Missouri Botanical Garden

Home gardening experts from Missouri Botanical Garden and Seed St. Louis share tips on how and what to plant during spring.

Scientists say amid climate change and biodiversity loss, the world’s herbaria could hold the keys to overcoming the crises in their folders of dried plant specimens. But their future is in question amid cuts to research and education funding.

Wendy Applequist of the Missouri Botanical Garden posits that traditional use of invasive species will bring back native plants and stabilize ecosystems.

Your kids can trade monkey bars for climbing trees at these Missouri parks — and launch infinite adventures.

Dr. Lúcia Lohmann is a world-renowned botanist. She’s coming back to her second home, St. Louis, to tackle the climate crisis and lead a community institution as the Missouri Botanical Garden’s first woman president.

Monarchs are migrating through the St. Louis region now, but residents are seeing fewer of them than ever before.

A Missouri Botanical Gardens Victoria lily held up under 142 pounds, besting water lilies from gardens and zoos around the world.

Interested in partaking in 2024’s most unusual culinary experience? We’ve got you covered.

The exhibit takes a closer look at the global impact of the humble crop.

It's estimated that there will be 1 million to 1.5 million periodical cicadas per acre in the St. Louis region this spring.