By Alan Hopefl The Kirkwood Parks Department has made significant progress removing bush honeysuckle from Emmenegger Nature Park, but there’s still more to do and they’d like your help. What: Bush honeysuckle removal When: Saturday, May 2nd, 9 AM to noon Where: Emmenegger Nature Park, 11991 Stoneywood Dr, 63122 (Google…
By Betty Struckhoff On Saturday, April 11, seven Wild Ones members enjoyed talking with customers at Sugar Creek Gardens in Kirkwood, our newest Wild Ones business member in St. Louis. My favorite conversation was with a young man who has recently purchased a home in nearby Rock Hill. He remembers his late…
Registration is now open for the St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour on Saturday, June 20 from 9 AM to 3 PM. Take a self-guided tour of 10 residential native plant gardens in central St. Louis County. Various locations in Brentwood, Clayton, Glendale, Kirkwood, Webster Groves and more. Sun, shade, butterflies,…
By Mitch Leachman, Executive Director St. Louis Audubon Society On a cool, overcast March 14th, 20 volunteers met at the Creve Coeur Lakehouse at Creve Coeur Park for the first official workday and milestone of the Mallard Lake Prairie Project. The group included Wild Ones and St. Louis Audubon volunteers,…
PROGRAM Joshua Wibbenmeyer, Nature Reserve Steward, led 19 Wild Ones members and 7 guests on a tour of Kennedy Forest in Forest Park. Josh discussed restoration and management, history of the forest, and wildflower/tree identification. Forest Park, with the exception of Kennedy Woods, was deforested for the 1904 World’s Fair….
