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…
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…
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…
by Sue Leahy Board Member at Large and Outreach Coordinator On Sunday, September 29, eight members of Wild Ones joined homeowners Steve and Krystal Coxon to plant their front yard native plant garden. The Coxons are winners of the 2019 Landscape Challenge. After being…
The 2019 Landscape Challenge planting day is almost here, and we need volunteers to come help install the plants. Steve and Krystal Coxon of Ballwin, Missouri are this year’s winners of the 2019 Landscape Challenge. According to Krystal, when they first moved in, they never saw monarchs, finches or a…
by Sue Leahy Member-at-Large and Chairperson, Landscape Challenge The 2019 Wild Ones Landscape Challenge had a number of qualified applicants and the committee took some time to evaluate them all. Unfortunately we could pick only one yard. We hope that those not selected will consider applying again in the future….
By Sue Leahy Member-at-Large and Chairperson, PR and Marketing Committee including Nametags 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 James Faupel Vice President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The 2018 Landscape Challenge planting day is almost here, and we need volunteers to come help install the plants. In honor of our chapter’s 20th anniversary, we decided that this year’s candidate pool would be our current members. This…
By James Faupel Vice-President and Chairperson Landscape Challenge Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The Landscape Challenge planting day on September 23 was a big success! Twenty volunteers showed up, making short work of the planting process. Rob May, our new designer, and myself laid out the perennials for planting,…
By James Faupel Vice-President and Chairperson Landscape Challenge Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The 2017 Landscape Challenge planting day is almost here. This year’s property was chosen by representatives of Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter and Grow Native! from among applications received from Bring Conservation Home participants in…
