Treebute

🌳 What a Saturday. Thank you to everyone who came out to the inaugural Frontenac Plant Expo, rain and all.

To the folks who showed up with umbrellas, the gardeners who brought their curiosity and questions, and the kids who picked out free swag and chased Scoops of Joy! between raindrops, you made this event what it was. We loved meeting you.

A few highlights from our side of the table:
🌿 Timberline Landscapes Timberline Landscapes had the most charming hand-painted terracotta pots, lettered by St. Louis calligraphy artist Leah Spiros LEAH SPIROS | St. Louis Calligrapher • Engraver • Painter. Look her up. The detail was beautiful!
🌳 Forest ReLeaf and Metropolitan Forestry Services brought their tree expertise and answered every question that came their way. Forest ReLeaf of Missouri Metropolitan Forestry Services
🌱 Garden Heights Nursery and Greenscape Gardens Nursery showed up with knowledge, plants, and the kind of generosity that makes the St. Louis plant community feel like a community. Greenscape Gardens Garden Heights Nursery
🌎 The Missouri Department of Natural Resources rounded things out with a display of native animal pelts, raw honey samples, and lots of other goodies!

Huge thank you to Rita Garbs Diekemper and her company Gardens of Grace LLC and the Frontenac Garden Club for putting this together, and to the Mercy Conference & Retreat Center for hosting. For an inaugural event in St. Louis weather, this one set the bar!

We came home wet, happy, and grateful. Already looking forward to the next one in 2028. 🌧️🌳