Growing up on a farm in Michigan, I have been interested in outdoor activities all my life. Gardening, birding, watching butterflies, and hiking are some of my hobbies. I am available to present programs on native plants, birds, or butterflies and to lead nature hikes.
Anne Parmley, anne.parmley@gmail.com
Metropolis Garden Club President
Garden Clubs of Illinois, State and District VII, Bees, Birds, & Butterflies Chairman
Master Naturalist
Founding Member of the Massac Nature Study Society
Friends of the Cache River Watershed Board Member
Illinois Butterfly Monitor at the Cache River Egret Slough
Shawnee Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society Member
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The next official Metropolis Garden Club Meeting will be held on Monday, September 12, 9:30 a.m. Hosting will be Vicki Gillespie and Martha Schwegman. Program will be on Daffodils with Beth Moller.
We will also meet for field trips throughout the summer months. The next field trip will be to Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, August 19. Please contact me at anne.parmley@gmail.com for details.
Note: We will meet the second Saturday this month, not our usual third Saturday. The next meeting of the Massac Nature Study Society will be on Saturday, August 13, at 9 a.m. at the Parmley farm, 1123 Country Club Road, Metropolis. Anyone with an interest in nature is welcome to join us.
Some of my favorite links:
District VII, Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc.
Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc. Be sure to look at all the information about pollinators. Just click on Special Projects, then Planting for Pollinators.
Shawnee Chapter of the Illinois Audubon Society
Southern Illinois Wildflower Map This will open in a browser but may not in the maps app.
A local source for native plants is Southernwood Gardens, phone: 618 833 2769 or 697 3798, located at 4650 Rhine Rd, Alto Pass, IL.
North American Butterfly Association
revised August 7, 2022.