Join Deep Roots’ Habitat Garden Tours in June and get inspired! This month’s tour hosts range from a new garden transitioning from conventional to native, to an eclectic urban enclave of native plants, and a 25-year-old garden that is a labor of love.
Register now! After registering, watch your email for your receipt/confirmation which includes tour addresses. On Monday, June 9 at 5 p.m., we will send tour information to all of the June and season ticket holders. We will send this information again at 7 a.m. on June 14, the day of the tour.
A Garden that Sustains Humans and Nature
This outdoor space invites and supports all species, from buzzing pollinators and nesting birds to the humans who care for and nurture it. Our tour hosts started their journey as avid gardeners with raised beds for vegetables and herbs along with fruit trees and berry brambles. The native plant bug “bit,” and the yard is an ever-expanding landscape of Milkweed, Rose Verbena, Yarrow, and an ever-increasing mix of native plants. While the baby native plants mature, these gardeners incorporate annual flowers, like pansies, to give the garden some color. Choosing native plants is an invitation to native fauna, and these residents are rewarded whenever a ladybug visits the yarrow, or a monarch lays its eggs on a welcoming milkweed.
Eclectic Ecosystem: Buzzing, Blooming, and Brimming with Biodiversity
Walking through this sensorial garden, visitors will enjoy textures, scents, and a symphony of native plants that awaken the senses and celebrate nature’s diversity. The tour host exemplifies responsible storm water management with a rain barrel and burgeoning rain garden. Tour guests can wind their way through the front and back gardens and explore the visual feast of Gray-Headed Coneflowers, Shadblow, Downy Serviceberries, and Phlox.
Twenty-five Years and Going Strong!
This garden is for the birds and the bees! In the mid-90s, this tour host learned of the plight of the monarchs and immediately planted milkweed. From there, she and her husband planted more milkweed and more native plants! As Missouri Master Naturalists, they practice what they preach. A lovely Tulip Tree and multiple Serviceberries anchor the front yard. Flocks of cedar waxwings descend on the Serviceberries when the fruits are ripe. Meanwhile in the backyard, bluebirds enjoy picking berries from the holly trees. Winding your way around the house, enjoy the hosts’ monarch garden, ginormous Fragrant Sumac, Buckeye, and more!
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