Gathering highlights and photos by Donna Short Do More by Doing Less: Ways to Reduce Yard Maintenance and Increase Habitat Quality for birds and other wildlife Presented by: Dan Pearson, Director of St. Louis Audubon Society’s Bring Conservation Home program Dan’s presentation was a cross between a quiz show and…
Maintaining Wild Tip by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member Gardening tools can be cleaned, oiled, and sharpened now. Repair the tools you can or send them off to be repaired at the hardware store or their manufacturer. Sharp tools like pruners and shovels cause less damage to plants by making clean…
Maintaining Wild Tip by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member Limbs damaged by ice or snow should be pruned off promptly to prevent bark from tearing. Cut off the broken branch just outside of the branch collar. The branch collar is a thicker ring of bark that belongs to the trunk…
by Marsha Gebhardt, President, St. Louis Chapter It is with pleasure and pride that I share some details of the excellent work by members of the Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter in 2025. Connecting people and native plants for a healthy planet. Chapter Leadership In November the following board members…
Maintaining Wild Tip by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member When the weather is pleasant, and it is too nice to stay inside there are plenty of garden chores to do outside. Winter is a good time to repair paths, add more wood chips to a mushy spot, dig trenches to…
Maintaining Wild Tip by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member Winter is a good time to scout out evergreen invasive plants for treatment like wintercreeper. Wintercreeper, Euonymus fortunei, is easy to spot in the winter with its evergreen leaves. Wintercreeper likes to climb up tree trunks and then set fruit. …
Wednesday November 12, 2025 Five Oaks on Warson Photos and highlights by Donna Short Editors note: Special thanks to Donna Short for putting together the gathering highlights each month! We appreciate her efforts that keep members informed who are not able to attend our gatherings. Over 83 Wild Ones Members…
Thanks to all who participated in the voting process! The following board members were re-elected: · Dawn Weber – Vice-President and Technology · Penny Holtzmann – Treasurer · Renee’ Benage – Membership and Plant Sale Coordinator · Brenda Adams – Member-at-large and Chairperson, Program Committee Charlie Carey, recent creator of two impactful…
October 2025 Garden Gathering Highlights At the Cortex Commons Saturday, October 4, 2025 Photos and highlights by Donna Short We met at the Cortex Commons which is a central gathering space located in the heart of the Cortex Innovation Community. Wild Ones Member Laura Arthur, who is also on the…
It’s Landscape Challenge time! Calling all Wild Ones and native plant fans: Imagine the average lawn along a front sidewalk in late August. Imagine the tan, ochre, sepia, and bone of drought-beaten turf. Now imagine a different sidewalk scene: blue and purple, yellow, pink, gold and cream. Little sweat bees…
