Carol Gravens, Missouri Botanical Garden Advanced Master Gardener and Master Naturalist, will speak on the topic “Autumn Spectacular” at our meeting October 18.  This meeting will begin at 7pm in the Beaumont Room in the Ridgeway Center and will be free to members and non-members alike.  See you there!

Our final monthly meeting for 2018 will be the annual potluck dinner and elections.  It will be held in the Missouri Botanical Garden’s CBEC Building at 4651 Shaw Ave.  Nominations are currently being accepted for the positions of President and Secretary, to serve two-year terms beginning in January 2019.

Congratulations to Beverly Maschek, winner of the Bonnie Alford award, and to Jeanne Lehr, winner of the Ganim award!  Both were honored for their service and commitment to SLWGS at our annual banquet August 21st at the Jewel Box.

Thanks to the Tiki Tour hosts (Les and Phyllis Voudrie, Bernice Bush, Joe and Lisa Santiago, Brian and Chris Mollenhoff, and Sue and John Wehrman) for opening their ponds for our enjoyment and to Pam Jokerst for making it all happen.  See more Tiki Tour pictures at the Featured>Special Events page.

Kudos to St. Louis Koi Show Co-Chairs Pam and Rick Jokerst for spearheading the effort, the NMZNA gurus for training our St. Louis teams, Jeanne Lehr, Steve Metzler and Josh Hetley for being the “invaluable assistants”, and to all the helpers and attendees from SWLGS and NMZNA that together made our first St. Louis Koi Show such an outstanding success!