Reminder – Please help plant trees Sat. Oct. 22 at Creve Coeur Park

By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Volunteers are needed for an important tree planting at Creve Coeur Park on Saturday, October 22. Please see details below. As one of the partners in this Mallard Lake project, we provide input through Wes Boshart, Vice-President, who attends the project meetings. In addition,…

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New Announcements section on the website

Our Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter website has a new section for announcements located on the top right-hand side below the banner photo and the icons for following our Facebook and Twitter accounts. This sidebar section shows up on our homepage and our main blog page. These members-only announcements or…

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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,…

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Make your native plant garden shine

By Besa Schweitzer Horticulturalist at Missouri Botanical Garden Using these practical tips will make your home garden shine! Design: Learn about garden design and use of hardscape: Flagstone pathways Boulders Retaining walls Stonework Brick

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2016 Native Plant Expo and Sale this Saturday!

Join our Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter members at the Bring Conservation Home (BCH)  2016 Native Plant Expo and Sale. We will have a table at this event and would love to see you. Stop by and say hello! This is the third year for this FREE expo, in partnership with the great folks…

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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…

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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…

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