by Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter Wild Ones: Native Plants, Natural Landscapes promotes environmentally sound landscaping practices to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration and establishment of native plant communities. It is with this mission of Wild Ones in mind, that the St. Louis Chapter joins with…
By Sue Leahy Member-at-Large and Chairperson, Outreach Committee and Landscape Challenge Does your front yard need an update? Do you want to attract more birds and butterflies to your yard? Do you want to landscape with native plants? You’re in luck! The Landscape Challenge is a program sponsored by…
If 2020 taught us anything, it is that plans can change! These are our scheduled 2021 gatherings, with the caveat that we may need to arrange/rearrange as necessary to keep our members safe. A special thank you goes to our fantastic program committee, headed by Susan Orr, for putting together…
by Sue Leahy, Board Member at Large and Outreach Committee Chair Check it out! Wild Ones National Office has released an exciting website and publication entitled Creating Your Own Native Garden Design. The new Native Garden Designs website showcases native garden designs from different eco-regions of the country. Designs are…
by Sue Leahy, Board Member at Large and Outreach Committee Chair Susan Orr, Program Committee Chair Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter is pleased to present our annual Winter Speakers’ Series. We will, as you might expect, be virtual and we have a great line-up again this winter to get…
by Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter Wow!! How many of us have said that, or something much harsher, in 2020?! Last February I posted my State of the Chapter Report about 2019, entitled Expecting an Outstanding 2020. At that time, no one expected that a pandemic…
2020 brought us (maybe one of the few good things it brought us!) a new book from Doug Tallamy, Nature’s Best Hope, in which he encouraged us to think about our native landscapes as pieces of the biggest national park, “Homegrown National Park, an aspirational project to repurpose half of…
Wild Ones Gathering October 2020 Mercy Virtual Care Center in Chesterfield Saturday, October 3rd 43 attendees Our October Gathering was held on the campus of Mercy Virtual Care Center in Chesterfield. Opened in 2015 on 44 acres, the LEED certified building was built to minimize damage to its natural landscape….
From our president, Marsha Gebhardt: Here is Part Two of our member Jo Alwood’s video series The Importance of Putting in Native Plants. The title of this one is What You Need to Know About Native Plant Gardening. This beautiful and informative 15-minute video has more specific native plant information…
by Sue Leahy Board Member at Large and Outreach Committee Chair Click on each photo to see a larger version On Sunday, September 20, five members of Wild Ones St. Louis gathered at the home of Ryan and Amy Cutrell to help plant their front yard as winners of the…
