Joan had a stroke
Joan had a mild stroke last night. It has affected the left side of her body. We are trying to arrange for 24-hour to keep her at home since that … Continued
Harvesting Native Plant Seed
Merv Wallace on his combine This weekend Merv Wallace came out to harvest some native plant seed. He used this custom combine to collect the seed from Rattlesnake Master and … Continued
Columbia Newcomers Hiking Club
The Columbia Newcomers Hiking Club spent three hours strolling around the PGT today. The weather was cool and we enjoyed seeing the first hint of fall color. We saw the … Continued
PGT Board Meeting
Dale Doerhoff, Lorna Domke and Will Marshal in the PGT Visitor Center Last Saturday we held our quarterly PGT Meeting. Among the things we discussed were: New Website – almost … Continued
Visitors on a hot day
Left to right: Jane Mudd, Carol Thompson and Lorna Domke The temperature hit 100 again today. I can’t remember having weather this hot for this long since 1980. Despite the … Continued
PGT Butterfly Walk
17 people showed up for the PGT Butterfly Walk yesterday even though it was terribly hot. The Purple Coneflowers and Liatris pulled in a lot of butterflies for us to … Continued
Botanists Field Trip to the PGT
Paul McKenzie identifies False Aloe (Manfreda virginica) 32 Botanists had a great time touring the PGT today. They came from as far away as New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Spain and … Continued
Noppadol Paothong’s Workshop
This morning Noppadol Paothong held a Nature Photo Workshop at the PGT. That is Noppadol on the right. Noppadol works as a staff photographer at the Missouri Department of Conservation … Continued
Compass Plant
Compass Plant, (Silphium laciniatum) While we were touring the PGT with a Landscape Architect yesterday I noticed that the Compass Plant has suddenly emerged. I love the patterns formed by … Continued
Dale Doerhoff – New Board Member
Dale Doerhoff The newest member of the PGT board is Dale Doerhoff. Dale has been involved with the PGT from the very beginning; working with Herb to write the legal … Continued