Events

Events Archive: 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Upcoming Events

September 2025

Sep
11

Member Garden Gathering Amy Cyrus Members Only

Thursday, September 11th, 2025
to (Central Time)
Belleville, IL

Members Only Chapter Meeting Home/Private Garden Tour

SWIL member Amy Cyrus' garden. 

Sep
14

Book Club featuring Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard Members Only

Sunday, September 14th, 2025
to (Central Time)
The Garden of Amy Cyrus

Members Only Chapter Social

Meet prior to our regularly scheduled meeting to discuss  Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard. 

Sep
18

Free Webinar: "EcoBeneficial Landscape Strategies for the Climate Crisis" with Kim Eierman

Hosted by Wild Ones National
Thursday, September 18th, 2025
to (Central Time)
Online/Virtual

Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation

Discover how ecological landscaping with native plants can make your landscape more resilient and help address the climate crisis. This webinar will highlight practical, evidence-based approaches to designing and maintaining landscapes that build resilience to climate change and support native biodiversity. Join Wild Ones for a free webinar, “EcoBeneficial Landscape Strategies for the Climate Crisis,” featuring environmental horticulturalist and ecological landscape designer Kim Eierman.

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October 2025

Oct
12

Book Club featuring The Nature Fix by Florence Williams Members Only

Sunday, October 12th, 2025
to (Central Time)
Fults, Illinois

Members Only Chapter Social

Meet to discuss The Nature Fix by Florence Williams.

Oct
16

October Wild Ones National Webinar with Doug Tallamy

Hosted by Wild Ones National
Thursday, October 16th, 2025
to (Central Time)
Online/Virtual

Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation

Details coming soon! 

Oct
19

Seed Collecting at Paul Wightman Subterranean Native Preserve.

Sunday, October 19th, 2025
to (Central Time)
Paul Wightman Subterranean Nature Preserve, Fults, IL, 62244 Map

Public Welcome Family-Friendly Chapter Meeting Hands-On/How-To Workshop Nature Walk/Hike Seed Handling

This is a collaborative event between Clifftop and SWIL Wild Ones. Join Laura Schaefer in a walk along an ADA accessible trail while picking your own native wildflower and grass seed mix to take home. Laura will guide you in plant id, how to collect, preserve and grow your native seed collection. This is the only time when seed may be collected here, so don't miss out on this once a year event!
What to bring: Bring either a large PAPER grocery bag (for a seed mix) or paper lunch bags (to keep species separate) and a marker to label your bags.
Optional: garden gloves and pruners.
We will meet at the pavilion in the parking lot.
Please note the correct address for PWSNP is 3255 G Rd, Fults, Il.
In the event of rain we will reschedule. 

November 2025

Nov
20

November Wild Ones National Webinar with Larry Weaner

Hosted by Wild Ones National
Thursday, November 20th, 2025
to (Central Time)
Online/Virtual

Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation

Details coming soon!