PROGRAM Forty-six members and guests attended a presentation by Kim Young of Forrest Keeling Nursery at The Heights community center of Richmond Heights. Kim gave examples why the native plant movement is growing. The following initiatives are driving native plant sales. LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a…
PROGRAM Susan McCrary, Principal Engineer Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, presented MSD’s Project Clear, a stormwater management project that involves the creation of rain gardens and related features. The project’s goal is to manage stormwater as close as possible to its source. Sixteen members and two guests attended the presentation…
Our annual potluck dinner and seed exchange, held at the First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, was enjoyed by 36 members, including 6 from the new Southwest Illinois chapter, who were warmly welcomed. Copies of our chapter membership list and the 2015 meeting and event calendar were distributed. Confirmation of Chapter…
PROGRAM Thirty-two members and fourteen guests enjoyed a tour of the recently re-landscaped Lockwood Park in Webster Groves. The tour was led by Scott Woodbury who consulted on the park’s landscaping, Webster Groves Parks Manager Shawnell Faber, city horticulturalist Yvonne and seasonal park grounds-person Jeremiah. Each of Webster Groves’ seventeen…
PROGRAM A spectacular wind and rain storm coincided with the start time of our meeting. Therefore, the tour of the native gardens around Chesterfield City Hall was postponed until after the indoor presentation. The weather event resulted in our lowest meeting attendance in years: twelve members and four guests. Melinda…
PROGRAM Fran Glass hosted two yard tours at her Crestwood home: Wednesday evening July 2 and Saturday morning July 12. Her yard is Platinum Certified though St. Louis Audubon’s Bring Conservation Home program. A total of 70 members and guests attended. Betty Struckhoff conducted the meeting on July 2, Ed…
PROGRAM Dave and Karen Tylka hosted this month’s yard tour at their 3-acre rural property outside of Imperial, MO. Fifty-plus Wild Ones members and guests attended to learn from the passionate, natural-born teacher. Dave is the author of Native Landscaping for Wildlife and People and teaches a class of the same…
PROGRAM Sue and Andy Leahy’s suburban native yard, which includes two water features, has attracted abundant wildlife. On May 7, it also attracted 53 Wild Ones members and guests. The Leahy’s landscaping adventure started five years ago with a butterfly garden that immediately attracted butterflies. Sue quickly learned that the…
PROGRAM Twenty-six Wild Ones members and seven guests attended the April yard tour and meeting at Marsha Gebhardt’s Ferguson residence. Marsha has new plantings in the front yard, designed and installed last fall by Simon and Monica Barker. Simon attended our meeting to talk about the project and answer questions….
This month we hosted a joint meeting with the Richmond Heights Garden Club. Twenty-eight Wild Ones members and guests too numerous to count filled a large meeting room at The Heights Community Center in Richmond Heights. ANNOUNCEMENTS Wild Ones and the Richmond Heights Garden Club are both sponsoring a planting…
