By Betty Struckhoff If you enjoy the informal learning opportunities of Wild Ones meetings, you will probably like the Naturescaping Open House sponsored by St. Louis Audubon’s Bring Conservation Home program. There will be knowledgeable volunteers throughout the half-acre native yard of Susan and Kei Pang in Richmond Heights. One…
By Betty Struckhoff The St. Louis area has incredible resources for native landscapers. A new addition promises to help all of us enhance our landscapes, attract wildlife, support the ecosystem and improve the water quality in our streams. ShowMeRainGardens contains tips and interactive tools to help you plan, design and…
By Nellie Brown In the past few months, several news outlets have suggested that this winter’s frigid arctic blasts (also known as the polar vortex) may stop or at least slow the spread of the emerald ash borer (EAB). A recent study in Minnesota exposed emerald ash borer larvae to…
Marilyn Chryst shared this blog post by Susan J. Tweit from the Native Plants and Wildlife Gardens website. When we garden or landscape with the aim of restoring habitat for wildlife, are we really making a difference? There’s precious little research quantifying the effects of our hard work, but new studies…
by Betty Struckhoff 2014 is the third year of Bring Conservation Home, a program encouraging homeowners to support our local ecosystem by using more native plants in their landscapes. BCH is sponsored by St. Louis Audubon and St. Louis Wild Ones is a supporting partner of the program. For a nominal fee, two…
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…
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…
Join Wild Ones for the annual honeysuckle removal project in Forest Park on Saturday, November 2nd from 9AM to noon. This is the 15th year for the project, and the 3rd year Wild Ones has participated. You can help reclaim Forest Park from its tangle of honeysuckle. So, come join us,…
From Peter VanLinn III, Park Ecologist, Forest Park Forever Forest Park Forever continues to offer walking tours in Forest Park: Free to the Public Hour-long behind-the-scenes tours lead by Forest Park Forever Staff Bring family, friends & leashed pets Please have all members of group ready to begin at time…
Thanks to Nathan Zenser for forwarding this article from the New York Times. By IAN LOVETT Published: August 11, 2013 LOS ANGELES — This is how officials here feel about grass these days: since 2009, the city has paid $1.4 million to homeowners willing to rip out their front lawns and…
