Feature Gardens in the Lou!
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A Visit to the Shoenberg Arid House
It might have been a cool, wet spring so far, but things are hot and dry down at Missouri Botanical Garden. Hot as in “arid,” unlike the typical St. Louis Summer known for…
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Garden-Lou Spotlight on Lynette Dowell
When you work with microorganisms in a clinical laboratory all your life, you need to find balance from such a sterile, fluorescent-lit workspace. Lynette Dowell, a retired medical technologist, worked in microbiology all…
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Road Trip Garden-Liliuokalani Gardens
Hilo, Hawaii Considering that 21.5% of the total population registered as Japanese in the 2020 census, it’s not surprising that the largest authentic ornamental Japanese garden outside of Japan is found on the…
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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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Garden-Lou Spotlights the Garden of Danielle Meert and James Thurow
Danielle Meert is changing the world, starting with her own yard. Visitors who made the garden in St. Louis Hills a stop on the Sustainable Backyard Tour in June were greeted by a…
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Garden-Lou Spotlights Elizabeth Fichter of Queen Bee Blooms
“I’ve had amazing jobs in my life. I was the director of City Museum and had the joy of helping revitalize it after a low point in early days. I’ve been the director…
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Garden-Lou Spotlights the Garden of Steve Souder & Peggy Eng
We’ve seen the magic that can happen when garden and artist meet. From Monet and his garden, Giverny in France, to our local Marcella Hawley and her painter’s palette of bulbs on the…
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Garden-Lou Spotlights the Belleville Heart Garden
The Belleville Heart Garden doesn’t like the word “NO.” Instead of posting a list of rules in the .4-acre community demonstration garden, the stewards encourage community involvement and sharing. This approach to community…
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Garden-Lou Spotlights the Garden of Albie and Andréa Mitchell
Let’s say you want to entertain family and friends in your backyard. You want space for your dogs to enjoy the yard too. You also want to be a habitat for pollinators. Privacy…
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Garden-Lou Spotlights the Garden of Ed and Mary Dee Schmidt
You learn a lot about patience when you’ve lived in the same house for 52 years. Ed Schmidt and his wife Mary Dee moved into their University City home during the early 70’s…
