By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The holidays are here and you may be looking for a gift for that gardener in your life, or maybe someone is looking for a gift idea for you! Some ideas include: Gift certificates for buying plants next year…
Members of Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter can participate in our group seedling order through the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC), which is offering mainly one-year-old, bare-root seedlings. Ordering with our group provides the opportunity to order less than the minimum number of seedlings per species. When you review…
By Kathee Morgeson Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Member If you are a novice like me, seeking information to expand your adventures into native plants, the answer seems to be available. Network with people who have the knowledge stored away. I find “plant people” always want to share their…
[Editor’s note: Subsequent to the November gathering’s seed exchange, we asked for blog post submissions about what to do with those seeds.] By Kathy Bildner Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter member I plant my seeds in this box using 15 square, four-inch plastic flower pots and keep the box…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Each year, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) offers Missouri residents a variety of tree and shrub seedlings for reforestation, windbreaks, and erosion control, as well as for wildlife food and cover. MDC provides mainly one-year-old, bare-root seedlings. A few…
By Besa Schweitzer Horticulturalist at Missouri Botanical Garden Using these practical tips will make your home garden shine! Design: Learn about garden design and use of hardscape: Flagstone pathways Boulders Retaining walls Stonework Brick
Blog and photos by Kathy Bildner Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter I started container gardens in my yard as an experiment because I have native plants in my yard that keep getting lost. The plants that get lost are short in height or short in duration. It is…
Gardening for Butterflies: How You Can Attract and Protect Beautiful, Beneficial Insects Xerces Society Timber Press: Portland OR, 2016 287 pages Reviewed by Carol Boshart Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Written by the Xerces Society which is dedicated to invertebrate protection, this book is designed for both novice…
By Marcia Myers Blog Editor, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter “OMG, Why didn’t you tell us?” was the reaction by Marsha Gebhardt, President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter and Fran Glass, Secretary who expressed their delight after seeing Dawn Weber’s meticulously-landscaped, native-plant-filled yard, which was showcased during our…
By Marcia Myers Blog Editor, St. Louis Wild Ones Barely three years ago, most customers at Sugar Creek Gardens were not looking for native plants. Fast forward to this year when Abby Elliott, the owner, plans to increase the tables for native plants: seven tables just for sun-loving, four tables…
