The Shaw Nature Reserve

Hwy. 100 & I-44
P.O. Box 38
Gray Summit, MO 63039
(636)451-3512

Join us at the Shaw Nature Reserve this May!

 

Discover!

Using Your Car
The three-mile Trail House Loop Road is open to car traffic Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. April through November (except on holidays). Parking is available at the Maritz Trail House and Wetland/bus stop parking areas.

Share Your Photos
Join our Flickr group and upload images from your visit.

Photo of the Month!
Each month, we'll be highlighting a photo from SNR's Flickr pool. Congratulations to Michael Miles (ViscountSin) for capturing May's photo of the month! Click the photo below to see a larger version of ViscountSin's "Reach for the Sky." Recent photos that match the current season are ideal candidates for the Photo of the Month, so visit soon, take some photos, post them to the SNR Flickr Pool, and one of your shots just might be the next one featured here...     

Don't Miss It!

The spring peepers are calling! Listen!
For more information about Pseudacris crucifer is availble on the MDC website.

Programs at Shaw Nature Reserve
Don't delay, sign up today!
Register online for upcoming programs

Native Plant School
A year-round series of mostly outdoor learning sessions in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden at Shaw Nature Reserve.  New class offerings this year including a book review.
Upcoming Sessions

Take A Shot Youth Photo Contest
Coming this fall: SNR will be conducting the Take A Shot! Youth Photo Contest for the fall of 2013, so start taking your photos now. Entries will be due by mid-October with winners being announced by November 1.
Guidelines and entry forms

Mission and History

Shaw Nature Reserve strives to inspire responsible stewardship of our environment through education, restoration and protection of natural habitats, and public enjoyment of the natural world.

Shaw Nature Reserve of the Missouri Botanical Garden has over 2,400 acres of Ozark-border landscape with 1.5 miles of Meramec River frontage (both banks) and an extraordinary diversity of native plant and animal habitats. Located 35 miles southwest of St. Louis at Gray Summit, Missouri, it is in an ideal location for a day visit. Shaw Nature Reserve works closely with the Missouri Department of Conservation to promote native plants and encourage their use in sustainable and environmentally friendly gardens and landscapes.

About the Shaw Nature Reserve

Women's Weekend

Enjoy the outdoors and learn new skills such as Dutch oven cooking, archery, or trap shooting!

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StoryWalk® Project

Indian paintbrush

Happening now! Education staff is offering a way to enjoy exercise and reading with the StoryWalk® Project! Partake in this wonderful program that promotes the development of physical fitness and literacy skills by creating opportunities to walk and read outdoors. Head over to Maritz Trail House for The Legend of the Indian Paintbrush By Tomie dePaola.  The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and developed in collaboration with the Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition and the Kellogg Hubbard Library.