Join us at Turkey Hill Farm for early morning birding with our staff ornithologist, Emily Baisden. We will meet in the parking lot at 8:00 AM (bring your coffee!) and walk around the field, shrub habitat, and forest at Turkey Hill, looking out for bluebirds, warblers, and any other feathered friends we may encounter. Bring binoculars if you have them! This is a great chance to meet other birders and nature-lovers, ask questions to an ecologist and bird expert, and maybe add some new species to your life list.

Register to secure your spot.

Rain date is Monday, May 20, same time.

The West End Neighborhood Association has launched a campaign to reforest the city of Portland, highlighting the importance of urban trees to climate adaptation, wildlife habitat, human health and more.  Our Manager of Applied Ecology, Tyler Refsland, will present on the critical role of urban canopy cover in building climate resilience.  Come learn, and connect with organizers at WENA for help selecting and planting a native tree in your urban yard!

This talk is free and open to the public.  More info at the WENA ReForest the City webpage.

We are so excited to be partnering with The Maine Coast Heritage Trust for our 2024 Four Season Walk series! In this Brunswick-based Four Season Walk, participants will learn how to identify many of the native plants growing around the preserve. Join Emily Baisden, Wild Seed Project’s seed program director and resident entomologist to explore the flora and fauna of this area. This will be the first of four walks, spaced throughout the year in each unique season, where we will all engage in observing and asking questions of our surroundings, and identifying the varied plants, shrubs, trees, ferns, and wildlife along the trail.

The goal of these walks is to foster relationships with place through relationships with plants, and encourage further stewardship of our community spaces. Come walk and learn about Woodward Point Preserve in all its season with Wild Seed Project! We will meet at the preserve’s entrance, in the parking lot on Woodward Point Rd.

Offered in partnership with Maine Coast Heritage Trust.  Register for the event if you’d like to join us!

What is a culture keeper? And how does maintaining and honoring cultural traditions support climate resilience? In this talk from Diandra Esparza, Executive Director at Intersectional Environmentalist, she shares about the ways her heritage and art influence her climate justice activism – and how we can each harness our own cultural backgrounds to take action for people and the planet.

Diandra Marizet Esparza (she/her) is an organizational development strategist, published writer, poet and co-founder of Intersectional Environmentalist, where she currently serves as the Executive Director. Diandra’s work seeks to help environmentalists everywhere recognize culture as an expression of relationship to land. Her work advocates for the accessibility of diverse stories for rising generations. Diandra is a contributing writer in the academically adopted book The Intersectional Environmentalist: How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + Planet.

You can learn more about Diandra and her story here.

This event is hosted on Zoom; be sure to register to reserve your spot.

MEMBERS DAY: Saturday September 7, 2024 10 AM – 4 PM

GENERAL PUBLIC DAY: Sunday September 8, 2024 10 AM – 4 PM

WILD SEED PROJECT’S ANNUAL PLANT SALE FUNDRAISER will be held at Turkey Hill Farm in Cape Elizabeth on Sunday, September 8, 2024 from 10am-4pm and open to the public. We are hosting a members only sale Saturday, September 7, 2024 from 10am-4pm with special access to select species. Become a member today and get a free copy of our annual publication and early entry guaranteed to our most anticipated event of the year. We encourage you to arrive excited to explore the property, shop for plants, browse prints and jewelry from local artists, and learn directly from staff and partners on-site. 

In addition to a selection of over 100+ native plant species, we are hosting Q&A sessions with staff horticulturists daily at 11am and 1pm. Sign up early to participate in any of the meadow walks and nursery tours throughout the day. Tickets to this event are FREE with an optional donation add-on to support our ongoing work. We are requesting attendees sign up for a time slot to attend as parking is limited on-site. 

ALL PLANTS ARE GROWN either by WSP staff at our nursery at Turkey Hill Farm or by trained and experienced volunteers. Plants are grown using organic growing practices without the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. Plants are grown seed outdoors, and most are first year plants. They may look smaller than what you are used to seeing at conventional nurseries, but have strong healthy root systems and should do well planted into your landscape this fall. We will publish our 2024 species list in early July so you may start learning about what’s available. To see some of the species we’ve sold in previous years, please refer to our 2023 Plant List.

Hope to see you there!

Questions about the event? Check out our 2024 Plant Sale FAQ.