Join the Woman’s Club at one of our special events held throughout the year. We pride ourselves in providing enriching programs and opportunities for building friendships.
Winter 2025
Upcoming Events
Missouri Botanical Garden Orchid Show
Friday, February 21, 2025
10 a.m.
Join the Exploring Nature group as we walk through the Orchid Show and an optional lunch following at the Sassafras Restaurant. While viewing the Orchid Show, we will enjoy the new, permanent living collections that surround the orchids in the new Emerson Conservatory. Admission will be covered by Garden members who can bring guests and the Woman’s Club. Guests welcome.
Meet before 10 a.m. in the lobby of the Visitor’s Center.

The Wolves at Edison Theatre
WashU Assembly Series
Monday, April 7, 2025
5 p.m.
Dark Waters: The Environmental Legal Battle Exposing Corporate Coverup in the name of Public Health
The New York Times called Robert Bilott, “The lawyer who became DuPont’s worst nightmare.” Bilott, a distinguished environmental attorney, shares the unsettling story of his epic legal battle against DuPont and how he exposed corporate coverup and massive chemical contamination of unprecedented scale and scope, now impacting virtually every living thing on this planet.
Please RSVP by April 1. Parking is available in the Danforth University Garage located at Forsyth Boulevard and Wallace Avenue.
Game Day for the RZW Scholarship
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Begins at 9:45Nature Playscape Tour a.m.
Spend the day playing with friends to raise funds for the Risa Zwerling Wrighton Endowed Scholarship. Your $40 donation to play supports students in WashU Continuing & Professional Studies.
Register today!
Nature Playscape Tour
Friday, May 9, 2025
9 a.m.
Join the Enjoying Nature group for a tour of the Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape in Forest Park.
Email Jane Schaefer to RSVP!
The Big Dig!
Wednesday, May 14, 2025
9 a.m.
Join and help with our spring planting! We will meet at the ELizabeth Gray Danforth Butterfly Garden to ready the garden for the season.
More details to come!
Spring Symposium Luncheon and Lecture
Friday, May 23, 2025
11 a.m.
Meadowbrook Country Club
Come listen to an amazing Speaker and meet your 2025-2026 Executive Board.
More details to come!
Past Events
The Risa Zwerling Wrighton Scholarship Luncheon | Friday, January 31, 2025
The Woman’s Club were joined by the Risa Zwerling Wrighton Scholarship recipients for a scholarship presentation. Speaker Dr. Nancy Morrow-Howell spoke about Redefining Aging.
View photos of the luncheon, listen to the lecture, and read about the scholarship recipients!
1904 World’s Fair Tour | Thursday, January 30, 2025
Holiday Flower and Train Show | Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Fall Symposium Luncheon and Lecture | Friday, November 1, 2024
The speaker was Dr. Mary Ruppert-Stroescu, who is passionate about harnessing the power of textiles and clothing to improve lives. She spoke on her journey to find the intersection between fashion, function, and expression.
“Pride and Prejudice” at Edison Theatre | Sunday, October 27, 2024
Endangered Wolf Center Tour | Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Fall Game Day for the RZW Scholarship | Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Fall Welcome Reception and Butterfly Garden Party | Tuesday, September 10, 2024
Members and guests enjoyed delicious food and drinks while enjoying the garden. A Monarch butterfly was tagged, and a heartfelt homage was made for Diane Wyse Jackson by the witch hazel tree planted in her honor. Scott Woodbury spoke about perceptions, history, St Louis’s past and the way we interact with the world as Gardeners.
Take a look at all of the photos!
“The Tempest” at Tische Park | Wednesday, August 22, 2024
The Woman’s Club joined the Women’s Society of Washington University for their Fall Welcome Event, including brief remarks by Lisa Weingarth, Senior Advisor for St. Louis Initiatives, and Tom Ridgely, Producing Artistic Director, followed by The Tempest promptly at 6:30 in Tisch Park.
Walking Tour of Anne O’C. Albrecht Nature Playscape | Thursday, May 16, 2024
The Big Dig! | Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Another successful garden preparation and planting at the Elizabeth Danforth Butterfly Garden.
Spring Symposium Luncheon and Annual Meeting | Friday, April 19, 2024
Members and guests of the club convened at Meadowbrook Country Club to enjoy lunch and a lecture by Andrew Jorgensen, the General Director of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis.
Risa Zwerling Wrighton Scholarship Endowment Fundraiser Game Day | Wednesday, March 6, 2024
2024 Orchid Show | Monday, February 19, 2024
The Exploring Nature Interest Group went on a tour led by a Missouri Botanical Garden docent.
Assembly Series Lecture ‘The Fate of the Earth’: a talk by Elizabeth Kolbert | Monday, February 12, 2024
In her talk, Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Kolbert discussed the current biodiversity crises in the context of the great mass extinctions of the past.