September 2016 Gathering Highlights

September 7 and 10, 2016 Our monthly gatherings were on September 7 and 10 at Forest ReLeaf’s nursery, CommuniTree Gardens. Marsha Gebhardt welcomed 21 members and two guests on Wednesday evening and 17 members and three guests on Saturday morning. Informative tours of the nursery were given by Tom Ebeling,…
Volunteers needed for Mallard Lake Project at Creve Coeur Park

By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The St. Louis County Department of Parks and Recreation and partners are working on a habitat restoration project on the north and west sides of Mallard Lake in Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park. The project aims to restore habitat and maintain…
Make your native plant garden shine
Event of Interest on Sept. 25: Natural Living Expo
2016 Native Plant Expo and Sale this Saturday!
Prairie Day at Shaw Nature Reserve Sept. 17 – Cancelled
The Prairie Day Festival scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 17, at Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit has been cancelled. The event, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and Shaw Nature Reserve, was called off Friday due to excessive rains, which have made the natural-surface parking area and foot…
Event of Interest on Sept. 20: Greening Your Community

By Ed Schmidt Program title: Greening Your Community: Saving the Planet One Garden at a Time Keynote speakers: Mike Roberts, former meteorologist for KSDK News Channel 5, multiple Emmy Award winner, and adjunct instructor at Saint Louis University Sylvester Brown, Jr., Executive Director of the Sweet Potato Project and former…