By Dawn Weber Member-at-Large, Plant Sale Chairperson, and Chairperson, Technology Committee, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The 7th Annual Sustainable Backyard Tour is a grassroots, all-volunteer event showcasing yards and gardens throughout St. Louis that demonstrate features of sustainability and organic gardening. The tour will take place on June…
Blog and photos by Betty Struckhoff (May 24) Member and former Board member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Master Gardener Native gardens are not zero maintenance. But the time spent tending them really doesn’t count as work. There is so much to discover. There are a few blemishes on…
By Marypat Ehlmann Member-at-Large and Volunteer Coordinator, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter In early/mid-April the St. Louis region received our first wave of monarchs migrating north. This was unexpected and about 4-6 weeks before most milkweed in neighborhood yards was tall enough to support feeding a brood of very…
Events of interest in the St. Louis area: Tuesday, May 30 Wildflower Walk in Forest Park Deer Lake Savanna: Spring Wildflowers Led by Josh Wibbenmeyer 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. RSVP to Jean Turney at jturney@forestparkforever.org Friday, June 2 Bumblebees & You Led by Susan Van de Riet Forest Park Forever’s Heart…
Blog and photos by Fran Glass, Secretary and Membership Chair, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Description: This plant has showy clusters of white flowers in May and June. Height is 6-9 feet. Ninebark is a deciduous, Missouri-native shrub with arching canes and exfoliating bark which…
By Marcia Myers Bog Editor, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Monarch butterfles don’t care about state lines or country borders. For such seemingly fragile and lovely creatures, they travel between the continental United States and Mexico, with some as far north as Canada, on an amazing and difficult journey….
Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter received a request for $500.00 to plant a native garden at The College School outlier location near Eureka, MO in the La Barque watershed. This 28-acre area is “for experiential, hand-on, inquiry-based learning…” The Jan Phillips Learning Center is their headquarters on the site…
Blog and photos by Kathy Bildner Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) Description: This plant is a perennial spring woodland flower. Wild geranium blooms mid-April to mid-May. It’s flowers have five pink petals rounded or slightly notched on the top. The fine veins in…
Blog by April Anderson Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Horticultural Volunteer Coordinator, Museum of Transportation Photos by Betty Struckhoff Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Lead Volunteer, Museum of Transportation Wild Ones as well as friends who may be new to gardening with natives are invited to…
April 8 and 12, 2017 Susan and Fred Burk hosted two April yard tour gatherings. They and Marsha Gebhardt welcomed 25 members and one guest on Saturday, April 8 and 27 members and five guests on Wednesday evening April 12. Susan and Fred moved into their small Kirkwood home in…
