Botany Walks for Teachers

2026 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 MAPS FLOWER LISTS
(No Sat) Apr 05	Powder Valley Conservation Area 38.55570, -90.42829	Trail Map 01-Flower List
Apr 11 Apr 12	Washington State Park 38.08554, -90.68349	Trail Map 02-Flower List
Apr 18 Apr 19	Young Conservation Area 38.44729, -90.66311	Trail Map 03-Flower List
Apr 25 Apr 26	St. Francois State Park 37.97030, -90.53322	Trail Map 04-Flower List
May 02 May 03	Hawn State Park 37.82975, -90.23031	Trail Map 05-Flower List
May 09 May 10	Victoria Glades Conservation Area 38.20316, -90.54311	Trail Map 06-Flower List
May 16 May 17	LaBarque Creek Natural Area 38.42253, -90.69885	Trail Map 07-Flower List
May 23 May 24	Forest Park 38.63658, -90.26826	Trail Map 08-Flower List
May 30 May 31	Cliff Cave County Park 38.45865, -90.28822	Trail Map 09-Flower List
Jun 06 Jun 07	Hickory Canyons Natural Area 37.87219, -90.302320	Trail Map 10-Flower List
Jun 13 Jun 14	Ellis Island 38.87808, -90.18491	Trail Map 11-Flower List
Jun 20 Jun 21	Glassberg Conservation Area 38.43573, -90.67564	Trail Map 12-Flower List
Jun 27 Jun 28	The Gardens at SIUE 38.80221, -89.99211	Trail Map 13-Flower List
Jul 04 Jul 05	Sunfish Lake (Spanish Lake Park) 38.80262, -90.19958	Trail Map 14-Flower List
Jul 11 Jul 12	Faust Park 38.66553, -90.54001	Trail Map 15-Flower List
Jul 18 Jul 19	Lower Meramec Park 38.46074, -90.39310	Trail Map 16-Flower List
Jul 25 Jul 26	Olin Nature Preserve 38.91810, -90.22429	Trail Map 17-Flower List
Aug 01 Aug 02	Salt Lick Point 38.30355, -90.30912	Trail Map 18-Flower List
Aug 08 Aug 09	Watershed Nature Center 38.81695, -89.97493	Trail Map 19-Flower List
Aug 15 Aug 16	Heartland Prairie 38.91280, -90.10364	Trail Map 20-Flower List
Aug 22 Aug 23	Rockwoods Reservation 38.56625, -90.66881	Trail Map 21-Flower List
Aug 29 Aug 30	Fort Belle Fontaine 38.82461, -90.21752	Trail Map 22-Flower List
Sept 05 Sept 06	Don Robinson State Park 38.39201, -90.69507	Trail Map 23-Flower List
Sept 12 Sept 13	Busch Greenway to Katy Trail 38.69467, -90.68457	Trail Map 24-Flower List
Sept 19 Sept 20	Shaw Nature Reserve 38.48225, -90.82408	Trail Map 25-Flower List
Sept 26 Sept 27	Creve Coeur (Mallard Lake Trail) 38.70014, -90.49711	Trail Map 26-Flower List
Oct 03 Oct 04	Valley View Glades Natural Area 38.25549, -90.62728	Trail Map 27-Flower List
Oct 10 Oct 11	Fults Hill Prairie 38.15595, -90.18971	Trail Map 28-Flower List
Oct 17 Oct 18	Meramec Community College 38.56765, -90.42353	Trail Map 29-Flower List
Oct 24 Oct 25	Tower Grove Park 38.60651, -90.25765	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? 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.