Forest ReLeaf of Missouri

Grafting persimmons in our arboretum with Scott Woodbury from Shaw Nature Reserve to grow great #nativefruittrees

Forest ReLeaf is excited to host our Fifth Annual Concert in the Trees + Social Life of Trees Art Stoll on Thursday, May 27, 2021. Inspired by nature and community, six local artists have transformed a common tree form into a unique expression of the social lives of trees. The trees will be on display along a 1/2 mile trail segment in Creve Coeur Park and will explore themes including interconnectedness, reciprocity and beauty, you will be transported beyond words to the very heart of the forest beating all around you. Tickets are going fast, get yours now!

Cheers to #ArborDay! Raise a glass of 4 Hands Brewing Company #CityWidestl beer and toast the trees that help our communities thrive. Pick up a 4pack of CityWide and a complimentary redbud seedling while supplies last today at the brewery. Proceeds from all CityWide sales through 2021 will be donated to Forest ReLeaf and 3 other local charities.

Potting in the rain...just potting in the rain... A huge shoutout to our fabulous #volunteers for sticking with us to get our seedlings potted and ready to #grow!

The #TreeoftheWeek is chokecherry! #Chokecherry, bitter cherry, bitter berry, bird cherry none of the common names assigned to Prunus virginiana make it sound like something you’d want to eat. Yet it was a prized food source for the indigenous people of North America throughout its native region. It was eaten fresh, in the form of dried cakes or as an ingredient in pemmican, the dried meat dish that was an important part of much Native American cuisine. As with black cherry... (Prunus serotina), the inner bark has a long history of use as a medicinal concoction by natives and immigrant settlers alike (a vestige of which survives in the ghastly synthetic cherry flavor so common in cough syrups) and was also a common ingredient in kinnikinnick, the herbal smoking mixture used by many native tribes. The Navajo used the wood for prayer sticks and flutes and considered the whole plant sacred. Most of us are so used to the tame, sugar-rich taste of cultivated fruit that we can’t appreciate the wild bitterness of chokecherries, but we can all certainly agree on one thing: This plant’s flowers have one of the most luscious, sweet fragrances to ever grace the springtime air. Born in 2-4 clusters that open rather slowly, they often provide multiple weeks of this glorious aroma. Chokecherry’s growth habit is highly variable, ranging from a scraggly shrub to small tree. In #StLouis, towards the southern edge of its native range, it can reach 30 feet in height and spread, usually as a rounded and dense tree branching low to the ground. It is an adaptable plant, tolerant of full sun and part shade, dry and moist soil, high or low ground, and all-around easy to grow. Expect all of the usual pests of the Rosaceae family (fire blight, leaf spot, powdery mildew, etc.) to be potential problems, but not to the degree they would be for most ornamental cherries. Read more: https://moreleaf.org/tree-of-the-week-chokecherry/

Love seeing all these new trees being planted at Dr. Edmund A. Babler Memorial State Park! #MoreLeaf #plantmoretrees

Community trees and forests play an important role in keeping us healthy and making our neighborhoods better places to live, work and play. That's where Forest ...ReLeaf of Missouri comes in. Since they started 27 years ago, they've planted more than 203,000 trees across Missouri. Spire employees in Joplin, MO spent their #DayForGood planting trees to support healthy neighborhoods in the communities we love. Together, we are #FuelForGood. See more

I guess you could say we’ve been working with a #skeleton crew.

Thank you to @MDC_online for keeping us growing! Since Forest ReLeaf was formed 27 years ago, MDC has been supporting us with funding, expertise, seedlings and more! #WeGrowTogether #MoreLeaf #PlantMOreTrees #Missouri

It was a great day for native trees! The 60 new trees along River Des Peres Greenway will slow water run off, shade the bike path, provide wildlife habitat, and so much more! Thanks to all the #volunteers who came out today to help. Bank of America Arbor Day Foundation Great Rivers Greenway