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A common watering mistake might be the reason your homegrown tomatoes are splitting. Follow these expert tips to ensure ...
According to the botanical garden, the Corpse Flower’s actual name is the titan arum. The flower gives off a foul smell “mimicking rotting flesh” when it blooms—which is usually just over a day ...
Missouri Botanical Garden offers an oasis for everyone–from the littlest nature lover to the experienced gardener.
This year’s show pays elegant, effusively colorful tribute to the Mexican architect Luis Barragán and his signature palette of orange and creamy pink.
Out of the 12 best botanical gardens in the U.S., half of them are within 600 miles of Cincinnati. Here are four of them worth a visit.
By Abhishyant Kidangoor How can dried plant specimens protect a rainforest? In myriad ways. Kept in collections known as herbariums, they store critical data on the physical characteristics, or ...
Dr. Lúcia Lohmann is a world-renowned botanist. She’s coming back to her second home, St. Louis, to tackle the climate crisis and lead a community institution as the Missouri Botanical Garden’s first ...
At Missouri Botanical Garden, Ayers Saint Gross recently completed a handsome new visitors center, adding a fresh face to the historic property.
Banner image: Missouri Botanical Garden’s Climatron houses 2,800 plant species highlighting tropical rainforest biodiversity. Image via Botanical Gardens Conservation International.
A Missouri Botanical Gardens Victoria lily held up under 142 pounds, besting competitors from gardens and zoos around the world. The St. Louis institution has been growing water lilies since 1894.
Matthew Austin, the Curator of Biodiversity Data at the Missouri Botanical Garden, says it has to do with steadily rising temperatures over the last century.
Missouri gardens are worth visiting for a welcome respite. You will lose yourself in admiration of these pretty, natural spaces.