Wild Ones 2009 President’s Year End Report

by Marilyn Chryst, St. Louis Chapter President We again co-sponsored a Landscape Challenge Contest with Grow Native and Shaw Nature Reserve. For our part we publicized, helped judge, and planted the winning yard. We had a booth at St. Louis County Library’s Eco-Festival in April, a celebration of Earth Day.

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Articles wanted

Welcome to the resurrection of the St Louis Wild Ones Newsletter.  The purpose of this publication is to exchange ideas and share experiences among the members.  I have volunteered to edit it, but you need to write it.  Send your articles and ideas to me through the contact form. Tell…

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Winter Chores – part 1

By Larry Hummel Winter is a good time to catch up on a number of projects around the yard and complete the usual chores that the dormant winter plants allow. Trees and understory shrubs.  These plants range from 30 foot oaks to the slow growing deciduous hollies that are 5…

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Why I Garden with Native Wildflowers

By Terri Brandt I enjoy the eye-catching beauty of wildflowers growing along roadsides, trails, and streambanks.  Nature provides all the color of the rainbow to my favorite country roads, hiking trails, and walks near home.  But on closer observation, it is not simply the beauty of these plants that interests…

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