Topic: A Morning with Missouri Native Plant Experts Note: Wild Ones members receive 10% off. Betty Struckhoff will have the name badges at the event. Volunteers: St. Louis Wild Ones members will be on hand to answer questions. When: Saturday, April 16, 9:00 a.m. – noon Where: Sugar Creek Gardens…
By Kathee Morgeson Time for sassafras trees to bloom, just after the serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) start to fade. If you see one, you probably see many since they grow in wonderful thickets. Mine are being given the challenge of breezy days and threats of another night of frost. But, they have…
By Marypat Ehlmann Fran Glass, Board Secretary Dawn Weber, Board Member-at-Large The Pollinator Palette program was created by Greenscape Gardens to increase awareness and engagement in our communities for pollinator issues and the value of native plants. Each month a different native plant that serves as a nectar source or host…
By Kathy Bildner What’s blooming in my yard today? Bluebells! (Mertensia virginica) Bluebells are a sure sign it is spring. In the wilds of Missouri, they grow in large patches in low rich woodlands. In our yards they do well underneath trees in the leaf litter. They come up, bloom, and are…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, St. Louis Wild Ones In the United States, to kick off a race, we usually use “On your mark, get set, go!” but I have many work colleagues from London that instead say “Ready, steady, go!”, which leads me to the next photo tip in…
By Barbara Benish National Wild Ones Native Plants Group (from the Facebook page) We’d like to start profiling members’ native gardens – large and small – in the Wild Ones Journal. If you’d like your garden featured, send 2-3 pictures and a description of your garden to journal@wildones.org.
While we hope you’ll come to the St. Louis Wild Ones booth at the Spring Wildflower Market at Shaw Nature Reserve on Friday, May 6 (Garden members only) or Saturday, May 7, here are some other options: Missouri Wildflowers Nursery (MWN) at Kirkwood Farmers’ Market When: April 2, 9, 16,…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, St. Louis Wild Ones The Grow Native! Southwestern Illinois Event Committee presented a great lineup of speakers for the Native by Design: Landscapes Beyond Beauty workshop in Edwardsville, IL on February 26. The presentations focused on frontline concepts surrounding the value of native plants in…
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…
The new campaign announcement for Project Pollinator is not a typical tabling event, but the Wild Ones banner will be displayed, and we will have information available to spread the word about our organization’s mission. Members of our St. Louis Wild Ones chapter, Bob Siemer, Ann Earley, and Betty Struckhoff participate…
