Weekend Botany Walks
2026 Schedule
Saturdays and Sundays at 10:00
Come join us on our free, weekend Botany Walks in our beautiful St. Louis.
Help us make sense of our natural world as we walk in the great open classroom.
This table is for our SUNDAY walks. For our new Saturday walks (which are totally different) please scroll down to the table that follows this one.
The following table is for our SATURDAY walks. This new Saturday schedule features some important botanical and geological destinations that are farther away. But expect some changes to this provisional schedule as we try to match each location with the best date.
| DATE | NAME OF NATURAL AREA / GPS LOCATION | TRAIL MAPS FLOWER LISTS |
| SATURDAY Apr 04 | Shaw Nature (Wildflower Trail) | Trail Map 01-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Apr 11 | Silver Mines | Trail Map 02-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Apr 18 | Emmenegger Park | Trail Map 03-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Apr 25 | Matson Hill | Trail Map 04-Flower List |
| SATURDAY May 02 | St. Joe State Park (Monsanto Lake) | Trail Map 05-Flower List |
| SATURDAY May 09 | Pickle Springs Natural Area | Trail Map 06-Flower List |
| SATURDAY May 16 | Graham Cave State Park | Trail Map 07-Flower List |
| SATURDAY May 23 | Onondaga Cave State Park | Trail Map 08-Flower List |
| SATURDAY May 30 | Illinois Caverns State Natural Area | Trail Map 09-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Jun 06 | Bootleg Access | Trail Map 10-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Jun 13 | Hazlet State Park | Trail Map 11-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Jun 20 | Little Grand Canyon Trail | Trail Map 12-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Jun 27 | Danville Conservation Area | Trail Map 13-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Jul 04 | Meramec State Park | Trail Map 14-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Jul 11 | Cuivre River State Park | Trail Map 15-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Jul 18 | Pere Marquette State Park | Trail Map 16-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Jul 25 | Marais Temps Clair | Trail Map 17-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Aug 01 | Rockwoods (Lime Kiln Trail) | Trail Map 18-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Aug 08 | Vilander Bluff Trail | Trail Map 19-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Aug 15 | Pacific Palisades | Trail Map 20-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Aug 22 | Piney Creek Ravine | Trail Map 21-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Aug 29 | Babler State Park (Woodbine Trail) | Trail Map 22-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Sept 05 | St. Joe State Park (MO Mining) | Trail Map 23-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Sept 12 | Elephant Rocks S.P. | Trail Map 24-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Sept 19 | Little Indian Creek | Trail Map 25-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Sept 26 | Johnson’s Shut-Ins (Scour Trail) | Trail Map 26-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Oct 03 | Royal Gorge (Ketcherside) | Trail Map 27-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Oct 10 | Shaw Nature (Wetland Trail) | Trail Map 28-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Oct 17 | Hughes Mountain | Trail Map 29-Flower List |
| SATURDAY Oct 24 | Klondike Park | Trail Map 30-Flower List |
There are some things in life that you just can’t learn well from books. Field Botany is one of them. You have to “walk the walk” as they say. So you might as well walk with us. You’ll find that botanizing with a group is usually more productive than botanizing alone. More eyeballs. Plus you get to meet others who share the same enthusiasms, which is no small feat.
Please join our email list because sometimes we have to change our schedule at the last minute (due to trail closures, flooding, heavy tick or mosquito outbreaks, etc.). A couple of days before each walk you’ll receive an email with the latest trail information, our “Family-of-the-Week”, our “Topic-of-the-Week” and a checklist of the plants we’ll be looking for. To sign up, just send a request to: “STLnaturestudy@gmail.com“.
Want even more? The Webster Groves Nature Study Society is well known for their excellent nature programs, including their popular Monday Morning Botany Walks led by teacher and botanist John Oliver.