June 7 and 10, 2017 Besa Schweitzer and Chris Weiss hosted two June yard-tour gatherings. They welcomed 43 members and four guests on Wednesday evening June 7, and 14 members and two guests on Saturday June 10. Chapter announcements were made by James Faupel and Fran Glass respectively at the…
Once again, we are partnering with the St. Louis Audubon Society to present the third annual St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour on Saturday, September 16, 2017. This self-guided tour of residential gardens in St. Louis focuses on West county locations this year, highlighting fall blooming plants. See examples of:…
May 6, 2017 Forty-one members attended our May yard-tour gathering hosted by Dale Dufer and Jean Ponzi. Marsha Gebhardt presided. Dale and Jean moved into their home in 1994. At that time the yard was full of invasive trees including tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima), bush honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), and storm damaged…
Blog and Photos By Penny Holtzmann Board Member and Treasurer, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Canada anemone (Anemone Canadensis) Description: This plant provides a nice ground cover up to 12-inches tall with interesting leaf shape and sweet little white flowers in May and June. Flowers are one…
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….
