by Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter 2018 has been a very good year! It’s been a year of impressive growth and significant activity for Wild Ones-St. Louis Chapter, and for the native landscaping movement in the St. Louis region. Throughout 2018, the chapter celebrated its 20th…
Saturday, October 6, 2018 In 2011, The College School purchased 28 acres of property in the LaBarque Creek Watershed area near Pacific, Mo, creating a rich place for experiential, hands-on learning beyond the classroom. Besa Schweitzer, a member of our chapter, is professionally contracted by The College School to maintain the native…
Wednesday, September 12 and Saturday, September 15, 2018 Wild Ones member Kevin Mowery hosted two yard tours in September at his home in Ballwin. Wednesday evening 34 members, 1 child and 6 guests attended. On Saturday morning, attendance was 18 members and 2 guests. Kevin’s landscape was one of…
Wednesday, August 8 and Saturday, August 11, 2018 2015 Landscape Challenge winners Rosalie Uchanski and Terry Egan hosted two yard tours in August at their home in University City. Wednesday evening 43 members, 3 children and 15 guests attended. On Saturday morning, attendance was 23 members and 8 guests. The gathering…
Introduction by Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter This post is written by Mitch Leachman, who is Executive Director of St. Louis Audubon and a member of Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter. St. Louis Audubon’s Bring Conservation Home program is one of the four partners represented…
Looking for more information about using native plants in your landscape? The Fine Gardening Symposium, as part of Shaw Nature Reserve’s Native Plant School, will focus on planting design, plant selection, installation and maintenance methods for optimal owner, community, and wildlife success and satisfaction. Dates and times: Friday, October 19…
By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter’s new Speakers Bureau is off to a running start. This year, 24 talks have been scheduled, reaching almost 300 people, under the oversite of James Faupel. The purpose is to support our mission of exploring,…
We’ve received the following request for Monarch tags from Bailie Kleekamp, Instructor at Shaw Nature Reserve: We are tagging monarchs like crazy here at Shaw Nature Reserve! We just went to order more tags today and they are SOLD OUT. Wow! So happy to see that this program is doing so…
By James Faupel Vice President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The 2018 Landscape Challenge planting day is almost here, and we need volunteers to come help install the plants. In honor of our chapter’s 20th anniversary, we decided that this year’s candidate pool would be our current members. This…
By Dawn Weber Member-at-Large, Plant Sale Chairperson, and Chairperson, Technology Committee, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter During the 2018 Mother’s Day weekend, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter sold 2,406 Missouri native wildflowers and shrubs to Spring Wildflower Market shoppers that were eager to learn about and purchase native plants. Some…
