Native Plant School

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Whitmire Wildflower Garden

Gray Summit, Missouri

2007 Sessions

Native Plant School is a year-round series of mostly outdoor learning sessions in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden at Shaw Nature Reserve. They will cover various aspects of native home landscaping and prairie/savanna/wetland reestablishment. Please bring your questions, comments, photos, drawings, plant specimens, etc. for these three-hour discussion sessions. Scott Woodbury and guest experts will lead the discussions, hands-on tours and demonstrations. Participation from the audience is encouraged.  Please pay at the door on arrival.

Format: An RSVP is required (please call Shaw Nature Reserve at 636-451-3512). Fees paid at the Shaw Nature Reserve Visitor Center on arrival. Except for Plant Propagation, all classes with begin in the classroom behind the Joseph H. Bascom House (Plant Propagation will gather in the Green House).

Duration: Three hours. From 1 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Fees: $12 for non-members. $8 for members.

Upcoming sessions… 2008

Control and ID of “The Worst” Invasive Woody Plants

Thursday, Feb. 14

Native Plant Propagation from Seed (Terri Brandt)

Thursday, March 13

Native Landscape Planning, Planting, and Maintenance (c. Gilberg, s. Woodbury)

Thursday, March 27

Shade Gardening (Cindy Gilberg)

Thursday, April 10

Common Garden Weeds: Control and ID

Thursday, May 8

Rain Gardening and Storm Water Runoff (S. Hamilton)

Thursday, June 12

Native Perennials and Grasses for Landscaping:

1: Spring Blooming

2: Summer Blooming

3: Fall Blooming

 

Thursday, April 24

Thursday, July 10

Thursday, October 9

Prairie & Savanna Reconstruction:

1: Site Prep and Seed Collecting

2: Seeding and Maintenance

 

Thursday, Aug. 14

Thursday, Sept. 11

Post Dispatch article about Native Plant School

Washington Missourian article about Native Plant School

grow native!

 

A collaborative project between the

Missouri Department of Conservation

and Shaw Nature Reserve.

www.grownative.org

 

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