The Loess Hills chapter of Wild Ones promotes native landscapes, small and large, in Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota, and Northeast Nebraska.
Join us to clean-up a section of Lincoln Way along Sioux City’s South Ravine Park. We’ll meet at the gravel parking lot at S. Ravine Park which is just East of the intersection of Lincoln Way and S. Lewis Boulevard in Sioux City, IA.
Hi-visibility vests and large orange plastic bags for collecting trash will be provided. Bring your own drinking water, trash picker, garden gloves, and wear sturdy walking shoes.
And then afterwards, join us for refreshments at the Stewart’s Hilltop Gardens.
This is always a very worthwhile event. We hope you will join us for a little productive outdoor recreation and refreshment rewards afterwards.
And if you’re interested in our other activities, here’s a sampling of our Past Events:
Thank You to everyone who came out to the Native Seed Harvest at the beautiful Hilltop Gardens in Sioux City’s Morningside area, on October 11th. We collected a variety of native seeds to distribute in the Seed Share Library at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center.
Thank You to everyone who came out to harvest seeds to stock the Seed Share Library located at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center.
We had fun harvesting native seed in beautiful Siouxland prairies.
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the beautiful Hilltop Gardens in Morningside for our 2025 Fall Native Plant Sales and Grant Awards on September 12th and 13th.
And if you missed it, look for our Native Plant Sale and Grants program next Spring!
Also special guests, Siouxland Prairie Farms from Rock Valley were there too, selling native plants and Cherry Coffee Co whipped up tasty coffee drinks.
AND we tagged over 60 Monarch Butterflies as they journeyed South to Mexico!
Proceeds from the sale are used for numerous native plant gardens and projects in the region, including individual and community grants to assist with native plantings.
Questions? Email us:
[email protected]
The Fall 2025 Grant application deadline has past, but if you missed it and are interested in a Grant, keep your eyes open for more opportunities in 2026!
Sunday, April 27th, was a great day for the Lincoln Way street cleanup at the South Ravine Park in Sioux City. And the Mexican themed food and drinks afterwards was fun, too. Thanks to everyone who came to help!
Thank You to everyone who came out to learn how to help our essential native pollinators on March 8th, 2025 at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center. Jamie Beyer’s program, ‘Pollinator Friendly Plants and Habitat’ included EASY and FUN ways to help these critters like planting beautiful nectar producing plants.
Thank you to those who joined us on cold, snowy morning to learn about: ‘Germinating Difficult Native Seeds’ with Rod Tondreau on Saturday, February 8th, 2025 at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center. Rod’s presentation was both interesting and insightful!
And if you missed it – Click Here for the video
Thank You to the ~ 100 people who attended our Winter Native Seed Sowing event on Saturday, January 11th, 2025 at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center! We had so much fun, and we hope you did, too. Keep us updated on your winter sowing projects and feel free to reach out if you have any questions. Email us at [email protected].
Wildflower Walk!
We had SO much FUN! Thank you Dawn, for your expert guidance!
Our own Danielle has THIS article in the LeMars Sentinel!
Click HERE for the full article!
Thank you, Sarah!
Sarah Nizzi from Xerces Presented:
“Site Prep, Plant Selection, and The Needs of Pollinators”
Sarah Nizzi with the Xerces society helped us learn about the steps to take in conserving and supporting pollinators at home.
Big or small, every conservation effort counts!
Sarah covered the habitat needs of pollinators, site preparation, plant selection, and more!
What a HUGE success!! Thank you to EVERYONE who attended the:
2022 Seed Share and Annual Meeting
We shared a brief recap of our year, and voted on our Officers for 2023!
We received Native Seed Planting Suggestions,
& Propagation Techniques such as Winter Sowing and Native Crop Circle Sowing.
We met fellow seed enthusiasts!
We gained NEW members!
Thanks, Dianne for the great photos and descriptions from 2020! Check those out HERE!
LHWO Seed Share 2022 Plant Table
Prairie Moon Germination Codes
Thanks, Dotty and Bill. We had so much fun!
We learned so much with our:
Seed Collecting Education & Social @ Bill & Dotty’s Prairie Hills
Experienced High Quality Iowa Loess Hills Original Prairie!
Helped collect seed for local prairie restoration and gardens.
Kept seed samples of many species.
Observe results of ongoing restoration & reconstruction efforts!
We needed: Pruning shears, gloves, water, & clothing appropriate for walking through high prairie grasses
Social, snacks, & beverages followed the harvest.
