The Great Bush Honeysuckle Roundup!!!

So, I am almost at completion of my first full month with The Confluence. And if I do say we have a ton of activities going on.

But the one I am most excited about is The GREAT BUSH HONEYSUCKLE ROUNDUP!!!! This will be taking place Saturday, November 14th from 9 am-1pm at the Riverfront Trail.

I have been working in conjunction with the Grace Hill Trail Rangers to get the event off the ground. I also worked with Grace Hill for Make a Difference Day where we finished up the harvesting of Switch Grass for the Season.

We will be expecting over 50 volunteers.

I have also called on the help of AmeriCorps St. Louis and their saw expertise and equipment to help us knock out a pretty big section of honeysuckle in a short amount of time.

For those who don't know we do have native Missouri vine honeysuckles, but there is invasive bush honeysuckles such as Morrow's and Amur which are shrubby natives of Asia. Here we have not natural controls so come April they grow fast, spread fast and over take our Native plants. They have to be controlled.

The longer you let them grow they harder it is to kill them. So, start KILLING today! You can find more information on the Missouri Department of Conservation Web Page.