Red-spotted Purple Butterfly
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Category Archives: Missouri Botanical Gardens
Pyrite Field
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As Above, So Below
Last night, we feted Joanie for her birthday. She chose the restaurant for dinner, Brio, in tony Frontenac. Enjoying Italian cuisine, we dined outside on the patio. We took so long, not all our fault, that Pat our fourth called to ask where we were. Zooming down Farty we soon joined her at the gardens to see the show there, Patterns in Nature the Art of HYBYCOZO. At its opening in April, I had seen this show before, but for everyone this penultimate night was their first time.
The first photo was taken last night, while the other two directly above were taken in April. The first one was taken at nine, while the others were taken at six. The two dusk shots are noticeably crisper. Even if the one from last night was taken when the show was more impressive.
Hardy Water Lily
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Chinese Chestnut
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Our Garden Tour
At 12:59, as we were about to enter the garden, we passed a docent at the door who was holding a placard advertising a free tour of the garden. The next scheduled one was at one. He asked us if we wanted a tour. We said yes and off the three of us went, a personal tour. These tours are held daily, but we have never taken one before. Our guide Bill had worked for the garden, retired and has come back as a docent. His theme for our tour was the garden’s early history. Its founder Henry Shaw figured prominently. Shaw had a love of the ginkgo tree. At one point he imported 5,000 saplings. He was such a booster for the tree that not only the garden has quite a few, but all of Saint Louis is blessed with an abundance of them. The pictured ginkgo, located next to the groundskeeper’s house is one that he planted.