Chapter Events

We will tour Keystone Flora Nursery, owned by Steve Slack. "We grow and sell native plants indigenous to our part of the Midwest near Cincinnati Ohio. Our plants are nursery-grown from seeds and cuttings without chemical fertilizers or pesticides. Native plants provide many colors, and interesting forms and are functional for our local ecosystem. True pollinator plants can be found here. No cultivars."

Plants will be available for purchase. After the tour, we will gather for a potluck picnic. Feel free to bring a dish to share, or your own lunch and bring a friend too!  Bring your own drink and a chair. RSVP to [email protected] soon as space is limited. See you there! 

The 15th Midwest Native Plant Conference is looking for volunteers to help with various aspects of the weekend such as helping at the registration desk, direct attendees to programs and field trips. Requirement to volunteer is for 2-hour shifts with the opportunity to attend some of the sessions and Sunday Field trips.

 To help, email Kathy at [email protected]. CEU credits are available for Master Gardeners, OCVN's and APLD's. 

https://www.midwestnativeplants.orgThe 15th Midwest Native Plant Conference is looking for volunteers to help with the public Native Plant & Artisan Sale that is open to the public on on Saturday, August 3, from 9:30 to 6pm. Requirement to volunteer is for 2-hour shifts with the opportunity to attend some of the sessions and Sunday Field trips.

 To help, email Kathy at [email protected]. CEU credits are available for Master Gardeners, OCVN's and APLD's. 

The Civic Garden Center’s 2nd annual Fall Native Plant Festival is your one stop shop to buy, learn about, and celebrate native plants. The event brings together local native plants growers from throughout the region. With all of these growers in one place, you won’t find a better selection of native plants anywhere else in Greater Cincinnati. The event includes educational talks and workshops from local experts on native plant related topics. This event isn’t just about buying plants, it’s also about fostering Cincinnati’s growing community of native plant enthusiasts. Once you buy some plants, we hope you will stick around for some food, music, beer or family friendly activities that will be taking place throughout the park. 

Contact GCWO to volunteer.

Sunday, October 29, 9 am-noon: Give Back Day, 15th Annual Honeysuckle Blitz at Caesar Creek U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gorge Spillway Tail Water Area, Warren County, Ohio

Join the Cincinnati Wild Flower Preservation Society, Cincinnati Wild Ones, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and supporters as we sponsor this volunteer effort in its 15th year to help remove that invasive alien, bush honeysuckle, from the Caesar Creek Lake Spillway Tail Water area.

Come help your friends and kindred spirits continue the protection of this natural treasure. One of the area’s prime features is a gorge formed by glacial meltwaters cutting down through the bedrock. Steep walls formed, rising 180 feet above the river, with more than two miles of Caesar Creek flowing through the gorge. We will be working in the diverse habitat of this natural area, which features heavily wooded hillsides above the gorge of beech, maple, hickory, oak and a luxuriant herbaceous-flora-covered floodplain. The Cincinnati Wild Ones have been working in this area for the past 14 years with a very positive impact to wildflower diversity.

This is a terrific social, educational and work activity, with a great lunch provided.

Your RSVP is greatly appreciated. Please contact Christine Hadley at email [email protected] or at 513-850-9585, for more information. Chainsaw & steel blade trimmer operators must be pre-registered.

Bring your favorite tools: gloves, loppers, saws, trimmers, and protective gear for power equipment. We will provide tools & safety equipment to volunteers new to honeysuckle removal. Stump treatment will be furnished.

Directions: Meet at the Gorge parking lot off Clarksville Road.

Take I-71 to Wilmington Road (exit 36).
Head east on Wilmington Road. Take the first left onto Olive Branch Road (crossing over I-71).
Take the first right onto Jeffrey Road.
At the first stop sign, take Oregonia Road; jog right and then jog left onto Clarksville Road.
Follow across the dam, turn left at the gorge sign, and drive to the parking lot.
We’ll meet near the gorge shelter. Look for signs directing you to the event.

Google maps knows our parking area as “Caesar Creek Fishing Pier, Caesar Creek Gorge Access Road, Waynesville, OH 45068”

Do NOT go to the state nature preserve area on Corwin Road, which is where we often have spring events.