SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012
9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Pre-sale for Garden members only
FRIDAY, MAY 11, 2012
4 to 7:30 p.m.
Largest Selection of Native Wildflowers Available in the St. Louis Area
Admission is $3 per person and free to Missouri Botanical Garden Members and Shaw Nature Reserve Passholders.
Shaw Nature Reserve and several nurseries from throughout the area will offer hundreds of varieties of annual and perennial wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs to use in home landscaping and to attract wildlife. The sale will feature the showiest and hardiest native plants for sun or shade, including purple coneflower, butterfly milkweed, blazing star, dwarf crested iris, cardinal flower, compass plant, wild phlox, ostrich fern, bottle-brush buckeye, fringe tree and short-leaf pine. There will also be birdhouses, artwork and books for sale.
Plants will be for sale from Shaw Nature Reserve, Wild Ones, Missouri Wildflowers Nursery, Andy's Native Plants, A Blooming Paradise, Ozark Berry Farm and Forest Keeling Nursery. Only cash or check will be accepted. Please pay each vendor separately.
MISSOURI NATIVE SEED AND PLANTS of the prairie, wetland, woodland and savanna will also be available. All plants sold will be nursery propagated (i.e., not wild harvested).
Shaw Nature Reserve Booth Plant List
Before shopping, take time to explore the 2,400-acre Nature Reserve, where the Whitmire Wildflower Garden offers a lovely example of home landscaping with Missouri native flowers and plants. Explore the tallgrass prairie, walk the boardwalk in the wetland or visit the “People on the Land” exhibit inside the historic Bascom House. Admission to the Reserve is $3 ($2 seniors, free for children) and included with your admission to the sale.
DIRECTIONS:
Gray Summit is about 30 miles west of St. Louis. Take the Gray Summit exit (#253, second exit west of Six Flags) off Interstate 44. Follow signs to Shaw Nature Reserve and special signs leading to the Spring Wildflower Sale.
Signs will direct visitors to a special entrance on the western boundary of the Nature Reserve, with plenty of free parking.
FOR MORE INFORMATION please call Shaw Nature Reserve at (636) 451-3512 (toll free from St. Louis area), or write to us at P.O. Box 38, Gray Summit, Missouri, 63039.