St Charles County Master Gardeners

Natives  Three gardens were established with Missouri native forbs, grasses, sedges and shrubs. Plants that thrive in moist-to-wet conditions fill the rain garden, which takes storm-water runoff from a parking lot. Plants that serve as host or nectar source for butterflies fill the butterfly garden and a mix of prairie plants and grasses were started from seed in 2006 to create a prairie plot. Residents can learn what plants do well in a home landscape and become familiar with the growth and bloom cycles of the natives growing in the gardens.