Plant Geeks in the Lou!
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A Garden-Lou Visit to the Meramec Campus of St. Louis Community College-Horticulture Program
The Horticulture industry in St. Louis has been described as a small town; everyone knows everyone else. And most of those “everyones” have attended horticulture classes at St. Louis Community College’s Meramec campus…
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A Garden-Lou Visit with Jim Haegele
Jim Haegele’s favorite time in his garden is the evening, when the lights start to come on and the garden transforms. “Everything looks its best,” says Jim. But the transformation from day to…
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A Garden-Lou Visit with Frank and Jane Myers
A quick overall glance of Frank and Jane Myers’ backyard garden reveals beauty, color, and a designer’s eye, but only the most curious visitor will spot the bashful cherub under the asters, the…
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A Garden-Lou visit to the Keith & Cheryl Kowalczyk Garden
Inspiration can come in many forms and from many places. For Keith and Cheryl Kowalczyk, it’s apparent that one of the biggest influences in creating their Sunset Hills garden was travel, but in…
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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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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 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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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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A Garden-Lou visit to the new Oertli Family Hardy Plant Nursery with Derek Lyle
Imagine being a world-class botanical garden with staff collecting rare and endangered plants and seeds from all over the planet to conserve and protect them for future generations. Imagine that same garden with…
