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Wild Ones Journal September-December 2011 a voice for the natural landscaping movement N ATIVE P LANTS , N ATURAL L ANDSCAPES JOURNAL SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER and NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2 011 VOL. 24, NO. 5 Notes from the President: Growing leaders = growing Wild Ones. 2 Are we too hard on invasives? Neil Diboll lets us know what he thinks. 4 Invasives on the horizon: Eurasian honeysuckle. 5 Next Generation: Autumn’s natural skeletons and witches. 6 Book Review: Airplanes in the garden. 7 Virgin’s bower. 8 Grapevine: Annual meeting, bats, and This 20-foot wide side yard on a corner lot appears much more spacious than it is. Tall plants in the center of the street- spreading invaders. 9 side bed provide a privacy screen for the mowed sitting area. Photo by Pat Hill: naturalmidwestgarden.com. My ten suggestions for home landscaping with native plants. 10 Cues to Ca re Redefining beauty. 11 The language of neighborly landscaping Wild Ones web site. 13 By Sally Elmiger How I became wild. 13 Yards of native landscapers generally look different. There isn’t much lawn. The shrubs aren’t Helping Wild Ones after you’re gone. 14 trimmed into balls or cones. The perennials are all mixed up, and many get tall…very tall. So Annual membership what’s the problem? People who want their landscapes to benefit nature just have different ideas meeting and workshops at the WILD Center. 16 about how their yard should look, and function. Isn’t that okay? Notes from the WILD Of course it is. But in the travels of Wild Ones across the country, many of us have encountered Center. 20 folks who aren’t knowledgeable about the ecological benefits of native-plant communities, and Photo contest: Time to vote. 21 don’t understand why anyone would want their yard to be anything but tidy, clipped, or mani - cured. Joan Iverson Nassauer, a professor of Landscape Architecture at the University of Michigan, Business and Affiliate Members. 24 looks at Americans’ perceptions and misperceptions about nature and the human-built landscape. Adopt an Oak. 24 She interprets her study results in a manner that can guide native-plant enthusiasts to design yards The Meeting Place: that will be accepted more readily – and possibly appreciated if not actually emulated – by those Chapter contact who have traditional ideas about landscaping. information. 28 Perceptions and misperceptions of natural landscapes One lucky man. 29 Introducing her ideas on designing for ecologically sound/socially accepted landscapes, Nassauer The Wild Ones Store. 29 explains some widely held American perceptions about natural landscapes (those that people have Mark Your Calendar: Upcoming board not manipulated): meetings, conferences, etc. 31 • Areas of high ecological quality are often seen as messy. Messy is okay for uninhabited lands; it is Thank You. Back cover considered a negative quality when applied to human-influenced landscapes, such as our yards Working toward our next or parks. 30 years restoring native plants • The casual observer cannot look at a natural area and determine the ecological benefits it and natural landscapes. provides. “Scientific processes” are considered invisible. Consequently, the ecological benefits of a native planting in your yard are not obvious. CONTINUED ON PAGE 22 NOTES FROM THE PRESIDENT Growing leaders = growing Wild Ones The whole time I was at the leadership conference and annual membership meeting in August, I was so pumped up. Even as I write this, I am still excited about what happened that weekend. Groups of people were talking – sharing experiences and ideas all the time we were there. Chapter leaders and members were connecting with each other, and learning membership chairs can in theirs. All they have to do is post to the ways to improve their chapters. Additionally, attendees developed e-mail address. For general members, we have the Yahoo discussion a closer relationship with the national leaders and staff. The confer - group, which has been in existence for years. ence met its objective of growing individuals, chapters, and Wild Not only do the leaders of the organization need support from Ones National Landscapers. each other, we need your encouragement and support. You may This conference was a first for us. In the past, we have had a few have already received our annual appeal letter. One way you can “leadership” workshops when they were held in conjunction with support your organization is financially. Of course, we will accept other conferences. But most lasted just two hours or less. Although encouragement too. I’d like to ask you to read the letter while look - there were good exchanges of information and ideas, I always felt ing at your native garden. Then reflect on it and consider how you like I needed more time to share with other chapter leaders. I sus - can support Wild Ones. pect that others felt the same way. Because this conference was This year, we increased our membership past the 3,000 mark, held over two days, it was exactly what we needed. despite the economy. I am very proud of this achievement. I am Just because the conference is over, it does not mean the shar- convinced that if the conference attendees apply just some of the ing, encouragement, and support ends. I suspect that people will ideas they heard, and we have the financial resources, we will grow stay in touch and support each other. Someone asked if there was even faster. When we work together, we can keep up the momen - an online method for them to discuss things. For chapter leaders, tum and reach 5,000 members before we know it. Are you they have their e-mail distribution lists. For example, chapter presi - with me? P dents can discuss things through their group e-mail address, and Tim Lewis, Wild Ones National President ([email protected]) Wild Ones Journal (ISSN 1551-9155) is published Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound bi month ly by Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, Landscapes. Views expressed are the opinions of and establishment of native plant communities. Wild Ones is a not-for-profit, the authors. Journal content may be reproduced environmental education and advocacy organization. for non-profit educational pur poses as long as the Journal is credited as the source. In di vidual articles that carry a copyright are the property of the author NATIONAL OFFICE Web Site Coordinator and cannot be reproduced without the author’s Peter Chen • [email protected] WILD Center written permission. 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[email protected] Katrina Hayes, Tennessee, 14 WILD ONES JOURNAL EDITOR President Tim Lewis, Illinois, 12 Maryann Whitman • 248-652-4004 Tim Lewis • 815-874-3468 Christine L. McCullough, Ohio, 12 [email protected] [email protected] Joe Powelka, Wisconsin, 14 (Please indicate topic in subject line.) Vice President and Bret Rappaport, Illinois, 12 WILD ONES JOURNAL STAFF Communications Committee Chair Marty Rice, Minnesota, 12 Janet Allen, Contributing Editor Maryann Whitman • [email protected] Karen Syverson, Wisconsin, 12 Maryann Whitman, Michigan 14 Barbara Bray, Contributing Editor Secretary Steve Windsor, Illinois, 12 Mariette Nowak, Contributing Editor Steve Windsor • 847-772-6055 Donna VanBuecken, Contributing Editor [email protected] HONORARY DIRECTORS Treasurer Thomas Barnes, Kentucky, 13 Wild Ones recommends that you patronize Joe Powelka • 608-837-6803 Joyce Bender, Kentucky, 13 businesses that support our policies regarding [email protected] Neil Diboll, Wisconsin, 15 species provenance and habitat preservation. Marc Evans, Kentucky, 15 The appearance of advertising in the Journal Past President Bob Grese, Michigan, 13 Carol Andrews does not constitute an endorsement by Wild Janet Marinelli, New York, 15 Ones of any organization or product. [email protected] Lynn Steiner, 13 Seeds for Education Coordinator Doug Tallamy, Delaware, 13 Copyright © 20 11 by Wild Ones. Mark Charles • 734-973-0684 Jerry Wilhelm, Illinois, 15 Printed on recycled paper. [email protected] Catherine Zimmerman, Maryland, 15 2 WILD ONES JOURNAL P SEPTEMBER to DECEMBER 2 011 Wild Ones Honorary Directors Writers Wild Ones is pleased to announce returning and newly appointed & Artists Honorary Directors. Sally Elmiger , of the Ann Arbor (MI) Thomas Barnes, Professor and Wildlife Extension Specialist, Author and Photographer, Chapter, is a community planner with Kentucky, 2013 Carlisle Wortman in Ann Arbor. Joyce Bender, Naturalist and Administrator, Kentucky, 2013 Neil Diboll is an honorary director of Neil Diboll, Naturalist & Nurseryman, Wisconsin, 2015 Wild Ones, and the owner of Prairie Nursery, Westfield, Wisconsin. Marc Evans, Ecologist and Author, Kentucky, 2015 Mariette Nowak , founding president of Bob Grese, Professor and Arboretum Director, Michigan, 2013 the Kettle Moraine (WI) Chapter, and Janet Marinelli, Author and Editor, New York, 2015 author of Birdscaping in the Midwest , is Lynn Steiner, Editor, Author and Photographer, Minnesota, 2013 a contributing editor for the Journal . Doug Tallamy, Professor and Chair, Behavioral Ecologist and Author, Delaware, 2013 Barb Bray , a longtime active member of Oakland (MI) and North Oakland Jerry Wilhelm, Botanist, Illinois, 2015 (MI) Chapters, is a contributing editor Catherine Zimmerman, Author and Documentary Filmmaker, Maryland, 2015 for the Journal .
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