This Week In Gardening & Nature

Annual Seed St. Louis Seed Packet Sale: Order Online– $0.25-$1.00 each for veggie, fruit, herb, flower seed packets- for Pick Up Dec 17th or Jan 21

Reminder: Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden is a magical great getaway during winter (or any time) and MoBot admission is free to St. Louis City and St. Louis County residents 7 am to Noon Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Hey, teachers and parents of school gardeners, community gardens, public park gardeners: Jan 15th Application Deadline for Grow Native Missouri Native Plant Prairie Garden Grants

Register for 8 am to 3 pm Feb 11th Seed St. Louis Community Agriculture Conference, In Person and Virtual. $15 but scholarships available. Keynote Presentation: Soul Farmer, Tyrean “Heru” Lewis. Sessions: Growing Mushrooms at Home, Help Pollinators & Increase Your Harvest, Wild Edibles of Missouri, Growing Microgreens 101, Schoolyard Animal Husbandry, Free Plants in the Kitchen Garden, Lacto Ferment Your Garden Produce for Better Gut Health, What is Therapeutic Horticulture?, Land Trust Garden Update

Gardening by Month from Missouri Botanical Garden
December Tips & Tasks
December Pests & Problems

Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis Seed Starting/Planting Calendar

Thru Dec 30th Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets

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

1 pm Wednesday Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Class: Holiday/Winter Swag From Your Own Backyard. Register

4 pm Wednesday Missouri Prairie Foundation Webinar- Winter’s Feathered Friends: The Christmas Bird Count & Grassland Birds in Winter. Register

6 pm Thursday Seed St. Louis Zoom Class: Enjoying Winter & Preparing for Spring. Register

6:30 pm Friday Missouri Conservation Dept Nature Board Game Night at Stupp Center, Tower Grove Park Ages 8 and up. Register

1:30 pm Dec 13th Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

10 am Dec 14th Missouri Conservation Dept Virtual Program: Attracting and ID Winter Birds. Register

Noon Dec 15th Deep Roots Kansas City virtual event: Native Plants at Noon on the Road with Missouri Conservation Dept. Register

4 pm Dec 16th Missouri Conservation Dept events at Tower Grove Park
Discovering Night Walk. Might see owls. 18 Tickets remaining. Register
Family Craft Night @ Stupp Center. 21 Tickets remaining. Register

9:30 am Dec 17th Missouri Conservation Dept event at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Area, Kirkwood: Breakfast with the Birds. Only 3 Tickets remaining. Register

4 pm Dec 21st Grow Native Missouri Webinar: Restoring Home: The Journey Back to Native. Register

4 pm Jan 3rd Craft Project for K-3 Kids at Machacek Library, Lindenwood: Paper Plate Bird Feeder

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

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Gardening by Month from Missouri Botanical Garden.
December Tips & Tasks
December Pests & Problems

Thru Dec 30th Sachs Butterfly House special event, Chesterfield: Winter Jewels: An Enchanted Celebration. Tickets

Start planning your 2023 Garden with Seed St. Louis’ Seed Starting/Planting Calendar

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

6 pm Wednesday at Carpenter Library, Tower Grove South. Forest Park Owls: Hiding in Plain Sight with award winning naturalist Mark H.X. Glenshaw

6:30 pm Friday Missouri Conservation Department in-person event at Rockwoods Reservation, Wildwood: Owl Prowl. 6 Tickets remaining. Register

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

12:30 pm Sunday Missouri Prairie Foundation Friends of Cuivre River State Park: Grasslands Work Day, Troy, Lincoln County. Volunteers Wanted. Register

6 pm Dec 8th Seed St. Louis Zoom Class: Enjoying Winter & Preparing for Spring. Register

6:30 pm Dec 9th Missouri Conservation Department’s Nature Board Game Night at Stupp Center, Tower Grove Park. Ages 8 and up. Register

4 pm Dec 7th Missouri Prairie Foundation Webinar- Winter’s Feathered Friends: The Christmas Bird Count & Grassland Birds in Winter. Register

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

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Gardening by Month from Missouri Botanical Garden: November Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems

November Garden To Do List from P. Allen Smith

Woodpeckers: The Hole Story, narrated by Paul Giamatti, is airing on PBS. Check you local PBS station for when in you area.

6 pm Wednesday Old North’s Northside Workshop Support the Bee Sanctuary fundraiser at Turn Restaurant, Midtown. Tickets: $50

5-7 pm Thursday Seed St. Louis Urban Ag Happy Hour at Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust No program. No agenda. Just fun and making connections.

2 pm Friday Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library In Person Class at Mid-County Library, Clayton: Container Gardening. Register

9 am Saturday ForestReLeaf North Riverfront Mississippi Greenway Tree Planting. Volunteers Wanted. Register

11 am Saturday Missouri Conservation Department’s Harvest Feast for the Birds at Rockwoods Reservation, Wildwood. 4 Tickets remaining. Register

1:30 pm Nov 14th Leaf Walk at Bellefontaine Cemetery. Master Guide led walking tour. Register

3 pm Nov 14th Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library In Person Class at Bridgeton Trails Library: Container Gardening. Register

9 am Nov 16th Missouri Conservation Department’s Birdwatching Hike at Rockwoods Reservation, Wildwood. Register

6 pm Nov 17th Missouri Conservation Department’s Conservation Kids @ Tower Grove Park, Stupp Center. You and Me under the Canopy: Fall Fun for 3-6 year olds. 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

4 pm Nov 23rd Missouri Prairie Foundation Online Master Class Wasps: The Astonishing Diversity of a Misunderstood Insect Free to Mo Prairie Foundation members & Grow Native Missouri professional members. $15 for non-members. Register

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

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Gardening by Month from Missouri Botanical Garden: November Tips & Tasks, Pests & Problems

Now thru Next Sunday, final week to see 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

Peak color right now in a lot of places. Missouri Fall Color Report and Illinois Fall Color Report

For Grade School Teachers: Pumpkin Graveyard lesson plan

Someone asked me about plant dyes awhile back. Have deleted the DM or text. Apologies. Anyways, this is the recommended book: The Handbook of Natural Plant Dyes: Personalize Your Craft with Organic Colors from Acorns, Blackberries, Coffee, and Other Everyday Ingredients by Sasha Duerr

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

8 am Saturday St. Louis Audubon Society Beginner Bird Walk at Forest Park

10 am Saturday Horticulture Trolley Tour @ Bellefontaine Cemetery. Two-hour trolley tour led by a Master Guide sharing horticulture and arboretum highlights, historical figures. Tickets $5. Register

3:30-5 pm Sunday Missouri Conservation Department’s Beaver Moon Stroll at the Confluence, Columbia Bottom Conservation Area. 5 Tickets remaining. Register

6:30 pm Saturday rescheduled Astronomy Festival activities at Tower Grove Park: Telescope Viewings + Night Hike with Naturalists, Missouri Conservation Department

6 pm Nov 9th Old North’s Northside Workshop Support the Bee Sanctuary fundraiser at Turn Restaurant, Midtown. Tickets: $50

5-7 pm Nov 10th Seed St. Louis Urban Ag Happy Hour at Schlafly Tap Room, 2100 Locust No program. No agenda. Just fun and making connections.

November Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library In Person Container Gardening Classes: 2 pm Nov 11th @ Mid-County Library and 3 pm Nov 14th @ Bridgeton Trails Library. 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

Join us Sundays on Twitter for #GardenSunday with host @stl7thward to interact with other outdoor and indoor gardeners and nature enthusiasts, ask questions, give answers, share photos.

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Missouri Fall Color Report by region at Missouri Department of Conservation

Gardening by Month: October Tips & Tasks from Missouri Botanical Garden

9 am to Noon Tuesday Plant It Forward at Tower Grove Park. Help dig cannas, elephant ears, other plants; clear display beds of debris; plant 20,000+ spring bulbs. 4 More Volunteers Wanted. Register

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

10 am Wednesday Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library Workshop: Edible Landscaping. Rock Road Library, St. Ann. Register

10 am Thursday Horticulture Trolley Tour @ Bellefontaine Cemetery. Two-hour trolley tour led by a Master Guide sharing horticulture and arboretum highlights. Tickets $5. Register

6:30 pm Friday Missouri Department of Conservation Discover Nature Night Hike at Powder Valley Nature Conservation Center, Kirkwood. Register

10 am Saturday Missouri Department of Conservation Workshop at Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center: Butterfly Gardening with Tom Terrific. Register

10 am to 3 pm Saturday DIG Annuals & Perennials Fall Sale, 3120 Pennsylvania. 1 pm Workshop on Propagating Woody Plants from Cuttings. Plants for sale from Custom Foodscaping and seeds from Seed St. Louis

Oct 11th Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library Workshop: Composting 101 at Grand Glaize Library, 1010 Meramec Station Rd, Manchester. Register

Oct 12th 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

Oct 13th Seed St. Louis Zoom Class: Reuse in the Garden. Register

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

9 am Oct 15th 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 Oct 15th St. Louis Audubon Society’s Bring Conservation Home Native Plant Sale at Webster University, Bookstore Parking Lot, 554 Garden, Webster Groves

Oct 15th Plant a tree in memorial to someone special with Sustainable St. Louis Memorial Tree Planting at Shaw Forest, 39th @ DeTonty. Register

Oct 15th Benton Park West Pruning Blitz. Register

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

Oct 29th ForestReLeaf Fall Tree Planting, St. Vincent Greenway, West End. Volunteers Wanted. Register

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