By Marilyn Chryst Board Member-at-Large Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter [Show thumbnails] Thirty-two fantastic Wild Ones volunteers helped in our booth at this year’s Shaw Nature Reserve Spring Wildflower Market. From May 4 through May 7, they gave their time, energy, and knowledge to make it another successful year. The volunteer efforts included:…
By Anne Grossmann Volunteer, Visitor Services and Community Relations Manager Forest Park Forever With three major ongoing habitat restoration projects, the Nature Reserve Team will be busy planting 19,000 native plugs on May 13, 17, and 20. Due to the sheer number of plants, these three extra days have been opened up to amazing…
By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Former St. Louisans Bill and Linda Bennett invite you to a Grow Native! Workshop: Native Plants Get Us Back to Our Roots on Saturday, May 14 in Arcadia, their new hometown. The workshop features speakers Mitch Leachman, Betty Struckhoff, Bill Ruppert, and Julie Norris…
Ed Schmidt of Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter will be doing a presentation titled, The Importance and Pleasure of Growing Native Plants at the Ethical Society of Saint Louis on Sunday, May 8, 2016 from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. There has been a lot of publicity the past year or so about…
“Largest selection of native wildflowers available in the St. Louis area…” which “…will offer hundreds of varieties of Missouri native annual and perennial wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs to use in home landscaping and to attract wildlife,” according to the Shaw Wildflower Market website page. Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter will…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter St. Louis sits at a pivotal migration point for monarchs, right in the middle of what is known as the Central Monarch Flyway. The importance of our location makes the success of the Milkweeds for Monarchs program significant, aiming toward the goal of increasing…
By Ruth Kelley Acting President, Wild Ones – Tupelo Chapter Upcoming events for native plant enthusiasts: Seventy species of native wildflowers featured on greenhouse tour Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Greenhouse Tour and Seedling ID Southernwood Gardens (on Facebook) 4650 Rhine Road (map) Alto Pass, IL 62905 (618) 833-2769…
The Kennedy Woods Advisory Group and Forest Park Forever will be installing native plants in the savanna by the “poke and plop” method. Volunteers are needed to plant the 1500 plugs and will have guidance from six crew leaders. This event is an opportunity to increase biodiversity and savanna health…
Topic: A Morning with Missouri Native Plant Experts Note: Wild Ones members receive 10% off. Betty Struckhoff will have the name badges at the event. Volunteers: St. Louis Wild Ones members will be on hand to answer questions. When: Saturday, April 16, 9:00 a.m. – noon Where: Sugar Creek Gardens…
By Kathee Morgeson Time for sassafras trees to bloom, just after the serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) start to fade. If you see one, you probably see many since they grow in wonderful thickets. Mine are being given the challenge of breezy days and threats of another night of frost. But, they have…
