Welcome to Wild Ones Cedar Rapids Iowa City Chapter!
Wild Ones promotes native landscapes through education, advocacy and collaborative action. Our local chapter started in 2022 and became a full chapter in 2025. We serve the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City area, including Linn and Johnson county.
Wild Ones chapters are a space where like-minded people gather to support each other in learning about landscaping with native plants and to share with others in their communities and networks about why it’s important to reintroduce native plants into public and private gardens and how to go about doing it. Chapters are where change happens. We are excited to offer local residents the opportunity to expand their impact in the natural landscaping movement and help promote native plants!
We are constantly growing and expanding our local impact through projects and events. Events held in 2025:
- 2/24 Seed & Plant Cuttings Swap
- 3/22 Chapter Organizing Meeting
- 4/26 EcoFest
- 5/3 Garden Tour Iowa City Area
- 5/4 Johnson County Native Plant Series
- 5/10 Grass and Sedge Seed Event
- 6/23 Green Iowa Americorps Seed and Plant Swap
- 8/2 Invasive Species Removal Hickory Hill Park
- 8/16 Rochester Cemetery Field Trip
- 9/13 Garden Tour Cedar Rapids Area
- 10/11 Scattergood Friends School Harvest Festival
- 10/25 Prairie Seed Collection at Etzel Sugar Grove Farm
- 11/1 Native Plant Seed Share
- 11/1 Annual Meeting and Election