Hillbilly Garden Club of Springfield MO

06/22/2026

On the fence about whether to join Hillbilly Garden Club? Well, now's the time to check us out! Our summer membership special means that if you join sometime this summer, you get to participate in all our summer activities AND your dues for next year are totally free! Upcoming meetings are July 1 and August 5. Hope to see you then...because Hillbilly Garden Club loves to GROW new friends!!!

06/22/2026

We're pretty excited about our new yard signs! Let us know if you happen to see one around the Springfield metro area.

06/21/2026

Heads up, Hillbillies...check your email for a whole lotta info on all our June activities, including our Member Garden Tour coming up this Wednesday, June 24! Hope to see you there!!!

06/18/2026

Hey y'all...didja know the Friends Of The Garden 2026 Butterfly Festival is happening soon? Saturday, June 27, from 9 AM to 3 PM, come on out to the Springfield Botanical Gardens at Nathanael Greene/Close Memorial Park and see all the wonderful things this year's vendors have to offer! We will be set up along the trail leading from the main building parking lot to the Roston Native Butterfly House. Be sure to check out Hillbilly Garden Club's booth, where we will have some garden goodies for sale along with free butterfly tattoos and stickers for the young 'uns!! Mark your calendar now...we hope to see you there!

06/17/2026

06/08/2026

You don't need a single leaf to name a tree. The bark tells you everything.

The shagbark hickory is the easiest — long plates curling away from the trunk at both ends. The shaggiest bark in the eastern forest. You can't confuse it with anything.

The sycamore gives herself away by shedding — the outer bark peels off to reveal smooth white patches underneath. That mottled look is unique.

🌿 The ones most people walk past:

Black cherry changes with age. Young trees have smooth reddish bark with horizontal lines. Old ones develop dark, rough plates that look like burnt potato chips. Same species, two completely different textures.

The American beech stays smooth and pale gray her entire life. She's the only common tree in the forest that never gets rough. People carve initials into her because there's nothing else that clean.

And sassafras — scratch the bark. She smells like root beer. That's the one detail nobody forgets.

Twelve trees. Twelve textures. Once you see the patterns, every walk changes 🌿