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 […]
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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 […]
This event has been postponed to June 2021. Check back later for more information!
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. […]
Master Gardeners of the Ozarks in conjunction with the Bonniebrook Historical Society invite you to take a step back in time and join us for our “Bohemian Garden Rhapsody Tour.” Saturday, June 13th from 10 AM to 3 PM Learn from the Master Gardeners at a variety of gardens and horticultural Education Stations highlighting Bonniebrook’s […]
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.
This event has been postponed and will go virtual the week of July 13! Join us here and on our social media for child-oriented activities and fun designed to nurture an appreciation for gardening and nature.
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 […]
