Plant of the Week: Poppies
Sow Outdoors This Week: Basil, Beans, Corn, Cucumber, Edamame, Melons, Okra, Squash, Tomatillo
Transplant This Week: Perennials + Basil, Eggplant, Melons, Peppers, Tomatillo, Tomato, Squash, Sweet Potato
Plan your garden with NEW 2024 Seed St. Louis Planting Calendar
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Garden Contest
If you are only looking for St. Louis Area (Missouri and Illinois) Plant Sales & Swaps, here’s a page for them.
Want to buy food in St. Louis Area grown with environmentally responsible and ethical practices? Check out Missouri Coalition for the Environment Known & Grown Farm Directory
August 31st Deadline to Enter Missouri Conservation Department’s Busch Conservation Area (St. Charles Mo) Wildlife Photography Contest. Submit photos of native Mo wildlife, trees, plants at Busch Conservation Area or Weldon Spring Conservation Area.
September 1st Deadline to Enter Missouri Department of Natural Resources Photography Contest. Submit photos of Natural Resources, Unique Places (state parks, historic sites), People Enjoying Outdoors
Good Reads/Listens —
Saving Bull Creek, a Public Televion story about the history of and conservation efforts for an Ozarks watershed (Ozarks Public Television)
Crows Rival Human Toddlers in Counting Skills (Scientific American)
Hey, boxwood owners: These invasive moths are poised to proliferate across North America. Much of the continent’s climate is “very suitable” for box tree moths, researchers say. Gift article (Washington Post)
Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it. Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost over 2,000 square miles of land, an area roughly the size of Delaware. Gift article (Washington Post)
Container Gardening Tips
Native Plants: Grow Native!
Veggies: Missouri Botanical Garden
5 Tips For Successfully Growing Plants In Containers: P. Allen Smith
Illinois Native Plants for the Home Landscape
Missouri Native Plant Top 10 Lists (Grow Native) Native Plants for Children, Poorly Drained Clay Soil, Sun, Shade, Half Sun & Half Shade, Under Utility Poles, Rain Gardens, Kitchen Gardens, Bees, Pollinators in Winter, Hummingbirds, Wildlife, Butterflies, More
2023 Plants of Merit – Annuals, Bulbs, Edibles, Perennials, Shrubs, Trees, Vines (Missouri Botanical Garden)
2023 Plants of Demerit – Bamboo, Big Leaf Hydrangea, Blueberry, Burning Bush, Chameleon Plant, Lavender, Pin Oak, Wintercreeper (Missouri Botanical Garden)
Gardening and Nature Events —
Day Trip for Lavender: It’s You Pick season at Missouri’s largest lavender farm- Battlefield Lavender in Centralia, Boone County
11 am Tuesday, May 28th, Missouri Conservation Department Zoom Class: Snakes of Missouri. Register
10 am Tuesday, May 28th Bellefontaine Cemetery History & Horticulture Trolley Tour with Master Guide. $5. Register
6 Tickets remaining. 3 pm Wednesday, May 29th, Missouri Conservation Department In-Person Class at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area: Beginning Archery. Register
1 pm Thursday, May 30th, Missouri Conservation Department Zoom Class: Landscaping with Native Plants. Register
6 Tickets remaining. 1 pm Friday, May 31st, Missouri Conservation Department hiking event at Powder Valley Conservation Area: Wildflower Walk . Register
8 am to 4 pm Saturday, June 1st, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery will be at Kirkwood Farmers Market selling Native Plants
9 am to Noon Saturday, June 1st, Brightside St. Louis Urban Gardening Symposium. Native Plant & Design Experts, Workshops, Plant Sale. $10. Register
10 am Saturday, June 1st, St. Louis County Library Indoor & Outdoor Plant Swap @ Samuel C. Sachs Branch- Register
10 am to 5 pm, Saturday, June 1st, Green Living Festival at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden admission free to St. Louis City and County residents on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
Noon Saturday Forest ReLeaf event at 4642 Shenandoah, Southwest Garden : Rhythm and Roots, New Office Open House & Concert
24 Seats remaining. 2 pm Saturday, June 1st, Missouri Botanical Garden Speaker Series at Central Library: Plants that Changed the Course of History. Register
5:30 pm Saturday, June 1st, Bellefontaine Cemetery History & Horticulture Sunset Stroll with Master Guide. Register.
4 pm June 3rd St. Louis County Library Plant & Seed Swap @ Thornhill Branch- Register
5:30 pm June 4th Bellefontaine Cemetery History & Horticulture Sunset Stroll with Master Guide. Register.
10 am Jun 5th Bellefontaine Cemetery History & Horticulture Trolley Tour with Master Guide. $5. Register
3 pm June 5th St. Louis County Library Outdoor Plant & Blub Swap @ Prairie Commons Branch- Register
4 pm June 5th Missouri Prairie Foundation Webinar: Documenting Multiple Types of Pollinators Through Photography. Register
10 am June 8th How to Trellis Tomatoes Class at Heru Farms, Florissant. Register
June 9th Missouri Botanical Garden sponsored Private Garden Tour. Tickets: $50 MoBot Member, $65 Nonmember
5:30-7:30 June 11th Missouri Coalition for the Environment Chat for Change at MCE office, University City. Sounds like a happy hour for environmentalists and conservationists. Register
6:30 pm June 11th Piasa Sierra Club June Speaker at Old Bakery Beer, Alton IL: Our Wetlands Cooperative in Metroeast presented by Dr. Jenny Mullikin, National Great Rivers Research and Education Center. Register
5:30 pm June 12th Bellefontaine Cemetery History & Horticulture Sunset Stroll with Master Guide. Register.
6:30 pm June 14th event at The Garden Shop on Hampton: Sip & Soil, an evening of painting, planting, cocktail making. $35. Register
9 am to 5 pm June 15th Carnivorous Plant Society Show and Sale at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden admission free to St. Louis City and County residents on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
10 am June 15th Bellefontaine Cemetery History & Horticulture Trolley Tour with Master Guide. $5. Register
10 am June 20th Seed St. Louis and St. Louis County Library Zoom Class: Water for the Garden. Register
6 pm June 20th Willoughby Farm, Table to Garden, Seed St. Louis In Person Composting Series, Collinsville IL: Vermicomposting, aka Worm Composting. $12. Register
9 am to 5 pm June 22nd Kimmswick Visitor Center Daylily Sale, Jefferson County Mo
9 am to to 5 pm June 22-23 St. Louis Water Garden Society Pond-O-Rama Tour
11 am to 1 pm June 23rd Piasa Sierra Club event at La Vista Park, Godfrey, IL: Pollinator Party. Register
June 30th Greater St. Louis Sustainable Backyard Tour
6 pm July 2nd St. Louis County Library Indoor Plant Swap at Prairie Commons Branch
2 pm July 6th St Louis County Library In-Person Class at Mid-County Branch: Planning Your Tea Garden. Register
July 20st-22nd Shaw Cactus & Succulent Society Cactus & Succulent Sale, St. Louis County
9 am to 5 pm August 3rd Greater St. Louis Iris Society Iris Sale at at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden admission free to St. Louis City and County residents on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
August 10th Seed St. Louis Fall Seedling Sale
9 am to 5 pm August 17th Missouri Botanical Garden Daylily Association Plant Sale at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden admission free to St. Louis City and County residents on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
10-11:30 am August 17th Homegrown Hot Sauce Class with Urban Harvest’s Chef Queenie at Rung, Fox Park. Register
Noon to 5 pm August 18th Orchid Society of Greater St. Louis Auction at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden admission fee required.
3-7 pm September 6th Shaw Nature Reserve Fall Wildflower Market
9 am to 5 pm September 7th Gateway West Gesneriad Society Show and Sale at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden admission free to St. Louis City and County residents on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
September 13th, 14th, 15th Kirkwood Greentree Festival at Kirkwood Park. Greater St. Louis Daffodil Society sells Daffodil bulbs at this event.
9 am to 5 pm September 28th Rose Society of Greater St. Louis Show at Missouri Botanical Garden. Garden admission free to St. Louis City and County residents on Wednesday and Saturday mornings.
September 22nd Bring Conservation Home Native Plant Expo at Tower Grove Park
October 5th Seed St. Louis Garlic Sale
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