The Spring Wildflower Market at Shaw Nature Reserve an annual initiative to promote native plants to home gardeners and professional landscapers. This year’s sale will be held on May 11. (Photo courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden)
Passiglia’s Nursery Garden Center, 1855 Hwy. 109 in Wildwood, is offering the following gardening seminars:
• The “Home Grown Healthy Eating: Spring Greens” seminar will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 20.
• A container seminar will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 20.
• The “Home Grown Healthy Eating: Maintenance, Pesticides, Fertilizer” seminar will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 25.
All of the above seminars are offered free of charge. For more information, call 458-9292, or visit passiglia.com.
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The following classes will be offered this spring at SummerWinds Nursery, 54 Clarkson Road in Ellisville:
• A deer-resistant class providing information about deer-resistant plants, deer repellents and more, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 20.
• An organic gardening class at 11 a.m. on Thursday, April 25 will feature Lisa Grant, a Dr. Earth representative, who will discuss gardening with Dr. Earth soils, fertilizers and more.
• A vine class covering vines and their bloom times, how to plant them, how to use them in a landscape and more, will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, April 30.
• An earth box class at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 2 will provide information on how to plant an earth box.
• A container class will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 8.
All of the above classes are offered free of charge, and at press time, additional classes are being scheduled for May. For more information or to register, call 227-0095, or email moexpert@summerwinds.net.
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University of Missouri (MU) Extension will offer the following lawn and garden classes and events for the public at its St. Charles County Extension Center, 260 Brown Road in St. Peters:
• A Garden Tour and Plant Sale hosted by St. Charles County master gardeners will be held from 9 a.m.-noon on Saturday, April 20. Plants will include vegetables, Missouri natives, annuals, herbs, perennials, seeds and more. There will be tours of on-site demonstration gardens and an “Ask a Master Gardener” booth. Admission is free.
• Shade Gardening will be held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, April 27. Topics include characterization of your shade situation, soil preparation, plant/tree/shrub selection, and watering techniques.
• Creating a Native Rain Garden will be held from 6:30-9 p.m. on Tuesday, April 30. Attendees will learn the role of rain gardens in controlling storm water runoff and will learn how to create a rain garden using native plants. Topics will include benefits, installation steps and plant suggestions. An on-site rain garden tour is included.
• Home Landscape Design will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1. Basic landscape techniques, plant selection and arrangement and growing needs will be covered.
• Growing Summer Vegetables in Home Gardens will be held from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, May 4. Vegetable-growing principles, soil preparation, planting, growing, dealing with insects and diseases, and harvesting summer vegetables will be addressed.
• Accessible Gardening will be offered from 9-11 a.m. on Saturday, May 18. The class will offer ideas and techniques for making gardening accessible to those in a wheelchair or those who move from a sitting or leaning position and will include an on-site tour of the enabling garden and resources.
• The Rose – Queen of Flowers will be held from 9:30-11:30 a.m. on Saturday, June 8. Attendees will learn the basics of growing beautiful roses, including what, where how and when to plant; soil preparation; pruning, fertilizing and watering; and pest and disease management.
Unless otherwise noted, the fee for each of the above classes is $20, and additional family members residing at the same address may register for half price if class materials are shared. To register, call 970-3000.
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The St. Louis Herb Society and the Garden Gate Shop will present Herb Days from noon-5 p.m. on Thursday, April 25 and from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, April 26 and Saturday, April 27 at the Orthwein Floral Display Hall at the Missouri Botanical Garden. A wide selection of potted, fresh herbs, including new and hard-to-find varieties, will be offered for sale, as will the Herb Society’s cookbook, periodicals and various herb-related products. Herb Society members will give demonstrations on selecting, planting, growing and using herbs. Admission is included with regular Garden admission. To learn more, visit mobot.org or stlouisherbsociety.com.
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The Spring Wildflower Market, a sale featuring the area’s largest available selection of native wildflowers, will be held from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturday, May 11 at Shaw Nature Reserve, I-44 at Hwy. 100 in Gray Summit. There will be hundreds of varieties of annual and perennial wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs to use in home landscaping and to attract wildlife. The showiest and hardiest native plants for sun or shade, including purple coneflower, butterfly milkweed, blazing star, dwarf crested iris, cardinal flower, compass plant, wild phlox, ostrich fern, bottle-brush buckeye, fringe tree and short-leaf pine will be sold. The plants will be offered by Shaw Nature Reserve and several area nurseries; birdhouses, artwork and books also will be offered.
Admission is $5 per person and free for members of Missouri Botanical Garden and Shaw Nature Reserve pass-holders. A pre-sale for Garden members only will be from 4-7:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10. Only cash or check will be accepted, and vendors must be paid separately. For more information, call 451-3512, or visit shawnature.org.
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