2014 Landscape Challenge winner chosen

By Ed Schmidt This year’s Landscape Challenge was open to residents in Kirkwood, and fit right into the celebration honoring naturalist Edgar Denison. To encourage homeowners to apply, Alan Hoepfl and I each wrote and had published letters about the Challenge in the Webster-Kirkwood Times. Wild Ones members Ann Early,…

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Moth night at Shaw Nature Reserve

By James Trager, Ph.D., Restoration Biologist at Shaw Nature Reserve Here’s an amazing testament to the value of native plantings. On Saturday, July 5, 2014, I hosted a National Moth Watch group near the Bascom House, from 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Equipment included two black lights, a mercury vapor light, white sheets to…

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Footsteps: A Tribute to Cindy Gilberg

By Scott Woodbury Cindy Gilberg grew up in Missouri with a sense of wonder about the natural world. Before the age of electronic devices her family snorkeled in Ozark streams in search of cool waters and underwater critters. They hiked natural areas exploring for plants and ferns and things wild….

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June meeting minutes

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…

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Spring discoveries, anxieties, and lessons

By Marsha Gebhardt I am the lucky caregiver for a seven-month-old Missouri natives garden. As with children, seven-month-olds bring wonder, worry, and a need for much education and effort. It is not easy to walk the Missouri Evening Primrose path, but it is a walk filled with pleasure and purpose….

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St. Louis on the Air (KWMU) features native plant discussion

By Marsha Gebhardt On June 4th, local radio station KWMU’s program St. Louis on the Air had an excellent discussion of the benefits of using native plants. “Using native plants is environmentally friendly because it works within the existing ecosystem,” explained Jean Ponzi, Green Resources Manager at the EarthWays Center of the Missouri Botanical…

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