Beautification and Municipal Parks

The City of Ladue Staff, with support of the Beautification, Open Space and Tree Advisory Committee oversee the implementation and maintenance of City owned green space, right-of-ways and municipal campus as well as other special projects and programs such as Tree City USA standing, park and greenspace planning, annual Arbor Day and many other exciting initiatives. Check back frequently for helpful links, information and upcoming events!

Events:  

Stream Team 6240- Clean Deer Creek Ladue 
A community formed group with several honeysuckle removal and planting opportunities.  February 25 and April 8 from 9 AM to Noon. To view events and sign up or to reach out to the event coordinator, follow the link below. These events are fun out-of-doors activities for families, and/or a great way for NHS students to add to their service hours. We will be cutting honeysuckle at the City of Ladue's Deer Creek Nature Preserve (formerly called Edie's Mulch Pile) at 9810 S. Outer 40 Dr., zip code 63124 -- this is on the I-64 service road just south of Clayton Road and the Hwy 40/I-64 overpass. Many electronic maps do NOT work for this site! Please register, find an accurate map and details here:  https://cleanladuedeercreek.weebly.com

Resources:

Missouri Botanical Garden - Plant Finder: Look up, view photos and read about over 7,500 plants by scientific name, common name and/or selected plant characteristic. 
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/plantfinder/plantfindersearch.aspx

Grow Native! is the native plant marketing and education program of the Missouri Prairie Foundation. Grow Native! helps protect and restore biodiversity by increasing conservation awareness of native plants and their effective use in urban, suburban, and rural developed landscapes. 
https://grownative.org/

Pollinator Partnership - Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research.
https://www.pollinator.org/

Previous Events: 

A big THANK YOU to everyone that participated in the 2022 Honeysuckle Hack at the new home of Deer Creek Preserve!    Event Collage 2022

November 5th: Community Honeysuckle Hack ----> Event Flyer!

Stream Team 6240- Clean Deer Creek Ladue  is a community formed group with several honeysuckle removal and planting opportunities. To view events and sign up or to reach out to the event coordinator, follow the links below. 

• Honeysuckle Hack, November 2021 and the future Deer Creek Preserve    Photo Collage
• June 5, 2021: A Community Family-Friendly Event: Ladue's Deer Creek Clean Up at Ladue High School -   Event Page

• 2021 Arbor Day- April 24th 9am to 11pm at Rodes Park and Ladue Public Works:PHOTO COLLAGE

• Community Honeysuckle Hack at Edie's Mulch Site 2020 -Event photo collage!
• 2020/2021 TRIM Grant recipient. A portion of the funding for the removal (9 trees, 48 stumps) and trimming (114) of trees on City properties and ROW's was made available through the Missouri Department of Conservation's Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance (TRIM) program.
• Arbor Day 2020 
  
• Community Honeysuckle Hack at Edie's Mulch Site 2019 - Event photo collage!
• Arbor Day 2019 - Photo Collage
• Community Honeysuckle Hack at Rodes Park 2018 - Event Photo Collage!