IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! July 22nd Council Meeting is at 3PM, not 6.30pm
St. Louis County Council is considering a bill that would reverse a law protecting native landscapes in unincorporated areas of our County. The progressive ordinance, passed in 2024, revised the County Weed Control Code in order to support citizens planting intentional and managed native landscapes in place of turfgrass lawns. Apparently there have been complaints to Dennis Hancock (the bill sponsor) about “overgrown, unmowed lawns”. For more information, please read this article in the Post-Dispatch if you have a subscription, or read here.
This bill was up for final passage at the July 15th Council meeting. However, Councilperson Lisa Clancy was able to postpone the final reading to the July 22nd Council meeting. Also, Clancy has contacted Jean Ponzi about setting up a training program for County inspectors on native landscaping, in case uninformed inspectors are the “root” cause that brought this issue to Hancock’s attention.
Please contact your County Council Representative and explain that this is a serious step backwards for native landscaping in unincorporated areas of our county. (Lisa Clancy was the only Councilperson to vote against the bill to reverse the ordinance.) Here is a model letter you can use. If you’re uncertain about who your rep is, or how to contact them, you can find that information here.
Even better, show up at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening, July 22nd at 3:00 pm and sign up to speak:
St. Louis County Council Chamber
Lawrence K. Roos Building,
41 S. Central Ave., Clayton, MO As one of the largest Wild Ones chapters in the nation, we need to demonstrate to our elected officials that native landscaping is a growing and beneficial movement that many citizens support.
This bill was up for final passage at the July 15th Council meeting. However, Councilperson Lisa Clancy was able to postpone the final reading to the July 22nd Council meeting. Also, Clancy has contacted Jean Ponzi about setting up a training program for County inspectors on native landscaping, in case uninformed inspectors are the “root” cause that brought this issue to Hancock’s attention.
Please contact your County Council Representative and explain that this is a serious step backwards for native landscaping in unincorporated areas of our county. (Lisa Clancy was the only Councilperson to vote against the bill to reverse the ordinance.) Here is a model letter you can use. If you’re uncertain about who your rep is, or how to contact them, you can find that information here.
Even better, show up at the Council meeting on Tuesday evening, July 22nd at 3:00 pm and sign up to speak:
St. Louis County Council Chamber
Lawrence K. Roos Building,
41 S. Central Ave., Clayton, MO As one of the largest Wild Ones chapters in the nation, we need to demonstrate to our elected officials that native landscaping is a growing and beneficial movement that many citizens support.
Make your voice heard!!
