Have you visited MissouriPlants.com?

by Kathy Bildner   Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter member and Chairperson, Grant Committee   If you are looking to identify a plant and all you know is the color, try the Missouriplants.com web pages. To further narrow down your choices, it is helpful to know if the leaves are one…

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Wild Ones 2019 Report on Grant Site Mentoring

by Kevin Mowery   Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter Grants Committee  Greetings Wild One Members. In 2019, our Wild Ones Chapter awarded 8 grants totaling $3,400.  This brings the total number of grants awarded since 2007 to 55; 50 of which we believe are active today. 2019 was the inaugural year…

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In Memoriam: Ed Schmidt

by Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter has lost a dear and long-time member; someone significant to the native plant and biodiversity movement in the St. Louis region.  Ed Schmidt died Sunday, October 27, after being in hospice at his home for several…

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2019 Fall Honeysuckle Sweep for Healthy Habitat

by Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter There is still time to participate in the annual fall Honeysuckle Sweep events!  Many Wild Ones members and subscribers appreciate the issues that the invasive bush honeysuckle present and choose to work toward eradicating it during organized spring and fall events….

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2019 Landscape Challenge Garden Completed

by Sue Leahy Board Member at Large and Outreach Coordinator       On Sunday, September 29, eight members of Wild Ones joined homeowners Steve and Krystal Coxon to plant their front yard native plant garden.   The Coxons are winners of the 2019 Landscape Challenge.         After being…

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August 2019 Gathering Highlights

August 14th and 17th, 2019 Home of Kate Lovelady Wednesday attendance: 33 Members and 8 Guests Saturday attendance: 17 Members and 4 Guests   When Kate and her partner Bill bought their house in 2006, the small, sunny, dry city plot was fully landscaped with a miniature stream, pond and…

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First They Sleep: Update from the Museum of Transportation

by Wild Ones members Betty Struckhoff and April Anderson   In October 2018, St. Louis Wild Ones contributed to a project at the National Museum of Transportation to demonstrate the use of native groundcovers. Along with Wild Ones monetary support, some members participated in the planting of groundcovers in beds that…

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Wild Ones Fall Talks Around Town

by Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter                                 Throughout 2019, experienced and knowledgeable members of the Wild Ones St. Louis Speakers Bureau have been giving talks around town.  The intention and effect have…

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It’s About Time …

by Marypat Ehlmann  Board Member at Large and Tabling Event Chair It’s mid-August and as our thoughts about summer begin to wane, we begin to anticipate fall.  Besides watching our asters, goldenrods and other late season bloomers show their color and feed migrating pollinators, it’s time for harvest festivals and…

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