Announcing the 2024 Landscape Challenge Winner

by Erin Goss, Wild Ones Member and Chairperson, Landscape Challenge   Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 St. Louis Wild Ones Landscape Challenge, Megan Grothman and Jon Hammond!  Their yard, in Big Bend Woods in Ballwin, was chosen from 15 applicants and features a mid-century modern ranch home and a…

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Win a 2024 Front Yard Native Plant Makeover!

by Sue Leahy   Board member and Chairperson, Outreach Committee The Landscape Challenge is sponsored by Wild Ones and Grow Native!. The winner will receive a front-yard garden with up to $600 worth of plants, designed by a professional landscape designer, and planted by Wild Ones volunteers. Applicants must live in…

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2023 Landscape Challenge Winner

by Susan Leahy  Board member-at-Large; Chairperson, Outreach Committee and Landscape Challenge   The winner of the 2023 Landscape Challenge is Laura Arthur, whose yard was chosen from 13 applicants.  Her North Hampton neighborhood is one where natives are just starting to take hold.  Laura’s yard represents a nice blank level slate…

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2022 Landscape Challenge Winner Announcement

by Susan Leahy  Board member-at-Large Chairperson, Outreach Committee and Landscape Challenge We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2022 Landscape Challenge sponsored by Wild Ones St. Louis and Grow Native! The winning yard is owned by Diana Linsley in Crestwood. Diana has been a member of Wild Ones…

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Announcing the 2021 Landscape Challenge Winner – Amy Maddin

By Sue Leahy   Member-at-Large and Chairperson, Outreach Committee and Landscape Challenge We are pleased to announce that the winner of the 2021 Landscape Challenge is Amy Maddin in Webster Groves. Amy is a small animal veterinarian. Growing up, she always had an appreciation of nature. Her family was very outdoorsy,…

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Announcing the 2021 Landscape Challenge

By Sue Leahy   Member-at-Large and Chairperson, Outreach Committee and Landscape Challenge Does your front yard need an update? Do you want to attract more birds and butterflies to your yard? Do you want to landscape with native plants? You’re in luck!   The Landscape Challenge is a program sponsored by…

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And The Winner(s) Are . . .

By Sue Leahy  Board Member at Large and Outreach Coordinator   Meet the 2020 Wild Ones St. Louis Landscape Challenge winner, 15-year old Ryan Cutrell   A sophomore at Pattonville High School, Ryan has loved science and nature for as long as he can remember.   In the seventh grade, his science…

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2020 Landscape Challenge Application Deadline Apr 15th

By Sue Leahy  Board Member at Large and Outreach Coordinator  This is just a reminder to get your application in by April 15th for the 2020 Landscape Challenge.  You must have had a Bring Conservation Home visit prior to December 2019 to be eligible.  Please visit our Landscape Challenge page…

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Win a Front Yard Native Plant Makeover in 2020!

It’s time to submit your application for the 2020 Landscape Challenge The Landscape Challenge is sponsored by Wild Ones, Grow Native! and Shaw Nature Reserve.  The winning homeowner(s) will receive a front-yard garden with up to $500 worth of plants, designed by a professional landscape designer, and planted by Wild…

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