Wild Ones Columbus hosts free monthly programs for our members and the public. Please note that events will be cancelled in the case of a Level 2 snow emergency.
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January 2027
Winter Sowing in a Milk Jug (1st session)
Public Welcome Free Event Hands-On/How-To Workshop Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking
Winter Sowing is an easy, simple and inexpensive way to grow native plants. You'll make a mini-greenhouse at this make-and-take session. Take it home, set it outside, and wait for the seeds to germinate. All materials provided including native seeds.
Winter Sowing in a Milk Jug (2nd session)
Public Welcome Free Event Hands-On/How-To Workshop Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking
Winter Sowing is an easy, simple and inexpensive way to grow native plants. You'll make a mini-greenhouse at this make-and-take session. Take it home, set it outside, and wait for the seeds to germinate. All materials provided including native seeds.
March 2027
Fascinating Fireflies
Innis House (Inniswoods Metro Park) , 940 S. Hempstead Road, Westerville, OH
Public Welcome Free Event Program/Speaker Presentation Wheelchair Accessible Public Restroom Free Public Parking
You might know them as lightning bugs or fireflies, but we love these blinking lights in our gardens at night.
Learn how to attract more fireflies to your native garden and interesting firefly facts with Jeff Calta, president of the Pennsylvania Firefly Festival. From retired chemist to firefly enthusiast, Jeff has studied and catalogued fireflies for years. Jeff will cover flash pattern importance, firefly anatomy and physiology, and the interesting “lifestyle” of a firefly.