Events Archive: 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Upcoming Events
September 2025
Member Garden Gathering Amy Cyrus Members Only
Belleville, IL
Members Only Chapter Meeting Home/Private Garden Tour
SWIL member Amy Cyrus' garden.
Book Club featuring Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard Members Only
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.
Free Webinar: "EcoBeneficial Landscape Strategies for the Climate Crisis" with Kim Eierman
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/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.
October 2025
Book Club featuring The Nature Fix by Florence Williams Members Only
Fults, Illinois
Members Only Chapter Social
Meet to discuss The Nature Fix by Florence Williams.
October Wild Ones National Webinar with Doug Tallamy
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Details coming soon!
Seed Collecting at Paul Wightman Subterranean Native Preserve.
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
November Wild Ones National Webinar with Larry Weaner
Hosted by Wild Ones NationalOnline/Virtual
Public Welcome Recording Available Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation
Details coming soon!