Wild Ones® Minnesota Arrowhead Chapter Brief history:  Following two months of organizational meetings, the Minnesota "Arrowhead Chapter" received formal recognition in August 2000 and has been growing ever since.  Currently we have 35 members. Meeting schedule: The chapter generally meets at 7:00 PM on the fourth Wednesday of the month at the environmentally friendly Hartley Nature Center building located just off Woodland Avenue in Duluth (please see link below.) Our programs are a part of Hartley Nature Center's weekly adult educational opportunities . Beginning in May 2006, we will continue to meet on Wednesday but will have outings and community garden maintenance gatherings (that are really fun!) instead of programs. Occasional  field trips, work sessions, or potlucks may be scheduled at other times. Officers and Volunteers: President: Carol Andrews (who is also our current national president!) Vice-president/ Program Coordinator: Trish Stinnett Secretary: Joy Turnbull Dunham Treasurer: Jen Jones Membership Chair: Open Community Garden Maintenance Coordinators: Evelyn & Alden Plant Rescue Coordinator (aka "Dig Chair"): Erik Hahn Web Masters: Roger Petry and Bill Steele
A big thank-you to our out-going officers for their dedicated service! Mission statement: Our mission is to educate and to share information on the benefits of preserving and landscaping with native plants in order to promote biodiversity, environmentally sound practices, and a sense of place by featuring the plants that make the Minnesota Arrowhead region the beautiful place that it is. Activities: The chapter frequently takes field trips including native plant identification hikes, tours of native plant nurseries, and demonstration "show me, help me" sessions at members' homes.  The chapter maintains a demonstration native plant garden in Leif Erikson Park in Duluth.
Were you there?   We were... Our Arrowhead Chapter had a table at the Eco-Fair and National Teach-In on Climate Change on Feb. 4 in the Rothwell Student Center at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. "The teach-in included information and sessions about alternative lighting options, climate change and culture destruction, indoor composting, the "slow food" movement, urban farming, container gardening and a vegetable-oil-powered truck. Participants learned how they could help the environment and discover practical ways to live green. " -- Al Miller, UWS
	Clayton Oslund (co-author with Michele Oslund of "What's Doin' the Bloomin'?") chats with an enthusiastic attendee who looks through the Oslund's book at the Eco-Fair at UWS, Feb. 4th, 2009.

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News from our President, and our Program Coordinator

2008 group order info for Boreal Natives (Prairie Restorations, Inc.): (Pricelist) (Trees & Shrubs)

Projects

Upcoming Field Trips

Community Garden Maintenance Schedule

Past Meeting Announcements and Field Trips

WO Arrowhead Chapter Library Resources

Hartley Nature Center

Plant Rescues

Seed Exchanges

Materials, resources, plant lists...

Photo gallery of wildflowers, grasses, sedges, etc. provided by Prairie Restorations, Inc.
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Minnesota Native Plant Nurseries (updated: January, 2008)
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Exotic and Invasive Plants

National Home Page for Wild Ones -- Natural Landscapers, Ltd.

Research and Agency Links

Related Agencies and Alliances

Our Web site is maintained by Roger Petry, and Bill Steele.

Graphics:

• Upper left: Platanthera psycodes, the purple-fringed orchid.  This purple-fringed orchid plant is one of many that came up spontaneously after Bill Steele stopped mowing his lawn.
• Map: The Arrowhead region of Minnesota.
• Above right: This Polemonium occidentale ssp. lacustre, western Jacob's ladder, growing in a northern Minnesota cedar swamp is one of the rarest plants in Minnesota.  Note Sphagnum moss at base.
• Bottom: Fritillary on dogbane (Apocynum; trans. "Away, dog!")