November 2023: Elections
Join us for an evening of networking, dinner, elections & fundraising. Our Presentation is PLANT PEST UPDATE: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Our speaker will be Susan Ehlenbeck, MO Agriculture Plant Protection Specialist. As the inspector of our area greenhouses and nurseries, Susan will update us on what pests are already here and which ones we may see in the near future.
LOCATION: Ballwin Golf Course & Event Center: 333 Holloway Road Ballwin, MO 63011
6:00-6:30PM Arrive & Check In
6:30-6:45PM Socialize/Buy Raffle tickets
6:45-7:30PM Catered Dinner by Calliers
7:30-8:15 PM Presentation / Q&A
8:15-9:00 PM Elections & Short Biz Meeting
Dinner is Catered Dinner by Callier’s with choice of Two Entrée Options:
ONE: Home Style Meat Loaf topped with Bourbon Sauce, mashed potatoes, dinner salad
TWO: Oven Roasted Turkey Breast/Gravy, mashed potatoes, greenbeans, cornbread stuffing
**LIMITED OPEN BAR** Sponsored by RITTER PERENNIALS
COST IS $30.00 Payable Cash/ Check the night of event
PLEASE EMAIL RSVP to lnagslboard@gmail.com with Dinner Entree choice by NOV 6th
September 2023
Save the date! Join us for a tour of the new Forest Park Naturescape and a picnic dinner! More details to come.
Time TBD
August 2023
Please join Christa Taylor with Auburn Park & Danny Moncheski with SiteOne for an Outdoor Classroom Event (CE not available). Choosing and Preparing your Residential BMP Submittal without killing your trees.
July 2023: Summer Picnic
Join us for a closer look at the new Jack C Taylor Visitor Center at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. We will be guided through the outdoor garden spaces by MOBOT Horticulture Staff + representatives from Arbolope Studio (landscape architects for the project). Inside the building, Jean Ponzi (of Missouri Botanical Garden Earthways Center) will highlight the biophilic elements of the construction, design, and operation where “technology and nature work in harmony to provide a world-class guest experience”. Please RSVP in advance – tour limited to 40 people! We will also honor and award recipients of the 2023 John L. Masek Ornamental Horticulture Scholarship.
MEETING AGENDA:
3:15 pm: Meet at MOBOT Parking Lot 3:30 pm: Tour MOBOT Visitor Center 5:00 pm: Head to O’Connell’s Pub for drinks and food and Scholarship Awards
LOCATIONS:
MOBOT: 4344 Shaw Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63110 O’Connell’s Pub: 4652 Shaw Ave, St. Louis, MO 63110
COST: $25 for tour + appetizers, cash bat at O’Connell’s
June 2023
Join James Faupel (supervisor of ecological restoration) and Allison Azmy (horticulture coordinator) for a rare opportunity to tour the Litzsinger Road Ecology Center, a 39-acre study center managed by the Missouri Botanical Garden, but not open to the public. See their reconstructed prairies, restored bottomland woodlands, and newly redesigned native landscape beds, in the heart of a residential area during this outdoor walking tour. Learn about how they use their site to work with local educators and conduct research in this hidden gem.
March 2023: Winter Social
Please join us for LNAGSL's second annual Bowl-A-Rama at Epiphany Lanes! Enjoy 3 games of bowling, appetizers and pizza with fundraising raffles and a St. Patrick’s Day costume party to benefit the John L. Masek Ornamental Horticulture Scholarship. Cash bar available.
$25 for food & bowling, $12 for bowling only
February 2023
Members, Students and Guests are invited to join LNAGSL along with the GPHA, to discuss the updates from the MO Invasive Plant Council and their "Cease the Sale" initiative. Meeting is on Monday, February 13th at Mike Duffy's in Kirkwood. Starts at 6p, Pizza & Pasta Buffet dinner at 6:30 and Presentation at 7pm.
Cost is $22 Advance tickets can be purchased on line via Event Brite - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lnagsl-february-2023-meeting-tickets-516152525097.
Attendance for Presentation ONLY -also available $5.00 Payable at door, but email RSVP to info@stlouislandscape.org
November 2022
Please join us to her our speaker Crystal Stevens discuss how to implement edible landscaping into your design. She will highlight how to add a variety of edible and medicinal herbs into your customers landscaping designs. After the presentation, elections will be held for our 2023 officers and board members. Dinner is Catered by Bandanas BBQ. Cost is $25.