Central Wisconsin Chapter 

Wild Ones Natural Landscapers, Ltd. is a non-profit organization with a mission to educate and share information with members and community at the "plant-roots" level and to promote biodiversity and environmentally sound practices. We are a diverse membership interested in landscaping using native species and in developing plant communities.

New members are always welcome!

Follow this link for our membership form

This past year has been a great one for our chapter of Wild Ones. With your help, 2012 will be even better.
 

2011 Highlights

This past year we had—

• A number of excellent presentations on topics important to our members and the community at large

• Several native plant rescues at the Marathon County Landfill... thanks to Eileen Guthrie

• Many seed collecting opportunities and tours... thanks to Joe Riederer, Byron & Margaret Shaw, and Bob & Sally Freckmann

• Our very first Native Plant Sale... thanks to Neil Diboll of Prairie Nursery and our many CWWO plant sale volunteers. 

In addition, we—

• Continued to maintain the Patch Street Prairie Patch andStarted a Wild Ones Butterfly Garden at UWSP’s Schmeeckle Reserve... thanks to Jim Bray of Hickory Road Gardens, Joy Hendricksen, and several other volunteers.

• I was especially pleased with our collaboration with a dozen other organizations on a wide range of projects this past year—everything from planting lupine along the Tomorrow River and helping eradicate a Giant Hogweed infestation to cosponsoring a wide range of programs and events, including the Central Wisconsin Moving Planet Celebration.

2012 Planning

New Year’s Eve seems a good time to decide where we’ll be going in the year ahead. We need your help and involvement in our chapter to enable us to continue to succeed. Please let me know your answers to some/all of the following questions:

What would you like to do for or with our chapter?
What programs would you like to conduct or attend?
What do you suggest we continue to do or stop doing?
What topics do want us to cover in sessions or presentations?
What trips, treks, or tours do you want to take?
Is there anything we should buy to help us accomplish our mission?
How do you suggest we encourage others to join our chapter or participate in our activities?
 

We continue to have a solid leadership corps for our chapter. I’m happy to report that Walt Rasmussen has been elected to serve as our new vice president for 2012. Our other officers and board members are continuing to serve from last year. Here’s the complete list:

President:                 Dan Dieterich
Vice President:        Walt Rasmussen
Treasurer:                 Carol Kropidlowski
Secretary:                 Dan Dieterich
Dig Chair:                  Bob Freckmann
Webmaster:             Joe Riederer
Publicity Chair:        Pat Abbrederis
Board Member:       Mary Bartkowiak
 

We welcome your involvement in the chapter in whatever ways you’d like. The more involved you become, the more you’ll benefit and the more you’ll benefit our chapter as well.

You have my sincere best wishes for your success with native plants and natural landscaping in the year ahead. I look forward to hearing from you... and to working with you in the year ahead.

- Dan