2025 Plant America Garden Expo

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[email protected]
618-917-5853

Native trees, shrubs and perennials will be for sale from Forrest Keeling Nursery
Pre-orders can be made by calling 573-898-3010 or emailing [email protected]

    Vendors                   

  1. Boone Country Garden Club
  2. Jardin du Lac Garden Club
  3. O’Fallon Garden Club
  4. MOGreenFuture
  5. 3rd Rock Riches
  6. Botanical Tea Room 
  7. Classic Building
  8. Farmers & Artisans Market of O'Fallon
  9. Flutterby Interactive
10. Forrest Keeling Nursery
11. Frisella's Nursery
12. Garden Green Horticulture
13. Jennifer (Crazy Snake Lady)
​14. June Bug Pottery
15. Master Naturalist Confluence Chapter
16. Ned's Nesting Boxes
17. Purple Martin Coaching
18. River City Natives
19. St. Charles Master Gardners
20. St. Charles Wild Ones
21. St. Louis Carnivorous Plant Society
22. Sweetie Pie Blooms
23. The Flora Foundry
24. Three Rivers Beekeepers Club
25. Tower Garden by Juice Plus
26. Tree Diapers
27. Vibrant Spruce Herbals
28. Vine Vitality
29. Wild Birds Unlimited St. Charles
30. Wildlife Rescue Center
 
Welcome and First Aid

     Speakers     ​

10:30 pm - "Inviting Bluebirds to Your Yard"
Speaker: Steve Smith, a Chartered Member of the
MO Bluebird Society and owner of Nesting Boxes will reveal the secrets of enticing the Eastern bluebird (Missouri's State Bird), to your backyard. Learn what kind of house they need, the foods they eat along with interesting facts on what we can do to increase the songbird population!
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11:30 am - "Snakes!" 
 Speaker: Jennifer Rodriguez is back by popular demand so get up close and personal with live native Missouri snakes! - Be sure to bring the kids to this one! This experienced snake handler will focus on native snakes of Missouri and North America. She may even help you overcome a fear of snakes when you learn about the myths and misconceptions regarding snakes and how important they are our ecosystem.
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12:30 pm - "Bees"  
Speaker: Three Rivers Beekeepers Beekeepers will fill you in on fascinating facts about the private lives of bees and how to help our gentle bees survive and thrive in your yard and our
community. 
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1:30 pm - "Formal Landscaping with Natives" 
Speaker: James Faupel of Bellefontaine Cemetery will show you how to enhance your front yard formal landscaping with attractive native plants that that will bring song birds, bees and butterflies to your yard. Learn how you can make a difference in conserving our natural environment by planting for nature. 
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Kids Activities

Geocache, scavenger hunt and many activities inside and out to inspire kids to garden, enjoy nature, conserve water, use our natural resources wisely and respect the Earth!

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Food Trucks

JRS Tacos
Lyons Frozen Custard

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Sponsors:

Wild Ones St. Charles
Frisella's
Hansen's Tree Service

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