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 4th

9am—2023 Virtual Weekend Gardener. University of Illinois Extension is offering a FREE (Donations accepted) day of gardening topic talks in a relaxing virtual format. This year’s topics will explore different techniques to create dried flowers (9am) and discuss composting (10am). Sessions include downloadable handouts. To register visit: go.illinois.edu/ WeekendGardenerVirtual2023. For questions email ruth1@ illinois.edu or call (618) 9393434.

March 7th

7pm—Virtual Program:

Keynote: Birds, Bees, Flowers & Trees. Nationally renowned conservation biologist Desiree Narango, Ph.D. explores why the plants you choose for your yard matter for wildlife conservation. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.

March 8th

8am-4pm--Gateway Green Industry Conference. Featuring three tracks: Building Sustainable Landscapes, Conservation Stewardship, and Tree Care. Cost for the entire session is $80, with discounted rates for certified master gardeners and master naturalists. Gateway Center, One Gateway Dr. Collinsville. Call (618) 344-4230 for questions. Register online through U of I Extension.

March 8th

2pm—Virtual Program: Homegrown National Park is Growing HERE. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Jean Ponzi, EarthWays Center of Missouri Botanical Garden, discusses how each of us can contribute to the vital movement to restore biodiverse habitat. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.

March 10th

7:30am-12pm—Native by Design: Community Conservation. Enjoy Keynote speaker Ronda Burnett, a community conservation planner with the Missouri Department of Conservation, who will speak on how community conservation planning practices can increase the benefits of nature in cities and decrease the negative impacts of human communities on the natural world. The workshop will also feature presentations from other local and regional speakers. The Leclaire Room at N. O. Nelson Campus of Lewis and Clark Community College, 600 Troy Road, Edwardsville, IL 62025. Registration includes breakfast. $25 for GrowNative! or Missouri Prairie Foundation members, $30 for nonmembers, $15 with student i.d. For the latest and to register, go to grownative.org.

March 10th-11th

10am-9pm—34th Annual Midwestern Herb and Garden Show. Featuring guest speaker Bevin Cohen, awardwinning author, herbalist and owner of Small House Farm, who will give two presentations: Making Herbal Teas, Tinctures & Oils; and Saving and Sharing Seeds. Plus other speakers and programs, many vendors and exhibitors. FREE. Times Square Mall, Mt. Vernon, IL. (618) 242-3151.

March 14th

7pm—Virtual Program: Container Gardening with Native Plants. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Mervin Wallace, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, will review how native plants can be used in containers. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.

March 15th

2pm—Virtual Program: Transforming a Yard from Invasives to Natives. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Carrie Coyne, St. Louis Community College, will describe how she and her husband transformed their property from invasive plants into an oasis of native plants. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.

March 18th

8am-noon—Color of Spring Workshop. A morning of programs, including Companion Planting, Nature Photography, Horticulture Pests in the Garden and more. Hosted by the University of Illinois Extension. Annex Building, 901 Illinois Ave, Waterloo, IL. Registration from 8-8:30am. $10. Call (618) 939-3434 with questions. Register at go.illinois.edu/ ColorofSpring2023.

March 21st

7pm—Virtual Program: Rainscaping Solutions. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Allison Joyce, Earthways Center of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and Roland Biehl, MSD Project Clear, explore how rainscaping uses native plants to allow rainwater to soak in where it falls, and discuss sustainable landscaping practices. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping.

March 22nd

2pm—Virtual Program: How Native Landscapes Make a Difference. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Dr. Gerardo Camilo, Billiken Bee Lab of St. Louis University, presents his lab’s research investigating birds, bees and mosquitoes in native plant gardens enrolled in St. Louis Audubon Society’s Bring Conservation Home program. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.

March 27th-31st

Well-Being Awareness Week. Join the Therapeutic Horticulture team the week of March 27th to celebrate Well-being Awareness Week. Special activities will take place Wednesday and Friday mornings in the Jack C. Taylor Visitor Center from 10- noon. Learn more about how to engage with nature to improve well-being and information regarding classes led by the Therapeutic Horticulture team. In addition, Sensory Awareness Walks will be led at various times throughout the week. Stop by the Visitor Engagement Station for more information.

March 28th

7pm—Virtual Program: Our Garden is for the Birds. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. Margy Terpstra, St. Louis Audubon Society’s Bring Conservation Home program, talks about the status of our native birds, both resident and migratory, and what they need to thrive. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.

April 1st

9am-Noon—Spring Plant Sale. Browse Seed St. Louis’ (formerly Gateway Greening) spring plant sale for six-packs of spring seedlings, seed packets, t-shirts and more. Seed St. Louis Carriage House, 3815 Bell Avenue, St. Louis, MO.

April 4th

7pm—Virtual Program: Understanding Native Trees and Shrubs. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. James Faupel, Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, covers the considerations to look for when selecting a woody native plant for your site. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.

April 5th

2pm—Virtual Program: Native Landscaping with Hungry Deer. Presented by Partners for Native Landscaping and coordinated through St. Louis County Library’s Adult Programming. A panel of experts discuss a range of tactics and tools to help with establishing and maintaining a native landscape in areas with heavy deer populations. Registration required. For more details of the talks and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.

April 7th

9am-3pm—Missouri Arbor Day Tree Giveaway. Celebrate Arbor Day in Missouri and receive a free Missouri native tree sapling from the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening. Kemper Center staff will provide planting and care tips and be available to answer your tree care questions. Vendors to include the St. Louis Arborists Assoc., Missouri Department of Conservation, and Spire. Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Ave., St. Louis.

April 8th

Noon—Proven Winner Plants: Our Favorite Annuals, Perennials and Shrubs. Effinger Garden Center, 720 South 11th St., Belleville, IL. (618) 234-4600.

April 15th

8am-2pm—Native Plant Workshop and Plant Sale.

Hosted by Partners for Native Landscaping. Details to come. Powder Valley Conservation Nature Center, 11715 Cragwold Rd., Kirkwood. Registration required. For more details and for registration links, go to partnersfornativelandscaping. org.