The Shaw Professional Landscape Series is a collaborative effort between the following partners. Thank you for your generous support!

The Shaw Professional Landscape Series is a collaborative effort between the following partners. Thank you for your generous support!

The Shaw Professional Landscape Series is generously sponsored by the following businesses.

The Shaw Professional Landscaping Series gratefully acknowledges the significant contributions to the community given by John Alberici for his love and support of greener landscapes and buildings, and for sharing his enthusiasm and commitment through demonstration and example.

Discover Nature Programs Deepen your connections with nature and your family and friends. Offered through many MDC facilities and conservation areas, there's a Discover Nature program near you! Discover Nature Women Don't let inexperience keep you from enjoying Missouri's great outdoors. Women 14 years and older can gain the skills and confidence to pursue outdoor activities alone or with friends and family. Find a Discover Nature Women workshop near you.

Going Green Examples of green infrastructure include: Rain gardens Porous pavements Green roofs Infiltration planters Trees and tree boxes Rainwater harvesting (rain barrels) Sustainable Practices MSD alone cannot keep the region's waterways clean. We need the support, resources and actions of concerned citizens, businesses and municipalities to improve local water quality. Since our waterways and sewers are shared public resources, there are many steps that you can take to help maintain both.

The American Society of Landscape Architects is the national professional association representing landscape architects. ASLA has more than 16,200 members and 48 chapters, representing all 50 states, US territories, and 42 countries around the world. ASLA promotes the landscape architecture profession and advances the practice through advocacy, education, communication, and fellowship.

The Missouri Prairie Foundation works with public and private partners to protect and restore our prairie and native grassland communities through land acquisition, management, education and research. Promoting naturally resilient plants for naturally beautiful landscapes

Welcome to the Horticulture Co-op of Metro St. Louis Sharing Knowledge Since 1995 The Horticulture Co-op of Metro St. Louis is a non-profit professional green industry association organized to promote quality horticultural practices and materials by providing contemporary educational experiences for green industry professionals and consumers in the Gateway region. The Hort Co-op consists of four professional green industry Member Organizations and three educational Advisory Organizations listed below.

Planning Implementation Consulting Native landscapes provide beauty, habitat, and a place to rekindle our connection with nature. Knowledgeable planning, installation and maintenance are key to a successful native landscape. We can bring your native landscape vision to life on any scale. Native Landscape Solutions, Inc. offers sustainable landscape services for corporate campus facilities, municipalities, schools, and many other sites. Stormwater BMP's, rain gardens, woodlands, prairies, and all native landscapes are our specialty.

DJM Ecological Services, Inc. employs professionals in native plant ecology, propagation, arboriculture, landscape ecology, wetland and riparian mitigation, soil bio-engineering, plant physiology, weed ecology, erosion control, and wildlife biology. With a deep, experienced staff, no question is too mundane and no project too complex. Additionally, DJM has an assortment of specialized equipment including: Truax no-till drills, 4WD tractors, custom seed harvesting implements, targeted herbicide application devices and prescribed burning tools. 314.478.2388 djmecological.com 314.974.4282

Purveyors of the finest native seed and plant material. Serving Missouri and adjacent states. 636-357-6433 pureairnatives.com

For more than three decades, A.S.P. Enterprises has served the erosion control industry with integrity and expertise. Founded in 1976 to provide engineers and landscape contractors the best value for their money, we have grown to become the Midwest s full-line distributor of erosion-control, geosynthetics, storm water management products, wall block, landscape pavers, and drainage products. For more information or to schedule a consultation for your project, call us toll-free at 800-869-9600. www.aspent.com

Valley Park, MO Belleville, IL St. Louis Phone: (636) 861-3344 Fax: (636) 861-5925 sryan@stlcompost.com Your Green Thumb Empowered As any seasoned gardener or landscaper knows, the most important thing you can do to enhance a lawn or garden is to cultivate better soil. And the single best way to do that is to condition your soil with compost, one of the finest organic supplements known to humankind. For nearly two decades, St. Louis Composting has been the region s leading producer of nature s ultimate renewable resource. We supply hobbyists and professionals alike with top quality compost, topsoil and soil blends and a variety of mulches while simultaneously reducing landfill waste across the metro area.

Welcome to Missouri Wildflowers Nursery! We sell native Missouri perennials, both seeds & plants. Our plants are nursery propagated. Missouri is the genetic origin, so they are best adapted to states east of the Rockies. View our plants online or come visit us just south of Jefferson City, MO Call to order: 573-496-3492 email: mowldflrs@socket.net fax: 573-496-3003 Check out our catalog and our fall brochure

Stormwater Specialists Project Managers Floodplain Managers 103 Elm Street Washington, MO 63090 Phone: 800.455.4751 Fax: 855.206.6246 BFA is a consulting engineering firm specializing in site planning, engineering and surveying. The company began in 1968 as Frankenberg & Associates and is now known as BFA, Inc. The company initially served as city engineers and consultants for several communities in Mid-Missouri - working with them to develop municipal water and sewer systems, sewage treatment systems, streets and subdivisions.

Applied Ecological Services, Inc. Design Based in Science Illinois Office 120 West Main St W. Dundee, IL 60118 Phone: 847.844.9385 Fax: 847.844.8759 Info.il@AppliedEco.com Kansas City Office 1269 N. 222nd Road Baldwin City, KS 66006 Phone 785-594-2245 Fax 785-594-2250 Info.ks@AppliedEco.com Applied Ecological Services is one of the leading ecological consulting firms in the world; we are dedicated to bringing the science of ecology to land-use decisions. AES applies science to provide practical land-use solutions that strike the most favorable balance between cultural needs, cost efficiencies and ecological sustainability. Our knowledge of ecological systems provides a solid foundation for creating balanced ecological designs and solutions that are sustainable, cost-effective and enduring.

Landscape Design & Contracting Landesign LLC. 2 W. Main Street, Wentzville, MO 63385 636.332.4500 "Enhancing your outdoor living space." COMMERCIAL LANDSCAPING Landesign has successfully completed a broad range of commercial landscaping projects including parks, hospitals, schools, corporate headquarters, green roofs, municipal developments, regional attractions, and shopping centers. In addition to campus construction, Landesign takes pride in addressing critical landscape issues such as streambank stabilization and restoration, roadside erosion control and repair, wetland mitigation, and natural area restoration and reconstruction.

Minnesota Winter Parking Lot and Sidewalk Maintenance Manual www.pca.state.mn.us/index.php/view-document.html?gid=13562 This manual is dedicated to helping Minnesotans protect the environment. Whether you are the plow driver, the building manager or the traveling public, you have an important role to play in protecting our environment.