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Highlights from the Moonlight Pond Tour
Nature’s Re-Creations is the host of this annual event focusing on local water features around the St. Louis metro area. Chris Siewing, Garden-Lou Spotlight on Chris Siewing – of Nature’s Re-Creations is the…
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September Shrub of the Month-St. John’s wort
The genus Hypericum includes 490 species distributed around the globe. Part of this worldwide range is due to the prolific reproductive traits some species possess. Missouri records show 16 of these species, including…
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September Perennial of the Month-Garlic chive
One of the oldest continuously grown herb crops, this Southeast Asian native is well known as a culinary herb. Still, many great cooks may not know that garlic chives (Allium tuberosum) are a…
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August Tree of the Month-Swamp White Oak
Soaring up to 60 ’ and living up to 300 years, the swamp white oak, Quercus bicolor, is one of Missouri’s grandest native trees. Like other oaks in the White Group, it has…
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Garden-Lou Spotlight on the Sue & Andy Leahy Garden
Picture a hummingbird hovering at a Cardinal flower, its wings a blur but its intent direct and defined against the scarlet native plant. That was the “A-Ha” moment when Sue Leahy realized the…
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A Summer Visit to the Garden of Bruce and Chick Buehrig
Bellerive Acres, Mo Long-time readers will remember the Winter visit to the Buehrig Garden after a light snow in 2022. A Winter Visit to the Garden of Bruce and Chick Buehrig – The…
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July Anti-Tree of the Month-Golden Rain Tree
Once upon a time, I came to visit my mother-in-law, and before I could make it to the front door, her neighbor ran out of her house, grabbed me by the hand, saying.…
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Garden-Lou Spotlight on Patricia and Charlie Hoffman
Lafayette Square, St. Louis, Mo It’s a dilemma that many people face as kids grow up and move out, leaving empty-nesters with a house that suddenly is too big. For avid gardeners, the…
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Highlights from the 2026 Pond-O-Rama Tour!
With 23 hosts over the two-day event, Pond-O-Rama is the cheery on top of the St. Louis garden tour season cake! There’s something for everyone on this tour where creativity and personality shine,…
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June Tree of the Month-Washington Hawthorn
The name is deceiving; Washington hawthorns, Crataegus phaenopyrum, are not native to the U.S. Pacific Northwest. Their native range runs from Virginia to Missouri, Arkansas, and Alabama. (The common name is attributed to…
