Blog by Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Don’t miss out on the third annual St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour on Saturday, September 16 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Tickets are limited in order to provide a high-quality, educational tour of 10 gardens. Remaining tickets (Tour…
There’s just a few days left for $15 early bird registration to our 2017 Native Plant Garden Tour on September 16. After August 15, tickets will be $20 and only available at our four retail garden center partners: Garden Heights Nursery in Richmond Heights Greenscape Gardens & Gifts in Manchester Rolling Ridge Nursery in Webster Groves Sugar Creek…
By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter As excitement builds around the total eclipse on August 21, people are making plans for where to view it with their family and friends. The lucky members of St. Louis Wild Ones and St. Louis Audubon are offered an outstanding…
Once again, we are partnering with the St. Louis Audubon Society to present the third annual St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour on Saturday, September 16, 2017. This self-guided tour of residential gardens in St. Louis focuses on West county locations this year, highlighting fall blooming plants. See examples of:…
By Dawn Weber Member-at-Large, Plant Sale Chairperson, and Chairperson, Technology Committee, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter The 7th Annual Sustainable Backyard Tour is a grassroots, all-volunteer event showcasing yards and gardens throughout St. Louis that demonstrate features of sustainability and organic gardening. The tour will take place on June…
Event of interest: “Bellefontaine Cemetery and the Missouri Prairie Foundation are offering a free tour, open to the public, of the native plant projects underway at the beautiful, history Bellefontaine Cemetery. Bellefontaine Cemetery Horticulture Supervisor Kyle Cheesborough will be our guide for this driving and walking tour of several exciting projects at Bellefontaine,…
Mark your calendar for this year’s Partners for Native Landscaping gala reception on Friday, March 3 and workshop on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Keynote speakers Heather Holm, author of Pollinators of Native Plants and Neil Diboll, President of Prairie Nursery will give talks on Friday. Saturday’s workshop provides opportunities to learn…
The Prairie Day Festival scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 17, at Shaw Nature Reserve in Gray Summit has been cancelled. The event, sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and Shaw Nature Reserve, was called off Friday due to excessive rains, which have made the natural-surface parking area and foot…
Photos and blog by Marcia K. Myers Blog Editor, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter After a morning filled with useful information on how to get started landscaping with native plants and why it’s important, we returned after lunch to try and absorb even more ideas. Glenda Abney, Director, EathWays Center at Missouri…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Now that the Memorial Day weekend is over, it’s time to plan summer activities! Get your tickets now for the 2016 Native Plant Garden Tour. Last year’s tour sold out! The final day to purchase tickets is Monday, June 6. 2016 St….
