Feature Gardens in the Lou!
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A Garden-Lou Visit with Larry and Marian McCord
There are no words that can bring comfort during a parent’s worst nightmare-a child’s suicide. No words can describe the pain. No answers to the thousands of questions that arise after such a…
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A Garden-Lou Visit with Beverly and Jack Donze
When saying “I do”, there is nothing more personal and sentimental than a home wedding. In the case of Jack and Beverly Donze, it was Jack’s family home where he and Beverly took…
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Road Trip Garden-Alaska Botanical Garden
Anchorage, Alaska Alaska Botanical Garden-a garden full of rugged beauty and the occasional bear… But seriously, folks, visitors are warned repeatedly about moose and bears-a way of life in the land of the…
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A Garden-Lou Visit with Joan Troeh
A day spent in Ste. Genevieve, Mo is as comforting to the soul as it is to the eyes. History combines with quaint buildings, colorful murals, and friendly locals, making anyone feel welcome,…
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Garden-Lou Spotlights Kathie Soehngen
Oakville, Missouri Garden-Lou had the recent pleasure of meeting with Kathie Soehngen in the Oakville Garden she’s created, nurtured, and enjoyed with her husband, Jim for over 49 years. The Soehngen Garden will…
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Road Trip Garden-Sadie Seymour Botanical Garden
Kona, Hawaii Sadie Seymour Botanical Garden is adjacent to the Kona Education Center in Kona, on the Big Island of Hawaii. The lush 1.5-acre garden was created by landscape architect Scott Seymour and…
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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…
