Founded in 1986, Forest Park Forever is a private nonprofit conservancy that works in partnership with the City of St. Louis and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry to restore, maintain and sustain Forest Park as one of America’s greatest urban public parks.  If you have been to Forest Park in the last few […]

   August is monarch season in Missouri. Monarch butterflies feed on nectar, particularly on purple flowers such as blazing star, New England aster and mistflower. Monarch caterpillars require milkweed leaves to feed on. As the monarchs start making their way South to Mexico for the winter, the adult butterflies lay eggs on milkweed plants. We […]

  At Native Landscape Solutions, we often describe ourselves as being “mission driven” or we take “ownership of the project” or we “jump in with both feet.” Most often we think of these phrases as figurative speaking, but this past Saturday- we took a literal approach to jumping in with both feet!  The City of […]

Can you imagine the journey the Monarch Butterfly makes each season. After overwintering in Mexico, Monarchs in early spring.  Taking as many as five generations to reach their Northern destinations, the Monarchs need meaningful waystations along their migration routes. Big or small, 100’s of acres or 100 square feet, the Pollinator waystations prove to be […]