The 2023 St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour, presented by the St. Louis Audubon Society and Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter is scheduled for Sunday, May 21st 2023 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Eleven homes in the University City area will be featured on the tour. This self-guided experience…
The U City NatureScapers is the second Seed Pod the Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter is proud to highlight. They are a hyper-local group doing outstanding work toward our shared mission of encouraging landscaping with native plants in residential, business, and public landscapes. NatureScapers includes leaders and volunteers who are…
by Reneé Benage Membership Chair and Plant Sale Chair Our Chapter will be selling native plants during the Spring Wildflower Market at Shaw Nature Reserve on both Friday, May 5 and Saturday, May 6. We hope you will shop our booth at the sale, as the profits are our Chapter’s…
As the weather warms, many of us who care about ‘leaving the leaves’ and the stems to support the over-wintering critters, are asking…‘Now?’ To help us think about ecologically smart spring clean up principles, here are a few blog posts from two of our members: Besa Schweitzer and Dawn Weber:…
Did you miss any of the 2023 Speakers Series events? You can watch them on our YouTube channel January 2023: Board member Sue Leahy presented “Create Your Own Native Garden” If you want to go native, but aren’t sure how to get started, this is for…
Wild Ones St. Louis and the St. Louis region shine again in the spring issue of the Wild Ones Journal. We invite everyone to access these links, although only Wild Ones members can access the whole issue. Members, access the journal through the email sent from National on Monday,…
Wild Ones St. Louis uses chapter funds to sponsor the work of three organizations that share our mission: St. Louis Audubon Society’s Bring Conservation Home, Missouri Prairie Foundation’s GrowNative!, and the Native Plant School at Shaw Nature Reserve. Check out the monthly, Thursday offerings of the Native Plant School, and…
The Partners for Native Landscaping (PNL) come together each year to present a program with the goal of inspiring and helping individuals to create gardens that are not only beautiful but are also habitats for native wildlife. There are still 6 free webinars left to attend through the St. Louis…
The Missouri Invasive Plant Council, administered by MPF, has organized a Callery Pear “Buyback” event in St. Louis, Cape Girardeau, Joplin, Springfield, Lebanon, Hannibal, Poplar Bluff, and Columbia, MO on April 18, in partnership with Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Forrest Keeling Nursery, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), and Deep Roots Kansas City (with…
City Nature Challenge 2023 Friday, April 28– Monday, May 1, 2023 2023 City Nature Challenge is almost here! The Greater St. Louis Region* is gearing up to compete in the 5th annual City Nature Challenge and we need your participation! The City Nature Challenge (CNC) is a four-day…
