Welcome to the resurrection of the St Louis Wild Ones Newsletter. The purpose of this publication is to exchange ideas and share experiences among the members. I have volunteered to edit it, but you need to write it. Send your articles and ideas to me through the contact form. Tell…
By Larry Hummel Winter is a good time to catch up on a number of projects around the yard and complete the usual chores that the dormant winter plants allow. Trees and understory shrubs. These plants range from 30 foot oaks to the slow growing deciduous hollies that are 5…
By Terri Brandt I enjoy the eye-catching beauty of wildflowers growing along roadsides, trails, and streambanks. Nature provides all the color of the rainbow to my favorite country roads, hiking trails, and walks near home. But on closer observation, it is not simply the beauty of these plants that interests…
Gardening requires lots of water – most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson The real meaning of plant catalog terminology:
Submitted by Marilyn Chryst, President, St. Louis Chapter We co-sponsored (with Grow Native! and Shaw Nature Reserve) a Landscape Challenge contest. For our part we publicized, helped judge, and planted the winning yard. We held the traditional August joint meeting with the Mid-Missouri Chapter. It was held at a new…
Submitted by Marilyn Chryst, President, St. Louis Chapter The St. Louis chapter held 10 meetings in 2007 between February and November. They were held at members’ yards and public places. Private yard tours often included group consultations and informal educational Q & A sessions on native landscaping. Public places where…
By Tamie Yegge, Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center You may recall that last December, a team of over 50 volunteers converged on the North and South sides of the 1-270/1-44 interchange to plant Missouri native grass and forb seed. The native seed was mixed with an annual rye grass which…
By Tom and Marilyn Chryst The Lorrie Otto Seeds for Education Fund awards annual grants to places of learning for projects that reflect the Wild Ones message of creating natural landscapes using native plants and environmentally sound practices, and appreciating humankind’s proper place in the web of nature. The fund…
By Tom Chryst Among the missions of the Wild Ones, along with encouraging natural landscaping, is promoting environmentally sound practices. One of these practices — one that everyone can participate in — is recycling. This article is a first-hand memoir of what I think is a successful recycling program. There…
By Scott Woodbury Of all the wildflower forays I go on each year, I look forward to Spring Bend the most. Perhaps it’s spring in the air, but more likely, it’s the remarkable array of spring ephemerals that carpet the Missouri River banks and hallows that cut down from the…
