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Visit the Center for Home Gardening

Stop by the Center for Home Gardening and get your gardening questions answered by our expert staff and Master Gardener volunteers at the Plant Doctor Desk, or check out our houseplant display and other home gardening resources! Be sure to also take a stroll through our 23 outdoor demonstration gardens, which include a vegetable and fruit garden, cut flower garden, an experimental garden, and a newly renovated native prairie garden.

Plant Doctor Desk (Walk-In)

April–October open daily, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

November–March open Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–3 p.m.

Horticulture Answer Service (Phone & E-mail)

Hours: Monday–Friday, 9 a.m.–noon

Phone: (314) 577-5143

E-mail: plantinformation@mobot.org

November Gardening Tips

  • Continue watering trees and shrubs, especially evergreens, until the ground freezes. 

  • Use tree bark protectors and keep mulch pulled away from trunks to protect trees from animal damage. 

  • If a plant had fungal issues on the foliage, be sure to dispose of the plant material to reduce overwintering fungi. 

  • Tulips can be planted until the ground freezes. Once the ground freezes, apply mulch to spring bulb beds. 

  • Keep leaves raked off lawn to prevent smothering the grass, and use the leaves as a mulch in garden beds. 

  • Add finished compost to garden beds to improve soil. 

  • Ensure all spoiled, mummified, and fallen fruit is cleaned up. 

  • Be sure to check houseplants and treat them appropriately for spider mites, scale, whiteflies, mealybugs, and fungus gnats. 

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