Invasive Species in Our Yards Saturday, May 18, 2024 10AM to 11:30AM Five Oaks on Warson Special Guest Speaker: Jean Ponzi Green Resources Manager Earthways Center - Missouri Botanical Garden
Learn how to identify and when to remove or how to control various invasive species such as: Winter Creeper, Burning Bush, Bamboo, Callery Pear (aka Bradford Pear), Climbing Euonymus, Japanese Honeysuckle, and Sericea Lespedeza. Find out how to remediate with native plantings and the importance of the Cease the Sale bill before the Missouri legislature.
After Jean's presentation, take an easy 30-minute stroll just outside Five Oaks on the Sassafras Trail. Brian Azcona, Olivette Parks and Rec Horticulturist, will narrate how invasive species were removed and identify the natives in their place. Sign up by notifying Jan Fitzgerald at jeg.fitzgerald@gmail.com.
2023 Past Events
Old Bonhomme PTO Garden Team and Olivette in Bloom joined for a night of fun creating stunning winter porch pots and door swags using seasonal branches, greenery, and decorations. Workshop was only $15 to create a pot or swag. Photos below capture this holiday inspiring and entertaining evening!
Natural materials were gathered from Olivette parks by the Olivette Horticulturalist, Brian Azcona., for workshop participants to use for their creations. Meanwhile, Workshop Leader, Whitney Tucker, gave tips on how to use these materials.
Participants, using their own pots, enjoyed using magnolia leaves, dried bee balm pods, fonds from large grass plants, boxwood trimmings, birch logs and other natural materials --what materials might be in your own backyard?
Adults, and a creative young man, had fun choosing their favorite natural materials and securing that with twine to create various door and table swags.
Meanwhile, below are more results of porch pots created in less than 2 hours!! What a relaxing atmosphere at Five Oaks on Warson to help set the tone for enjoying a fun event!
Thursday, March 30, 2023, 7 to 9PM, Olivette City Center OIB sponsored presentation by The St. Louis Herb Society
"Making the connection: how indigenous people used native plants for health."