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2022 Lawn & Garden Summit
Saturday, March 19, 2022
1:00 PM - 5:30 PM
FREE TO ATTEND
Venue: Wildwood Town Center
221 Plaza Drive, Wildwood, MO 63040
Program
The Wildwood Lawn & Garden Summit is intended to educate Wildwood residents and visitors on key lawn & garden issues, and help grow the City’s lawn & garden businesses within our community. This FREE Summit will provide education and/or hands-on demonstrations from local Wildwood businesses. There will be educational sessions occurring under the large tent located on the north side of Plaza Drive from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM. Each presentation will last 30 minutes and include time for questions. Seating will be limited and attendees are encouraged to bring a chair or blanket to enjoy the presentation.
Schedule of Presentations
| Time | Presentation |
|---|---|
| 1:00 - 1:30 | Composting 101 - Presentation Slides (Missouri Botanical Gardens) |
| 1:30 - 2:00 | Deer-Resistant Planting (Zick's Great Outdoors) |
| 2:00 - 2:30 | Backyard Beekeeping (Allred Bees) |
| 2:30 - 3:00 | Water and Integrated Pest Management for Home Gardeners - Presentation Slides (Fahr Greenhouse) |
| 3:00 - 3:30 | Tips on Cultivating a Healthy Garden - Presentation Slides (Wildwood Family YMCA) |
| 3:30 - 4:00 | Invasive Honeysuckle - Removal Strategies and Techniques (Wildwood Tree Service) |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Planting Natives - Heat, Drought and Water Tolerant Species (Papillon Perennials) |
| 4:30 - 5:00 | The Language of Landscape – Effectively communicate with your local horticulturalist – Preemptive diagnosis (Passiglia's Nursery and Garden Center) |
Partner Organizations
These partner organizations are invited to set up hands-on displays or hand out informational pamphlets:
Saint Louis Science Center - Friends of Belleview - Great Rivers Missouri Master Naturalist Goats on the Go - Missouri Department of Conservation - Missouri Prairie Foundation Missouri Department of Natural Resources - St. Louis Master Gardener - Wild Ones Missourians for Monarchs - St. Louis Audubon Society - St. Louis Community College University of Missouri Extension - Honeybee Flower Boutique - Four Winds Garden Club-Federated Garden Clubs of America - Three Rivers Bee Keepers - Wildwood Farms Community Garden - Wildwood Watershed Erosion Task Force - And More!
Food and Drinks
Stroll around and enjoy supporting some of your favorite Wildwood Farmer’s Market vendors:
- Micro Meadows: Featuring micro green salads.
- Kazoo Coffee & Cocoa Roasting Company: Handcrafted small batch roasted coffee and cocoa beans, sourced from organic farms.
- Yogi Donuts: Hot and fresh mini donuts
- Miss. Becky's Salsa Shack: Freshly made Chips and Salsa, Nachos, Loaded Nachos, Walking Tacos and Chili, as well as a variety of beverages including bottled water, soda and Capri Sun.
- Lily's Cafe and Ice Cream Truck: Smoothies, Ice Cream Items, Chicken Fajita Nachos, Beef Nachos, Veggie Nachos and Beef Hot Dogs.