“I just love Forest Park, and working here makes me feel good ... When you plant a tree that will long outlive you, it’s humbling. We’re just mortal people, after all, but we are having a lasting impact.”
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Horticulturist Patrick Greenwald looks back at past garden displays and gives a sneak peek at what's in store for the Boathouse display in 2018.
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Forest Park Forever's Park Ecologist Amy Witt recently put together a new interpretive sign in Kennedy Forest to teach Park visitors a little bit more about the importance of forest stand improvement. This conservation method is considered a best practice for ensuring the health of our native forests.
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Forest Park Forever Park Ecologist Amy Witt led a group of over 100 into a section of the Park's Nature Reserve on Saturday, October 28. Everyone who was there signed up to do their part to make Forest Park healthier by removing unwanted and invasive species.
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This article by Forest Park Forever Horticulturist Patrick Greenwald sheds some light on the work that went into this summer's display by the Boathouse. Designed in the cottage garden style, the Boathouse garden beds contained 40 different plants and were a hit all summer long with both Park visitors and passing pollinators.
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On October 28, we will hose the 19th annual Honeysuckle & Invasive Species Removal Day. If you'd like to be involved in improving the natural areas of Forest Park, we hope you'll join us on October 28!
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After the fourth season of Nature Works, our innovative high school workforce development program, came to a close earlier this month, we asked Nature Works Field Coordinator Billy Haag to share his experience leading this program and working with the NW crew.
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As a section of the Park's waterway was prepped for construction, Forest Park Forever Park Ecologist Amy Witt led the implementation of a Wildlife Impact Mitigation & Inventory Plan — part of our efforts to ensure a better Forest Park for all, including the reptiles and amphibians.
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Days in January, despite their frigid temperatures and overcast gloom, are known to be the best for planting trees. The ground is cold, but the new plants incur less shock if they go in when they are dormant as long as the soil isn’t frozen. And while the horticulturists who spend hours hauling, digging, planting and mulching the trees may curse the cold, they’re willing to do it for the long-term impact it will have on Forest Park.
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Forest Park Forever is incredibly excited to announce the promotion of longtime Nature Reserve Steward Amy Witt to Park Ecologist! In this role, Amy will lead our fantastic Nature Reserve team and manage our conservation efforts in partnership with the City of St. Louis.
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In preparing the Boathouse annual beds for spring tulips, Horticulturist Patrick Greenwald employed two new techniques to keep the displays looking great through the winter.
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There may be fewer flowers to see during a Missouri winter, but one kind of flower only comes out when it's cold. If you're in the Park in the early morning hours this winter, you might be lucky enough to see some frost flowers!
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