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t the Holiday Master Gardener party in 2007, I won the grand door prize, a date-to-be-chosen with Kemper Center garden curator June Hutson, gathering cut flowers from those beautiful Missouri Botanical Garden gardens. It was a serendipitous prize, as it so happened my son Chris was getting married the following July. Who can’t use more flowers at a wedding?

So, on the morning before the wedding, my brother and I showed up at the Kemper Center with a couple of small buckets, thinking we’d gather enough flowers to make an arrangement somewhere. June looked at our buckets, went into a shed and returned with 3 huge 5-gallon buckets and a utility vehicle to transport them in, and we proceeded to spend the next couple of hours cutting flowers from one of the most beautiful gardens in the city, with the guidance of one of the most knowledgeable plantspersons in the city. June pointed out what flowers might go well together, which ones were less likely to stand up well in the heat and other invaluable suggestions. In the end, we had enough flowers for three huge vases that adorned the church altar. One of the stipulations of using the church

and September offers two more. The SPLASH water garden tour invites registrants to enjoy a day of sharing gardens and food. See the article on page 13. And U. City in Bloom returns with its fall classic Garden Tour and Plein Air Art Festival. See the Upcoming Events calendar on page 15.

Water gardens often have an exotic, sometimes tropical look about them, especially was that the altar flowers would if people include palms and banana trees in their landscape. remain in place for a week, You might even see some and the attending priest later citrus trees. Many people don’t told family members that they received countless compliments realize you can grow citrus from weekday churchgoers that in St. Louis. The trick is to bring them inside in the winter, week regarding the flowers, where their fragrant flowers something he said few people and fruit can make even the would typically notice or coldest winter days seem like a comment upon.

Florida vacation. Abby Lapides I’m sure there are hundreds of provides tips and tricks on page you out there in the St. Louis 4. gardening community who Flip through the pages for more could share similar stories of in this issue. And as always, we brushes with June Hutson’s wish you… kindness and willingness to share her gardening knowledge. Good Gardening!

Sadly we lost June on July 11th.

Please read a remembrance on page 14.

June loved to visit gardens, as many of us do. While COVID restrictions virtually eliminated last year’s tour schedule, many garden tours returned in 2021,

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The 2021 garden tour season isn’t over yet. Read about the SPLASH pond and garden tour on page 13. And the U. City Garden Tour and Plein Air Fesitval returns this year as well. See Upcoming Events on page 15 for details. (photo by Ginny Mueller)

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IN THIS ISSUE 4 Growing Citrus in St. Louis 8 Planting for Peace Project 10 Evergreen River Cane 12 St. Charles Demo Gardens 13 SPLASH Garden Tour 14 Dig This 15 Upcoming Events

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Growing Citrus in St. Louis

by Abby Lapides

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magine creating the most delectable homemade lemon tart using the freshest of lemons plucked from your own tree. Growing citrus in St. Louis is not as crazy as it seems. If fact it can be quite simple. Follow these tips and learn about which citrus grow well indoors to make citrus growing as easy as LemonMeringue Pie.

outside for the summer—be sure to wait until all frost danger has passed before letting them out to play.

Most citrus will mature to trees 6-12’ tall but can be trimmed to maintain a smaller size. Citrus may be pruned any time of the year so long as they aren’t fruiting or flowering. Speaking of flowers, most citrus trees bear waxy white flowers that are sweetly fragrant. One plant can perfume a whole house. As many citrus produce during the winter months, their delicious flowers and fruit help us get through the winter gardening drought.

While citrus trees are not cold hardy in the St. Louis area, many excel as houseplants. Prized for its sweeter less acidic fruit than the grocery store varieties, Meyer lemon adds great taste to gourmet meals, desserts and drinks. Not commercially grown due to its thin tender skin, the only way to enjoy this delight is to Citrus prefer to be planted in well drained soils – use a cactus or grow them yourself. Keep your citrus near a bright window-they succulent soil, especially if you’re a helicopter plant parent, as need at least 8 hours of sunlight a day. In late spring bring them this will help prevent overwatering. While they like well-drained

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soils don’t wait too long between watering, citrus prefer consistent moisture. Fertilize with a designated citrus fertilizer containing the trace nutrients they need but won’t receive from potting mix, most importantly calcium. Like most houseplants citrus prefer a snug container for their current size, but will eventually grow into a container about 14” in diameter.

What kicked off your journey into the plant world?

I attribute my whole start in this process to a friend.

She brought me my first cardinal flower and when I saw it in late summer with a hummingbird on it that was it. There was no going back. We have done nothing but forge ahead now for 14 years.

While not ideal to bite into, citrus leaves are edible too! Use them to wrap foods like meatballs and chicken, or simmer in soups and sauces like Bay leaves. The Mexican lime, also known as the Key lime, produces small fruit considered the most flavorful of all limes. They feature a tarter taste and more aromatic scent than the variety you find at the grocery store. A little more yellow than green, these little flavor bombs are ideal for adding into Mexican dishes or creating the iconic Key Lime Pie. Their leaves may also be steeped to create a popular Mexican tea.

Where do you find yourself now?

Wild Ones, Greenscape Gardens, and Grow Native. I have to figure out which hat I’m putting on in the mornings. They are all separate niches, but different aspects of the same thing. It’s all about education. Just continuing to spread the word about natives and try to reach more people and explain to them how important it is to recreate habitat.

cont’d. on next page Abby Lapides is owner and a speaker at Sugar Creek Gardens Nursery. She has degrees from the University of Missouri, and is a member of the Landscape and Nursery Association of Greater St. Louis.

You can reach her at (314) 965-3070.

What do you see as the challenges and opportunities in the green industry in St. Louis and our region?

I think the biggest thing we’re starting to see happen is prices are going up. Price of plastics are going up. The cost of raising the plants is going up. And the pandemic took a terrible toll on workers. As prices rise, the biggest problem will be trying to get more people into natives.

Where do you look for balance at the end of a difficult day?

I go sit in my back yard, and watch the wildlife. And I enjoy the peace and the sound of water. It’s an oasis.

Life theme song?

No, I don’t have one, but I really like Doug Tallamy’s quote ‘Garden as if life depends on it, because it does.’ And I kind of live with that mantra.

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spending their time indoors. Use a cotton swab or a small paintbrush to move pollen to stigma. Disease and insects usually Although the sour citrus like lemons and limes easily give us aren’t huge problems, but be sure to give the plant a spray down high yields, sweet citrus can be grown indoors too. For someone with insecticidal soap before moving it in for the winter. wanting to dip their toes into orange growing try the Clementine.

These small Mandarin oranges are easy to peel and exceptionally Enjoying fresh from the tree citrus isn’t a luxury only our California sweet. Usually ripening November to February, Clementine has or Florida friends can enjoy. With a little effort you can enjoy beautiful plants with sweetly scented flowers and delicious fruit. earned its other name –the Christmas orange. What a gift!

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The Planting for Peace Project Text and Photos by Jennifer Schamber

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Really, I feel like I need to plant something.” It was Wednesday, September 12, 2001. The day after the 9/11 attack on our country. The mood was somber, and everyone was in a mixed state of disbelief, anger, sadness and grief. A feeling of helplessness hung in the air and all hearts and minds were tiring from images on the news. As a small business, we weren’t sure what to do, but we had plants to nurture and tend to, so we opened our gate, not knowing if we’d see anyone at all that week.

Next thing we knew, a steady stream of cars started to fill the parking the lot and we quickly learned that people were seeking refuge in their garden and that plants were going to be playing a role in the healing process.

attacks and healing/peace gardens are now growing across the country. Recently, a significant new wave of these gardens has begun to flourish over the past 18 months due to the pandemic. New gardeners and plant parents have emerged and are embracing the benefits of the role that plants play in our lives both indoor and out.

A renaissance of sorts has been in the making for the world of gardening that seemed to have been sparked 20 years ago, and since then, the flame has grown as consumers began to recognize the value of plants and their benefit to the environment and the economy. But now the focus has widened as there is more

This September marks the 20- The author’s daughter Alice with the Peace Garden totem at year anniversary of the 9/11 Keysor Elementary School in Kirkwood.

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Of How Diversity Took Root In America”, and painting/planting peace pots. This program will also be offered to select schools this fall with plans to expand it to schools nationwide in the future with To help continue to nurture this concept, we are starting a new the help of our green industry network. initiative called the “Planting For Peace Project”. Every year, around the anniversary of 9/11, our plan is to encourage and enable Our hope is that the lessons learned in the garden can be applied to our community to plant peace gardens. We’ll be featuring pansies our lives and our interactions in the world. Peace isn’t something (the name derives from the French verb “penser” meaning “to that is achieved, it is something that must continually be nurtured think”) with the hope that we will all reflect upon the ways that we and tended to, just like a garden. We must constantly seek out can contribute towards building a more peaceful world. Of course, balance, weed out the negative, cultivate the positive. This journey any plants are encouraged (especially natives!), but this happens to is never complete, and once we accept that, we’re on our way to be the prime time of the year to plant pansies which demonstrate finding peace both in our gardens and in our world. resiliency even through the darker, colder days of winter and then they re-emerge and bloom again in springtime.

In this pilot year of the project, we will be gifting pansies to customers, as well as select schools and churches. We are also hosting the St. Louis County Children’s Garden Club on September 11 with a “Planting For Peace Project” theme. Participants will be seeking peace rocks on a seek-and-find adventure through our gardens, listening to a read-a-loud of “We Are A Garden: A Story Jennifer Schamber is the General Manager of Greenscape Gardens, and plays leaderships roles in the Western Nursery & Landscape Association, GrowNative! and the Landscape & Nursery Association of Greater St. Louis. She has earned Green Profit Magazine’s Young Retailer Award, and Greenscape Gardens was named the National Winner of the 2015 “Revolutionary 100” Garden Centers by Today’s Garden Center Magazine.

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Naturally Natives Evergreen River Cane text and photos by Scott Woodbury

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Massive patches of river cane once grew commonly along riverbanks throughout the Ozarks. These patches, called canebrakes, are excellent at preventing erosion along creeks and rivers because they have an extensive and dense spreading root system that tolerates short-term flooding. Unfortunately,

most canebrakes are long-gone, having been severely grazed by livestock.

There are only three evergreen trees or shrubs native to Missouri that are readily available from native plant nurseries: shortleaf pine (Pinus echinatus), eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), and river cane (Arundinaria gigantea), a native species of bamboo. In landscaping, eastern red cedar makes an impenetrable screen with branches and leaves growing nearly to the ground. Shortleaf pine is a reliable tall, slender, and rapidly growing tree that is long-lived. It deserves more attention from the landscape industry, and so does River cane grown under a walnut tree grows more moderately and river cane, a very useful suckering bamboo that grows 7 to 10 feet produces fewer suckers. high.

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Tips and Resources for Growing and Landscaping with Sustainable Native Plants Though river cane suckers moderately to aggressively once established (1 to 2 years), it grows very densely in part sun or part shade, rendering it virtually weedfree. In full shade, it grows more openly with wider spaces between the stems. It also grows in full sun, although the leaves will be yellowish green.

It is useful grown as a screen or hedge; however, finding the right location is not always obvious.

Plant river cane too close to a property line, and the next-door Brad Johnson from Pittsburg, neighbor may become frustrated Kansas, digs a small river cane when it begins to sucker. Locate it too close to a walk or driveway and plant. it will block the path when covered with snow or water. The best place to grow river cane is five feet away from a path and surrounded by a barrier. Concrete or asphalt make a good barrier as long as it is at least four feet wide. Mowed grass works too, because when cane suckers into turf, the mower cuts off new shoots that appear in late spring and summer, stopping their spread.

An alternative is to install a bamboo root barrier 24 inches into the ground and 2 to 3 inches above ground. Barriers can be installed with a trenching machine. Always call before you dig (dial 811 anywhere in the country) to mark all buried cables, gas, and water lines. Another option is to plant river cane beneath mature black walnut trees. Here, it will spread more moderately and generate fewer suckers. When suckers are few, cutting them off and digging them up when they appear in July is an easy chore.

If you wait until later in the season, sprouts root in, and are difficult to remove.

Because cane plants rarely flower and produce seed (every 30 to 40 years), they are propagated by division in early March. Dig small stems that appear at the edges of established patches and try not to loosen the soil ball when digging. Spray the foliage with Wilt Pruf®, an anti-transpirant that prevents wilting and leaf drop. Transplant shock is significant with bamboo, so expect one to two full growing seasons for plants to fully recover and resume growth.

During a prescribed winter burn years ago, I discovered something unexpected and fun. When fire passed beneath a patch of cane, trapped air in the stems expanded and popped with a bang. I further discovered that fresh cut stem segments that encompass at least two nodes (the swollen parts of the stem) can be gathered in advance and thrown on an

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River cane has many past and current uses. Today, it is planted often for stream bank restoration. Young shoots and seeds are sometimes cooked and eaten. It was once used to construct strong wattle and daub buildings (mud is the daub; cane strips are the wattle). In the past, Native Americans used cane to make baskets, mats, pipe stems, arrow shafts, quivers, containers, rafts, blowguns, lashings, flutes, canteens, and fishing poles. And, according to John C. Hall (University of Alabama), Native Americans also burned cane in council fires…pop-pop-pop!

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St. Charles Master Gardeners first organized with the Extension site as their headquarters in 1998, and the small charter crew immediately began gardening the space, first with a simple strip garden surrounding a flagpole. Over the years, as the master gardener membership has grown, so too have the gardens.

In 2003 the first native garden was planted. In 2006 raised vegetable beds were added and compost bins installed, A small orchard and vineyard came the following year, and the gardens kept coming.

A four-season color garden was added at the site entrance, and the gardens continued to multiply: a shade garden, enabling garden, butterfly (Flutter-By, officially) garden, rain garden, “lasagna garden”, bulb garden, square-foot garden, miniature garden, and more—21 uniquely themed gardens in all!

The gardens are open to the public 7-days a week for visitors to stop by and seek inspiration on their own, but if you stop in on a Wednesday or Saturday, you’re likely to find a small army of master gardeners weeding, planting, pruning, harvesting and otherwise maintaining the plants. All are more than willing to take a break from their labors and answer your questions about certain plants, gardening techniques, problems and all things gardening related.

In addition to providing casual garden inspiration, the site is host to a number of activities and events through the year, including plant sales, public garden classes and master gardener training, garden demo days, and garden tours for groups.

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Today there are 137 members of the St. Charles group, plus 34 current interns. Master gardeners not only volunteer at the demo gardens, but help plant and maintain garden spaces throughout the community, conduct educational programs for garden clubs and other groups, and host informational booths at farmer’s markets and various events through the years.

Produce from the edible gardens is donated to food pantries.

If you would like to learn more about the St. Charles Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens, have gardening questions, or would like to become a St. Charles Master Gardener, contact the Hortline at (636) 875-7457 or email mgstcharles@gmail.com. For more information visit their website at StCharlesCountyMasterGardeners.com.

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oin the folks from Chalily Ponds and Gardens on the SPLASH tour! Chalily has sponsored the SPLASH pond and garden tour since 2016, celebrating beautiful water gardens while helping others. All the proceeds raised from the tour go to support Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing. Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active military service personnel and disabled veterans through fly fishing and associated activities including education and outings. To learn more go to Project Healing Waters, www. projecthealingwaters.org, 866-251-7152.

This is a unique and fun tour that really shouldn’t be missed!

The tour begins at Chalily with a bus “rolling down the road” to the first stop on the tour. (Or if you prefer, you can drive your own car and follow along.) Here you depart the bus, enjoy a delightful breakfast and stroll through the lovely water feature that morning.

Then, on the road again to peek at a few more gorgeous gardens and chat with the homeowners.

Getting hungry by now? A special lunch at a very special place for everyone to sit and enjoy the beauty that surrounds them. Inspired by now and anxious to see more places, everyone anticipates what they will see next as the bus (or your car) rolls down the road again.

All the locations are unique and offer tranquility and relaxation if even for a short time. Finally, the tour makes one more stop for a delicious dinner and time to sit and visit with friends. Then back to Chalily where you are ready to drive away to your own destinations with thoughts of a lovely day.

Hopefully the day ends with memories of a fun day inspiring great ideas, appreciation for the beauty of nature and most importantly supporting a wonderful charity.

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Gateway Gardeners and Businesses in the News In Memoriam The St. Louis gardening community lost an incomparable plantsperson, educator and kind human being in June Hutson, who passed away on July 11. She was the recently retired curator of the gardens at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Kemper Center for Home Gardening, a position she had held nearly since the Kemper Center’s inception over 20 years ago.

June started working as a volunteer intern in the Climatron at Missouri Botanical Garden in 1974, and was part of a team that renovated the Climatron shortly thereafter.

Her dedication soon earned her a paid part-time position, during a period when she was also taking classes in Horticulture at St. Louis Community Colleges at

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Meramec. After working on another renovation project at the Garden’s Mediterranean house, she took charge of the Kemper Center gardens.

June was not only an exceptional plantsperson, she was a dedicated educator, both in formal classrooms and oneon-one discussions with other gardeners. “She was an amazing storyteller and educator,” said Master Gardener coordinator Holly Records. “She would stand in front of the master gardener training classes and talk from memory for hours about perennials and annuals. Her classes were the highlight of that program.”

“She shared openly and willingly, visiting other people’s gardens,” her son David Hutson told former St. Louis Post-Dispatch Gardening Editor Becky Homan for a Post-Dispatch obituary. “She just shared in their delight.”

June traveled the country visiting garden centers, often with the other “five amigos”, Chip Tynan, retired horticulturist from MBG, and his wife Suze, and Chris and Bill Kelley, former owners of Cottage Garden in Piasa, Illinois. She was familiar with plants none of the rest of them knew, Chip told Becky Homan, and would “give tips on whether it would survive in St. Louis. The depth of her knowledge, I can’t emphasize that enough.

It was just awesome.”

June retired from the garden in 2017, with the plan of renovating the wildflower garden at her home, once the garden and home of Edgar Denison, author of Missouri Wildflowers. She also remained active with the Master Gardener training program as well as volunteering in the gardens at MBG, and was also active with the St. Louis Herb Society and Kirkwood’s 50 Trees Program in her community.

She is survived by her son and two grandsons, Nathan and Jacob.

(Please see a personal remembrance in the Editor’s Letter on page 3.)

Farmstead For Sale 2.9 acres in Florissant, listing for under 200K, 3 bdrm home, 2 car garage, & 500 sq.ft. detached workshop. Former working vegetable farm, deep rich soils and full sun. Property has endless potential and is ready to move-in.

Visit the link for more details and to sign up to be the first to receive info when this property becomes available in late fall/early winter 2021.

2832 Barrett Station Rd, Ballwin, MO 63021 www.greenscapegardens.com

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Upcoming Events Updates to this information are often posted on our online events calendar at GatewayGardener.com, so check there for the latest details.

to view bulbs and submit an order or print out a mail-in order. Or call (314) 772-4646 before Sept. 17th. Orders will be available in October.

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 Winter issue (November-February) is October 1st.

Sept. 4th 10am-2pm—MO Prairie Foundation Native Plant Sale. Talk to native plant experts and shop from a wide selection of native plants suitable for all conditions. World Bird Sanctuary, 125 Bald Eagle Ridge Rd., Valley Park, MO.

How to reach us: Mail: PO Box 220853, St. Louis, MO 63122 Email: info@gatewaygardener.com

FUN FOR KIDS Sept. 11th 9am—St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Children’s Garden Club.

FREE. Greenscape Gardens & Gifts, 2832 Barrett Station Rd., Manchester, MO, 314-821-2440.

Oct. 2nd 9am—St. Louis County Parks and Recreation Children’s Garden Club.

FREE. Sherwood’s Forest Nursery & Garden Center. 2651 Barrett Station Rd., Manchester, MO 63021.

CLASSES, SALES AND OTHER EVENTS Now through Sept. 17th Brightside St. Louis Bulb Sale. Now is the time to order your Brightside bulbs. Brightside Red hybrid Darwin tulip has returned. Also available are Pink Impression hybrid tulips, plus the popular Carlton daffodils and Brightside’s exclusive Midwest Mix that includes six varieties of hearty daffodils. Visit www.Brightsidestl.org

Sept. 10th 3-7pm—Fall Wildflower Market.

Talk to native plant experts and shop from a wide selection of native plants suitable for all conditions.

Cash and checks, some vendors take credit cards. Shaw Nature Reserve, 307 Pinetum Rd., Gray Summit. For more information visit missouribotanicalgarden.org.

Sept. 18th-Oct. 3rd Hillermann Bucks Redemption Days. Redeem your Hillermann Bucks during these days! Match dollar for dollar with real cash, for up to 50% off your purchase (depending on how many you have collected). Use them for in-stock merchandise in the Garden Center, Nursery, and Greenhouse.

See the back of the bucks for rules.

Hillermann Nursery & Florist, 2601 E. 5th St., Washington, MO. (636) 2396729, hillermann.com.

Sept. 24th-26th 3-5pm Fri., 9am-5pm Sat., 10am2pm Sun.—19th Annual Northern Midwest ZNA Koi Show & Pond Expo. Hosted by the Gateway Koi and Pond Club. Open to the public with free admission. Hours are Friday 3-5pm, Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 10am-2pm. Raffles,

attendance prizes, koi judging and speakers on various topics of ponding and gardening Saturday, along with the judges’ talk and tour of the tanks on Sunday. Show koi will be removed from tanks Sunday at noon. Koi, goldfish and pond & garden-related vendors will be open all three days.

Timberwinds Nursery, 54 Clarkson Rd., Ellisville, MO. Show schedule is available on www.nmzna.net and www.gatewaykoiandpondclub.org.

Sept. 24th-26th Fri. Noon-7, Sat. 10-7, Sun. 1-5— ”Take Me Out to the Ballgame” Standard Flower Show. A standard flower show by the Greater St. Louis Council of Nationally Accredited Flower Shows. St. Charles Convention Center.

Sept. 25th 9am-1pm—Native Plant Expo Sale.

Talk to native plant experts and shop from a wide selection of native plants suitable for all conditions. Benefits St. Louis Audubon Society. Webster University,554 Garden Ave., Webster Groves.

Sept. 26th 1-5pm—U City in Bloom Garden Tour & “Paint U. City” Plein Air Festival. This year’s tour features gardens of the University Hills Neighborhood. There is an art show, reception and sale following the tour outside at Flynn Park. Tickets are $18 in advance or $20 day of event.

Visit UCityinBloom.org for ticket purchases and details.

Sept. 30th 3:30-6:30pm—Native Plant Sale.

Talk to native plant experts and shop from a wide selection of native plants suitable for all conditions. Roeslein & Associates, 9200 Watson Rd., St. Louis County 63126.

Oct. 1st-3rd Noon-8pm Friday, 9am-5pm Sun. and Mon.—Best of Missouri Market.

Handmade artisan and craft items, and food, mostly from Missouri artists and producers, including native plants from Missouri Wildflower Nursery.

Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw, St. Louis.

The 19th Annual Northern Midwest ZNA Koi Show

Location: Timberwinds Nursery Hours:

54 Clarkson Rd. Ellisville, MO 63011

Friday: 3–5 p.m.

Saturday: 9 a.m.–5 p.m.

Sunday: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Open to the public  Free Admission

Hosted by:

Gateway Koi & Pond Club For more info:

gatewaykpc@gmail.com or 314-276-9461 SEPTEMBER 2021

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