Welcome to Loess Hills Wild Ones

The Loess Hills chapter of Wild Ones promotes native landscapes, small and large, in Northwest Iowa, Southeast South Dakota, and Northeast Nebraska.


       

Join Us on Saturday, November 14th, 2026 from 11:00 am to 1:00pm at the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center for our Annual Meeting.

 

We’ll recap our 2026 Events, elect our 2027 officers, talk about our wildly successful Seed Share Library and host a Potluck. 

LHWO will provide Sneaky’s Chicken, beverages, and table service!

Bring a side dish to share!

Free and Open to the Public.

 


Thank You to everyone who came out to Learn about Native Seeds & Harvest on Sunday, October 4th, 2026 at WITCC.


Thank You to everyone who came out to the Plant Sale!  

We had a blast tagging over 120 monarchs and sharing planting ideas.


We had a great time on many Garden Walks featuring Loess Hills Wild Ones members’ gardens all throughout the Summer! 


Loess Hills Wild Ones 2026 Spring Plant Sale Handout 2026 Spring Plant Sale Handout

Please fill out the attached form if you would like to be considered for the 2026 Loess Hills Wild Ones Spring Nonprofit Grant.

2026 Spring Nonprofit Introductory Letter and Form ELECTRONIC


Please fill out the attached form if you would like to be considered for the 2026 Loess Hills Wild Ones Spring Individual Grant.

2026 Spring Individual Introductory Letter and Grant Form ELECTRONIC


And Here’s a sampling of other Past Events!    


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 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].