July 2025 Garden Gathering Highlights

St, Louis Community College Horticulture Program Native Gardens Wednesday, July 9th at 6:30 PM Saturday, July 12th at 9:30 AM   Wild Ones St. Louis goes back to school! For more information about the St. Louis Community College Horticulture Program visit this link to their website. During the classroom introduction Carrie…

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Fall 2025 Native Plant Sales

  In addition to all of the great native plants available at our local nurseries, there are several shopping opportunities this fall. Be sure to check the individual sale website, when available, for additional important info.  Fall is a great time to plant natives, check out some information and tips…

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Call to Action! 3:00 PM for STL County Council Jul 22 meeting

IMPORTANT UPDATE!!! July 22nd Council Meeting is at 3PM, not 6.30pm     St. Louis County Council is considering a bill that would reverse a law protecting native landscapes in unincorporated areas of our County.  The progressive ordinance, passed in 2024, revised the County Weed Control Code in order to support citizens…

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Call to Action! St. Louis County Native Plant protection ordinance

St. Louis County Council is considering a bill that would reverse a law protecting native landscapes in unincorporated areas of our County.  The ordinance, passed in 2024, revised the County Weed Control Code in order to support citizens planting intentional and managed native landscapes in place of turfgrass lawns.  Apparently…

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June 2025 Garden Gathering Highlights

Wild Ones Gathering Highlights Home of Max Arens and Nancy Groth Saturday, June 7th and Wednesday, June 11th Max and Nancy became involved with native plants when their love of the outdoors attracted them to the Missouri Master Naturalist program. Max volunteered at Shaw Nature Reserve every summer for 10…

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May 2025 Garden Gathering Highlights

Wild Ones Gathering Highlights Home of Bob and Cathy Pickard Wednesday, May 14th and Saturday May 17th Bob and Cathy started their native gardening journey about ten years ago, after purchasing a garden evaluation at an auction. The evaluation was provided by Jane Schaefer, a member of Wild Ones, and…

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April 2025 Garden Gathering Highlights

Wild Ones Gathering Highlights Home of Allison & Steffen Jack Wednesday April 16, 2025                                       Our Saturday, April 19 gathering, was cancelled due to weather  Allison and Steffen lived in various areas of the U.S. and Europe before they made St. Louis their home in 2018 and discovered native plants.  Allison,…

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Besa Schweitzer will be featured as a Member Spotlight

Besa Schweitzer joined Wild Ones St. Louis chapter in 2014, while she was employed as a Native Plant Specialist (2004-2017) at Shaw Nature Reserve.  Since then, she has made many far-reaching contributions to native landscaping education.  Here are some of her impactful contributions. At the national level:  Aging with Your…

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Taking Root! Grow Native! Celebrates 25 Years

Taking Root is the heading of the article in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that ran on March 23rd, 2025.  It was great coverage for the Missouri Prairie Foundation’s multi-faceted, highly effective Grow Native! programming that is making a measurable difference for people, pollinators, water quality, and much more on landscapes…

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