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…
Active member Betty Struckhoff will be a speaker for the Grow Native! Living Landscapes Workshop: Native Plants Get Us Back to Our Roots. Her talk will be, “Enliven Landscapes by providing food and shelter with beautiful natives”. Betty received platinum status from St. Louis Audubon Society’s Bring Conservation Home program….
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, St. Louis Wild Ones Once again, we are partnering with the St. Louis Audubon Society to present the second annual St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour on Saturday, June 18, 2016. The event sold out in 2015 when 200 tickets were made available. In addition, attendees…
By Mitch Leachman Executive Director We had another fantastic year made possible by thousands of hours of service given by hundreds of volunteers just like you! We’re better off because of your service and hope to see you again this spring for one of these projects! Tuesday, March 8th at…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, St. Louis Wild Ones Today’s tip is for point-and-shoot camera users: What is that little flower button? Point-and-shoot cameras are, by design, great for taking close-up photos in the garden, but did you know there is a way to get even closer? On most of…
By Marsha Gebhardt President, St. Louis Wild Ones St. Louis Wild Ones members and followers, Are you aware that you are in the vanguard of a native landscaping movement that is rapidly picking up speed in the St. Louis region? Wild Ones, a not-for-profit environmental education and advocacy organization, is…
St. Louis Wild Ones donated $1,200 to Shaw Nature Reserve’s Native Plant School for 2016 as part of an ongoing sponsorship and general support. The funds are a continuation of historical monetary donations. In the past, the money was used to underwrite the Native Plant School program. In 2015, the…
