September 2016 Gathering Highlights

September 7 and 10, 2016 Our monthly gatherings were on September 7 and 10 at Forest ReLeaf’s nursery, CommuniTree Gardens. Marsha Gebhardt welcomed 21 members and two guests on Wednesday evening and 17 members and three guests on Saturday morning. Informative tours of the nursery were given by Tom Ebeling,…

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Make your native plant garden shine

By Besa Schweitzer Horticulturalist at Missouri Botanical Garden Using these practical tips will make your home garden shine! Design: Learn about garden design and use of hardscape: Flagstone pathways Boulders Retaining walls Stonework Brick

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2016 Native Plant Expo and Sale this Saturday!

Join our Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter members at the Bring Conservation Home (BCH)  2016 Native Plant Expo and Sale. We will have a table at this event and would love to see you. Stop by and say hello! This is the third year for this FREE expo, in partnership with the great folks…

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Prairie Day at Shaw Nature Reserve Sept. 17 – Cancelled

The Prairie Day Festival scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 17, at Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit has been cancelled. The event, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and Shaw Nature Reserve, was called off Friday due to excessive rains, which have made the natural-surface parking area and foot…

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Event of Interest on Sept. 20: Greening Your Community

By Ed Schmidt Program title: Greening Your Community: Saving the Planet One Garden at a Time Keynote speakers: Mike Roberts, former meteorologist for KSDK News Channel 5, multiple Emmy Award winner, and adjunct instructor at Saint Louis University Sylvester Brown, Jr., Executive Director of the Sweet Potato Project and former…

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Introducing two new board members

By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter I am extremely happy to tell you all that we have added two outstanding members-at-large to our Wild Ones-St. Louis Chapter Board of Directors. We welcomed Sue Leahy and James Faupel to their first board meeting in August. These two…

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Inspired by the National Wild Ones Conference

By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter In mid-August I traveled to Neenah, WI (near Green Bay) for a dose of fresh inspiration and enthusiasm. The event was the annual Wild Ones conference, held at the Wild Ones Institute of Learning and Development (WILD Center). The building…

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