"If nothing moves in your landscape
but a lawn mower,
it's time to think about
designing a natural yard"

Grow Native! Landscape Challenge Contest

The St. Louis Wild Ones chapter recently sponsored a Grow Native! Landscape Challenge contest to promote native landscaping to our broader community and to have tons of fun.

2009 Grow Native! Landscape Challenge

2008 Project photos

2007 Project article and photos

2006 Project desription and video

Spring Wildflower Sale

Spring Wildflower Sale May 9th at Shaw Nature Reserve.
Wild Ones and several nurseries from throughout the area will offer hundreds of varieties of annual and perennial wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs to use in home landscaping and to attract wildlife.

Native Plant School

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.

Open House and Fall Native Plant Sale

Open House and Fall Native Plant Sale September 4th at Shaw Nature Reserve.
We will again sell plants at the Native Plant School's Open House. It will be at Shaw Nature Reserve from 4 to 7 pm.

Native Landscaping Manual

The Native Landscaping Manual is a hands on guide to native landscaping in Missouri.  Each chapter discuses in detail an aspect of native landscaping such as prairie seeding, rain gardening, or invasive species.