2023 Gathering Schedule
Announcing our Winter Speakers Series and Garden Gatherings for 2023Our gatherings are open to members only Not a member yet? Join us !
November 2022 Gathering Highlights
post and photos by Donna Short, Chapter member and volunteer Seed Exchange & Annual Meeting Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Seeds were the focus as 78 members gathered to close out the 2022 season and celebrate a great year for Wild Ones St. Louis while sharing and collecting seeds to…
October 2022 Garden Gathering Highlights
post and photos by Donna Short, Chapter member and volunteer Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape located in Forest Park Attendance: Wed 10/5 – 39 Sat 10/8 – 21 On Wednesday evening Roman Fox, Horticulture Superintendent of Forest Park Forever, provided an overview of the purpose, development, and…
September 2022 Garden Gathering Highlights
post and photos by Donna Short, Chapter member and volunteer Home of Jeff Blunt Attendance Wed 9/14 – 26 Sat 9/17 – 37 Jeff became interested in native plants when he realized they resulted in more bird activity, insects and pollinators. During 2000 he began including native plants in his…
2022 Photo Contest – Chapter participation and winners!
Members of the St Louis chapter of Wild Ones submitted more than 40 photos out of more than 500 total to the 2022 Wild Ones photo contest. They were submitted by: Anna Miller, Dale Gebhardt, Karen Louis, Kathy Bildner, Katie Lodes, Linda Laferriere, Lisa Williams, Linda Roe, Peggy Pittenger,…
Journal pieces featuring our St. Louis chapter and members
Over the past three years the quarterly Wild Ones Journal has published six articles featuring the work of the St. Louis Chapter and/or specific members of the chapter, with two more scheduled for the Spring 2023 issue. Journal Editor Barbara Schmitz honored our request for the PDF versions of those…
Scott Woodbury Honored in Wild Ones 2022 Fall Journal
by Marsha Gebhardt, President, St. Louis Chapter In case you haven’t seen it yet…our St. Louis Chapter’s founder, Scott Woodbury, was featured in the Fall 2022 Journal. The article, Wild Ones honors a native plant champion, was written by our member Jean Ponzi, who is green resources manager for the…
Kids Collecting Seeds
written by Krystal Coxon, St. Louis Chapter member September 28, 2022, Wild Ones chapter member Krystal Coxon hosted a group of 10 children in her yard to collect native seeds and explore their diversity in characteristics and methods of spreading. The children, ages 5-12 years old, walked around the…
Grow Native! – A Great Resource
Grow Native! is the plant education and marketing ‘arm’ of the Missouri Prairie Foundation (MPF). If you are not familiar with the Grow Native! website, check it out: www.grownative.org. You will find a wealth of information about native plants, including a native plant database, sample garden designs, top ten lists…
BCH Native Plant Sale! Saturday October 15th
Bring Conservation Home NATIVE PLANT SALE! Fall is the best time for native planting! Join us for a Native Plant Sale this coming Saturday October 15th from 10am until 2pm @ Webster University Bookstore Parking Lot 554 Garden Ave Webster Groves, MO 63119 (Free parking available in the parking garage)…
