Maintaining Wild Tips by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member September tips September is the beginning of the fall planting season. Fall is especially a great time for tree planting. Many trees and shrubs will become as wide across as tall, so plant them far enough away from structures and each other…
Native Plant School Summary – June 2026 Class: Dye Naturally at Shaw Nature Reserve Instructor: Emily Dunlap, Native Plant Horticulturist at Shaw Nature Reserve Shaw Nature Reserve native plant horticulturist Emily Dunlap led the June 2026 Native Plant School class. Humans have been intrigued with color for thousands of years….
Home of Toni Armstrong & Richard Spener Wednesday, August 12th at 6:30 pm Saturday,August 15th at 9:30 am Photos and highlights by Donna Short In spite of the threatening weather, we gathered Wednesday evening. Marsha Gebhardt, Wild Ones St. Louis President, made a few announcements and Carmen Freeman spoke about…
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…
