Learning Opportunities

Partners for Native Landscaping is developed by Bring Conservation Home and other partnering organizations. It presents educational events about native landscaping each year in spring. 

Missouri Botanical Garden (especially the Native Plant School series from the Shaw Nature Reserve)

Grow Native! hosts regular webinars about native plants. 

Missouri Department of Conservation’s nature centers at nearby places like Powder Valley in Kirkwood and the August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area in St. Charles Events | Missouri Department of Conservation.

St. Louis Community College Horticulture Program at the Meramec campus offers short classes of interest through its Continuing Education program. There is even a Master Naturalist curriculum that includes both credit and non-credit classes.

The St. Louis chapter of Wild Ones is the country’s largest and most active chapter of this native plant organization. Monthly meetings are often tours of members’ yards. Becoming a member is an excellent way to learn more about native plants, see native plant gardens on a regular basis, talk with knowledgeable gardeners, and share plants.