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Welcome to Garden-Lou!
St. Louis is a showcase of spectacular gardens, both public and private, a mecca for annual garden tours and events, and a hotbed of horticultural and floral design talent, from amateur to professional.…
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Garden-Lou Spotlight on Angie Price, Interior Plant Service Technician with Ambius
“I truly believe I have the greatest job ever.” That job is making St. Louis look good. Be it the terminals at Lambert Airport or the Jewel Box at Forest Park, visitors to…
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January Tree of the Month-Blue Atlas Cedar
Blue Atlas cedar, Cedrus atlantica, is another pretty boy evergreen that breaks my heart, probably more than Cryptomeria. December Tree of the Month-Japanese Cedar I’ve tried a couple of dwarf cultivars (Cedrus atlantica…
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January Shrub of the Month-Boxwood
I once met someone who said she hated “Shrubs.”. Turns out she just hated boxwoods, Buxus spp.. I’ve met quite a few boxwood haters over the years, and it seems that most people,…
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January Perennial of the Month-Elliot’s love grass
Winter is a great time to analyze structure and form in a garden-the “bones” in a sense. Winter interest plants shine this time of year, and one of the top perennials for winter…
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Road Trip Garden-Hawai‘i Tropical Botanical Garden
Pāpa’ikou, Hawaii When our long, red-eye flight finally landed in Kona on the Big Island, the people beside the windows raised the shades. I caught the eye of the woman across the aisle…
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December Tree of the Month-Japanese Cedar
Remember that one handsome boy back in high school? You know the type: great hair and smile. Drove a Mustang. Snappy dresser, outgoing, personable … surrounded by friends and admirers. Most likely, he…
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December Shrub of the Month-Dwarf Japanese Cedar
It’s unique, evergreen, slow-growing, low-maintenance, and, to top it all off, cute. Are you tired of the cookie-cutter evergreens around your foundation? You know those shrubs, the standard yews or boxwoods, perhaps a…
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December Perennial of the Month-English Ivy
The Holly and the Ivy Christmas carol seems to be a bit one-sided in the lyrics. It’s more about the holly, who, according to the lyrics, “…of all the trees that are in…
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A Garden-Lou Visit to Dave Zettler’s Cozy Christmas Cottage
A Garden-Lou Visit to Dave Zettler’s Cozy Christmas Cottage If you admired the Christmas tree on this November/December’s issue of St. Louis Homes and Lifestyles magazine or attended last year’s Cardinal Glennon Deck…
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Lafayette Square Holiday Parlor Tour-2024
The first Lafayette Square Holiday Tour was held in 1978, back when the square was just starting to emerge from a dark, forgotten, highly avoided neighborhood. Thanks to the passion, persistence, and gumption…
