The Loess Hills chapter of Wild Ones promotes native landscapes, small and large, in Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota, and Northeast Nebraska.
IT’S OFFICIALLY DONE AND IT’S GORGEOUS!
Come see our “Wild Ones Winter Garden” tree, which is sparkling on the 3rd floor mezzanine (left side, all the way at the end) at the Shriners Parade of Trees:
Saturday, November 22nd to Saturday, November 29th!
We poured our hearts into every handmade ornament and we’re obsessed—hope you love it too! 
One lucky winner takes home the ENTIRE bundle:
A 7-ft pre-lit tree + ALL the handmade ornaments
Doug Tallamy’s “How Can I Help?” (hardcover)
Native Plants of the Midwest (hardcover) – the ultimate 500-species guide
Vintage glass garden flower (so cute!)
Sturdy garden tote stuffed with gloves + tools
One-year membership to Loess Hills Wild Ones
A FULL FLAT of 32 native plants from our Spring Sale
Loess Hills Wild Ones t-shirt
Basically… your dream native garden starter pack! Valued at over $600! 
Come see it in person and grab your raffle tickets!
Full event details + tickets: https://www.shrinersparadeoftrees.com/
And if you’re interested in our other activities, here’s a sampling of our Past Events:
Thank You to everyone who joined us at the Annual Meeting on November 15th at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center. We had so much fun and ate way too much good food at the Potluck!
And congratulations to the volunteers on the newly elected
2026 Board of Directors.
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.
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!
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.
