President Ed Schmidt welcomed 19 members and one guest to this month’s yard tour and meeting. Three members of the Chesterfield Citizens Committee for the Environment also attended the yard tour. The Committee’s participation was a key reason for Chesterfield being chosen as the location for the 2011 Landscape Challenge….
By Ann Earley Wild Ones members have the opportunity to hear from a leading authority on monarch butterflies when Chip Taylor, founder of Monarch Watch, will speak in St. Louis on Saturday, September 7. His topic will be “Monarch Conservation — Challenges and Opportunities.” This event, sponsored by the Missouri Prairie…
Wild Ones member Ann Earley was interviewed on KSDK this spring about the Zoo’s citizen science program to collect data on frogs and toads. The information is then reported to Frog Watch USA. Read the transcript of the interview. Ann is also coordinating our chapter’s participation in the Wild for Monarchs…
Membership Chair Betty Stuckhoff welcomed thirty-two members and guests at The Heights community center of Richmond Heights. Announcements and Volunteer Opportunities St. Louis Earth Day Festival in Forest Park – April 21 Seedling wrapping – April 20 Fran Glass circulated volunteer sign-up sheets to staff our educational booth at the…
by Betty Struckhoff Big plastic pot — $25 50′ Outdoor electrical cord — $34 Pump — $19 Watching birds at my bubbler — Priceless! Friends know I’m a lazy gardener. So I dragged my feet on creating a bird bubbler for my yard. But last year I finally gave in. …
The St. Louis chapter of Wild Ones now has a DVD of “Urban & Suburban Meadows,” produced by Catherine Zimmerman. It begins by showing the drawbacks of traditional lawns. Here is an excerpt:
Here are some upcoming workshops as we wait for warmer weather: Are Your Trees 100 Years Old? – Saturday, Jan. 26 (and again Feb. 9) at 11:30 AM at THE HEIGHTS Learn how to discover the species and age of the trees in your yard and neighborhood. Michael P. Walsh, Forest…
By Amy Redfield Margy Terpstra’s second home was bought for a song – bird song, that is. She and her husband passed right through the lovely two-story colonial to the back deck, heard the birds singing, took in the mature trees sure to lure migratory birds, and said “sold.” Margy’s…
After last year’s successful Native Landscaping workshop, the partner organizations have decided to hold it again. This year’s workshop will be Saturday, February 23, 2013 from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM at Powder Valley Nature Center. Registration is $20, and includes lunch and a guide to landscaping with native plants. You…
The American Society of Landscape Architects created this animated video entitled “Designing Neighborhoods for People and Wildlife.” It’s good to see another national organization promoting the importance of native plants and habitats. Note: Once the video starts, click the icon between “HD” and “Vimeo” in the lower right corner to…
