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| Botanical Gardens of St. Louis, Mo.
Take a virtual tour of the granddaddy of Midwest botanical gardens.
St. Louis, Missouri
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Use the Missouri Botanical Garden's website to help plan your trip. A gardening help section includes a plant finder and a comprehensive pest-management page.
Founded in the 1850s by wealthy English immigrant Henry Shaw, the preserve is just a few minutes southeast of downtown St. Louis. You can stroll 79 acres of horticultural displays ranging from a shrub maze to butterfly, herb, orchid and rose gardens. The 14-acre Seiwa-en garden centered on a tranquil lake is the largest Japanese strolling garden in the Western hemisphere.
You'll find plenty of ideas to take away from the Kemper Center for Home Gardening. It features 23 residential-sized gardens. There's also a demonstration garden room and a Plant Doctor clinic.
Reviewed April 2004.
