Upcoming Events 2022:
Toward Harmony with Nature
25th Annual Conference * Wild One’s – Fox Valley
Saturday January 29, 2022 – 8:00am-4:15pm
Location: Oshkosh Convention Center (Oshkosh, WI)
About: Join us in person or virtually for an exciting all-day program of expert speakers, exhibitors and vendors, and networking with like-minded natural landscaping enthusiasts.
The 25th annual Toward Harmony With Nature conference will feature keynote speaker Douglas W. Tallamy, whose first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution?
Plant more natives.
In his recent book, Nature’s Best Hope, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. Homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. You will walk away with specific suggestions you can incorporate into your own yard.
Following the keynote presentation, breakout sessions will feature nine speakers with expertise in a wide range of native plants landscaping topics.
During breaks between sessions, conference goers will have the opportunity to browse native plants-related items at a book table, silent auction, and a room of exhibitors and vendors.
Prior events and activities:
The Prairie Enthusiasts Annual Conference
February 24th-27th, 2021
Location: Online!
This conference is always a treat. We’re excited to have an exhibitor booth this year at the virtual event. It’s being hosted through Whova, which is an excellent platform for virtual conferences. There’s a great line-up of speakers this year, and while Athena is super bummed to miss their legendary raffle, we’re super stoked to see they’ve invited nature related artists to have booths and sell their work. Stop by our booth and show us some love!
Garden Expo 2021
February 20th-21st, 2021
Location: Online!
Two Ferns is excited to have a virtual booth at this year’s Garden Expo hosted by PBS Wisconsin. Every year, the Garden Expo is an early breath of spring while there is still snow on the ground. It brings in 1000’s of people from all over the state and offers numerous garden-related presentations, workshops, exhibitors to browse, and more! Stop by and check out our virtual booth! If you’re lucky, we might even get a live-stream organized for the weekend!
Flower Fest
Saturday January 18, 2020 – 11:30am-4:30pm
Location: Threshold (2717 Atwood Ave, Madison, WI 53704, USA
About: An ambitious group of sophomores from Madison West High School are organizing an event to promote sustainable agriculture and native plants in Wiscsonsin. Amy Jo and Athena will be speaking about our favorite native plants and the important role spring ephemerals play in supporting pollinators in the early spring. There will be other presenters speaking, some local art, and a native seed sale!
Toward Harmony with Nature
24th Annual Conference * Wild One’s – Fox Valley
Saturday January 25, 2020 – 8:00am-4:15pm
Location: Oshkosh Convention Center (Oshkosh, WI)
About: The 24th annual Toward Harmony With Nature conference will feature keynote speaker Stephen Packard, whose mission is to foster the building of human communities to support biodiversity conservation. His extensive experience in restoring prairies and oak woodlands has been featured in many books, most notably in Miracle Under the Oaks.
Following the keynote presentation, breakout sessions will feature nine speakers with expertise in a wide range of native plants landscaping topics.
During breaks between sessions, conference goers will have the opportunity to browse native plants-related items at a book table, silent auction, and a room of exhibitors and vendors.