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  • Native Plants: Nature’s Carbon Vaults

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    By Eric Fuselier. As climate change accelerates, nature-based solutions are emerging as powerful allies in ourfight to reduce atmospheric carbon. Among these, native plants — from towering oaks to deep-rooted…

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  • Embracing the Leaves: A Guide for Your Garden

    Embracing the Leaves: A Guide for Your Garden

    by: Camille Newell. Why Leave the Leaves? Leaving leaves is a “wild”-ly debated topic in horticulture and landscape forums, as well as in everyday conversations with friends and neighbors. Planting…

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  • 1st Annual Fall Native Plant Sale

    1st Annual Fall Native Plant Sale

    By Shonda Garrison. Wild Ones Ozark Chapter held their first annual Fall Native Plant Sale on Saturday, October 19, 2024, at the GoatLab Brewery in Lowell, Arkansas.  Fall is a…

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  • Drought Resistant Native Plants and Tips to Surviving Summer

    Drought Resistant Native Plants and Tips to Surviving Summer

    By Roslyn Imrie. We recently had our first member-only discussion time! A small group of board members and Ozark Wild One Chapter Members joined a Zoom discussion on Drought Resistant…

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  • Form Over Flower

    Form Over Flower

    By Danny Barron. Flowers on most native plants last on average about 4 weeks. It would be wonderful for them to last longer, but there’s always the punch of something…

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  • Insect damage, don’t panic!

    Insect damage, don’t panic!

    By Danny Barron. Earlier this past week, I went outside and thought hail had damaged my skullcaps because they had a lot of holes in them. Then the next day,…

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  • May Yard Tour – From Lawn to Pollinator Paradise

    May Yard Tour – From Lawn to Pollinator Paradise

    By Eric Fuselier. The Ozark Chapter of Wild Ones continued its series of yard tours last Saturday, May 25. A total of 18 people came out to tour Sarah Guertz’s…

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  • Lawn Reseedings

    Lawn Reseedings

    By Danny Barron. Today I want to talk about how to obtain additional plants with very little effort. Plants have had millions of years of experience replicating themselves. You just…

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  • The Importance of Mimicking Nature

    The Importance of Mimicking Nature

    By Danny Barron. Careful observation can teach us so much about what works and what doesn’t.  You can observe and learn what plant communities will thrive together.  You can learn…

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  • The Arkansas state butterfly, the Diana Fritillary, is at risk of being lost to The Natural State

    The Arkansas state butterfly, the Diana Fritillary, is at risk of being lost to The Natural State

    The Arkansas state butterfly, the Diana Fritillary, is at risk of being lost to The Natural State. The Diana Project (TDP) exists to create awareness and offer solutions to increase…

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  • Winter Blossoms

    Winter Blossoms

    By Roslyn Imrie. Winter may not be the most popular season, but it is my favorite time to walk in the woods. Only in winter can you be relatively sure…

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  • Native Plant Gardening 101

    Native Plant Gardening 101

    By Laurie Scott. Saturday morning, January 20, 2024, dawned bright and cold as Wild Ones Ozark chapter hosted our 2024 kick-off program with Eric Fuselier presenting Native Plant Gardening 101…

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