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Intro to Pollinator Gardens…

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… is a presentation I’m giving tonight at Thomas Dunn Learning Center.

Following is the text on the handout I’m giving out. It consists of links to get more information, my contact information, Works Cited and resources for learning more.

Link to presentation: http://www.sell66stuff.com/documents/intro_to_pollintator_gardens.pdf

Resource handout for “Intro to Pollinator Gardens”

My contact information:

Carolyn Hasenfratz Winkelmann
chdesign@att.net
chasenfratz.com/wp

https://www.facebook.com/carolyn.hasenfratz

Starter Help

Audubon “Find Bird-Friendly Native Plants” online app. Search by Zip Code. https://www.audubon.org/native-plants

Brightside St. Louis https://www.brightsidestl.org/what-we-do/pollinator-conservation/pollinators-in-peril/

Grow Native! https://grownative.org/

Journey North https://journeynorth.org/

MDC https://mdc.mo.gov/magazines/xplor/2017-03/how-plant-pollinator-paradise

Monarch Watch https://www.monarchwatch.org/

Missourians for Monarchs https://moformonarchs.org/

Project Pollinator https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plan-your-visit/family-of-attractions/butterfly-house/learn-discover-at-the-butterfly-house-/project-pollinator

STL County Pollinator Pantry Guide https://gatewaygardener.com/pollinators/2020-pollinator-planting-guide-expanded-plant-list

St. Louis Wild Ones https://stlwildones.org/

Gardening reference sites I use a lot:

Dave’s Garden https://davesgarden.com/

MU Extension University of Missouri https://extension.missouri.edu/

Missouri Botanical Garden Plant Finder https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/plantfindersearch.aspx

Missouri Conservationist Magazine https://mdc.mo.gov/missouri-conservationist

Missouri Department of Conservation https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide – I recommend the field guide in particular for help with identification.

Mother Earth News https://www.motherearthnews.com/

My Garden Pinterest boards
Personal https://www.pinterest.com/chasenfratz/gardening/
Schnarr’s Hardware https://www.pinterest.com/schnarrdware/

Schnarr’s Hardware Blog Planting Calendar https://schnarrsblog.com/calendar/ – I made this when I worked for Schnarr’s Hardware using data for the St. Louis are from the When to Plant App published by Mother Earth News. I don’t edit it any more but I set the planting times to reoccur every year for as long as the site lasts, I hope.

Tom Volk’s Fungi https://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/

The Gateway Gardener https://gatewaygardener.com/

What’s That Bug https://www.whatsthatbug.com/

Works Cited and Further Information

Bulletin, Missouri Botannical Garden.
— “Garden With A Purpose.” Bulletin, Summer 2018, pp. 10-13.
— “Nature for All. Nature Forever.” Bulletin, Spring 2025, pp. 6-12.
— “Protecting Native Plant Species in Missouri.” Bulletin, Summer 2018, p. 6.
— “Restoring Nature.” Bulletin, Winter 2017-2018, pp. 14-15.

Burton, Robert and Stephen W. Kress. The Audubon Backyard Birdwatcher. Thunder Bay Press, 1999.

Conservation Federation.
— Eagan, Elizabeth. “Royal Voyagers of the Sky.” Conservation Federation, May 2021, pp. 34-35.
— Jenkins, Jason. “All Efforts Great and Small.” Conservation Federation, July 2017, p. 40.
— Missouri State Parks. “State Parks Encourage Pollinator Populations.” Conservation Federation, July 2017, pp. 50-51.
— Nemecek, Mary. “Missouri Native Bees: Important Pollinators.” Conservation Federation, July 2017, pp. 42-43.

Feltwell, John. The Naturalists Garden. Templar Publishing, 1987.

Houdret, Jessica. Practical Herb Garden: A comprehensive A-Z directory and gardener’s guide to growing herbs successfully. Hermes House, 1999, 2003.

Marlos, Daniel (Bugman). WhatsThatBug.com, 2024, whatsthatbug.com. Accessed 22 April, 2025.

Missouri Botanical Garden, www.missouribotanicalgarden.org.

Missouri Bumblebee ATLAS Project, MoBumblebeeAtlas.org

Missouri Conservationist.
— Archer, Larry. “Prairie on the Patio.” Missouri Conservationist, February 2024, pp. 16-21.
— “Ask MDC.” Missouri Conservationist, March 2025, p. 7.
— “Ask MDC.” Missouri Conservationist, January 2021, p. 6.
— “Ask MDC.” Missouri Conservationist, July 2018, p. 6.
— “Ask MDC.” Missouri Conservationist, July 2020, p. 6.
— “Ask MDC.” Missouri Conservationist, September 2017, p. 7.
— Briggler, Malissa. “Violets of Missouri.” Missouri Conservationist, March 2025, pp. 16-21.
— Brunette, Lisa. “Garden of Eatin’.” Missouri Conservationist, April 2025, pp. 16-21.
— Buback, Steve and Alex Morphew. “Chasing the Buzz.” Missouri Conservationist, February 2024, pp. 10-15.
— Chasteen, Bonnie. “Insects in Need.” Missouri Conservationist, May 2021, pp. 22-27.
— Chasteen, Bonnie. “Mead’s Milkweed Recovery”. Missouri Conservationist, July 2021, p. 4.
— Dentner, Holly. “1 Bought Native Plants… Now What?” Missouri Conservationist, September 2022, pp. 10-16.
— “Get Outside in April.” Missouri Conservationist, April 2025, pp. 22-27.
— “Get Outside in January.” Missouri Conservationist, January 2025, p. 4.
— “Get Outside in June.” Missouri Conservationist, June 2024, pp. 28-29.
— “Missouri’s Least Wanted.” Missouri Conservationist, April 2020, p. 8.
— Paothong, Noppadol, “Black Swallowtail Butterflies.” Missouri Conservationist, June 2018, pp. 10-17.
— Paothong, Noppadol, “From Big-Eyed to Beautiful.” Missouri Conservationist, July 2020, pp. 10-21.
— Paothong, Noppadol. “Giant Swallowtail Approaches Prairie Blazing Star.” Missouri Conservationist, June 2024, p. 25.
— Paothong, Noppadol. “Hummingbird.” Missouri Conservationist, February 2020, p. 11.
— Paothong, Noppadol. “Spring Beauty.” Missouri Conservationist, March 2025, p. 26.
— Paothong, Noppadol and Chris Barnhart. “Regal Fritallary: Tending to the Queen of the Prairie.” Missouri Conservationist, March 2025, pp. 17-27.
— Seek, Matt. “The Butterfly Effect.” Missouri Conservationist, September 2017, pp. 10-16.
— “The Birds and the Bees.” Missouri Conservationist, February 2020, pp. 10-27.
— “The Mints: Fresh Breath for Pollinators.” Missouri Conservationist, March 2024, pp. 28-29.
— Van Dien, Dianne. “Marvelous Mosses.” Missouri Conservationist, April 2025, pp. 22-27.
— Van Dien, Dianne. “Nature’s Monetary Ripples.” Missouri Conservationist, January 2025, p. 4.
— “Wild Guide.” Missouri Conservationist, April 2025, p. 32.
— Zarlenga, Dan. “Spreading Life in the Darkness.” Missouri Conservationist, May 2020, pp. 10-15.

MU Extension University of Missouri, https://extension.missouri.edu/programs/urban-entomology/pest-identification-and-images/bees-and-wasps

Newbury, Tim. Great Garden Designs. Reader’s Digest, 2005.

Roth, Sally. Attracting Butterflies & Hummingbirds to Your Backyard. Rodale, 2001.

Tallamy, Dr. Doug https://www.udel.edu/faculty-staff/experts/douglas-tallamy/ – Professor, author, speaker. One of the most widely cited people on the importance of invertebrate conservation and the food web. If you want to hear him interviewed on podcasts here is a helpful search I did on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/search/Dr.%20Doug%20Tallamy/podcastAndEpisodes I know there are more because I just listened to one but this is a start.

The Gateway Gardener.
— “Bird/Plant Matchmaker.” Gateway Gardener, October 2017, p. 17.
— Woodbury, Scott. “A Spoonful of Sugar May Help the Honeysuckle Go Down.” Gateway Gardener, October 2017, p. 18.
— Woodbury, Scott. “Gardens with Environmental Benefits.” Gateway Gardener, Summer 2020, pp. 10-11.
— Woodbury, Scott. “Wild Vines I Have Loved.” Gateway Gardener, Winter 23-24, pp. 12-13

“2020 Planting Guide for a Successful 3-Season Pollinator Pantry Garden”, Saint Louis County Parks, gatewaygardener.com/pollinators/2020-pollinator-planting-guide-expanded-plant-list, Accessed 23 April 2025.

Wallis, Randy. “Syrphid Fly”. Missouri Conservationist, September 2017, p. 7.

Winkelmann, Carolyn Hasenfratz.
— “A New Beginning in a New Garden.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2018, https://schnarrsblog.com/new-beginning-new-garden/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Beneficial Insects in the Garden”, Lime Green News, 2014, http://limegreennews.com/beneficial_insects.html. Accessed 13 April 2025.
— “Black Soldier Flies are Powerful Allies for Humans.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2022, https://schnarrsblog.com/black-soldier-flies-are-powerful-allies-for-humans/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Create an Indoor Water Garden”, Lime Green News, 2010, http://www.limegreennews.com/indoor_water_garden.html. Accessed 13 April 2025.
— “Disguise Problem Spots with Containers.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2017, schnarrsblog.com/disguise-problem-spots-with-containers/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Fall Garden Cleanup.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2015, schnarrsblog.com/fall-garden-cleanup/. Accessed 13 April 2025.
— “Gardening for the Birds.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2015, schnarrsblog.com/gardening-for-the-birds/. Accessed 13 April 2025.
— “How Much is a Tree Worth.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2018, https://schnarrsblog.com/much-tree-worth/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Is That a Weed.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2019, https://schnarrsblog.com/is-that-a-weed/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Landscape Plan Drawing – Practice Rendering Symbols.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2020, schnarrsblog.com/landscape-plan-drawing-practice-rendering-symbols/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Luminous Decor with Flameless Candles: Idea #1.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2015, https://schnarrsblog.com/luminous-decor-with-flameless-candles-idea-1/ Accessed 13 April 2025.
— “Making a Pollinator House – Part 1.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2015, schnarrsblog.com/making-a-pollinator-house-part-1/. Accessed 13 April 2025.
— “Make a Pollinator House – Part 2.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2016, schnarrsblog.com/make-a-pollinator-house-part-2/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “The Deer Creek Watershed Alliance Campaign to Promote Rainscaping in the St. Louis Missouri Metro Area.” Carolyn Hasenfratz Design, 2020, www.chasenfratz.com/wp/4018-2/. Accessed 15 April 2025.
— “Plant Milkweed Now to Help Monarchs.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2015, schnarrsblog.com/plant-milkweed-now-to-help-monarchs/. Accessed 15 April 2025.
— “Seed Saving and Trading.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2016, schnarrsblog.com/seed-saving-and-trading/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Some Favorite Easy-to-Grow Plants.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2016, schnarrsblog.com/some-favorite-easy-to-grow-plants/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “The Right Plant in the Right Place.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2019, schnarrsblog.com/right-plant-right-place/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Tips for Removing Invasive Honeysuckle.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2017, https://schnarrsblog.com/tips-removing-invasive-honeysuckle/. Accessed 16 April 2025.
— “Upcycled Butterfly Feeder.” Schnarr’s Hardware Company, 2015, schnarrsblog.com/upcycled-butterfly-feeder/. Accessed 13 April 2025.

Garden Update – Results of Condo Association Board Meeting

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I went to the board meeting on 11/17/15 to explain my garden management plan. The plan had been agreed to back in February, but there had allegedly been a complaint about it so I thought I’d better explain to the board what the plan was and how I planned to deal with the complaint. I’m not allowed to know who made it so I have to take their word for it that it happened at all. Also I requested a copy of the complaint with the personal information blocked out and I was told I’d get it but I don’t have it yet, so I’m skeptical about whether it exists at all.

It seems that one board member is bitter and resentful that I even have a garden at all, she apparently thinks I don’t deserve “special treatment”. It seems likely that no matter how I manage my garden she will be unhappy that it exists. I did not know this until the meeting but apparently gardening permits are no longer issued at the complex. I got mine in January 2005 so unless the board votes otherwise it seems my garden along with several others is “grandfathered in”. To be angry with me over this doesn’t seem like a very fair attitude to me because the only reason I even got the idea to start a garden here was that the association used to advertise in the newsletter to come to the office and get a permit to start a garden. In other words, I was invited. You can’t rely on the word of the management about too many things, they’ve followed through on several of their agreements with me but have blown off several others. Some of this is no doubt because of the large size of the complex but it’s difficult to rely on their word for anything. If you rely on what they say you are likely to get attacked for it later, even you have it in writing. Some of the people who work here are wonderful to deal with and some give you the impression that they’d be happier if you left and never came back. That is why I would not advise anyone to move here – unless you enjoy conflict and stress. Otherwise there are a lot of good things about it.

Unit owners are only allowed a short time to speak, there is a timer that goes off when your time is up. People are allowed to make anonymous complaints about you but if you want to defend yourself you have to go on the record which I don’t mind doing but I sure wish the alleged detractors if they exist were man or woman enough to do the same. The PowerPoint presentation I had prepared was far too detailed to deal with in the time allowed so I requested to present it at the Building and Landscape committee meeting on December 9 and that request was granted. In the meantime, I suggested a couple of compromises on the North and West sides of the building to make the garden blend in a little better with the rest of the complex which were accepted for now. With those small adjustments I’m to proceed with my plan until the Dec. 9 meeting. What will happen after that I don’t know. The management has a copy of my plan along with my contact information and has my permission to share that information with anyone who would like to talk to me about the garden. I have strong ideas about how I want to manage the garden but I also have strong ideas about not causing problems for my neighbors. If a compromise can be reached I want to try it and not just give up. Some things ARE negotiable. My garden has become habitat to lots of delightful creatures since I started it and is also habitat for at least one endangered species – the Monarch Butterfly. For them, I want to try to keep it going.

11-27-15 - Monarch butterfly chrysalis on swamp milkweed.
11-27-15 – Monarch butterfly chrysalis on swamp milkweed.

On November 19 the leaf blower guys came around again and this time they confirmed with me that I wanted them to skip my garden and I would manage the leaves myself. I confirmed that was the case and sent an email to the condo association and the landscaping company to thank them profusely for their cooperation.

On November 23, I applied 20 more bags of mulch to cover the leaves that had fallen since the last mulch application. That was not enough to do the whole job so I did the North and West sides first which are visible from the street. I’ll do the rest at the earliest opportunity – probably today. I also applied some more blood and bone meal fertilizer and the last of my oat seeds which I’m using as a cover crop.

November 24 – 20 more bags of mulch completed the job, for now.