We hope that you are seeing coverage about native plants and rain gardens in the local St. Louis media but we want to be SURE. It is very encouraging to see our mission in mainstream publications, reaching more readers. Be sure to spread the news to your friends and family too!
Chapter members Krystal Coxon and family were featured in St. Louis Magazine DesignSTL
Scroll down to the last article titled “Wild Things” to read the article in Design STL Magazine Online and see some amazing photos or pick up a copy at your local convenience store.
Active Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter member Diana Oleskevich furthered the Wild Ones mission of educating about the benefits of native landscaping in her letter to the editor published in the Post Dispatch on 5/23/22. See her letter via our Facebook Post
Our Vice President Dawn Weber was recently interviewed and had some of her photos used for an article in the Christian Science Monitor: ‘This isn’t just weeds’: Native gardens are repairing local ecosystems
Check out the Earthworms podcast: Conversations in Green:
Host Jean Ponzi presents information, education and conversation with activists and experts on environmental issues and all things green.
Susie Van de Riet designed the St. Louis garden on the new Wild Ones website dedicated to native plant gardening
She was interviewed by St. Louis Public Radio – listen to the interview here
Jean Ponzi and Doug Tallamy discuss the native plant scene in St. Louis in this YouTube video
St. Louis is a leader in Naturescaping! Doug Tallamy, nationally known native plant advocate, gives shout-outs to STL groups, and reiterates the importance of re-charging biodiversity with native plants, in our yards, on our corporate and institutional campuses, and in our public spaces. You Go STL! Grow Native!
Not quite local media, but local person! James Faupel recently talked about native plants on the Nature Revisited podcast
In this episode, James discusses his personal path to the ecological world and explains the importance of native plant species in counterpoint to the destructive effects of foreign invasive species, which often go unnoticed or unchecked.
Chapter member Dave Tylka wrote an article on the importance of native plants in landscapes, published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch April 18th 2020
Native landscaping promotes caterpillar growth, which keeps songbirds singing in St. Louis
Jean Ponzi and Chapter member Scott Woodbury are interviewed about rain gardens in this St. Louis Post Dispatch Apr 17th 2020 article
Easy solution for wet conditions: Plant a rain garden
Chapter Board member Sue Leahy and her husband Andy are featured, along with their native plant gardens, in the DesignSTL May/June 2020 issue
St. Louisan Sue Leahy wasn’t much of a gardener until she got hooked on native plants
Susan Pang and Chapter member Ned Siegel share information about rain gardening in the DesignSTL May/June 2020 issue
Starting (and maintaining) a rain garden can be a DIY activity
Scott Woodbury was interviewed and talks about how native landscapes do not need to be “wild”, in this Post Dispatch Apr 15th 2020 article
Native landscaping isn’t about letting your yard run wild
The Gateway Gardener The Gateway Gardener often has articles regarding compassionate landscaping and native landscaping
Some examples:
- Compassionate Gardening in a Conventional World
- Native Plants to Attract Hummingbirds
- Annuals in the Native Garden
- Native Plants with Winter Interest