Green Queen City

We’re a grassroots organization growing Springfield, Missouri into a garden city, one plant at a time

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Let’s put some milkweed in every garden

[Grow Native @grownativemo]

Learn more about this endangered species and grow natives like milkweed to help it rebound so that it can continue to make its monumental migration to Mexico. https://t.co/WpQgNDswqe

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

This is a hopeful vision for Sycamore Stream (North Branch Wilson’s Creek), our first waterway in Springfield’s Adopt-A-Stream program. We have to give our streams room to live and move

[Forest Service NW @ForestServiceNW]

Happy #FishFriday!
Stream restoration is a science. If science works right, it helps us learn new things so we can adapt future approaches.

[Forest Service NW @ForestServiceNW]

“Look deep into nature & then you will understand everything better.”

—Albert Einstein

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Please help bees, butterflies and birds by reducing the mowing this year! By leaving a patch of grass in your garden to flower you'll be helping wildlife while reducing effort, cost and carbon emissions. Cartoon courtesy @sepponet
#Nature #ClimateAction⁠ ⁠#biodiversity

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Cheers to this litter net at South Creek for holding up in yesterday’s cloudburst. There was actually so much rain in such a short time that litter was drifting over the top. This is a good reminder that we need to pair this technology with litter reduction upstream

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Waitlists for community gardens shouldn’t exist. Let’s create enough space in our neighborhoods for everyone to grow food and flowers

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Dear UK Government, ps work with councils to create more allotments. With 90k people on waiting lists (some set to wait 40 years) there are huge benefits for health, communities, wildlife, biodiversity, people's food bills, and producing fresh food without packaging & food miles.

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Our second official pickup was a lot quicker and smaller, but still prevented five bags worth of pollution from making its way to Wilson’s Creek

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Starting some blue wild indigo (Baptisia australis) for fall plantings. There are at least three lawn rewilding projects ready to receive them #backyard #rewilding #homegrownnationalpark #biodiversity #habitat #nativeplants

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Found this beautiful green oasis in Cambridge recently. There are so many green spaces in our towns and villages that are currently over-mown or sprayed, but which could instead be boosting biodiversity and bringing nature back into our lives like this...

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

We had our first official litter pickup at our adopted stream this month. Eleven bags of assorted trash were hauled out of this tributary to Wilson’s Creek! #northbranchwilsonscreek #wilsonscreek #sycamorestream #litterpickup

[American Bird Conservancy @ABCbirds]

Manicured suburban lawns just don't cut it for birds. Sure, you may see an American Robin stop by. But to attract birds to your area, move beyond lawns to create a buffet of benefits for your avian neighbors. Read on: https://t.co/3Q3uJh6cXm

Photo: Brown Thrasher by Tim Zurowski

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Every little green space helps, from lawns to ditches to window boxes

[Little Green Space 🦋 @LGSpace]

Bumblebees can only fly for about 40 minutes between feeding. But 97% of our wiłdflower meadows are gone. So every time we plant a nectar-rich flower, it could be the pit stop that saves a bee 🐝

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Organizing a trash pickup day soon. Garbage is piling up #litter #greenspace

[U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service @USFWS]

Monarchs aren't the only pollinators you'll attract with milkweed! These stunning great spangled fritillary butterflies were spotted enjoying this common milkweed. Bees, beetles, butterflies and more will take advantage of these native plants. Photo courtesy of Gordon Garcia.

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Let’s fill in our cities with natural spaces and watch the benefits grow 🌱

[The Nature Conservancy @nature_org]

Can playing in dirt help reduce stress and anxiety in children? Research shows there are many mental and physical health benefits of playing outside. https://t.co/oQobZ4PryH

[Biophilic Cities @BiophilicCities]

New from the Biophilic Cities Journal: the 3-30-300 Rule for urban forestry from Cecil Konijnendijk (@AnUrbanForester). https://t.co/jTYJM9e4bS

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Glenwood Park, before and after a brief but intense summer storm. Our watersheds need more rain gardens, bio swales and green infrastructure. They need #rewilding

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Sunflower starts are coming up. These will be a helpful addition to our fall gardens

[Green Queen City @GreenQueenCity]

Being surrounded by green space, groves, pocket parks, community gardens and trails isn’t just a nice way to live, it’s fundamental

[Greenpeace International @Greenpeace]

Let's protect our natural spaces.

For us and for nature.

https://t.co/hN1O121yqT

[News-Leader @springfieldNL]

Lost Hill Park is the perfect place to wander this summer, with paved paths and plenty of shade. https://t.co/NplofNdX1M