July-August: Field trips as weather allows. Please check email updates for field trip announcements. Please send ideas for hike locations this fall to Paula or Becky. From now on you must call or email your intentions (reservations) to attend field trips to Paula or Becky (contact info below). Be sure to check your email for calendar updates or call Paula for activity updates.

August 21: Lunch with Native Plant Enthusiasts! 11:30 am at Felini’s, 700 E. Broadway. All are invited.

September 6-7: EcoArtFest at Cooper’s Landing: 2:00 to 8:00. Set up is at 12:30. Please plan to help with our booth.

September 8: Regular Meeting at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Church, 2615 Shepard Blvd. Nadia Navarrete-Tindall will give a presentation about a privately owned Conservation Area in El Salvador, where the owners offer ecotours.

September 12-14: State Board Meeting. South St. Louis Area: La Barque Watershed and other sites. Read the PetalPusher for complete information. Paula, Ann and Becky are going; contact one of us to organize carpool and rooms.

October 18: Chestnut Festival at HARC, the MU Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center, New Franklin, MO. 10 am to 4 pm. Set-up at 9. Please plan to help with our booth; there have been 800 people attend from across the state.

November 10: Regular Meeting at 7:00 pm at the Unitarian Church, 2615 Shepard Blvd. Topic to be announced.

December 6: State Board Meeting in Columbia. All are welcome to attend.

December ?: Holiday Party