If you’re wild about nature and the great outdoors, Shaw Nature Reserve and the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) are hosting the ideal event for you and the whole family. Full story.

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After an extensive international search, the Missouri Botanical Garden has named international botanist and conservationist Dr. Lúcia G. Lohmann as the Garden’s next President and Director and George Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis. Lohmann will be the eighth president of the Garden and the first woman to hold the position. Full story.

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"Calli,” from the Missouri Botanical Garden’s collection, would be the first corpse flower to bloom at the Garden’s location in Chesterfield Full story.

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This fall, the Missouri Botanical Garden is offering free access tours and classes specially designed for the disability community. Full story.

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For the first time since 2019, the Green Living Festival is making a full return to the Missouri Botanical Garden with more green living exhibitors, sustainable vendors and interactive workshops. Visitors can learn new ways to make their lives more sustainable and create healthier environments while enjoying live music, a free outdoor yoga class, a special tour of the Garden, kid-friendly activities and more throughout the day. Full story.

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SPONSORS: Nidec Motor Corporation, CSI Leasing, Inc., Safety National Casualty Corp., and Toyota Full story.

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On Friday, May 24, the bug experts of the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House will put on their chefs’ hats to cook up some cicada-centric dishes and educate the public on entomophagy – the practice of eating insects. 
 

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The Missouri Botanical Garden welcomes guests to experience the history, art, and pageantry of Chinese culture during its annual Chinese Culture Days festival on May 18–19. 

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The Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum, located at the Missouri Botanical Garden, is highlighting the significant role maize has played in agriculture, scientific development and culture at its latest exhibition – Kernels of Culture: Maize Around the World. The exhibition will open on Friday, May 3 and will remain at the Sachs Museum through March 2025.

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Missouri Botanical Garden scientists and collaborators discovered and described a new orchid species in Central Madagascar with a record-setting nectar spur and close ties to the famous “Darwin’s orchid.” This novelty species needs urgent conservation action, scientists say.

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