In addition to providing a great ongoing series of classes, the Native Plant School (co-sponsored by St. Louis Wild Ones) at Shaw Nature Reserve also has an e-mail newsletter with helpful gardening tips, informative articles, and more. Read the March edition. To sign up for the newsletter, e-mail Besa Schweitzer…
by Betty Struckhoff Big plastic pot — $25 50′ Outdoor electrical cord — $34 Pump — $19 Watching birds at my bubbler — Priceless! Friends know I’m a lazy gardener. So I dragged my feet on creating a bird bubbler for my yard. But last year I finally gave in. …
From Alan Hopefl, President of the Kirkwood Park Board The Kirkwood Parks & Recreation Department is sponsoring several nature hikes this spring. Saturday March 30th, 10:00 AM, GEOLOGY HIKE Spend an hour or more learning about the local geology of Missouri at Meramec Highlands Quarry at Dee Koestering Park (1703…
The George O. White State Forest Nursery near Licking, Missouri is having an open house on April 6. The nursery is a great source of inexpensive tree and shrub seedlings. Wild Ones gives away their seedlings for Earth Day each year. The open house is from 9 a.m. to 2…
By Betty Struckhoff If spring is a little late, I’m not complaining. I’m hoping against hope that it means we’ll be spared some of the wrath of a St. Louis summer. Last Saturday was a perfect day for a walk in the woods to check out what was happening. Here…
by Larry Hummel Over the years Joan and I have purchased a number of seedling (whips) packages from the Missouri Department of Conservation nursery. Our property is large enough that spring planting involved way too much work in order to provide water to the plants during the summer when both roots…
Now in its 3rd year, the Sustainable Backyard Tour is a free, self-guided, open-house-style tour of sustainable outdoor residential spaces around St. Louis. It is a unique opportunity to see first hand how others have integrated sustainable living practices into their little piece of Earth. This year’s tour will be Sunday, June 23. If…
The 2nd annual Partners for Native Landscaping workshop was great! More than 250 people attended, many of them new to landscaping with native plants. There were great ideas for people just getting started, and for long-time native gardeners. Whether you attended the workshop or not, you can view many of…
