Events

Join WONA for our monthly member hike to socialize and learn to identify plants.

To register, pleased click the “register” button. 

Difficulty: Moderate

Distance: 3 miles

Rain date: 10/13/2025 @ 9 AM

WONA members: free

Kids 12 and under: free

non-members: $5

Even after reading books and attending talks, many still have pressing questions about ecological landscaping. In this talk, Tallamy addresses common concerns on biodiversity, invasive species, native plants, and conservation strategies, providing practical guidance and motivation to restore nature in everyday spaces. 

Join WONA for an October Watch Party of Doug Tallamy's Free Webinar: “Next Steps for Nature.” After the Webinar, feel free to stick around to chat with other members.

You can also join this Webinar from the comfort of your own home, but you must register in advance.

We need your help for hands on invasive plant species removal to help reclaim public space and encourage native plant growth at Hays Nature Preserve. Learn to identify, how to remove and learn the importance of controlling invasive plants for our ecosystem. Supplies will be provided. 
Thanks to our partner Tennessee Valley Authority!

Please RSVP with your number attending at: https://huntsvilleal.seamlessdocs.com/.../invasiveplantre....

REGISTRATION FOR THIS EVENT IS LIMITED AND REQUIRED to make sure we have enough supplies for all volunteers.

NOTE: This is a city of Huntsville event - not a WONA event

The North Alabama Native Plants Society is hosting our fall plant swap and share! Join us on Saturday, October 25th, from 2pm to 5pm.

Don't worry if you have nothing to trade! Many people are happy to share or talk plants, so please feel free to attend. Seeds, cuttings, plants, plastic pots, tools, and books are welcome. Plants on the Alabama Invasive list are NOT allowed, NOR are non-native plants. This is a swap and NO SALES are permitted. You may bring a table or use your trunk or truck bed for setting up.

We will meet on the north end of the Blevins Gap parking lot, next to Marie's Pollinator Garden.

NOTE: This is not a WONA event

Committee Planning for 2026 Seminars. Please reach out to [email protected] if you would like to participate in this meeting.

Join us for our annual member meeting as we elect the Board and recap the year's achievements. We will also discuss upcoming plans for 2026. 

If you, as a member, would like to request a specific item on the agenda to the propose to the members or to put to a vote, please email the President at [email protected]

The online meeting will be sent to the members.

Join WONA for our monthly social hike and learn to identify plants with other nature enthusiasts.

Email [email protected] to register, or register on facebook.

Difficulty: Easy

Distance: 2.5 miles

Rain date: 11/11/2025 @ 2PM

WONA members: free

Kids 12 and under: free

non-members: $5

Details coming soon! 

Designing with native plants isn’t just about what you grow, it’s about how you shape your space. In this hands-on workshop, Zoe Evans (Plan it Wild) and Heather Evans (Design Your Wild) guide you through the process of creating a cohesive yard plan that supports both your lifestyle and biodiversity.

Join WONA for our monthly member hike and learn to identify plants.

Difficulty: Easy

Distance: 2.3 miles

Members: free

Kids 12 and under: free

non-members: $5

NOTE: This event will be a hybrid zoom event. Dr. Evans will join via Zoom, and you have the option to join via zoom or join the WildOnes group at the South Huntsville Public Library for a watch party. Please email [email protected] in advance for a zoom link if you are not a WildOnes member.

These days, it is a rare and highly unusual opportunity in the life of a botanist to be able to name a new species of plant.  It is even more unusual when that new species happens to be one of the most charismatic spring wildflowers found on your own campus and whose flowers are also exactly the school color!    In this talk, I describe the ecological and genetic research over the last four years that led my lab to the conclusion that we had two distinct species of Phacelia living in Shakerag Hollow rather than just one.  My explanation for why I believe this species was missed by botanists for over 200 years, goes beyond science and involves a French spy from the 1700s.  Finally, I will explain the complicated process of how one goes about naming a new species and why we chose to name this species, Phacelia sewanensis,  the Sewanee Purple Phacelia!

Dr. Jon Evans is a Professor of Biology at the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. His research in plant ecology focuses on plant population dynamics and the processes that determine the composition and structure of plant communities over time and across landscapes. He is specifically interested in the role of clonal growth as a mechanism for population persistence in plant communities. He also studies land-use history and exotic species introductions as drivers of long-term change in forest communities. Much of his research is conducted within ecosystems of the southern United States, concentrated on the southern Cumberland Plateau and on the coastal barrier islands.

Since 1995, he and his students have conducted research on the dynamics of old-growth, upland forests of the Cumberland Plateau.  Long-term plots established in Franklin State Forest and Fall Creek Falls have informed our understanding of the importance of old-growth upland forests to the maintenance of biological diversity on the Plateau and the critical role they now play in combating climate change by sequestering and storing large
amounts of carbon.

He also leads University efforts to promote landscape–level conservation across the Cumberland Plateau region. As founding Director of Sewanee’s Landscape Analysis Laboratory, he led a federally funded, multi-disciplinary project that used GIS and remote sensing to examine the environmental consequences of native hardwood conversion to pine plantations on the Cumberland Plateau. This research led to fundamental changes in land-use decision-making within the region and helped to catalyze major conservation initiatives.

He has been a faculty member at Sewanee since 1994 and teaches courses in ecology, botany and conservation biology. He also directs the Sewanee Herbarium, which maintains an extensive vascular plant collection for the University’s 13,000 acre campus and surrounding region.

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Details coming soon! This will be a paid webinar with all proceeds supporting the Seeds for Education Program. 

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