It’s Landscape Challenge time! Calling all Wild Ones and native plant fans: Imagine the average lawn along a front sidewalk in late August. Imagine the tan, ochre, sepia, and bone of drought-beaten turf. Now imagine a different sidewalk scene: blue and purple, yellow, pink, gold and cream. Little sweat bees…
Maintaining Wild Tips by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member October tips: Avoid fall clean up until AprilIt is not time for cutting down dead plant stems or raking leaves. Save these tasks for the spring. In the winter, the cover is needed by the birds and insects to survive the winter…
Instructor – Emily Dunlap, Native Plant Horticulturist, Shaw Nature Reserve The Native Plant Horticulture Team held a hands-on workshop and shared information about native plants that can be highlighted in a native plant landscape and be processed to make cordage. Instructor, Emily Dunlap, started the class by explaining some of…
Home of Sven and Karen Anderson Wednesday, Sept 9th at 6:00 pm Saturday, Sept 12th at 9:30 am Photos and highlights by Donna Short Marsha Gebhardt, Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter President, kicked off the gathering with a few announcements and a reminder to read your monthly e-mail newsletter Read…
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…
