This Week in Gardening & Nature

Brightside St. Louis still has some daffodils and tulips for sale. 30 for $17.

Thru Nov 6th Seedfolks at Grandel Theater. A 9-year-old Vietnamese girl plants bean seeds in a trash-filled, vacant lot and starts a series of changes. Tickets

Missouri Fall Color Report and Illinois Fall Color Report

Missouri Native Plants and Illinois Native Plants

2 pm Tuesday Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library Workshop: Composting 101 at Grand Glaize Library, 1010 Meramec Station Rd, Manchester. Register

1 pm Wednesday Horticulture Hike at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Horticulturalist led walking tour focusing on trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Be prepared to walk on uneven terrain with moderate slopes. Register

1:30 pm Wednesday Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

4 pm Wednesday Grow Native Missouri Webinar: Dicamba and 2,4-D- Old Herbicides Causing New Problems. Presented by Robbie Doerhoff, Forest Entomologist, Missouri Department of Conservation. Register

6 pm Thursday Seed St. Louis Zoom Class: Reuse in the Garden. Register

6:15 am Saturday Missouri Department of Conservation Sunrise Breakfast at the Confluence, Columbia Bottom Conservation Area. Register

8:30 am Saturday Brightside St. Louis Blitz Clean Up @ Bellerive Park & Sister Marie Charles Park in Carondelet. Volunteers Wanted.

9 am Saturday Americorps St. Louis Clean Up at Laumeier Sculpture Park, Sappington. Mary Miss’s Pool Complex: Orchard Valley needs a clear out, clean up. Volunteers Wanted. Register

10 am to 2 pm Saturday St. Louis Audubon Society’s Bring Conservation Home Native Plant Sale at Webster University, Bookstore Parking Lot, 554 Garden, Webster Groves

10 am Saturday Plant a tree in memorial to someone special with Sustainable St. Louis Memorial Tree Planting at Shaw Forest, 39th @ DeTonty. Register

10 am Saturday Missouri Conservation Department In Person Workshop: Butterfly Gardening with Tom Terrific. At Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center.

2-5 pm Sunday Tower Grove Park and Missouri Department of Conservation Fall Frolic

10 am Oct 26th Seed St. Louis and St. Louis Public Library Workshop: Container Gardening. Jamestown Bluff Library. Register

4 pm Oct 26th Grow Native Missouri Zoom Master Class: The Seed Cycle: Native Seed Collection, Stratification, Propagation with Mike Hoyle, manager, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery. Free: MPF members and Grow Native Professional Members. $15: non-members. Register

9 am Oct 29th ForestReLeaf Fall Tree Planting, Ruth Porter Park, St. Vincent Greenway, West End. Volunteers Wanted. Register

9 am Nov 12th ForestReLeaf North Riverfront Mississippi Greenway Tree Planting. Volunteers Wanted. Register

10 am Nov 19th Seed St. Louis In Person Workshop: Utilizing the School Garden in Winter. At Carriage House, Bell Community Garden, 3815 Bell. Register

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Friday Deadline to Order from Brightside St. Louis Annual Daffodil & Tulip Sale. 30 for $17. Order now for pick up Sept 30 or Oct 1st at Forest Park Greenhouse.

1:30 pm Friday Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

6:30 pm Friday tasteMAKERS Screening: “Winemaking in Missouri” with Cat Neville and Panel at Nine PBS Public Media Commons, 3653 Olive Street. Free Tickets

9 am to Noon Saturday Wells-Goodfellow Clean Up with North Newstead Association, Wellston Loop CDC, Cure Violence, Employment STL. Register

10:30 am to 5 pm Saturday Missouri Department of Conservation Eco Tones Concerts & more at Emmenegger Nature Park, Kirkwood

3-7:30 pm Saturday Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Sale at Meramec State Park, Sullivan, Franklin County. Missouri Wildflower Nursery is one of the vendors. But if you’d like specific plants, order by Tuesday for pick up Saturday.

4-7 pm Saturday ForestReLeaf ArborMeisters Homebrew + Craft Beer Festival at Creve Coeur Park. Tickets: $5 Designated Driver, $35 General Admission, $55 VIP

10:30 am to 5 pm Sunday Missouri Department of Conservation Eco Tones Concerts & more at Emmenegger Nature Park, Kirkwood

Sept 30th Missouri Prairie Foundation Native Plant Sale at Roeslein & Associates, 9200 Watson, Crestwood

Oct 1st Deadline to enter Missouri Department of Natural Resources Photo Contest. Categories: Natural Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites, People Enjoying Missouri Outdoors

Oct 1st St. Louis Audubon Beginner Bird Walk at Forest Park. Register

Oct 1st Seed St. Louis Garlic & Shallots Sale at Carriage House, 3815 Bell. Softneck Garlic ‘Inchelium Red’: 50¢ per clove, Hardneck Garlic ‘Music’: 50¢ per clove, Elephant Garlic: 75¢ per clove, Red Shallots: 50¢ per shallot

Oct 5th Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library Workshop: Edible Landscaping at Rock Road Library, St. Ann. Register

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Photo of two yellow Patty Pan and two green Acorn Squash

Order Cover Crop Seed Mixes online from Seed St. Louis for pick up from their office. $1 per packet covers 4’x10′ bed. Mixes: Winter Kill (sow now), Winter Overwintering (sow up to mid-Oct), Spring Mix (sow mid-Feb to early March if you aren’t planning on Spring crops). Learn more about Cover Crops

30 for $17 Brightside St. Louis Annual Daffodil & Tulip Sale. Order now for pick up Sept 30 or Oct 1st at Forest Park Greenhouse

1:30 pm Wednesday Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

2 pm Wednesday Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library Virtual Workshop: Season Extension and Winter Gardening. Register

4 pm Wednesday Missouri Prairie Foundation Webinar: Prairie & Native Plant Careers. Panel includes Sarah Kendrick, Migratory Birds Biologist; Ronda Burnett, Community Conservation Planner; Jerod Huebner, Director of Prairie Management. Register

For Kids ages 3-6. 6 pm Thursday Missouri Conservation Department’s Conservation Kids, You and Me under the Canopy: Becoming Bears. Tower Grove Park. Register

6 pm Thursday Seed St. Louis Webinar: Getting the Most From Your Harvest. Register

10 am Saturday Missouri Conservation Department Workshop at Forest Park Hatchery: Fall Butterflies and Monarch Migration. 10 Seats remaining. Register

10 am to 2 pm Saturday Missouri Conservation Department event at Powder Valley Conservation Area, Kirkwood: Protecting Our Pollinators. Info Booths & Presentations.

1:30 pm Saturday Missouri Botanical Garden Workshop: Pollinator Conservation Begins at Home. South Auditorium, Visitor Center. Register

Sept 19th Missouri Conservation Department’s Monarch Tagging at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area. Register

Sept 30th Missouri Prairie Foundation’s St. Louis Area Native Plant Sale at Roeslein & Associates, 9200 Watson, Crestwood

Oct 1 Deadline to enter Missouri Department of Natural Resources Photo Contest. Categories: Natural Resources, State Parks & Historic Sites, People Enjoying Mo Outdoors

This Week in Gardening & Nature

Photo of vegetable harvest: four yellow, red, green roasting peppers, a green bell pepper, an Italian zucchini, green and purple pole beans lying on newspaper on wood kitchen table

Pro Tips from Seed St. Louis: Controlling Cabbage Worms/Caterpillars on cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, collards, kale

Pro Tips from Missouri Botanical Garden: Gardening by Month- September Tips & Tricks, Pests & Problems

Tuesday Deadline to order native Missouri plants online from Missouri Wildflowers Nursery for pick-up Saturday at Kirkwood Farmers Market.

9 am Thursday Horticulture Hike at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Horticulturalist led walking tour focusing on trees, shrubs, and flowering plants. Be prepared to walk on uneven terrain with moderate slopes. Register

7:30 am – Noon Friday Workshop at Lewis & Clark Community College, Edwardsville, Illinois. Native by Design: Successful Gardens for Pollinators and People. $25 for Grow Native Missouri and Missouri Prairie Foundation Members, $30 non-members, $15 with student ID. Register

1:30 pm Friday Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

10 am to 2 pm Saturday Grow Native Missouri’s St. Louis Area Native Plant Sale at World Bird Sanctuary, Valley Park. Order in advance from four vendors to pick up or shop at the sale.

10 am – 9 pm Saturday Astronomy Festival at Tower Grove Park. Lots of activities including Noon Lunch & Learn Astronomy Talk: Urban Light Pollution and Bird Migration.

7 pm Saturday Missouri Conservation Department’s Harvest Moon over the Confluence at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area. 1 Seat remaining. Register

Sept 14th Seed St. Louis & St. Louis County Library Virtual Workshop: Season Extension and Winter Gardening. Register

Sept 14th-24th Missouri State Parks Fourth Annual Picking Up Pawpaws Contest at Bennett Spring State Park, near Lebanon, a little over a three and a half hour drive from St. Louis.

Annual Tulip & Daffodil Sale. Order now from Brightside St. Louis for pick up Sept 30 or Oct 1st at Forest Park Greenhouse. 30 for $17.

Oct 1st Deadline to enter Missouri Department of Natural Resources Photo Contest. Categories: Natural Resources, State Parks & Historic Sites, People Enjoying Missouri Outdoors.