Harvesting and Cooking with Herbs Workshop

Guest Speakers Jackie Reynolds and Lois Floro from the Webster Grove Herb Society

When: Saturday, September 21 from 10 to 11 am at Five Oaks on Warson

​Price: $15 per person

Enjoy a yummy workshop demonstrating how to incorporate herbs and native garden plants to make delicious teas, soups, and even desserts. Guest speakers Jackie Reynolds and Lois Floro, from The Webster Grove Herb Society, will teach the proper way to gather and preserve herbaceous plants. Participants will sample herbal teas along with pre-prepared herbaceous-infused dishes.
The Great Divide

When: Saturday September 28 from 9 to 11 am at Five Oaks on Warson

Price: Free

Here's an opportunity to divide your perennials and plant them at Five Oaks and other Olivette park locations. Brian Azcona, Olivette Parks and Rec Horticulturist will supervise and answer questions. 
Designing with Nature in Mind Workshop

Guest Speaker: Master Gardener Betty Struckhoff

When: Friday, October 18 from 7 to 8pm at Five Oaks on Warson.

Price: Free

Come hear Guest Speaker, Betty Struckhoff, a Master Gardner since 1999, present design ideas incorporating our natural Missouri habitat. Betty has helped create native landscapes in public spaces and private gardens. Her St Louis home is landscaped-certified “Platinum” in the Bring Conservation Home (BCH) program. She is past winner of the Post Dispatch, “Best Native Garden”, and an active member of the “Wild Ones Natural Landscapers”. 

Learn design ideas to incorporate Missouri’s natural habitat into your garden from a long time Master Gardener, past winner of the Post Dispatch, “Best Native Garden”, and an active member of the “Wild Ones Natural Landscapers”. ​
2nd Annual Porch Pot Workshop

When: Friday, November 15 from 6:45 to 8:45pm at Five Oaks on Warson

Price: $15 per person

Decorate for the upcoming holidays! Bring a pot/vessel/bowl plus your favorite scissors and/or clippers to create a HOLIDAY PORCH POT or DOOR SWAG. Incorporate natural dried materials collected by Olivette’s Horticulturist from our community’s parks and trails (assorted branches, berries, pinecones, evergreens and more). Add a personalized touch with your décor-matching ribbons, twinkling lights, dried flowers or a living plant!

Last year’s workshop sold out--register early!