Maintaining Wild Tip – Arbor Day
by Besa Schweitzer, chapter member
April 2 is Missouri Arbor Day
Find a friend to help you plant a tree or shrub.
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On April 3rd and 4th, 2026, celebrate Arbor Day in Missouri at the Missouri Botanical Garden and receive a free Missouri native tree sapling from the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening. Kemper Center staff will provide planting and care tips and be available to answer your tree care questions. Members of the St. Louis Arborists Association will also be present to answer questions.
About our new Maintaining Wild series:
To help you keep up with your native garden care in 2026 we’re posting a maintenance tip each week on our website and on Facebook. These tips will include native garden specific tasks as well as some basic gardening advice.
A new tip will appear weekly on Facebook, on Friday at 1 pm.
To join the discussion, comment on our Facebook page.
Stay tuned for a new garden maintenance tip each week to help get you out into the garden and make 2026 a year for Maintaining Wild. Let’s have a discussion and share our knowledge!
View all tips on a single page: https://stlwildones.org/maintaining-wild-tips/
