Northeast Chapter Events & Activities
Coming Up
Saturday, June 7, 2025, 9am-11am
INPS Native Plant Swap
Who: INPS-NE Members and LRWP Volunteers
Where: Barn at Eagle Marsh, 6801 Engle Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46804
Have some extra bee balm you can spare? Or how about a redbud seedling? Some purple coneflower popping up? Sure you do! Pot it up, then join the INPS NE Chapter for our annual plant swap, which always turns out to be so much fun–and you end up learning a lot about interesting natives from the experts, the people who grew the plants.
How it works
Pot up your extra natives and label them so that people will know what they are. Native plants only, but cultivars will be accepted, as long as they’re clearly marked. Upon arrival, participants will draw numbers. The person who draws the lowest number starts and gets their top choice of plant, then the next person, etc. Each person will get as many turns as plants they have brought.
What to bring
Bring your plants, clearly tagged. You may want to make notes, so a pen and pad may also be handy. Come join us for a fun morning of plant swapping, and take home some beautiful new additions to your garden.
On the Horizon
October 24-25, 2025
INPS Annual Conference
Fort Wayne
Heads up! The Indiana Native Plant Society annual conference will be hosted in Fort Wayne this year, so mark your calendar now for Friday and Saturday, October 24-25. We’re planning some of the most exciting and sought-after speakers in the Midwestern native plant world, as well as a full slate of activities for everyone.
On Friday the 24th, we’re planning some great hikes (free) to showcase northeast Indiana to other INPS members from around the state. There will be a reception at the Botanical Conservatory afterward. But what we’re most excited about are the exceptional speakers that we’re booking now for the conference on Saturday!
More information will be coming as we get plans further locked in, and you’ll be able to register online on the INPS.org website. Mark your calendar now so you don’t miss this exceptional event—right here in northeast Indiana!
Past Events
May 2025
Native Plant Swap @ Lindenwood Nature Preserve
February 2025
Guided Hike to See Skunk Cabbage
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October 2024
Northeast INPS Annual Meeting and Seed Swap
Native Seed Collections
Woody Invasive Removals
September 2024
Hikes to raise awareness of Pisgah Marsh and potential threats
Weed Pulling / Invasive Species Removal at Eckert Public Library
June 2024
Native Plant Rescue
Rare plants in NE Indiana and what the INPCA is doing to help them
Native Plant Swap
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Join the Indiana Native Plant Society today and don’t miss the opportunity to participate in events!