We have monthly programs from September through April, except for December. They usually take place the last Sunday in the month at 1:30 pm at Liverpool Public Library.
Here is our schedule for the current program year. You can see the wide range of topics we’ve covered over the years in our program archive. We’ve received quite an education over the years!
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Anyone, member or not, is welcome to sign up for our free newsletter. Just send an email to info@hgcny.org. We’re an education-focused not-for-profit, and so we don’t sell your name or email address to anyone.
Field trips
We plan a field trip for May or June. We’ve visited many special places over the years. We generally have expert tour guides so we learn more about the ecology of each of these places.
Show Me, Help Me tours
We organize Show Me Help Me yard tours during the summer. Sometimes we visit home landscapes of fellow HGCNYers and sometimes we visit landscapes in the community.
Native plant sales
Holding native plant sales is an important activity for HGCNY.
Our annual fall plant sale is in September, and we have a special pre-order plant sale in the spring, too. For many years we focused on milkweeds, but we now also offer other native plants as part of our joint HGCNY-Onondaga Audubon Bird-friendly Plants project.
Spreading the word about native plants
We’re often invited to participate in local events to talk with people about the importance of planting native plants.
Service projects
For many years, HGCNY has participated in an annual garlic mustard pull at Baltimore Woods Nature Center. We’re pleased to see that as the garlic mustard seedbank is exhausted, “our” area has fewer and fewer garlic mustard plants — and therefore, more and more of the native beauties, such as trillium, Baltimore Woods is famous for.
And as of 2022, we’ve participated in a forest regeneration project at Baltimore Woods. We’ve purchased oak trees to plant in this area.
Habitat Gardening presentations
Would your group want to hear a presentation about habitat gardening?
Here are the presentations available.
Help plan our events!
Rather than having a business meeting at program meetings, our officers and other interested Wild Ones members attend Planning Meetings in March, June, and September. Contact us if you’d like to be included.