Piper
Palm House in Tower Grove Park |
Tower
Grove Park Ponds Tour
The tour will be on Sunday, September 7, at 2:30
p.m. Please meet at the balloons in front of the Piper
Palm House near the Magnolia and Tower Grove Avenue
entrance. The horticultural staff will give an informative
guided tour of the newly renovated ponds. Plant lists
will be available.
For those interested, we have a limited number of reservations
for the Cafe Madeleine brunch buffet at 1pm. Cost is
$19.95 per person. Beverages extra. Please call Pam
to make a reservation at 314-276-9461. We hope to see
everyone there!
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Pond of the Month: September
A pair of ducks adopted Sue Wehrman's pond this
spring and she shared her photos. They were delightful,
so we asked if she'd be our September Pond of the
Month. Since the ducks arrived, she's done quite a
bit of research and taken some wonderful pictures
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Shooting the rapids!
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Mary
Ann Fink |
Backyard
Wildlife Habitats
Mary Ann Fink, the enthusiastic speaker we had last
year on Native Plants, is returning to talk about creating
a backyard wildlife habitat - a 'natural' for us since
we already have the water!
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A
Night in the Tropics
Beautiful lilies, good friends, rhythmic music, tasty
food and unusual plants - what more could one ask. Perfect
weather? We had that too! The banquet was terrific!
Check out our photos!
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Good
things to eat |
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Wayne
Gibson receives his award
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Members
receive well-deserved awards
So MANY deserve awards! Congratulations to this year's
award winners:
- Steve
Harris
(Bonnie Alford Service Award plaque)
- Wayne
Gibson
(Ganim Service Award plaque)
- Linda Barr (Jewel Box Appreciation certificate)
- Dave Stahre (Pond-O-Rama Appreciation certificate)
- Howard Schroeder (New Member Appreciation
certificate).
- Gilbert Chen (AKCA Koi Person of the Year
award, announced earlier)
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Jewel Box Maintenance
Saturday mornings at 9am, volunteers
weekly remove dead flowers and yellowed or torn leaves
to keep the lily pools in front of the Jewel Box in
Forest Park looking their very best. Brides often use
them as a lovely backdrop for their photos. This week,
we maintained them for our own banquet.
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Before
the banquet
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Feldmann's frog |
Pond-O-Rama 2008
What a terrific tour! Water features are getting
better every year. We had a good turnout and the weather
was pleasant despite a few brief showers. Photos of
each pond on the 2008 tour are now available from
the Pond-O-Rama web page.
Note that they are listed alphabetically except that
the vertical photos are grouped together at the bottom
of the page.
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