Upcoming Events Updates to this information are often posted on our online events calendar at GatewayGardener. com, so check there for the latest details. Give us the details of your upcoming gardening, lawn or landscaping event and we’ll add it to our website and include it in our next issue. Deadline for printing in May issue is April 1st. How to reach us: Mail: PO Box 220853 St. Louis, MO 63122 Email: info@gatewaygardener. com March 3rd and 9th A Virtual Program: Gardening 101. Presented by Gateway Greening and hosted by St. Louis County Library. Learn how to create compost from kitchen scraps to plant material and recycle organic matter into your garden. Adults. Registration required. Participants will receive Zoom information via email immediately after registering. Go to www.slcl. org for more information or to register. March 3rd 4-5pm—Grow Native! Webinar: Build Your Own Bird Sanctuary. Hosted by Missouri Prairie Foundation. This seminar will discuss how songbirds and hummingbirds can be attracted to landscapes through the use of native plants that furnish insects, seeds, flowers, and fruits for birds. Specific examples of the most versatile and adaptable native woody and herbaceous plants will be included as well as simple gardening practices essential for birds. The session will close with a brief review of resources you can enlist to help on your journey. The webinar, to be held via Zoom, will
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be 45 minutes including a question and answer session. The webinar will be recorded, and sent to all registrants as well as posted to our YouTube channel. Go to moprairie. org to register. Links will be sent to all registrants.
virtual format. The virtual platform will offer 7 sessions that will be open from March 10 – April 1. Continuing Education Units will be available for certified arborists, landscape architects, golf course professionals and IL Park and Rec employees. Guests are encouraged March 6th to attend any or all of the sessions. 9am-1pm—2021 Virtual Cost for the entire session is $35, Weekend Gardener. University with discounted rates for full-time of Illinois Extension is offering horticulture students and certified a FREE day of gardening topic master gardeners and master talks in a relaxing virtual format. naturalists. This conference is open You can attend any or all of the to all who are interested. Sessions virtual sessions. Classes start on include Control Options for Severe the hour from 9am-noon, including Infestations of Woody Plants, Beginning Vegetable Gardening, Planting and Care of Native Trees, Native Plants, Crevice Gardens and Climate Change and its Impact Growing and Designing with Cut on Flora of Illinois, Pruning,Top Flowers. To register visit: https:// Urban Tree and Shrub Picks, Insect web.extension.illinois.edu/registrat Invaders and Abiotic Tree Stressors ion/?RegistrationID=22973 . and their Treatment Options. For questions please call Mary For more information contact Kay at 618-939-3434. University Extension office at (618) 344-4230 of Illinois Extension offers equal or e-mail pstanton@illinois.edu. opportunities in programs and employment. March 10th 2pm—Virtual Program: A March 10th Journey of Transformation 4-5pm—Missouri Prairie to Native Plant Gardening. Foundation Webinar: Notes Presented by Partners for Native from Underground: Ants in Landscaping and coordinated the Prairie. Hosted by Missouri through St. Louis County Library’s Prairie Foundation. Grassland Adult Programming. Registration ants all nest underground, but required. To register go to slcl. during the growing season, most org and search by title or date. For live nearer and become active at more details of the talks, find the the surface or even above ground flyer online at stlouisaudubon.org/ level, where the flourish of prairie pnl2021. life is in such vibrant force. The webinar, to be held via Zoom, will March 12th Program: be 45 minutes including a question 2pm—Virtual to Native and answer session. The webinar Introduction will be recorded, and sent to all Landscaping for Wildlife and registrants as well as posted to our People. Presented by Partners for YouTube channel. Go to moprairie. Native Landscaping and coordinated org to register. Links will be sent to through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Dave Tylka all registrants. of the St. Louis Audubon Society th st explores basic approaches to March 10 -April 1 Virtual Gateway Green Industry native landscaping, highlighting Conference. University of Illinois useful ideas, tools and resources Extension has been hosting for gardeners. Adults and teens. the Gateway Green Industry Registration required. To register Conference for green industry go to slcl.org and search by title professionals in the Metro East or date. For more details of the area for 39 years. Due to on-going talks, find the flyer online at Covid-19 restrictions we will be stlouisaudubon.org/pnl2021. hosting our 2021 conference in a
March 17th 4-5pm—Missouri Prairie Foundation Webinar: 10 Easyto-Grow Spring Edible Native Plants for your Garden. Hosted by Missouri Prairie Foundation. The speaker will share information on wildflowers, shrubs, and fruit trees that provide food for you! Identification tips will be discussed, growth requirements, when and what to harvest, what to eat, and how to prepare. She will also point out non-native, edible plants that may show up in your garden, as well as “look-alikes” that may be toxic or questionable. Note: This webinar on native edibles is intended as general information only. As with any foods, there is a potential for allergic reactions when consuming native edibles. Always seek the advice of a health professional with any questions about touching or eating any plant matter. The webinar, to be held via Zoom, will be 45 minutes including a question and answer session. The webinar will be recorded, and sent to all registrants as well as posted to our YouTube channel. Go to moprairie.org to register. Links will be sent to all registrants. March 22nd 7pm—Virtual Program: Invasive? Native? Exotic? An Eco-Logical View of Plants. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Registration required. To register go to slcl. org and search by title or date. For more details of the talks, find the flyer online at stlouisaudubon.org/ pnl2021. March 24th 4-5pm—Grow Native! Master Class: Native Shrubs of the Lower Midwest. Hosted by Missouri Prairie Foundation. This program is a guide for those who wish to enrich their gardens or landscapes with native shrubs, and create an aesthetic that captures their spirit of our place in the Lower Midwest. The program will explore how to effectively use native shrubs to
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