The Loess Hills chapter of Wild Ones promotes native landscapes, small and large, in Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota, and Northeast Nebraska.
Join Us at the Annual Meeting on November 15th at 11am at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center for good conversation, food, a look back at what we’ve done in the past year, and the 2026 Elections. We’ll provide Sneaky’s Chicken and Beverages, and you can bring a dish to share! Free and Open to the Public.
Yup, Lincoln Way along Sioux City’s South Ravine Park looks better now that we did our semi-annual street cleanup! A Big Thank-You to Everyone who came out on October 19th to help improve our community.
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:
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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!
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.
