Partners for Native Landscaping
2025 Series
2025 Upcoming Webinars
Wednesday, April 16, 2:00 p.m.
Pollinator Powerhouses & Keystone Plant Species
Vivian Bouse - Shaw Nature Reserve
This presentation will discuss the importance of including native keystone plants in your home landscapes. Keystone plants provide necessary sources of food and shelter to butterflies, moths, and bees and benefit birds and other wildlife. Learn about the role native plants play in our ecosystem and how you can garden with them.
Wednesday, April 30, 2:00 p.m.
Oh, Deer: Dealing with Unwanted Guests in Your Landscape
Nancy Newcomer & Diane Donovan, Missouri Master Naturalists
Tips and tricks for creating and maintaining a native garden in a community with a high deer population.
Wednesday, May 21, 2:00 p.m.
SEEDS! Cultivating Native Seeds in the Landscape
Rachel Williams - Missouri Department of Conservation
An overview of seed dispersal mechanisms, types of seed and dormancies, and preparing the seed and landscape for small-scale home projects!
Wednesday, September 17, 2:00 p.m.
No Yard Too Small: Missouri Native Trees and Shrubs for Your Urban Landscape
Billy Haag - Forest ReLeaf
Not all urban lots have room for a large canopy tree, but that doesn’t mean you have to remove trees from your planting pallet. Here we will take a look through a diversity of smaller Missouri Native Trees and Shrubs that are well suited for an urban landscape.
Wednesday, October 1, 2:00 p.m.
Consequences of Change: How Climate Impacts Native Plants in the Saint Louis Region
Dr. Matt Austin, Curator for Biodiversity Data | Missouri Botanical Garden
Climate change is reshaping ecosystems, and the responses of native plants are some of the clearest signs of this transformation. Join us to explore how the Missouri Botanical Garden is studying these changes in our local flora, including at Shaw Nature Reserve and by analyzing a century and a half of herbarium specimens.
Wednesday, October 15, 2:00 p.m.
Native Gardening Maintenance Tips, Tricks & Hacks
Simon Barker - Barker Horticultural Services, Grow Native!
Some ideas that will help keep you, your neighbors and your landscape happy and fun.
