Upcoming Events July 9th 9am—Pollinators. Children’s Garden Club, Rolling Ridge Nursery, 60 N. Gore, Webster Groves, MO 63119. Aug. 6th 9am—Children’s Garden Club. Sherwood Forest Nursery, 2651Barrett Station Rd., St. Louis, MO 63021.
Upcoming Events Meetings, Classes, Entertainment and More Updates to this information are often posted on our online events calendar at www. 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 the September issue is August 1st.
Fun for Kids June 4th 9am—Children’s Garden Club. Sherwood Forest Nursery, 2651Barrett Station Rd., St. Louis, MO 63021.
Classes, Sales, Tours and More June 2nd 6pm—Water for the Garden and Orchard. Part of the Seed St. Louis Summer Webinar Class Series. Have you wondered about the best way to water your garden or orchard? In this class we will discuss the many different ways to water your garden manually and through various types of irrigation both store bought and homemade. We will also cover the basics of how to collect rainwater to use for watering purposes. Register at https://seedstl.org/ classes/ June 3rd-4th 4:30-8:30 Fri., 9am-1pm Sat.—Gardens in Bloom Tour. Featuring gardens in Belleville and Swansea, IL. Tickets available after May 1st at Sandy’s Back Porch, Effinger’s
Garden Center, Creative Landscapes Garden Center, Ace Hardware O’Fallon, Hometown Ace Hardware Belleville, and University of Illinois Extension Offices in Waterloo or Collinsville, and online at https://event.gives/gardensinbloom2022. Day of event tickets at West End Dental, 9460 W. Main Street, Belleville, IL. For more information contact U. of I. Extension (618) 939-3434 or uie-mms@illinois.edu. June 4th 10am-5pm—The Square in Bloom Garden Tour & Antique Fair. Tour of 8 unique city gardens, local food and beverages, music in the plaza, outdoor living vendors, classic trolley, vitage Packard Club Car, Historic 1860s baseball, evening concert and more, plus the popular outdoor Antique Fair. $15/ person, $20 day-of can be purchased at www.lafayettesquare.org/housetours. June 4th – 5th 10am—27th Annual Town and Country Garden Tour. The Garden Tour includes both a walking tour of gardens in downtown Historic Hermann and a driving tour to gardens in the hills around Hermann. The $15 ticket price includes visits to at least four private gardens; these gardens are both in town and in the country and include a traditional four-square garden. Garden Tour visits may be spread over Saturday and
Sunday. Tickets will be sold online before the tour at Eventeny and at Topiaries (138 E. 4th) in downtown Hermann during the tour from 10-5 on Saturday and 10-3 on Sunday. Gardens close at 5pm on Saturday and 4pm on Sunday. A map to the gardens will be provided starting on Saturday June 4th at the Topiaries ticket sale site. The Hermann Garden Club’s website www. hermanngardentours.com provides upto-date events, ticket prices, links to the online ticket sale site, contact numbers, and photographs of past tour gardens. Visit the FAQS page on the website for answers to all your questions. “Like” us on Facebook at “Hermann Garden Tours.” Go to www. visithermann.com to find information about lodging. June 10th-11th 4-8pm Fri., 9am-1pm Sat.—22nd Annual Madison County Garden Tour. Visit six beautiful private gardens and two community gardens in Edwardsville and Glen Carbon, Illinois. The gardens may be toured at the leisure of the ticket holders. The tour is sponsored by Madison County Extension Foundation with the support of the University of Illinois Master Gardeners. Tickets are $13 online, children 10 and under free. More information at (618) 344-4230 or http://event.gives/madcongardentour22.
@Edg-Clif August 27th, 2022
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The Gateway Gardener™ SUMMER 2022
