MU Extension offers free virtual home horticulture town hall meetings every Wednesday from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Get your lawn and garden questions answered by MU Extension Horticulture Specialists from around the state. To participate, you can use your landline, cell phone, computer, tablet, etc. To register (and submit a question), please submit the […]
Docent training has been rescheduled for Wed., May 13 and Sat., May 16. It will be held virtually. Learn how to be a docent at the Roston Native Butterfly House. To sign up, please contact us.
UPDATE 05/18/2020: These classes are now full. Links to the recorded sessions will be posted as they are available. This is a webinar series that provides research based horticulture information for gardeners and homeowners. They will learn techniques through online one hour classes followed by 30 minutes of questions and answers. Recaps the benefits of […]
You are invited to join our team of dynamic volunteers who are passionate about native Lepidoptera and the habitats that support their life cycles. Dr. Chris Barnhart, Distinguished Professor of Biology at MSU and Roston Native Butterfly House Curator, will lead this basic training on species variety and what it takes to become a docent […]
MU Extension presents Healthy Yards for Clear Streams designed to help you be environmentally responsible with lawn and landscape practices. By implementing the practices learned in this program, you will be able to reduce your annual use of fertilizers and pesticides needed to maintain your landscape, and prevent what chemicals you do apply from entering […]
This is a series of garden walks getting to know local flora and how it can be used for food, medicine and the story behind the common names. Plants we will visit this week: Spiderwort, Serviceberry, Prickly Pear, Quinine and more! Limited to the first 15 people. Fee $5 meet and pay at the Botanical […]
Imagine life in the past! Visit Springfield’s oldest house at the Gray-Campbell Farmstead located within the Springfield Botanical Gardens. Tour the historical home and visit with volunteer reenactors to learn what life was like in the 1860s when settlers ground their own corn, made their own rope and grew most of the food they ate. […]
Start with pictures and a story about caterpillars, then we will walk into the gardens with our eagle eyes on and inspect known host plants for signs of future butterflies! Limited to 15 people. Fee: any donation to the Roston Native Butterfly House. RSVP to 417-891-1515 ex 3.
The in-person workshop is now full. Please join us virtually! Learn the tried and true methods of rearing butterflies and moths in your own home from Dr. Chris and Deb Barnhart, curators of the Roston Native Butterfly House. Workshop participants will have an opportunity to take caterpillars and/or eggs home to rear! The in-person workshop […]
11th Butterfly Festival re-imagined amid COVID concerns For the past decade, the Springfield Botanical Gardens at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park has hosted thousands of gardening and butterfly enthusiasts of all ages for a day of celebrating pollinators during the annual Butterfly Festival. This year, however, will look a little different. Due to public health concerns, […]
