News Releases
5/15/2012

Missouri Botanical Garden Receives Grant for Development of Advanced Plant Data Collection System

The Missouri Botanical Garden has been selected to receive a grant from the National Park Service’s National Center for Preservation Technology and Training to develop, test and disseminate a system to modernize and streamline the collection of data on living collections in its historic landscapes. Full story.
5/11/2012

"Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night" Opens Memorial Day Weekend at the Missouri Botanical Garden

The Missouri Botanical Garden brings an unprecedented international exhibition to St. Louis for a limited run this summer. “Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night” features elaborate, illuminated works of art from China. The striking sets, crafted primarily of colorful silks and molded steel, showcase Chinese culture, traditions and symbolism through larger-than-life displays lit for evening viewing. Experience “Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night” from May 26 through August 19. Full story.
5/4/2012

Illinois Residents Enjoy Perks at the Missouri Botanical Garden During Illinois Appreciation Week, June 10-16

The Missouri Botanical Garden in south St. Louis is offering several perks for its friends across the Mississippi River during Illinois Appreciation Week, June 10 through 16. All week long, Illinois residents will enjoy half-price daytime Garden admission (a $4 value), along with a ten-percent discount on purchases in the Garden Gate Shop and a 20-percent discount off new or gift memberships purchased this week. Full story.
5/2/2012

Missouri Botanical Garden's Green Schools Program Receives Funding From Wells Fargo Advisors

Wells Fargo Advisors is generously supporting the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Green Schools Program with vital funding for the 2011-2012 school year. Their support allows Garden educators to work with students at Dunbar Elementary School, L’Ouverture Middle School and Vashon High School on a variety of student-led projects. Full story.
4/30/2012

Missouri Botanical Garden Ethnobotanists Receive National Geographic Society Grant for Study at Crow Creek Indian Reservation

The National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration has awarded a one-year, $15,150 grant to Dr. Wendy Applequist, an ethnobotanist at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s William L. Brown Center, who will collaborate with fellow ethnobotanist Karen Walker and Peter Lengkeek, tribal member of the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, to collect information about the traditional ecological knowledge of the Dakota Sioux People living on the Crow Creek Indian Reservation in central South Dakota. Full story.
4/27/2012

Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House Seeks Volunteers for Student Programs, Guest Services and Gift Shop

The Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield is seeking outgoing individuals for three available volunteer positions. Work with students as a volunteer docent, become a Butterfly House ambassador as a guest services volunteer or help with inventorying and customer service in the Madame Butterfly Gift Shop. Full story.
4/26/2012

Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House Presents Friday Night Flights

Experience the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in an entirely different light as you stroll through fragrant butterfly gardens enjoying local cuisine and live entertainment. Friday Night Flights – a partnership with local restaurants – will offer guests the opportunity to sample international cuisine from several different venues in the area on four Fridays, June 8, 15, 22 and 29 from 7 to 10 p.m. Full story.
4/23/2012

Four Prominent Botanical Institutions Announce Plans to Create First Online World Flora

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh; The New York Botanical Garden; and the Missouri Botanical Garden have announced plans to develop the World Flora—the first modern, online catalog of the world’s plants—to be made available by the year 2020. This massive undertaking will include the compilation of information on up to 400,000 plant species worldwide. It will also achieve a primary target of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, an ambitious effort first adopted by the United Nations’ Convention on Biological Diversity in 2002, to halt the continuing loss of plant biodiversity around the globe. Full story.
4/17/2012

Missouri Botanical Garden To Offer Whitaker Music Festival Concerts Free of Charge This Summer

The Missouri Botanical Garden is setting the stage for its 19th annual Whitaker Music Festival. The summer concert series features nine weeks of free music under the stars, Wednesdays, May 30 through July 25 at 7:30 p.m. Free concert admission begins at 5 p.m. and last entry is at 9 p.m. Whitaker Music Festival concerts will be held outdoors on the lawn of the open-air Cohen Amphitheater, just west of the Climatron® dome. Full story.
4/16/2012

Missouri Botanical Garden Announces 2012 Plants of Merit

Home gardeners looking for the region’s best plant choices can now access the Missouri Botanical Garden’s 2012 Plants of Merit® online. This year’s list includes 18 new varieties in addition to the best selections from prior years, all available online at www.plantsofmerit.org. The Plants of Merit program aims to promote diversity in the home gardening landscape, with emphasis on selecting hardy, trouble-free annuals, perennials, shrubs and vines, trees and edible ornamentals. Full story.
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