As we look forward to our chapter’s annual November Seed Exchange, we encourage you to check out this blog post by member Besa Schweitzer. It can help you find and collect seeds that are available earlier than fall. post and photos by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member How do we…
Fall is a great time for planting natives! It gives your plants more time to develop strong root systems before the intense heat of the following summer. The cooler nights and potential increased rainfall of autumn are less stressful for your plants and more beneficial for new root growth. Working…
By Besa Schweitzer Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter My least favorite plant this month: The Star of Bethlehem wins March’s least favorite plant of the month award. I first saw the Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum) at the Russell E. Emmenegger Nature Park on a trip to look…
Blog post and photos by Tessa Wasserman Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter If you haven’t been out to Forest ReLeaf of Missouri’s CommuniTree Gardens Nursery in Maryland Heights for volunteering, a tour, or to pick up free trees for a non-profit planting project then I highly recommend visiting…
By Kathy Bildner Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Wild Ones 2017 Grants No matter what size or shape the garden project, Wild Ones of St. Louis is there to help with grant money. We help pay for the native plants or seeds that will make the garden a wildlife…
Once again, we are partnering with the St. Louis Audubon Society to present the third annual St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour on Saturday, September 16, 2017. This self-guided tour of residential gardens in St. Louis focuses on West county locations this year, highlighting fall blooming plants. See examples of:…
Blog and Photos By Penny Holtzmann Board Member and Treasurer, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Canada anemone (Anemone Canadensis) Description: This plant provides a nice ground cover up to 12-inches tall with interesting leaf shape and sweet little white flowers in May and June. Flowers are one…
By Dawn Weber Member-at-Large, Plant Sale Chairperson, and Chairperson, Technology Committee, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The 7th Annual Sustainable Backyard Tour is a grassroots, all-volunteer event showcasing yards and gardens throughout St. Louis that demonstrate features of sustainability and organic gardening. The tour will take place on June…
Blog and photos by Betty Struckhoff (May 24) Member and former Board member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Master Gardener Native gardens are not zero maintenance. But the time spent tending them really doesn’t count as work. There is so much to discover. There are a few blemishes on…
Blog and photos by Fran Glass, Secretary and Membership Chair, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Description: This plant has showy clusters of white flowers in May and June. Height is 6-9 feet. Ninebark is a deciduous, Missouri-native shrub with arching canes and exfoliating bark which…
