Many opportunities exist for you to attend upcoming May and June events in the native plant, pollinator, and habitat building community. If you’re looking for information, want to see our mission in action, or would like to connect with other like-minded folks, this list is for you! See the sponsoring organizations’…
By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Former St. Louisans Bill and Linda Bennett invite you to a Grow Native! Workshop: Native Plants Get Us Back to Our Roots on Saturday, May 14 in Arcadia, their new hometown. The workshop features speakers Mitch Leachman, Betty Struckhoff, Bill Ruppert, and Julie Norris…
Starting today, April 1, 2016 (no fooling), you can purchase tickets at four garden centers or online as listed below. In 2015, this event sold out so be sure to get your tickets early. Topic: St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour When: Saturday, June 18, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. –…
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 Peggy Whetzel With so much paper and so many books already in the world, you might wonder why anyone would want to make their own paper or create a book from scratch. With an invitation to attend free workshops on papermaking and book making, one answer is to save something…
By Mitch Leachman, Executive Director St. Louis Audubon Society On a cool, overcast March 14th, 20 volunteers met at the Creve Coeur Lakehouse at Creve Coeur Park for the first official workday and milestone of the Mallard Lake Prairie Project. The group included Wild Ones and St. Louis Audubon volunteers,…
By Betty Struckhoff Spring is in the air and our spirits turn to digging in the dirt. Sugar Creek Gardens in Kirkwood wants to help fire our imaginations and supply some planting material. Ann Lapides at Sugar Creek has noted surging demand for native plants from her customers, and is responding by…
Years ago, Kathy Bildner taught herself how to identify monarch butterfly eggs on her milkweed plants. Each spring through fall, in order to save them from hungry birds, spiders, parasites, etc. she brings the eggs indoors to go through their life cycle. When they become butterflies, she releases them in her…
By Susan Lanigan You’ve probably heard about the importance of keeping rainwater on your property to reduce stormwater runoff and minimize your dependence on irrigation, but how do you actually do that? EarthDance Farm is offering three opportunities to learn rainwater harvesting techniques from Jeff Adams, founder of Terrasophia. Wednesday, August 27th, 6:00-8:00 pm….
St. Louis was once the home of tall grass prairies, stands of grasses that often grew as tall as a man, or even taller. The grasses – especially big bluestem, little bluestem, Indian grass and switchgrass – are still common. Tall grass prairies are a unique and complex ecosystem that…
