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Garden-Lou visits Robert Henson
Robert Henson’s passions are not apparent from the front of his south county home. One glance at his backyard, however, makes it all clear. Water. And lots of it. Layered throughout the yard…
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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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A Conversation with Jennifer Smock
Jennifer Smock had some big shoes to fill when she replaced the late June Hutson as Manager of Missouri Botanical Garden’s Kemper Center Programs and Landscapes. “June was a beloved member of our…
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Garden-Lou visits Chandan Mahanta
Chandan Mahanta is a keen observer. This is apparent from the first moment you pull off the rural, winding road, and the exceptional house Chan designed rises high above an incredible prairie full…
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September Tree of the Month-Seven-son Flower
Heptacodium miconioides NOW SHOWING! Okay, I hear you, “Heptacodium is a shrub, not a tree!” I debated whether or not to put this under “Shrubs”, but the truth is, in my garden, my…
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September Shrub of the Month-Little quick fire panicle hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMHPLQF’ LITTLE QUICK FIRE Think of hydrangeas and round, moppy heads come to mind. You know the one you bought because it was sooo blue in the photograph but is only…
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September Perennial of the Month-New England aster
Perennial of the Month New England aster Symphyotrichum novae-angliae What would we do without the asters every fall? While the rest of the garden prays for an early frost to put it out of its…
