2024 Spring Plant Sales!

Please visit the event website to confirm details before making plans, sometimes things change    Partners for Native Landscaping plant sale Saturday, Mar 23, 2024  8:00 AM – 1:00 PM  Maryland Heights Community Center Open to registrants of in-person workshop only   Riverlands Native Plant Festival Saturday, April 13, 2024…

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Riverlands Native Plant Festival coming soon!

Join us For the Riverlands Native Plant Festival Saturday, April 13, 2024  From 10 AM – 2 PM  Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary  301 Riverlands Way  West Alton, MO 63386  Learn all about native plants and their importance for us and our environment!  Local partners will share tips and resources for…

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New Citizen Science Initiative: Witch Hazel Hunt

sharing on behalf of the ForestKeepers Network  Vernal, or Ozark, witch hazel is among the earliest blooming native plants of Missouri. Its blooms, small flowers often hidden by persistent old foliage, provide sustenance and shelter to over wintering pollinators. While typically vernal witch hazel starts blooming midwinter, warm temperatures started…

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2024 Mentorship Program Open, Deadline March 3

by Kate Lovelady, Chapter Board Member and Chair of the Mentoring program The goals of the Wild Ones St. Louis Chapter mentorship program are to share experience, information, and enthusiasm about growing native plants, and to build community among Wild Ones members. Joining a mentoring circle is a one-year commitment,…

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Announcing the 2024 Landscape Challenge Winner

by Erin Goss, Wild Ones Member and Chairperson, Landscape Challenge   Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 St. Louis Wild Ones Landscape Challenge, Megan Grothman and Jon Hammond!  Their yard, in Big Bend Woods in Ballwin, was chosen from 15 applicants and features a mid-century modern ranch home and a…

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Re-establishment of the Southwest Illinois Chapter

by Marsha Gebhardt, President, St. Louis Chapter  The Board of Wild Ones St. Louis (STL) Chapter is excited to announce the re-establishment of the Wild Ones Southwest Illinois (SWIL) Chapter!  This is one of two ‘sister chapters’ we have helped initiate and continue to support.  The other is the now-thriving…

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2024 Schedule

Lots of great stuff lined up for 2024!  Check out our planned Winter Speakers Series and Garden Gatherings  Dates and times are subject to change  Our gatherings are currently open to members only    Not a member yet? Join us !

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November 2023 25th Anniversary & Seed Exchange

post and photos by Donna Short, Chapter member and volunteer   November 16, 2023 Click on the photo to see a larger version    Displays and games provided an opportunity for members to test their knowledge or expand their understanding of native plants.  Can you guess the plants shown?  

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