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You are invited to attend the 2022 St. Louis Master Gardener Garden Tour to be held on Sunday, June 12th from 9am to 3pm.  The tour will include ten unique home and community gardens of STL Master Gardeners and friends in the St. Louis County area.  Cost of the tour is $15 per person.  In […]

Both sessions of the 2022 St. Louis Master Gardener Training are full and applications are no longer being accepted. Please contact Holly Records recordsh@missouri.edu for more information and read more about the program below. Hundreds of gardeners from throughout the Greater Saint Louis area have taken the Master Gardener training. The 18-week program provides in-depth education […]

Applications will be accepted for the afternoon session of the 2021 St. Louis Master Gardener training, starting on October 28th at 7:00 p.m. Afternoon application link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/STLMGafternoon Applications will be accepted for the evening session of the 2021 St. Louis Master Gardener training, starting on November 4th at 7:00 p.m. Evening application link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/STLMGevening This […]

Monday, March 2 – Saturday, March 7, 2020 Grow a great lawn and garden and protect the environment, get your soil tested with MU Extension! Bountiful and productive landscapes don’t happen by accident, we can tell you what your soil does and doesn’t need to support healthy and vigorous plants. Don’t worry we have an […]

February 1 to March 22 – Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily – Missouri Botanical Garden Orchid Show. Immerse yourself in a tropical oasis brimming with vibrant blooming orchids at the Orchid Show, a once-a-year opportunity to view a rotating display of hundreds of orchids from the Garden’s expansive living collection. Peer through lush […]

The Whitney R. Harris Ecology Center at the University of Missouri – St. Louis has selected the Missouri Botanical Garden and the St. Louis Zoo to be recipients of the 2019 World Ecology Award in honor of their long-standing conservation efforts in Madagascar. For more information see https://www.umsl.edu/hwec/events-outreach/world-ecology-award.html

Plants are essential to our life, beautiful and complex but scientists are just now learning how complex they are.  Recent scientific studies have shown that plants can learn by association similar to Pavlov’s dogs and plants also have long term memory. 

‘Making Connections’ is the theme of this year’s University of Missouri Extension’s Missouri Master Gardener State Conference.  Connect with Mizzou, Horticulture Specialists from around the state, and Master Gardeners at this amazing educational experience in Columbia, Missouri. Fruits and vegetables, landscaping and ornamentals, Master Pollinator and other interesting classes will be offered. The event is […]

While visiting the Missouri Botanical Garden, be sure to notice the lovely planters in Spoehrer Plaza.  The St. Louis Master Gardeners donated the four planters to the Garden in 2011.  In December, the Master Gardeners donated $1000 to the Garden to support the plantings.