By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The November gathering is almost here, and we want lots of participation in this year’s seed exchange. While you don’t need to bring seeds in order to take some home, more seeds means more sharing! Never collected seeds from…
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
Our Wild Ones chapter will share a table with the St. Louis Audubon Society at this Sunday’s 32nd annual Natural Living Expo hosted by The Healthy Planet magazine. Come enjoy healthy living choices and stop by our table and say hello. We’d love to see you! Cost is $8 regularly…
By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter In mid-August I traveled to Neenah, WI (near Green Bay) for a dose of fresh inspiration and enthusiasm. The event was the annual Wild Ones conference, held at the Wild Ones Institute of Learning and Development (WILD Center). The building…
By Kathy Bildner Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Our organization wants more native plant gardens in public spaces. We are willing to help other groups build these gardens by offering advice and a modest amount of money to get the process started. The geographic area covered is 35…
By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Many of you may now be more acutely aware of the issue that municipal weed ordinances can present for native plant gardens in front yards, due to the recent publicity about Alice Hezel’s fight with the Maplewood city council. The…
Wild Ones member Margy Terpstra will give her program Why Our Yards are So Important to the Full Life-cycle Conservation of Our Native Birds tonight, Tuesday August 16, at The Ethical Society, for the monthly meeting of the Missouri Nature and Environmental Photographers (MoNEP). Our members and readers are invited to attend the free…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Admittedly I am not much of a podcast listener, which is surprising (even to me) given my love of the internet, but I’ve found one that may change all of that: the Native Plant Podcast. Launched in January of…
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…
By Ruth Kelley Acting President, Wild Ones – Tupelo Chapter KEEP CARBONDALE BEAUTIFUL: Alternatives to Lawns Saturday, July 30, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. Carbondale Civic Center 200 South Illinois Avenue Carbondale, IL 62901 By the end of July, people should be sick of mowing their lawns and ready to explore…
