Botany Walks for Teachers

2024 Schedule
Saturdays at 9:00 or Sundays at 10:00

Come join us on our free, weekly Botany Walks – even if you’re not a teacher.
Help us make sense of our natural world as we walk in the great open classroom.

DATE	NAME OF NATURAL AREA / GPS LOCATION	TRAIL MAP / FLOWER LISTS
Apr 06 Apr 07	Powder Valley Conservation Area 38.55570, -90.42829	Trail Map 01 Checklist
Apr 13 Apr 14	Washington State Park 38.08554, -90.68349	Trail Map 02 Checklist
Apr 20 Apr 21	Young Conservation Area 38.44729, -90.66311	Trail Map 03 Checklist
Apr 27 Apr 28	St. Francois State Park 37.97030, -90.53322	Trail Map 04 Checklist
May 04 May 05	Beckemeier Conservation Area 38.67734, -90.52803	Trail Map 05 Checklist
May 11 May 12	Ellis Island 38.87808, -90.18491	Trail Map 06 Checklist
May 18 May 19	LaBarque Creek Natural Area 38.42253, -90.69885	Trail Map 07 Checklist
May 25 May 26	Hickory Canyons Natural Area 37.87219, -90.302320	Trail Map 08 Checklist
Jun 01 Jun 02	Cliff Cave County Park 38.45865, -90.28822	Trail Map 09 Checklist
Jun 08 Jun 09	Forest Park 38.63668, -90.26826	Trail Map 10 Checklist
Jun 15 Jun 16	Victoria Glades Conservation Area 38.20316, -90.54311	Trail Map 11 Checklist
Jun 22 Jun 23	Glassberg Conservation Area 38.43573, -90.67564	Trail Map 12 Checklist
Jun 29 Jun 30	The Gardens at SIUE 38.80221, -89.99211	Trail Map 13 Checklist
Jul 06 Jul 07	Sunfish Lake (Spanish Lake Park) 38.80262, -90.19958	Trail Map 14 Checklist
Jul 13 Jul 14	Faust Park 38.66553, -90.54001	Trail Map 15 Checklist
Jul 20 Jul 21	McDonnell Park Prairie 38.71204, -90.40231	Trail Map 16 Checklist
Jul 27 Jul 28	Marais Temps Clair 38.89380, -90.41563	Trail Map 17 Checklist
Aug 03 Aug 04	Salt Lick Point 38.30355, -90.30912	Trail Map 18 Checklist
Aug 10 Aug 11	Watershed Nature Center 38.81695, -89.97493	Trail Map 19 Checklist
Aug 17 Aug 18	Heartland Prairie 38.91280, -90.10364	Trail Map 20 Checklist
Aug 24 Aug 25	Babler State Park 38.61642, -90.70646	Trail Map 21 Checklist
Aug 31 Sept 01	Fort Belle Fontaine 38.82461, -90.21752	Trail Map 22 Checklist
Sept 07 Sept 08	Don Robinson State Park 38.39201, -90.69507	Trail Map 23 Checklist
Sept 14 Sept 15	Shaw Nature Reserve 38.48225, -90.82408	Trail Map 24 Checklist
Sept 21 Sept 22	Creve Coeur (Mallard Lake Trail) 38.70014, -90.49711	Trail Map 25 Checklist
Sept 28 Sept 29	Busch Greenway to Katy Trail 38.69467, -90.68457	Trail Map 26 Checklist
Oct 05 Oct 06	Valley View Glades Natural Area 38.25549, -90.62728	Trail Map 27 Checklist
Oct 12 Oct 13	George Winter Park Prairie 38.50643, -90.42540	Trail Map 28 Checklist
Oct 19 Oct 20	Meramec Community College 38.56765, -90.42353	Trail Map 29 Checklist
Oct 26 Oct 27	Tower Grove Park 38.60651, -90.25765	Trail Map 30 Checklist

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 so important for the road ahead.

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 the latest trail information 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? For the general public, 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.