GENERAL INFO

Event Host: Friends of the Garden
Official FB event: https://www.facebook.com/events/305419563470239/

Place: Springfield Botanical Gardens Roof-top, Close Memorial Park ( 2400 S Scenic Ave, Springfield, MO 65807 )

Date: Saturday, May 18, 2019
Time: 9:00am - 2:00pm

Admission: FREE
Pre-Registration: None

THE DETAILS

Purchase native plants from Ozark Soul and Smiling Sun, southwest Missouri's local native plant nurseries. Then plant your natives using newly acquired garden tools made by Homestead Iron (the most durable hand tool you will ever encounter). You will even have an opportunity to purchase original botanical illustrations by Linda Ellis. This event will offer opportunity to learn from a variety of educational organizations about how you can preserve and restore our natural resources all while celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Roston Native Butterfly House. Come and enjoy the Springfield Botanical Gardens' 2nd ANNUAL NATIVE PLANT MARKET!

 

Schedule

9:00 am    Planting for Pollinator by Katie Keith 

10:00 am  Caterpillar Rearing by Dr. Chris Barnhart

11:00 am  Landscaping with Natives by Paul Armstrong
 

Vendors

Homestead Iron
Ozark Soul Native Plants and Landscaping
Smiling Sun Gardens
 

Educational Booths

Audubon Society
Bees Alive Club
Butterfly House
James River Basin Partnership
Master Naturalist
Mayor's Monarch Pledge
Missouri Native Plant Society
Missouri Prairie Foundation