Odorous 'corpse flower' blooms again at Mo. Botanical Garden
A second Amorphophallus titanum has bloomed at the Missouri Botanical Garden. It’s known as the titan arum – the flower can reach over six feet tall – or the “corpse flower” for its strong smell of...
View ArticleNot just for kids: a field trip to MOBOT's tree canopy climb
Most of us haven’t scaled a tree since we were kids.But it’s not too late!On several weekends this fall the Missouri Botanical Garden is giving both adults and kids the chance, with the help of a...
View ArticleSt. Louis Area 'Green' Efforts
Campaigns to protect our environment and improve sustainability efforts are numerous and ongoing in the St. Louis area. Host Don Marsh talks with environmental experts about what has been done, what...
View ArticleSpring Gardening Help From The Missouri Botanical Garden
Now that it appears that Spring has arrived in the St. Louis region, the thoughts of many residents are turning to gardening. Efforts thus far have been frustrating for many because of the varying...
View ArticleClimate Change Prompts Renewed Interest In Native Missouri Grapes
If you are a fan of wine, particularly European wines, from France, Italy or Germany, you can be proud of the role Missouri plays in creating that wine.Ever since the mid-1800s roots from Missouri...
View ArticleMissouri Botanical Garden Completes Encyclopedia Of Missouri's Native Plants
The Missouri Botanical Garden has completed a 26-year effort to document the state's native plants.The three-volume Flora of Missouri contains illustrations, plant distribution maps, and a detailed...
View ArticleStudying climate change in the Himalayas: the Missouri Botanical Garden's Jan...
The Himalayan mountain range in Asia is one of the highest places in the world, with several peaks rising above 8,000 meters. It’s also one of the most vulnerable to climate change.Seven years ago,...
View ArticleMOBOT scientists help rediscover two tree species thought to be extinct
Scientists at the Missouri Botanical Garden have confirmed the discovery of two tree species that were thought to be extinct.Last year botanists from the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania set out...
View ArticleMissouri Botanical Garden to help build online global plant database
The Missouri Botanical Garden has announced plans to help build an online database of the world’s plants.Working with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and the New...
View ArticleNew Missouri initiative looks to create buzz about bees
The Missouri Department of Agriculture is launching a new initiative to try to create some buzz about bees.Agriculture Director Jon Hagler says “The Great Missouri Buzz Off” aims to educate Missourians...
View ArticleOdorous 'corpse flower' blooms again at Mo. Botanical Garden
A second Amorphophallus titanum has bloomed at the Missouri Botanical Garden. It’s known as the titan arum – the flower can reach over six feet tall – or the “corpse flower” for its strong smell of...
View ArticleWhat Does The Harsh Winter Mean For Spring Gardening? Tips From Horticulturists
After an especially harsh winter, spring has returned to St. Louis. Gardeners across the region are planting and planning for the growing season.But the plants are still feeling the effects of the...
View ArticleYoung Entrepreneurs Plant Sweet Potatoes in Missouri Botanical Garden
Sweet potatoes planted by St. Louis teens now have their own plot in the Missouri Botanical Garden.Young members of an effort called the Sweet Potato Project planted seedlings on Saturday, joined by...
View ArticleGoing Green At Home With Native Plants: Tips To Build Native Habitats Into...
The Missouri Botanical Garden annual Green Homes Festival is this Saturday at the Kemper Center for Home Gardening. One of the focuses of this year’s festival is gardening with native plants, or...
View ArticleLocal Journalist Details Missouri's Environmental Issues in New Book
Missourians need to be worried – and need to act.That is the message of Environmental Missouri: Issues and Sustainability — What You Need to Know, a new book from Webster University journalism...
View ArticleStopping To Smell A Corpse (Flower) At The Botanical Garden
You still have a few hours left to smell the corpse flower.The Titan Arum, an Aroid plant from Sumatra, is currently in bloom at the Missouri Botanical Garden. It flowers rarely, but when it does, its...
View ArticleArtist To Explain How 300,000 LEGOs Became Climatron Surprises
Everybody thinks their own kids are geniuses when they make cars, castles and the occasional bridge out of LEGOs. But a New York artist has truly transformed what must’ve been the world’s largest LEGO...
View ArticleBlame Wasps And Squirrels For All The Oak Leaves On Your Lawn
If you have an oak tree in your yard, you may have found yourself picking up more leaves and branches than expected this summer. According to Missouri Botanical Garden horticulturist Chip Tynan, there...
View ArticleMissouri Botanical Garden Wins Grant for IMAGINE Program
The Missouri Botanical Garden has been awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services for $140,605. The money will go toward developing the Botanical Garden’s IMAGINE program....
View ArticleGarden Glow Will Again Light Up Winter Nights
What do you do with success? If you are the Missouri Botanical Garden, you repeat it.Last year's Garden Glow had about 98,000 visitors. “We know that it is something people enjoyed, public information...
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