By Betty Struckhoff How lucky we are to live in the St. Louis area! Here are some of the opportunities in the next six weeks to learn and experience more of the beauty of native landscaping. June 4, 1 p.m. – Landscaping with Native Trees and Shrubs Sunset Hills community center, 3939…
In case you missed the link in the Native Plant School newsletter, this is a nice video of milkweeds in Yosemite, with monarchs and other pollinators.
PROGRAM Betty Struchoff’s yard is certified Platinum by St. Louis Audubon’s Bring Conservation Home program. Eight guests joined 28 members for a yard tour, after which Betty related the history of the property that she and her husband purchased in 1983. Due to the topography of the back yard and…
We hope you’ll join us for the first St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour: Date: Saturday, June 20, 2015 Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM Cost: $20 Registration for this year’s event is closed. Stay tuned for information about next year’s tour. Native milkweeds feed monarch caterpillars, whose populations are…
Our thanks again to St. Louis Wild Ones and the Richmond Heights Garden Club (RHGC) for the grant last year to plant a “pocket prairie” garden in downtown Dogtown. We just had a work day, and I thought you’d like to see how well the plants have taken hold. The…
By Alan Hopefl The Kirkwood Parks Department has made significant progress removing bush honeysuckle from Emmenegger Nature Park, but there’s still more to do and they’d like your help. What: Bush honeysuckle removal When: Saturday, May 2nd, 9 AM to noon Where: Emmenegger Nature Park, 11991 Stoneywood Dr, 63122 (Google…
By Betty Struckhoff On Saturday, April 11, seven Wild Ones members enjoyed talking with customers at Sugar Creek Gardens in Kirkwood, our newest Wild Ones business member in St. Louis. My favorite conversation was with a young man who has recently purchased a home in nearby Rock Hill. He remembers his late…
Registration is now open for the St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour on Saturday, June 20 from 9 AM to 3 PM. Take a self-guided tour of 10 residential native plant gardens in central St. Louis County. Various locations in Brentwood, Clayton, Glendale, Kirkwood, Webster Groves and more. Sun, shade, butterflies,…
By Mitch Leachman, Executive Director St. Louis Audubon Society On a cool, overcast March 14th, 20 volunteers met at the Creve Coeur Lakehouse at Creve Coeur Park for the first official workday and milestone of the Mallard Lake Prairie Project. The group included Wild Ones and St. Louis Audubon volunteers,…
PROGRAM Joshua Wibbenmeyer, Nature Reserve Steward, led 19 Wild Ones members and 7 guests on a tour of Kennedy Forest in Forest Park. Josh discussed restoration and management, history of the forest, and wildflower/tree identification. Forest Park, with the exception of Kennedy Woods, was deforested for the 1904 World’s Fair….
