By Dawn Weber
Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter
Our Chapter will be selling native plants during the Spring Wildflower Market at Shaw Nature Reserve on both Friday, May 11 and Saturday, May 12. We hope you will shop our booth at the sale, as the profits are our Chapter’s main source of income. Come shop with us first! 🙂
Attention Members: I am seeking volunteers to collect boxes and help on Friday and Saturday. If you volunteer, you will receive a discount off of each plant purchased from our Wild Ones booth as a thank you. Sign up here. If you’re not yet a member, this may be just the nudge you need to join.
“Largest selection of native wildflowers available in the St. Louis area…” which “…will offer hundreds of varieties of Missouri native annual and perennial wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs to use in home landscaping and to attract wildlife” from the Shaw Wildflower Market website page.
In addition, many other vendors will be at the Market, including local-area nurseries who will be selling native plants. Other organizations will be selling products, such as bread, meat, honey, toffee, chocolate, baskets, and books.
The Market is a great place for purchasing native plants to add to your garden, talk with growers, meet other native-plant enthusiasts, and of course, support Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter and Shaw Nature Reserve.
Where:
- Shaw Nature Reserve (map)
- Signs will direct visitors to a special entrance on the western boundary of the Reserve with plenty of free parking.
- The Shaw Wildflower Market website page has a lot of information including a vendor list, items to do before you go to the Market, and plant-care tips.
When:
Friday, May 11, 2:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Note the earlier start time!
Pre-sale is for Missouri Botanical Garden members only.
and
Saturday, May 12, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Note the earlier end time.
Cost:
Admission is $5 per person, $3 for seniors 65+ and students 13+. For Missouri Botanical Garden Members and Shaw Nature Reserve Passholders and their children (age 18 and under), admission is free.
Payment types accepted:
All vendors accept cash or checks. Missouri Wildflower Nursery accepts credit cards, cash, or checks. Please pay each vendor separately.
Our Wild Ones booth accepts cash or check only.
Note:
Please bring cardboard boxes or flats for carrying plant purchases.
Where do the boxes need to be collected from?
Hi Barbara!
We are looking for the boxes that multiple packages of strawberries come in, into the grocery stores.
Here’s a link to a photo of one:
http://www.rmp.com/taxonomy/term/24
They are made of a heavier cardboard and can hold up if they get a little wet from plants or rain.
Sams, Costco and regular grocery stores are great places to find these boxes. At the regular store, it usually requires working with the produce manager and asking them to set them aside so that you can pick them up.
Susan Burk is in charge of the box gathering – you can reach her at fred.burk@att.net or grab her # from the membership list
I collected many boxes for the sale. I am a fairly new Wild Ones member. What do I need to do when purchasing plants at our booth in order to receive the discount? Will the cashier have a list of all the volunteers?
Good question! I will be sending out some details for volunteers today.
Yes, the cashiers will have the list of volunteers so that they can give the discount to those who have helped us.