Special Guest Speaker: Jean Ponzi (Green Resources Manager Earthways Center Missouri Botanical Garden)
Learn how to identify and when to remove or how to control various invasive species such as: Winter Creeper, Burning Bush, Callery Pear (aka Bradford Pear), Climbing Euonymus, Japanese Honeysuckle, and Sericea lespedeza. Find out how to remediate with native planting and the importance of the Cease the Sale bill before the Missouri legislature. After Jean's presentation, take an easy 3--minute stroll just outside Five Oaks on the Sassafras Trail. Brian Azcona, Olivette Parks and Recreation Horticulturist, will narrate how invasive species were removed and identify the natives in their place.
When: Saturday, May 18 from 10:00-11:30am Where: Five Oaks on Warson To register email Jan Fitzgerald at [email protected]