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…
by Reneé Benage Membership Chair and Plant Sale Chair Our Chapter will be selling native plants during the Spring Wildflower Market at Shaw Nature Reserve on both Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6. We hope you will shop our booth at the sale, as the profits are our Chapter’s…
Wild Ones St. Louis and the St. Louis region shine again in the spring issue of the Wild Ones Journal. We invite everyone to access these links, although only Wild Ones members can access the whole issue. Members, access the journal through the email sent from National on Monday,…
The Partners for Native Landscaping (PNL) come together each year to present a program with the goal of inspiring and helping individuals to create gardens that are not only beautiful but are also habitats for native wildlife. There are still 6 free webinars left to attend through the St. Louis…
City Nature Challenge 2023 Friday, April 28– Monday, May 1, 2023 2023 City Nature Challenge is almost here! The Greater St. Louis Region* is gearing up to compete in the 5th annual City Nature Challenge and we need your participation! The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day…
The Partners for Native Landscaping come together each year to present a program with the goal of inspiring and helping individuals to create gardens that are not only beautiful but are also habitats for native wildlife. Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter is a proud member of the regional Partners for Native Landscaping…
by Susan Leahy Board member-at-Large Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter, in partnership with Grow Native!, is producing native plant ID tags to help identify plants in your landscape. Why label your plants? For you, the gardener, it’s a great way to remember what you planted where, but more importantly,…
by Marsha Gebhardt, President, St. Louis Chapter In case you haven’t seen it yet…our St. Louis Chapter’s founder, Scott Woodbury, was featured in the Fall 2022 Journal. The article, Wild Ones honors a native plant champion, was written by our member Jean Ponzi, who is green resources manager for the…
Grow Native! is the plant education and marketing ‘arm’ of the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF). If you are not familiar with the Grow Native! website, check it out: www.grownative.org. You will find a wealth of information about native plants, including a native plant database, sample garden designs, top ten lists…
Friends and family will find eco-logical fun afoot all around the St. Louis region* while participating in StepOut with iNaturalist! With the fabulous nature exploration app iNaturalist on your smart phones and this map to Nearby Nature Places to Love, you can discover new plant, critter, and natural community friends…
