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The Gateway Gardener is a regional consumer gardening magazine for the greater metro St. Louis region. Learn more at http://www.GatewayGardener.com

01/19/2026

Happy Birthday to my son, Chris! Mom and I are so proud of you and the wonderful boys you and LIsa are bringing up. Hope you have a great day!

01/09/2026

One of 3 native witch hazels in my garden is blooming. Always a cheerful sight in midwinter months.

01/04/2026

My son’s family gave me a cam feeder for Christmas, and it’s been fun to see what shows up and when. It’s been mostly the commoners, various sparrows and finches, a lot of cardinals (or frequent visits by the same male and female), starlings. Today is grackle day. They are on all my feeders. Why does this one in particular remind me of an old Hitchcock movie or Edgar Allen Poe? I know it’s not a raven, but…”What are YOU lookin’ at?!”

11/19/2025

Many sycamore leaves look like snowflakes this fall. I suspect the phenomenon has to do with the drought and the early hard freeze causing leaves to drop before their time.

11/15/2025

I saw a painted lady butterfly flitting around the front yard, so I went inside to get my camera. Returning outside, I had a good idea where I might find it, in a patch of Hardy plumbago, the only blooming flowers to my knowledge in the yard or anywhere else nearby to my knowledge. Painted ladies migrate, so this one is probably somewhere between here and there. Safe travels!

10/07/2025

Cool weather brings cool birds to the bubbler, including two more firsts for me: a magnolia warbler and a black and white warbler.

10/06/2025

A bay breasted warbler (with wing bars) and Nashville warbler visited the bubbler today. The bay breasted is a first for me.

10/02/2025

Beautiful clouds in the afternoon sky this afternoon. ☁️📸

09/08/2025

A belated post to announce the September issue is out in print and online, our 20th Anniversary Edition! In it we take a look back at some of the people who have contributed to our pages along the way, some of the places we’ve been, events we’ve been a part of and more. A big thank you to all!

08/23/2025

It’s been too hot most if the summer to do much picture taking, but I saw hummers visiting the maypops, so had to take advantage of the opportunity.

08/02/2025

My wife, Mary, and I made our first visit to Walters Gardens in Zeeland, Michigan earlier this week. Their representative Josh Roggenbuck gave us a wonderful tour of the growing facilities and fields there. Beautiful demonstration gardens and fields! Thanks for your hospitality! (Walters Gardens is a wholesale grower of many Proven Winners perennials and other perennials that end up in local St. Louis gardens via your favorite metro area independent garden centers.)

04/30/2025

Not a particularly uncommon bird, but a first for me, rose breasted grosbeaks visited today. I was alerted by my neighbor, and was able to get this photo.

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