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….
While we hope you’ll come to the Wild Ones booth at the Spring Wildflower Market at Shaw Nature Reserve, here are some other options: Missouri Wildflowers Nursery at Kirkwood Farmers’ Market When: April 4, 11, 18, 25, May 2, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Kirkwood Farmers’ Market, 150 East…
By Betty Struckhoff Spring is in the air and our spirits turn to digging in the dirt. Sugar Creek Gardens in Kirkwood wants to help fire our imaginations and supply some planting material. Ann Lapides at Sugar Creek has noted surging demand for native plants from her customers, and is responding by…
CBS Sunday Morning ran a segment on Monarchs by Joel Sartore on March 8. It’s nice to see natives, especially milkweeds, getting national attention. Watch the video or read the transcript.
Entomologist and wildlife ecologist Doug Tallamy is at his best in a recent OpEd piece in the New York Times entitled, The Chickadee’s Guide to Gardening: In Your Garden, Choose Plants That Help the Environment. OXFORD, Pa. — I GREW up thinking little of plants. I was interested in snakes…
PROGRAM Forty-six members and guests attended a presentation by Kim Young of Forrest Keeling Nursery at The Heights community center of Richmond Heights. Kim gave examples why the native plant movement is growing. The following initiatives are driving native plant sales. LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a…
Late last year St. Louis Wild Ones agreed to be listed as a partner on St. Louis Audubon’s application for a Missouri Department of Conservation Community Conservation Grant for a project in Creve Coeur Park. In November, Audubon received word that the project had been selected for funding to the sum…
A collection of essays Cindy Gilberg wrote for the Native Plant School newsletter, The Gateway Gardener, The Healthy Planet, and other publications have been re-published in a new book, “Gardening Is A Verb.” The book is available for $12 at the Shaw Nature Reserve and Missouri Botanical Garden bookstores. Copies will…
