The Missouri Department of Conservation is offering several workshops on native plants in February. All workshops are free, but registration is required. Call the facility after Feb. 1. Starting Native Plants from Seed Saturday, Feb. 15, 10-11:30 AM Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, 314-877-6014 Native Plants for Homeowners Workshop Saturday, Feb….
St. Louis Wild Ones has joined the list of Community Sponsors of BiodiverseCity, an initiative of the Missouri Botanical Garden. The effort is meant to be “a community initiative to promote, protect and plan for biodiversity throughout the Greater St. Louis Region.” To learn more, see the article in the…
Nature Night at the Center for Creative Learning in Rockwood School District was a recent event for second grade students who had been studying nature and would be designing a Play Naturescape that could be put in their own back yards. Wild Ones members Ann Early and Bob Siemer set…
For a limited time, the Missouri Botanical Garden is offering a RainScaping Prize Drawing. Visit www.mobot.org/rainscaping by February 11, 2014 to enter. Prizes include a $500 gift certificate for Shaw Nature Reserve’s Spring Wildflower Market in May, and five other prizes valued from $350 to $1,000. In addition, landowners in 19 participating municipalities, including residents,…
This year’s Partners for Native Landscaping workshop has been expanded, and features Doug Tallamy, author of “Bringing Nature Home.” On Friday evening, March 21, Doug Tallamy will give a talk designed for continuing native gardeners on the topic “Your Role in Building Biological Corridors: Networks for Life.” A reception with…
By Betty Struckhoff I hope some of you enjoyed Ed’s recent post of Wildflowers in Snow as much as I did. If you would like to try some new stumpers, here are photos I took on January 9, 2014. I will admit that I would be stumped by some of…
By Kathy Bildner I am interested in native plants that stay green all winter. These are two that are still green in my yard. I know there are others underneath the snow. Has anyone else noticed things that stay green?
Discover why Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Leo Tolstoy, Sherlock Holmes, and Sir Edmund Hillary were beekeepers! Learn the right way to keep bees. Attend the seventh annual EMBA instructional workshops, taught by distinguished beekeeping educators and authors. Separate courses offered for beginners and experienced beekeepers. Registration packets include professional illustrated guides….
By Ed Schmidt Can you name these wildflowers in their winter garb? I’ll give you a week to respond in the comments section and post the answers next weekend. Click any image to see a larger version.
Thirty-one members enjoyed our annual potluck dinner and seeds exchange as we celebrated the 15th anniversary of St. Louis Chapter Wild Ones. The chapter was chartered on October 18, 1998, founded by Scott Woodbury of Shaw Nature Reserve. Ed Schmidt showed photos from the past year’s events. Betty Struckoff delivered…
