This Week In Gardening & Nature

Patrick Dexter on cello: Ukrainian folk song- “Oh, In the Cherry Garden” (YouTube)

This week in the garden: Outdoors- sow radishes. Indoors- start tomatoes. Plan your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar

Seed St. Louis Planting Guides
Asparagus Leeks Onions Potatoes Strawberries

The Big List of St. Louis Area Plant Sales: African Violets, Carnivorous, Daylilies, Gesneriads, Herbs, Hostas, Iris, Native Plants, Perennials, Roses, Veggies, Wildflowers

Want to see something magnificent? Audubon Society’s Sandhill Crane Cam @ Rowe Sanctuary, Platte River Valley, Gibbon, Nebraska. See hundreds of thousands of Sandhill Cranes at dusk and dawn.

10 am Tuesday Bellefontaine in Bloom at Bellefontaine Cemetery. 2 Hour walking tour with master guide. Register

7 pm Tuesday St. Louis County Library & Partners for Native Landscaping Virtual Class: Our Garden is for the Birds. Margy Terpstra, St. Louis Audubon Society, talks about the status of our native birds, both resident and migratory. Register

2 pm Wednesday St. Louis County Library & Partners for Native Landscaping Virtual Class: Shade Gardening with Native Plants. Register

4 pm Wednesday Grow Native! Zoom Master Class: Prairie Garden Primer for Town and Country. Free to Missouri Prairie Foundation members and Grow Native professional members. $15 nonmembers. Register

April Brightside St. Louis Project Blitz Events. Volunteers wanted Saturday for street, alley, vacant lot clean ups in Old North, Marine Villa-Dutchtown South, Delmar. Register

10 am to 6 pm Friday & Saturday Gateway Outdoor Expo @ Tower Grove Park

8 am Saturday St. Louis Audubon Society’s Beginner Bird Walk @ Forest Park

Kansas City Area Gardeners: 8 am to 2 pm Saturday KC Food Circle™ kicks off farmers market season w/ Eat Local & Organic Expo @ Johnson County Community College. Organic produce & seedlings + Native Plants + Free range meat/poultry

9 am Saturday Missouri Conservation Dept event @ Fort Belle Fontaine County Park: Native Plants- Ephemeral Walk at Fort Belle. 5 Tickets remaining. Register

9 am to Noon Saturday Seed St. Louis Spring Plant Sale @ Carriage House, 3815 Bell. Arrive early for best selection. Bring a box lid to carry your plants. $4 seedling 6-packs. Available at this Sale: Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Bok Choy, Collards, Dinosaur Kale, Lettuce

Springfield Gardeners: 9 am to 1 pm Saturday Missouri Conservation Department Native Plant Sale and Gardening Demos @ Springfield Conservation Nature Center

Native Plant Sales Return: 8 am to 4 pm April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 and May 20, 27 Missouri Wildflower Nursery @ Kirkwood Farmer’s Market. Order in advance– by Tuesday prior to market day- or buy what they bring to Market

4 pm April 4th St. Louis Public Library craft event for K-6 Kids: Make Your Own Chia Pet @ Divoll Library, Fairground

7 pm April 4th St. Louis County Library & Partners for Native Landscaping Virtual Class: Understanding Native Trees and Shrubs with James Faupel, Litzsinger Road Ecology Center. Register

4 pm April 5th 4 pm April 4th St. Louis Public Library craft event for Kids Ages 7-12: Let’s Make A Garden! @ Machacek Library, Lindenwood

6 pm April 6th Seed St. Louis Zoom Class: Composting 101. Register

Volunteers Wanted: 9 am April 7th Arbor Day Tree Planting @ Tower Grove Park. Register

Noon April 8th St. Louis Public Library event: Forest Park Owls:-Hiding in Plain Sight with naturalist Mark H.X. Glenshaw @ Carpenter Library,  Tower Grove South

Volunteers Wanted: 1 pm April 8th Forest ReLeaf’s Open Nursery Potting Day @ CommuniTree Gardens, Maryland Hts. Register

4 pm April 12th Missouri Prairie Foundation Zoom Class: The Tallgrass Prairie of Missouri Above and Below the Soil Surface. Register

8 am to 2 pm April 15th Native Plant Workshop and Plant Sale at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, Kirkwood. Hosted by Partners for Native Landscaping.

3:30 pm April 15th Missouri Conservation Department Virtual Class: Naturalist Note- Wild Warblers.  Improve your warbler identification. Register

Noon April 18th Missouri Conservation Department Virtual Class: Spring Wildflowers of Southeast Missouri. The swamps and bottomlands of the Bootheel offer a variety of plants found nowhere else in the state. Register

4 pm April 18th St. Louis Public Library event for K-6 Kids: Make A Rain Gauge @ Machacek Library, Lindenwood

6 pm April 18th Missouri Conservation Department Virtual Class: Barn Owl Biology. Register  

8:30 am April 23rd St. Louis Audubon Society’s Youth & Families Beginner Bird Walk @ Tower Grove Park. 16 Tickets remaining. Register

4:30 pm April 25th St. Louis Public Library event for K-6 Kids: Hands-on STEM- Earth Day Wildflower Seed Balls and Launcher! @ Julia Davis Library, Penrose

4 pm April 26th Missouri Prairie Foundation Zoom Class: Spring Into Action for Declining Birds. Register

April 28th-29th St. Louis Herb Society Plant Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden

U-City in Bloom Plant Sale is usually last week of April but there’s no 2023 info yet

9 am April 30th Partners for Native Landscaping Native Plant Sale & Native Plant Swap @ Beyond Housing. Preorder from vendors for pick up or shop from what is available that day.

9 am to 1 pm May 6th Wildflower Market @ Shaw Nature Reserve. $5

9 am to 5 pm May 6th West County Daylily Club Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden. Entrance included with Garden Admission. Garden Admission is free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

9 am to Noon May 13th Seed St. Louis Summer Plant Sale @ Carriage House, 3815 Bell. Arrive early for best selection. Bring a box lid to carry your plants. $4 seedling 6-packs. Available at this Sale: Basil, Eggplant, Sweet & Hot Peppers, Tomatoes, Mint, Lavender, Rhubarb, Sorrel, more

9 am to 5 pm May 13th Metropolitan St. Louis African Violet Council Show and Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden. Entrance included with Garden Admission. Garden Admission is FREE to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

10 am May 13th World Bird Sanctuary Native Plant Sale. Preorder from vendors for pick up or shop from what is available that day.

8:30 am May 20th Brightside St. Louis Downtown Planting Day. Volunteers wanted. Register

9 am to 5 pm May 20th & 21st St. Louis Hosta Society Show and Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden. Entrance included with Garden Admission. Garden Admission is FREE to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

9 am to 5 pm May27th Rose Society of Greater St. Louis Show and Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden. Entrance included with Garden Admission. Garden Admission is FREE to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

10 am to 5 pm June 3rd Lafayette Square Garden Tour & Antique Fair

9 am to 5 pm June 10th Carnivorous Plant Society Show and Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden. Entrance included with Garden Admission. Garden Admission is FREE to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

11 am to 4 pm June 11th St. Louis Sustainable Backyard Tour. Free. Register

9 am to 5 pm June 24th Kimmswick Daylily Sale to benefit Kimmswick Visitor Center, Jefferson County.

9 am to 5 pm August 5th & 6th Greater St. Louis Iris Society Plant Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden. Entrance included with Garden Admission. Garden Admission is FREE to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

9 am to 5 om September 9th Gateway West Gesneriad Society Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden. Entrance included with Garden Admission. Garden Admission is FREE to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

9 am to 5 pm September 16th & 17th Greater St. Louis Daylily Society Sale @ Missouri Botanical Garden. Entrance included with Garden Admission. Garden Admission is FREE to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

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