March 2016 Gathering Highlights

March 2, 2016 Thirty-four members and six guests attended our March gathering at The Heights community center of Richmond Heights. President Marsha Gebhardt welcomed all. Program “Earth’s Solar Energy Engine” was presented by Chris Kirmaier, Ph.D., a Research Professor of Chemistry at Washington University. The program is a photographic journey…

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Photography tip #3 – Ready, steady, go!

By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, St. Louis Wild Ones In the United States, to kick off a race, we usually use “On your mark, get set, go!” but I have many work colleagues from London that instead say “Ready, steady, go!”, which leads me to the next photo tip in…

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National Wild Ones seeks yards to feature in Journal

By Barbara Benish National Wild Ones Native Plants Group (from the Facebook page) We’d like to start profiling members’ native gardens – large and small – in the Wild Ones Journal. If you’d like your garden featured, send 2-3 pictures and a description of your garden to journal@wildones.org.

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Spring 2016 native plant sales

While we hope you’ll come to the St. Louis Wild Ones booth at the Spring Wildflower Market at Shaw Nature Reserve on Friday, May 6 (Garden members only) or Saturday, May 7, here are some other options: Missouri Wildflowers Nursery (MWN) at Kirkwood Farmers’ Market When: April 2, 9, 16,…

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Reflections on Native By Design: Landscapes Beyond Beauty

By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, St. Louis Wild Ones The Grow Native! Southwestern Illinois Event Committee presented a great lineup of speakers for the Native by Design: Landscapes Beyond Beauty workshop in Edwardsville, IL on February 26. The presentations focused on frontline concepts surrounding the value of native plants in…

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Project Pollinator kickoff event March 15

The new campaign announcement for Project Pollinator is not a typical tabling event, but the Wild Ones banner will be displayed, and we will have information available to spread the word about our organization’s mission. Members of our St. Louis Wild Ones chapter, Bob Siemer, Ann Earley, and Betty Struckhoff participate…

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Special Edition – Honeysuckle Sweep update

As you can see from the photographs, bush honeysuckle (Diervilla lonicera) is thick and gnarly. Those characteristics along with being an aggressive plant are why it takes an army of volunteers to make a dent in the huge invasive population of this plant. Some St. Louis Wild Ones members are attending events this…

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Native Plant School newsletter – March 2016

The March edition of The News from Native Plant School contains topics on: Augusta Bottoms Consort who will be playing on the members-only day at Shaw Wildflower Market, which is Friday, May 6 A Winter Visitor by Ana Grace Schactman Landscaping Classes by Dave Tylka Monarch Numbers Improve this Winter,…

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