Maintaining Wild Tips by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member Swales direct water through the landscape. Stand in your landscape during a rainstorm and watch as the water flows across it. If there are areas where you would like to direct it you can build a swale. A swale is a small…
Native Plant School Summary – July 2026 Instructor – Jen Sieradzki, Native Plant Horticulture Manager, Shaw Nature Reserve Native annual plants are a wonderful way to add a little something different to your home landscape. They add color and often have long bloom times. Many of them are important nectar…
Home of Premsri Barton Wednesday Jul 8th and Saturday Jul 18th Photos and highlights by Donna Short Marsha Gebhardt, Wild Ones St Louis President, started with introductions and announcements. We visited Prem previously in 2018 and returned this year to see what has happened in the last 8 years! Prem…
Ozark Ethnobotany Garden Shaw Nature Reserve Saturday June 16th Photos and highlights by Donna Short Shaw Nature Reserve Horticulture Manager, Jen Sieradzki and Horticulturist, Emily Dunlap, hosted our visit to the newly opened Ozark Ethnobotany Garden. SNR’s Ozark Ethnobotany Garden is a display garden that demonstrates how gardeners can incorporate…
Maintaining Wild Tips by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member Use a rain barrel to catch rainwater A rain barrel is a large water barrel that is attached to your downspout to collect rainwater. Using a rain barrel gives you a free supply of water for watering your garden. Using rainwater is…
by Renee’ Benage, Plant Sale Chairperson and Membership Chairperson During the 2026 native plant sale at Shaw Nature Reserve, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter sold 909 Missouri native wildflowers to Ozark Flora Fest shoppers that were eager to learn about and purchase native plants. Some folks came in with…
Maintaining Wild Tips by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member Summer fruits for birds: To attract more birds to the garden in summer make sure there is a variety of fruit producing shrubs. Cherries, dogwoods, serviceberry, elderberry, sumac, currants, pawpaw, and plums all produce fruit in the summer months. Generally, summer fruits…
Native Plant School – May 21, 2026 Nature’s Bumps and Lumps: The Mysterious World of Plant Galls Summary by Jen Sieradzki, Manager of Native Plant Horticulture for Shaw Nature Reserve Instructor: Daria McKelvey – Supervisor, Home Gardening Information and Outreach, Missouri Botanical Garden Daria McKelvey is the Horticulture Supervisor for…
Home of Sara and John McClenning Wednesday May 13th and Saturday May 16th Photos and highlights by Donna Short Prior to touring the garden, we gathered under the maple tree in the front yard where Sara plans to add a soft-landing area. Marsha Gebhardt, Wild Ones St Louis President made announcements regarding…
Maintaining Wild Tips by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member Can’t tell the weed seeds from the seeds you planted? Check out this Grow Native! resource.https://grownative.org/learn/seeds/Instead of buying mulch every year, try growing green mulch, meaning that the ground is completely covered in living plants. Weeds will not grow when there is…
