Wild Ones West Cook 2021 Accomplishments by Byron Lanning A pandemic did not prevent West Cook from carrying out its mission. We hope that amidst a time of turmoil and uncertainty, we brought you respite from that stress and hopefully you found some peace in nature, especially if it was right outside your door or […]
What does it take to move 11,500 plants? Then organize them into 629 orders for 500 people? A lot of dedicated volunteers in a well-organized system! (Other fun facts: 580 milkweed plants of different species; 100 asters and 250 goldenrods-yay! Good news for pollinators in the fall.) There would be no West Cook Wild Ones […]
Now is the time to place your order for the native plant sale. Choose from over 100 species of native flowering plants, ferns, grasses, and sedges. They will provide beauty, habitat, and food for wildlife, as well as absorbing storm water and carbon. Order on our shopify site. Pickup is Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m.–2 […]
The following is our current inventory: The following are $2.50 5 * Little blue stem 3 * Woodland Brome 21 * Palm Sedge 5 * Wild garlic 25 * Prairie Milk weed 21 * Swamp Milkweed 1 * Butterfly weed 4 * Calico aster 11 * Black-eyed Susan 4 * Zig-Zag Goldenrod 5 * Wild […]
Pre-order economically-priced, local eco-type native plants for pick up at West Cook Wild Ones Living Landscapes: A Native Garden Conference featuring Doug Tallamy on May 17, 2015 at Dominican University. Order here: https://wild-ones-west-cook.myshopify.com/ Whether youd like to attract birds, butterflies, and other pollinators or find unique plants for shade, sun, rain gardens, or clay soil, youll have […]
