Riverlands Native Plant Festival coming soon!

Join us For the Riverlands Native Plant Festival Saturday, April 13, 2024  From 10 AM – 2 PM  Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary  301 Riverlands Way  West Alton, MO 63386  Learn all about native plants and their importance for us and our environment!  Local partners will share tips and resources for…

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2024 Schedule

Lots of great stuff lined up for 2024!  Check out our planned Winter Speakers Series and Garden Gatherings  Dates and times are subject to change  Our gatherings are currently open to members only    Not a member yet? Join us !

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What should I be doing this fall in the garden?

It’s fall, the weather is cooler, it’s a great time to be out in the landscape! You might already have your list of to-dos ready to go, but here are some suggestions: —Member Besa Schweitzer’s blog has several posts on fall garden chores  Fall garden chores Putting the garden to…

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Congratulations to Besa Schweitzer for MONPS award

The Missouri Native Plant Society (MONPS) has recognized St. Louis Chapter Member Besa Schweitzer for her native plant writing! Besa received the Erma Eisendrath Memorial Education Award. Besa’s recent book, The Wildflower Garden Planner has introduced many new gardeners in the St. Louis area to native plant landscaping and she…

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Seeds – a closer look

post and photos by Kathy Bildner, Chapter Member and Grant Committee Chair “A seed is a flowering plant’s unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another such plant” (Oxford dictionary) It is time to collect seeds for the St. Louis Wild ones November seed exchange. Or maybe like me, you…

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Local stories in the Summer Wild Ones Journal

  Wild Ones St. Louis and the St. Louis region shine again in the summer issue of the Wild Ones Journal. We invite everyone to access these links, although only Wild Ones members can access the entire current issue.    Members, access the journal through the email sent from National…

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2023 Landscape Challenge Planting is in the ground

by Susan Leahy  Board member-at-Large and Landscape Challenge Chair On Sunday, May 7, volunteers gathered to plant the front yard of Laura Arthur, the Landscape Challenge winner for 2023.    She opted to supplement the grant award so her entire front yard could be planted.  She lives in the North Hampton…

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