Calendar of events 2005

Meetings are at 10 am on the 2nd Saturday of the month unless otherwise noted.  Meeting location will vary depending on activity.  Please email wildonesmo@yahoo.com or call Scott Hamilton at 882-9909 ext. 3257 for details.
 


Jan.8- Video brunch/social at the home of Nancy Brakhage.  We will meet for brunch at 10:30 am, please bring a dish to share. 
 
Feb.14   Propagation workshop with Native Plants and Ann Wakeman – NOTE: meeting will be at 7pm Monday evening at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Shepherd Blvd. 
Directions:  From Old Highway 63, between Broadway and Stadium, turn east onto Shepard Blvd.  A few blocks down, you will see Shepard Elementary School on your right and the Unitarian Universalist Church on the left.

Mar. 12 – 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.  Native plant site preparation and installation/Watershed-friendly Yard Techniques workshop with Ann Wakeman and Jeff Zimmershied.  This will be held at the Department of Conservation Resource Science building, which is located at the NE corner of College Ave. and Stadium Blvd.
 
April 9  – 10:00 am.  Rain garden construction workshop with Hinkson Creek Watershed Restoration Project.  Location:  Rockbridge Elementary School in Columbia.  Meeting will consist of instructional slide presentation and then a "hands on" dig and planting of a rain garden.  Information on aquatic plants and insects will also be presented.  Please bring shovel, trowel, and gloves. Directions:  From Broadway and Providence, take Providence south past Nifong and State Farm.  At the next light where Route K continues south, make a left following 163.  Turn right into the school parking light immediately after this turn.  

April 24 - Earth Day festival in downtown Columbia.  Come visit our booth.  Wildlfowers and native plants will be available for purchase.  Volunteers to help staff the booth are need.  

<> May 14 -  Forum Nature Area “native plant dig & give away”.  We will thin our plantings and distribute the plants to volunteers and supplement our seeded area as well.  
Directions:  The Forum Nature Area is one of the entrances to the MKT trail and is located at 2701 Forum Boulevard, just south of Chapel Hill.  Meet in the lower parking area.  

June 11-  Wild One’s yard tour- tours of members’ yards.

July 9-  Wild One’s yard tours, continued.  We will meet at Lesa Beamer's home at 10 am and then head to the exciting new Bear Creek development north of town. 
Directions:  The Beamer home is south of Columbia near Rock Bridge State Park.  From Rock Bridge Elementary and Providence Rd., take a left and go about 3 miles to the 1st stop sign (at the Pierpont General Store).  Then turn right on Route N and go exactly 1 mile to 8400 (mailbox and home on the left).  Park on the grass to the right of the driveway. 

August 13 – joint meeting with St. Louis Wild Ones at Prairie Garden Trust in New Bloomfield.
 
Sept.10 – Note time:  9am.  We will assist with the "Landscape Challenge" contest sponsored by Grow Native.  Volunteers with the City of Columbia, as well as Master Naturalists, will be joining us to convert two homeowners' yards into showcases for landscaping with native Missouri plants.  We will meet at the house located  at 3016 Meghann Drive. 
From Hy Vee: take Fairview Rd south, turn rt onto Hal Ct, then left onto Nancy St, which changes into Meghann after a strange curve to the right.. The other house is located at 1516 Windsor, and can be reached by taking College Ave just north of Broadway, then turning right onto Windsor.
 
Oct. 15 (note special date) 10 am to noon  - Honeysuckle and euonymous eradication with the Green Belt Coalition at their Spring Valley site.   Bring gloves, loppers, pruning saws, clippers.  Suggest wearing long sleeves and pants.  Round-up and applicators will be provided.  Water, drinks, cookies will be available.<>
Directions:  The Spring Valley Nature Preserve is located on Spring Valley Road.  Spring Valley goes off  Broadway to the south between Clinkscales and West Blvd. (across Broadway from Pershing Rd.)  Once you turn on Spring Valley, continue down the street taking all the left turns.  The land is along the left side of the street near the end.

Nov. 12 -  Planning meeting for 2005.  We will meet at 10 am at the Conservation Dept. building at College & Stadium.  Bring your comments, ideas, and suggestions for 2006 activities. 
 
Dec.   - No meeting - holiday break

 

Want to see what we did last year?  Check out the 2004 calendar.

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