The end of May brings another joint meeting of the Missouri Native Plant Society with the Arkansas Native Plant Society for a study of prairie flora and a hunt for Mead's milkweed.

Meetings are planned to take place at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center in southeast Springfield, Mo. (Click here for map and address.)

Look on page 4 of the May-June edition of Petal Pusher for an article by Sherry Leis on Mead's milkweed. Also of note for this field trip will be a silent auction that is intended to raise money to bolster the Hudson Fund. Read aoout that on page 3.

Tentative schedule

• Friday, May 29
  7:00 p.m. - Emily Horner will give a 45-minute program on Mead's milkweed at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center auditorium. The auditorium will be open at 6:00 p.m. for those arriving earlier.
• Saturday, May 30
  8:00 a.m. - Leave for field trips to prairies from the parking lot of the Super 8 Motel (3034 S. Moulder Ave., which is on the south side of Battlefield Road in southeast Springfield - (417) 889­7313). Bring your own picnic lunch.
  5:00 p.m. - Silent auction open at Springfield Conservation Nature Center multipurpose room.
  7:00 p.m. - Societies' board meetings at Springfield Conservation Nature Center multipurpose room.
  9:00 p.m. - Must be out of Springfield Conservation Nature Center facility.
• Sunday, May 31
  8:00 a.m. - Leave for field trip from parking lot of the Super 8 Motel (see above)
  Noon or earlier - Field trip concludes for drive home.

Motel Options

• Super 8 Motel
  (South side of Battlefield Road between Hwy. 65 and Glenstone Ave.)
  (417) 889-7313
  Double or single room: $55.69 per night plus taxes
• Baymont Inn and Suites 3776 S. Glenstone Ave. (417) 889-8188 Double or single room: $80.10 per night plus taxes
• Clarion Inn
  3333 S. Glenstone Ave. (417) 883-6550
  Double rooms: $89.9.5 per night plus taxes

Need more information?

For questions about schedule or arrangements, contact Rex Hill at (314) 849-1464.