffodils dull? How about trying out some of Michigan's native spring ephemerals! From trout lilies to trillium, from the exotic to the familiar, explore some native alternatives for the spring garden with Cheryl M. English, Advanced Master Gardener and owner of Black Cat Pottery. Hope you can join us! To watch a recording of this webinar follow this link, or click on the following window. |
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 Bath in the Lightby Martin Gommel Flickr.com February 16th, 2022
Forest Bathing: A Nature Boost We all know we feel better after a walk in the woods. The Japanese call this Shinrin-yoku, or "forest bathing," simply spending time in nature to relax, rejuvenate, and reduce stress. Join us for this Zoom program to learn more about how and why immersion in nature increases our sense of well-being. Our virtual guest speakers will be Maureen Stine, Certified Environmental Educator with Natureology.me and Georgia Peterson, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Forestry, Michigan State University. Hope you can join us! To watch a recording of this webinar follow this link, or click on the following window. |
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 Asian Jumping Wormby Tom Potterfield Flickr.com January 19th, 2022
Exotic Invasive Earthworms in Michigan: Asian Jumping Worms Asian Jumping Worms have recently been found in the Greater Lansing area. They are much more destructive to plants and soil than other earthworms. Our virtual guest speaker will be Scott Tiegs, Ph.D. Professor of Biological Sciences at Oakland University. He and his colleague, Holly Greiner-Hallman, first found Jumping Worms in the Oakland University Biological Preserve in 2008 and can help us learn what to look for and how to avoid moving them around. Join us for this interesting and important talk. To watch a recording of this webinar follow this link, or click the following window. |
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