Curriculum
Note that you do not need to be a Wild Ones member or be pursuing a Certificate in order to take these classes.
Core Courses
We offer 2 core courses per year. All four core courses are required in order to gain your certificate.
Our core courses are (6 credits each):
- Plant Communities
- Soils and Water
- Botany I – January 2026
- Botany II – February 2026
Elective Courses
We offer at least four electives each year. The links below will take you to some previous and some upcoming courses.
Elective Courses (4 credits each):
- Liverworts, Ferns & Mosses
- Landscape Design
- Native Plant Propagation – Seeds
- Native Plant Propagation – Woody & Clonal Plants
- Native Edible and Medicinal Plants
- Spring Wildflower Hikes
- Summer Wildflowers
- Bird & Butterfly Gardens
- Nature Sketching and Journaling
- Pollinators
- Native Warm Season Grasses
- Winter Tree Identification
- Summer Tree Identification
- Rain Gardens and More
- Mycorrhizae, Mushrooms & Native Plants
- Invasive Plant Management
- Understanding Botanical Names
- Sustainable Landscaping Practices
- Identifying Plants with Taxonomy
- Pressing Plants
- Ecology of Wetlands
- People, Plants, and Culture: How native plants spread and feed our world
- Geobotany
- Designing Healing Spaces
- And more!