M i s s o u r i B o t a n i c a l G a r d e n bulletinFall 2013 Vol. 101, No. 4 www.mobot.org As a Garden member, did you know: • You receive reduced pricing to special events? • You can enjoy evening walking hours on Tuesdays in the summer? • You receive free admission for two adults and all children ages 12 and under to the Shaw Nature Reserve and Sophia M. Sachs President’s Butterfly House?
photo by Koraley Northen Comment • You receive free admission to the Children’s Garden all day Tuesdays? (Open April–October) Beyond the significance of biodiversity • Special Members’ Days entitle you to exclusive events and activities, conservation on a global scale, it’s important as well as free tram rides and discounts in the gift shop and café? to remember that many threatened plants are • You get free or reduced-price admission to nearly 270 botanical vital to people’s everyday lives—whether for gardens and arboreta in the U.S. and Canada? nutritional, medicinal, or spiritual purposes. These are only a few of the benefits. Visitwww.mobot.org/membership , The Garden’s research and education work email [email protected], or call (314) 577-5118 to learn more. contributes to the discovery and preservation of plants and, in many cases, the traditional knowledge associated with them. We’re proud Board of Trustees that our ethnobotanists are leaders in studying Officers Prof. Sir Peter R. Crane FRS Laure B. Hullverson W. Stephen Maritz Chair L. B. Eckelkamp, Jr. Maureen R. Jennings and preserving this important balance between Cheryl P. Morley Vice Chair M. Peter Fischer Ellen E. Jones plants and people (see page 5). That is why it Lelia J. Farr Vice Chair Marilyn R. Fox Lynn Koeneman Peter S. Wyse Jackson, President Robert R. Hermann Janet B. Lange was fitting that the Garden hosted ethnobotany MA, PhD, FLS Edward D. Higgins Mary V. Longrais experts from around the world to develop a Peter H. Raven, President Emeritus Paula M. Keinath Virginia McCook PhD Rosalyn H. Kling Isabelle C. Morris program to preserve useful plants and their Robert E. Kresko Gale Murphy Members June M. Kummer Jacquelin S. Naunheim communities’ traditional knowledge (see page 4). Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger II Lucy L. Lopata* Anita D. O’Connell Preserving biodiversity, however, should not Catherine B. Berges James S. McDonnell III Sue B. Oertli Daniel A. Burkhardt Evelyn Edison Newman Sue M. Rapp be limited to scientists in botanical gardens and Arnold W. Donald Roy Pfautch Susan N. Rowe research institutions. The choices we make every Sharon D. Fiehler Mabel L. Purkerson, MD Marsha J. Rusnack Robert R. Hermann, Jr. Margaret A. Ritter Sammy Ann Ruwitch day can have an impact on conserving plant David M. Hollo Anthony F. Sansone, Sr. Mary Lee Salzer-Lutz diversity and the environment—particularly David W. Kemper Joseph F. Shaughnessy Nancy L. Sauerhoff Charles E. Kopman Nancy R. Siwak Ron Schlapprizzi the food we eat. Growing heirloom fruits and Hal A. Kroeger Robert B. Smith III Susie Littmann Schulte vegetables (see page 8) and incorporating wild Carolyn W. Losos Nora R. Stern David Schulz Daniel J. Ludeman William K.Y. Tao, D.Sc. Celeste D. Sprung natives in our landscapes (see page 12) are just a Cynthia S. Peters George E. Thoma, MD Carol A. Squires Nicholas L. Reding Jack E. Thomas Susan Squires Goldschmidt few ways both farmers and home gardeners can Steven C. Roberts Jane S. Tschudy Patricia Steiner help prevent biodiversity loss. As we wrap up Marsha J. Rusnack John K. Wallace, Jr. Nora R. Stern Rakesh Sachdev O. Sage Wightman III Elizabeth Teasdale our Year of Food celebration, I encourage you to Stephen C. Sachs Roma B. Wittcoff Jane S. Tschudy continue learning about the plants that feed us Scott C. Schnuck Norma Williams Thad W. Simons Honorary Douglas R. Wolter and the role they play in our lives. Rex A. Sinquefield Surinder (Suri) Sehgal, PhD It is because of the incomparable support that Andrew C. Taylor Botanical Garden Subdistrict of the Eugene M. Toombs Members’ Board Metropolitan Zoological Park and you, our volunteers (see page 6), and outstanding Parker B. McMillan, President Museum District individuals (see page 4) give every day that Ex Officio Mary Ella J. Alfring Theresa Loveless The Hon. Charlie A. Dooley Ann M. Bowen John C. McPheeters the Missouri Botanical Garden continues to Myrtle E.B. Dorsey, PhD Eileen M. Carr Marcia B. Mellitz Thomas F. George, PhD Sue Cohen Martin Schweig be a leader in plant research, education, and Benjamin H. Hulsey Kristen Cornett Knapp Pamela Shephard conservation. On behalf of everyone at the The Hon. Francis G. Slay Jeanne P. Crawford Walter G. Stern Bishop George Wayne Smith Janelle Criscione Marjorie M. Weir Garden, the Butterfly House, and Shaw Nature Rick Sullivan Angela Dalton Robert M. Williams, Jr. Reserve, thank you! Mark S. Wrighton, PhD Jeanie C. Davis Hillary B. Zimmerman Mary Kay Denning Members Emeriti Ellen Dubinsky Non-voting advisory members: Clarence C. Barksdale Audrey Feuerbacher Janice M. Nelson John H. Biggs Michael C. Heim James H. Yemm Stephen F. Brauer Janet Hennessey Francis Yueh Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, William H.T. Bush Janice A. Hermann President Bert Condie III Leslie P. Hood *deceased
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20 12 13 18 16 11 4 2 News Leaders Gather at Lucy was a supporter of the Garden for over 50 years and Ethnobotany Workshop was also actively involved in the Representatives from around establishment of the Sophia M. the world gathered at the Missouri Sachs Butterfly House. She wanted Botanical Garden in May to address to engage children with the joy Targets 9, 11, 12, and 13 of the of nature and foster their natural United Nations’ Global Strategy sense of wonder. Whether they for Plant Conservation (GSPC), are investigating the Lopatapillar which relate to ethnobotany and sculpture and searching for insects economic botany. in the Native Garden or creating The workshop offered leaders projects and memories in the in these fields a chance to discuss Vijay Barve (left), of the Foundation for Revitalisation Lopata Learning Lab, visitors to and share ideas about their work. of Local Health Traditions in India, and Dr. Ehsan the Butterfly House will continue It was also an opportunity to Dulloo (right), of Bioversity International in Italy, at the to connect to nature in a playful, draft a document appealing to the ethnobotany workshop discussing the United Nation’s magical environment thanks to international community to work Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. Lucy’s gifts. to preserve plants that are useful Doris was a supporter of the to humans and promote traditional Leaving a Legacy Garden for over 40 years. Her knowledge. “We recognize that the Three longtime friends of the biggest joys in life came from [GSPC] is very important,” says Garden recently passed away: sharing the achievements and Edelmira Linares of the National Sonya “Sunny” W. Glassburg experiences of her children and Autonomous University of Mexico (1918–2013), Lucy L. Lopata grandchildren. To honor this Botanic Garden (JBUNAM in (1914–2013), and Doris I. Schnuck generous spirit, her six children Spanish), “but there are still holes (1925–2013). Each was a generous supported the development of that need to be addressed and supporter of the Garden with the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s that we can contribute to so true unique legacies across our family of Garden: A Missouri Adventure conservation can be achieved.” attractions that will benefit visitors in 2006. This two-acre adventure As one of the top botanical for years to come. garden introduces children to the institutions in the world, the Sunny was a supporter of the significance of nature, botany, Garden combines its leadership Garden for over 30 years. She and Missouri history in fun and in implementing the GSPC with wanted to share the expansive innovative ways. Education, play, the expertise of its William L. natural beauty and conservation and exploration occur across this Brown Center in the study of work of Shaw Nature Reserve garden space. useful plants, their relationship to with a broad array of visitors— Each of these exemplary humans, and their conservation. especially children. Sunny’s gifts individuals created a wonderful “It’s really important to come to the Reserve expanded education legacy for visitors across the together and share our experiences, programming and provided school Garden’s family of attractions. identify gaps and needs, and see transportation funds, ensuring all Their collective impact is even how we can move forward,” says children could enjoy the Reserve greater, and generations of children Ina Vandebroek of The New York regardless of income status. The will be enriched because of their Botanical Garden. “The Missouri Glassberg Family Pavilions and vision and generosity. Botanical Garden is taking a restrooms will continue to shelter cutting-edge role by being at the schoolchildren and families at the forefront of this initiative.” Reserve for many years.
4 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Fall 2013 photo by Mary Lou Olson Garden Curator Elected Distinguished Economic November 23–January 4 Botanist 2014 Dr. Jan Salick, Senior Curator at the Garden’s William L. Brown Center, was recently elected Distinguished The Missouri Botanical Garden Glow will also feature Economic Botanist 2014 by the Garden is excited to announce its music, seasonal food and drinks, Society for Economic Botany (SEB). plans for Garden Glow 2013, the s’more-making at fire pits, and The award is considered the highest Garden’s first ever light exhibit interactive displays. For more honor given to ethnobotanists. “It’s that will open this winter. “Our information, hours, and tickets, especially nice for me because this members, visitors, and staff have visit www.mobot.org/glow. was my 30th anniversary of starting asked about the possibility of Volunteers will be important out in ethnobotany,” she says. “The winter lights for years. This is to the success of Garden Glow. paradigms have changed in these the year,” says Garden President If you’d like to participate, please past 30 years, and it’s been fun to be Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson. Visitors visit www.mobot.org/volunteer. will have the opportunity to a part of that.” Dr. Salick has been a Save the Date: Nov. 22 part of SEB for many years, including stroll through the Garden at Members will get a special Council Member and President. night as they are surrounded by unique lighting installations preview of Garden Glow before Library Awarded Grant for throughout the grounds, with it opens to the general public. hundreds of thousands of lights Reservations required. For more Engelmann’s Letters information or to purchase The Garden’s Peter H. Raven adorning some of the Garden’s tickets, visit www.mobot.org/glow. Library received a one-year grant most iconic locations, including ® Now is a great time to renew to digitize Dr. George Engelmann’s the Climatron , Kaeser Memorial your membership! correspondence. This project Maze, and Tower Grove House. is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services long time,” says Library Director Japanese Garden under the provisions of the Library Doug Holland. “Digitizing this Improvements Services and Technology Act as collection will provide free and easy The renovation of several features administered by the Missouri State access to original correspondence in the Japanese Garden will begin Library, a division of the Office of documenting the development of in October shortly after the Best the Secretary of State. botany and natural history in the of Missouri Market® (see back Engelmann was a world-renowned United States during the tumultuous cover). Construction work—repair botanist and Henry Shaw’s scientific age of western exploration in the or replacement of the bridges, advisor and close friend. The library mid-19th century.” The records and waterfalls, and pumping systems— will scan over 5,000 letters written images will be added to the library’s is expected to be completed by the to Engelmann by some of the most online catalog Botanicus, the spring of 2014. Parts of this 14-acre notable scientists and explorers of Missouri Digital Heritage website, garden will be closed to the public the 19th century. “It’s exciting! and the Biodiversity Heritage Library, while construction is underway. We’ve wanted to do this for a www.biodiversitylibrary.org.
Fall 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 5 30 40 years years
News cont. Garden Team Behind One of Top 10 New Species On May 23, the International 20 years Institute for Species Exploration announced its sixth annual Top 10 New Species list, which includes the endangered forest shrub Eugenia petrikensis. This Eugenia was found in the littoral forests of Petriky in southern Madagascar in 1989. The team that collected it included 10 years Garden Curator Dr. Gordon McPherson and David Rabehevitra, a former student and botanist with the Garden’s Madagascar Program. Dr. Neil Snow, a former graduate student at the Garden, described the new species. The team made the discovery while doing an extensive botanical inventory on the island’s littoral forests in the late 1980s and early 40 years— Mary Jane Kirtz, Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson. 30 years—Jim Jackson, Anne Buhr, Dr. Wyse Jackson, Bev 1990s. Their project led not only to Schmitt, Jean Leonhardt, Eileen Hahn. Not pictured: Eleanora Markus. 20 years—Dr. Wyse Jackson, Joyce Landauer, the discovery of many new species Jane Bosché, Jim Teng. Not pictured: Anne Cori, Martha Gersten, Diane Kohl, Liz Teasdale. 10 years—front row, from left: Ken Olsen, Sandy Olsen, Jackie Bainter, Marianne Vahlkamp, Ann Larson, Ginny McCook, Marge Dougherty, Doris but also to the establishment of the Kroupa, Janis Henricks, Nancy Clark, Judy Goedeker, Jack Karty; second row, from left: Fredric Rissover, Bill Schwab, Garden’s first conservation project Betty Meyer, Linda Bolhofner, Dr. Wyse Jackson, Don Ryan, Barb Hilton, Jennifer Schamber, Elaine Baden; back row, in Madagascar, Mahabo, which from left: Ruth King, Deanna Nash, Thom Downey, Wally Cammarata, Charlie Schmidt, Jan Gowen, Madelynn Kester. was one of the threatened sites the Not pictured: Lori Calcaterra, Andrea Casamento, Alberta Chulick, Lil Collins, Robin DeTurk, Betsy Gee, Judy Harmon, team visited while doing research. Maggie Jackson, Rick Johnston, Peggy Kachulis, Karen Koehneman, Janet Lange, Connie Lippert, Holly Parks, Dave A new protected area was Reindl, Bill Sedlock, Paul Travers, Margaret Winter. (photos by Molly Krohe) recently established to conserve Volunteer Service Recognition the most intact and species-rich The Missouri Botanical Garden would not be the world-renowned part of Petriky, which includes a institution it is today without its volunteers. In 2012, more than 1,800 population of Eugenia petrikensis. people volunteered more than 140,000 hours of service at the Garden, or the equivalent of 73 full-time staff. The Garden celebrated this remarkable service during the Volunteer Appreciation Evening on May 16 and the Volunteer Service Recognition luncheon on June 13. 40 years of service: Among those honored that day was Mary Jane Kirtz, who celebrated 40 years of service as a Garden volunteer. She began volunteering in 1973, and over the decades she has served on the photo by David Rabehevitra photo by David Members’ Board, the Garden Docent program, and the Tower Grove House Historical Committee. Her extensive knowledge on the Garden’s sculptures was key for the book Sculpture at the Missouri Botanical Garden, which was published in 1988.
6 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Fall 2013 Grow Your Own What’s on the menu? Celebrate the Year of Food in 2013! Join the Garden and its family of attractions for more activities, EDIBLE GARDEN by Elizabeth Spiegel classes, and events celebrating the wonderful world of food. Missouri Botanical Garden’s edible garden expert
Edible Plant Life List Fruits continue to ripen for up to a By Andrew Townesmith, WLBC Research Specialist month, and may be present on the Wild persimmons in Missouri trees after the leaves have fallen. are produced by the American Last year while camping in the persimmon (Diospyros virginiana). late fall, I found several persimmon The Asian persimmon (Diospyros trees bearing fruit and decided to kaki) is the persimmon found in make persimmon pancakes. Check Gibbons photo by Christopher supermarkets. I find the American out www.mobot.org/foodology to General Tips persimmon to have a more complex read my blog and get the full recipe. • Row covers can add a few and interesting flavor than the degrees of frost protection as Asian persimmon. Learn more! Go to page 12 to read more temperatures dip below freezing. By mid-September, persimmons about persimmon and other wild edible Missouri natives. •n Tilling i the fall, especially right are ripe in much of Missouri. As before freezing temperatures, can they ripen, they become very soft. expose pests in the soil to the cold temperatures, thus reducing Working for More The competition hosted 32 numbers in the coming year. participants from across the region, Plants Energy-Efficient Homes including Garden horticulturist— The Garden’s EarthWays Center • Winter cover crops should be sown and the only female competitor— has teamed up with Ameren in October. Teresa Pafford. “It’s intense, kind of Missouri for its residential energy • Many vegetables—Brussels like a roller coaster,” she says of her efficiency programs. Ameren sprouts, kale, leeks, parsnips, first time competing. “It was a very Missouri dual residential electric celeriac, and carrots—produce good experience, and I definitely more sugars or convert starches and natural gas customers are hope to do it again.” After five to sugars after a frost, making eligible for a PerformanceSavers preliminary rounds, she and three them even tastier when harvested. energy audit for only $25, plus others advanced to the Master’s • Beets, radishes, carrots, installation of energy saving Challenge. Champion Brandon Jerusalem artichokes, and turnips improvements and qualification Toppins of Springfield, Missouri, can be covered with 1 to 2 feet for rebates. As a leading expert in moved on to the International of straw or leaves in late fall and residential energy efficiency, the Tree Climbing Championship in harvested all winter long. EarthWays Center has been Toronto, Canada this past August. contracted to perform the audits. Maintenance • Watch out for cabbage loopers on Visit www.actonenergy.com to your broccoli, cauliflower, kale, learn more about these programs, Brussels sprouts, and cabbage. including Ameren Missouri’s Pick them off as soon as you spot CoolSavers program to get cash-back them or protect your crops with rebates when you upgrade your row covers. home’s cooling equipment. • Pull mulch away from the base of fruit trees to deter hungry rodents Tree Climbing Competition from gnawing at the bark. Returns to the Garden • As fall crops are harvested, make The International Society of sure to remove all plant material Arboriculture–Midwest Chapter from the bed to prevent diseases. returned to the Garden for first After recovering the 150-lb dummy in the aerial rescue time in 16 years on June 8 to hold Don’t forget to check out the “Your round, Teresa Pafford was one of the finalists at the Tree Garden” section at www.mobot.org. its Tree Climbing Championship. Climbing Championship. (photo by Andrew Wyatt)
Fall 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 7 WhyWhy heirlooms?not?
Heirloom potato onions (Allium cepa aggregatum) in a wide variety of sizes not only provide crop diversification but also are great for cooking.
By Liz Fathman, In this Year of Food at the Missouri in common with home gardeners, except Sr. Publications Manager and Botanical Garden, we have focused on all their produce is for sale! author of Missouri Harvest: manner of plant-based food. Everybody The majority of farmers profiled in our A Guide to Growers and eats, and many people cook, so these book adhere to a general set of sustainable Producers in the Show-Me State activities have been central to our farming principles outlined by the USDA celebration. But we are also a garden, so that include: Photos by Chiot’s Run we celebrate the growing of edible plants. • Soil management to enhance and (www.chiotsrun.com) Our vegetable and fruit gardens are where protect soil quality. most of that growing happens every year, • Selection of varieties that are well but this year many of our display gardens suited to the site and to conditions on have incorporated edible ornamentals (or the farm. Resources: ornamental edibles, as it were!). • Diversification of crops and other Missouri Harvest: A Guide to Growing food for consumption is practices to enhance the biological Growers and Producers in the a hobby to many, but to an increasing and economic stability of the farm. Show-Me State, by Maddie Earnest and Liz Fathman number of people in Missouri, it is an On the last point, one way smaller occupation. In fact, Missouri ranks #2 farms are able to diversify is by growing Seed Savers Exchange in the nation in the number of small more heirloom varieties. In the U.S. it is www.seedsavers.org farms, defined by the U.S. Department estimated that 90 percent of our historic Baker Creek of Agriculture (USDA) as an agricultural fruit and vegetable varieties have vanished www.rareseeds.com operation from which at least $1,000 (Charles Seibert, “Food Ark,” National Local Harvest Seed Library worth of product is (or would be expected Geographic, July 2011). As we reported www.thelocalharvestdish. to be) harvested in a year. in an article last spring about bananas wordpress.com/2013/06/07/ In writing about the local food and biodiversity, reliance on fewer crop the-local-harvest- community-seed-library movement in Missouri, my co-author and varieties leaves the food supply weaker I talked with over 200 small-scale farmers and more susceptible to pests and disease. Slow Food St. Louis: across the entire state. Interestingly, many Botanical gardens like ours have played a www.slowfoodstl.org of the farmers we interviewed have a lot significant role in cultivating biologically
8 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Fall 2013 Heirloom Tomato Sauce Courtesy Justin Leszcz | YellowTree Farm Yield: 3 to 4 quarts of tomato sauce 1 handful* of fresh: (Left) Solanum tuberosum ‘Carola’, ‘All Red’, ‘All Blue’, and ‘Purple Viking’ heirloom potatoes from Seed Savers sage basil Exchange. (Right) Zea mays ‘Strawberry’ and its signature ruby red kernels. oregano tarragon thyme marjoram rosemary diverse plants, including food another. Farmers face a bigger risk 3 whole cloves garlic plants. But the gardens here are in raising diverse crops: finding a for display and research, not market for the produce and being 4 cups olive oil consumption. So what is a farmer able to cover the cost of producing 7 to 10 pounds heirloom tomatoes or home gardener with an interest it. For farmers who want to grow 2 tablespoons table salt in heirloom varieties to do? heirloom crops (or raise heritage 2 tablespoons minced fresh garlic Seed Savers Exchange is a livestock), Slow Food St. Louis Ground white pepper national nonprofit organization that offers micro-grants to facilitate *1 handful=about 1 cup. Herbs shouldn’t be sells seeds of heirloom edibles (and the purchase of seeds or animals, chopped up, so using a measuring cup is difficult. flowers) and also hosts a members’ as long as they fit the definition of exchange whereby members can an heirloom or heritage variety. A 1. In a saucepan, combine herbs, whole garlic cloves, and olive oil. Place over buy and sell their own seeds with successful crop or herd can bring low heat for at least 1 hour (longer each other. Here in Missouri, valuable business to a small farmer, for more intense infusion). Stir Baker Creek is one of a handful of especially in the race by local occasionally. Be sure oil doesn’t boil. commercial heirloom seed sellers. restaurateurs and chefs to be the 2. Remove from heat and pour through Closer to home in St. Louis, Local first to offer the latest and rarest a strainer. Discard solids. Harvest Grocery has instituted a food on the menu. 3. Wash and core tomatoes. community seed library. Acting Whether you are a home (Chef’s hint: Core tomatoes with a like a local seed bank, the library gardener, a farmer, or a supporter pastry bag’s metal decorating tip.) collects and saves seeds from local of local food, taking a chance 4. Cut tomatoes in half, place in a large growers, then “lends” them to other on heirlooms has many benefits. pot, and add salt, minced garlic, and growers with the promise that some Heirloom varieties typically white pepper to taste. of the produce be left to collect taste better and offer a wider 5. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. the seeds and return them to the variety from which to choose. Cook about 30 minutes; stir frequently library for future “borrowers.” The But for those of us at the Garden, until tomatoes disintegrate. library allows home gardeners and their contribution to preserving 6. Pour 2 cups of the tomato mixture others to try new varieties while biodiversity may be the most into a blender and blend on high preserving or even restoring crop important reason to grow, eat, and until smooth. Reduce speed to low diversity to the area. enjoy them. So the next time you and slowly add a drizzle of the Home gardeners who borrow put a slice of heirloom tomato on herb-infused olive oil. Stop when these seeds invest the time and your sandwich or make tomato the mixture reaches near the top of effort needed to raise them, but the sauce (sidebar), congratulate the blender. Repeat with remaining only real risk is that the end result yourself for helping the planet. simmered tomatoes and olive oil. is disappointing for one reason or
Fall 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 9 photo by Rebecca Hensiek
Preserving the Bounty Adapted from Missouri Harvest: A Guide to Growers and Producers in the Show-Me State
Summer brings an abundance of fruit is frozen, transfer to airtight Quick pickles are the easiest fresh produce, and when you’re in containers or freezer bags and label to make, and there are many the middle of it, it seems like there them with the date and contents. good recipes out there. You can will be no end to the quantity and You can dry fruits and vegetables use different types of vinegar variety of fruits and vegetables. But in a food dehydrator or in the oven (white, cider, rice), but make sure those summer months turn to fall on low heat. Blanch first, then heat whatever you use has 5 percent and winter, and with them comes the the oven to 140ºF or 150ºF. Place acidity. Some people like to cut the absence of fresh local produce. That cut or sliced vegetables or fruits on tartness with a little sugar or agave, doesn’t mean you can’t eat summer baking sheets in the oven, making which is fine. Rather than making vegetables and fruits anytime as sure there is enough space between individual jars of pickles, you may long as you have preserved some the oven racks for air to circulate. choose to combine them into a in advance. Simple methods to Keep the oven door open slightly giardiniera, which is essentially preserve foods include freezing, to allow moist air to escape. Check mixed marinated vegetables. drying, canning, and pickling. every 30 minutes, stirring the Of course, another great way to To freeze vegetables like green vegetables or fruits and moving preserve summer’s bounty to enjoy beans, corn, tomatoes, and okra, the baking sheets to ensure even later is to make sauces. Tomato blanch them first by washing and exposure to the heat and to avoid sauce is probably the most common (optionally) cutting them up into cooking them (you’re just trying to (see page 9), but also consider red the desired size, then boiling them remove the water from them). pepper sauce for a bit of a kick. for a few minutes until the color Fruits and certain vegetables can intensifies. Then immediately drain also be made into butters, jams, or Family Food the vegetables and plunge them preserves; sorbet, granita, or ice in ice water to stop the cooking cream; juices; or infusions. Challenge Challenge #8: process. Drain them when they are Pickling and canning vegetables One Food, Multiple Ways cooled, place them in freezer bags, like green tomatoes, beets, and store them in the freezer. cucumbers, beans, carrots, peppers, Explore your food stories– from the ways they are grown to the Fruits can be sprinkled with a and garlic takes a little more effort ways they are prepared–with the bit of ascorbic acid dissolved in and equipment than freezing or Family Food Challenge booklet. water (available where you buy drying, but not that much. Once canning supplies), spread on a you have the proper equipment, you Pick up a copy at the Brookings Interpretative Center or download it at baking sheet or other large tray, may never buy store pickles again. www.mobot.org/foodology. and placed in the freezer. When the
10 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Fall 2013 Butterfly House
Since 1998, visitors of all ages have enjoyed the unique experience of being surrounded by butterflies in a tropical conservatory. (photo by Christopher Gibbons) Celebrating 15 Years of Wonder It started in 1993 with a spark in get a closer look at these magnificent Anniversary Evelyn E. Newman’s heart after seeing creatures in a setting like no other. “It’s Celebration the butterflies in Chiang Mai, Thailand. such a unique, unbelievable experience Wednesday, September 18, When it opened its doors at Faust Park to have butterflies flying around you,” 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in Chesterfield, Missouri, the Sophia M. says Laura Chisolm, Living Collections Butterfly House Sachs Butterfly House introduced visitors Manager. After 13 years working at the Join us for cake as of all ages to the beauty and ecological Butterfly House, she has seen it grow— we celebrate our 15th importance of butterflies. It was named from the Emerson Lakeside Terrace to the birthday. All guests will in honor of the wife of Sam Sachs—who Lopata Learning Lab—and give visitors enjoy $1.50 admission was influential in the development of an unforgettable way to learn more about all day. Chesterfield—and her generous spirit. these animals and their role in our lives. Shortly after opening to the public in Today, the Butterfly House continues to 1998, the Butterfly House became one of be the only dedicated insect facility in the Wing Ding 2013 St. Louis’s top attractions and premiere country accredited by the Association of Saturday, September 28, butterfly houses in the nation. In 2001, Zoos and Aquariums as well as a leader 6:30 to 10:30 p.m., it became a division of the Missouri in butterfly conservation. Its primary Butterfly House Botanical Garden. “This inspiring display supplier, El Bosque Nuevo in Costa Rica, Your support benefits of butterflies and their role in preserving is a butterfly conservation organization exhibits, educational Earth’s environmental balance is a superb that uses sustainable methods in its programs, and complement to the Garden’s programs in operations. The Butterfly House will conservation initiatives botanical research and science education,” continue to establish, expand, and promote at the Butterfly House. said then-Garden President Dr. Peter local community projects, including Enjoy food and cocktails, H. Raven of the addition. butterfly counts and the establishment and live entertainment, a silent Over the years, the Butterfly House conservation of riparian parks. auction, and more! Call has expanded its educational programs, Come celebrate with the Butterfly (314) 577-9500 or visit special events, and animal exhibits to House! Continue exploring these amazing www.butterflyhouse.org/ wingding for information. include other insects and arthropods. creatures and create unforgettable Every year, more than 140,000 people memories for generations to come.
Fall 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 11 Shaw Nature Reserve
Missouri natives can add an edible touch to your landscape. (Left) Pawpaw (Top) Blackhaw viburnum, and (Bottom) Persimmon. (photos by Scott Woodbury and Dan Tenaglia ) Wild About Native Edibles By Scott Woodbury, Curator, Whitmire Wildflower Garden, and Cindy Gilberg, Native Landscaping Horticulturist
Long before grocery stores and Pawpaw (Asimina triloba) Shaw Wildflower restaurants, indigenous people of the • Average height: 20–25 feet Market Midwest looked outside for all that • Large, tropical-looking leaves Friday, September 6, they needed—food, shelter, clothing, • The fruit ripens in early September and 4 to 7:30 p.m. and medicine. Though many feel resembles small, fat green bananas that Shaw Nature Reserve that foraging for food is a thing of taste like a custard made of banana the past, it actually puts us back in and mango. Shop a wide variety touch with the bounty of nature • Grows under shade but adapts to full sun. of native wildflowers, and the rhythm of the seasons. grasses, sedges, small- flowering trees, and Many native food crops make Blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium) shrubs. Also shop for great choices for creating an edible • Average height: 10–15 feet • One of the showiest native shrubs local foods, artwork, and home landscape. more! Admission: Free This is a small sampling of • Adorned by large clusters of small white flowers in June for Garden members and native edible plants you can find in Reserve passholders; • By August or September, the fruit ripens to the wild or grow in your garden. $5 nonmembers; a dark blue. These may be eaten fresh or Several native trees and shrubs $3 seniors; free for children bear delicious fruit, and some have processed into a ready-to-spread pulp for 12 and under. attractive flowers that add beauty toast and for making fruit leather. in different seasons. To find others, • Grows under full to partial sun and is pick up a handout of the wild edibles tolerant of a wide variety of soils. Wild Edibles Class in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden, Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) available at the Shaw Nature Reserve Saturday, October 19 • Average height: 25–30 feet Noon to 3 p.m. Visitor Center. • Fruit may ripen as early as late August but Shaw Nature Reserve Always remember to properly seen as late as October or November. identify plants collected in the wild • Be sure that it is ripe (soft with an easily Learn to identify common before eating them; many have broken thin skin) before taking a bite; the seasonal wild edibles and poisonous look-alikes. Be sure you unripe fruit is very astringent. sample a variety of raw and prepared wild foods. know which part of the plant to use • The sweet pulp is used to make pudding, For more information, visit and how to prepare it—does it need bread, and other bakery items. to be cooked or can it be used raw? www.mobot.org/classes.
12 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Fall 2013 Tributes April through June 2013 Dr. Milton T. Fujita In Memory of Mr. William Culkin Mrs. Kathleen L. Dolenz and Ms. Carolyn G. Hammand A tribute gift to the Garden Dr. and Mrs. Arnold M. Ms. Lori Mullen family Cheryl Acker, Judy Coyman, Mrs. Jean Crowder Abounader is a wonderful way to honor Goldman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Dolenz Mary Kay Denning, Janice Mrs. Jean G. Leonhardt James Curran family and friends. Tributes Ms. Gloria J. Fox Jackson, Connie Petterson, Mrs. Joan Goltzman Mr. and Mrs. James B. Tonneas Mr. Ronald M. Schutz and of $25 or more are listed Mrs. Martha M. Reichman Ms. Evelyn Rulon Ms. Mary Ann Goldberg Beth Ravenelli, Kathy in the Bulletin. If you have Mr. John J. Altman Mr. Ron Jagels Small, and Marsha Walker questions regarding giving Mrs. Sally Harrison Scott and Susan Alspach Mr. Clifford L. Davenport Ms. Jackie Juras Mrs. Suzy Seldin Mr. and Mrs. Philip Alfeld Janet M. Harrison opportunities at the Garden, Mr. Bernard E. Altman Mr. and Mrs. Bob Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Halpern please call (314) 577-0805. Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Mr. and Mrs. Roger D. Chris Demetrulias Mr. and Mrs. Edward E. You can also make a tribute Hermann Brueckman Mr. and Mrs. H. William Kindley Mr. James I. Hayashi gift online at our website, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Feinberg Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Frost Reisner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Ms. Angela Bader Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hardy Kramme Bethesda Terrace www.mobot.org. Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mrs. Diane Deutch Ms. Nancy R. Hrncir Ms. Judith Leach Mrs. Donna Burrow Mrs. Barbara Johnson Mrs. Antoinette C. Breihan Ms. Kathleen Leach-Ross and Ms. Elizabeth Carver In Honor of Mrs. Sherrill A. Boardman Mr. Marcus Andreae Alice M. Dolan Mr. James Leach-Ross Ms. Katie Elrod Dr. Richard D. Aach Mrs. Sallie Dohogne Westward Hoe Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Litzsinger Road Ecology Dr. and Mrs. James G. Glauber Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Cook Dr. and Mrs. Jerrold Lander Mr. Alan Bernstein Schreiber Foundation Mr. George K. Hasegawa Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Gary Guebert Mr. Harry H. Hayashi Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Brody Eloi C. Doss Professor Nicole Lovenduski Ms. Joyce A. Hayashi Mr. and Mrs. Cleo F. Aebel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Polster Mr. Robert L. Berra Ms. Karen N. Brantley Mr. and Mrs. Paul S. Ms. Susan Boedy Ms. Joyce Sonn and Mr. Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr. Markovits Mr. and Mrs. Gerald C. Hurt Mrs. Edith H. Drosten Mr. Bob Brandhorst Mr. Murray L. Meierhoff Erin C. Kamimoto Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Allen Mrs. Dorothy Biggs Mr. and Mrs. Dennis D. Barnes Mrs. Marjorie Treeger Mr. Robert Niehaus Mr. and Mrs. Hitoshi J. Dr. Ronald A. Pursell Mr. and Mrs. Frank N. Gundlach Ms. Dorothy Benson Ms. Barbara Jo Pease Kamimoto Paul and Ann Arenberg Ms. Joan S. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Rudyard K. Rapp Mr. Willaim A. Benson Mr. William J. Peters Dr. Michael Kamitsuka Mr. Steven Arenberg Mr. Robert L. Walker Ms. Elizabeth Bohlman Mrs. William G. Bowman Mr. and Mrs. John A. Pohl III Dr. Allison King Brook and Lynne Parriot Mr. and Mrs. Jack Dilschneider Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Brakebill Ms. Patricia A. Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Koshi Ms. Leah G. Goessling Ms. Virginia S. Drosten Aylward Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Etling Ms. Rose Ann Ross Mr. Joseph Kracunas Mr. and Mrs. Mike Harwick Ms. Clare L. Chapman Ms. Margaret M. Petruska Mrs. Eileen M. Shannahan Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rovak Mr. and Mrs. Michael Krupa and Mr. Steve Quinlan Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. The Monday Team Mrs. Mary Randolph Ms. Jackie Juras Mrs. Mary Scheider Hermann, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Nelson Ballinger Mrs. Joanne Reilly Mr. Ron Bradley The St. Louis Master Kim’s Bridge Group Seniors Home Care, LLC Barbara Bryant c/o Ms. Mary Frances Daniel BSI Constructors Inc. Gardeners Mr. and Mrs. Phil Louis Mr. and Mrs. Surendra Shenoy Watermark Foundation Christina, Thomas, and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Vogel Sister Charlotte M. Rigali Matter Family Office Ms. Debra Spoljaric Audrea Evans Ms. Grace T. Weber Mr. Charles D. Mueller Mrs. Anne T. O’Connell Mrs. Lee Bohm Wolf Hollow Gold Club LLC Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. Stroble Mr. and Mrs. Josh Foster Mrs. Beverly R. Raudabaugh Mrs. Irving J. Londy Mr. and Mrs. G.H. Ritterbusch Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sturm Helen French family and Mary Beth and Allen Soffer Mr. Harold Ehrlich Ms. Clare L. Chapman Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Volk Mr. and Mrs. Louis Supic Charles Lubbet family and family Mr. and Mrs. Herman Mrs. Nancy R. Burke Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Tarlas Ted and Auora Rosen Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hasekamp Paul, Jamie, Stuart, and Rochman Ms. Mary Colombo Mr. and Mrs. Richard Halpern Ms. Donna M. Neely Mr. William Heimburger Lee Tapia Mrs. Barbara Finbloom’s Ms. Mary Anne Jerabek Mr. and Mrs. Pat O’Neal Mrs. Shirley Hullverson Mr. and Mrs. Craig D. The Turley family father Ms. Maryanne E. Shea Mrs. Karen Condie Schnuck Ms. Lynne Turley Mrs. Kim Scherrer Mr. Charles G. Heller, Jr. Mrs. Jaime Stofa Miss Jeannie Boettcher Mr. and Mrs. David M. Culver Mrs. Paula Wepprich Mr. David Pratt Mr. David Wood Mr. Larry Frey Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Hall Jill and Patrick Cronin Mr. Garnett D. DuLong Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Boehm Mrs. Jessie Lou Hooks Mrs. Eileen C. Breier Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Mrs. Glenda Seldin Richard, JoAnn, and Tracy Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Murphy The St. Louis Master Mrs. Joyce K. Gartenberg Kramer Mrs. Suzy Seldin Schreiber Gardeners Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mr. Raymond Hootman Mrs. Carla Doisy Mrs. Margie Steiner Mr. Glennon H. Dummerth Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kautzman Mrs. Mary E. Brown Ms. Barbara Gass-Horn Mrs. Barbara V. Doisy Mrs. Edith F. Binder The Ziaz family Ann K. & Douglas S. Brown Reverend Brian Lindsay Mr. W. Rawlins Horlacher, Jr. Ms. Mary Ellis Mr. Clarence M. Turley, Jr. Mr. Kenneth D. Duncan Ms. Anne Akey Mrs. Frances Byrnes Mrs. Sonya “Sunny” Glassberg Ms. Brande Ellis Dr. and Mrs. William F. Sasser Callaway County United Way Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bearman Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Ms. Elizabeth A. Berger Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Frank F. Mr. R. A. Faust, Jr. Mrs. Trudy Valentine Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Gallagher Shaughnessy Campbell II Dr. and Mrs. E. Robert Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Sandy Buchheit Mr. Leo A. Ebel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John M. Long Mrs. Janis Gollub Mr. and Mrs. John R. Capps Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Flotken Mr. and Mrs. Blake Mr. and Mrs. Russell R. Mark and Gina Golde Mrs. Virginia Duffy Balasubramanian Mr. and Mrs. Jerome P. Jasiek Waterhout Ramberger Mr. and Mrs. Lucien R. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Barker Mr. William H. Gross, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Volk Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sullivan Fouke, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Frager The Blankman family Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fehlig Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mrs. Barbara J. Liberman Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Mr. Joseph W. Campbell Toni Blankmann Mr. Gary A. Halm Goodman Wilke Dr. and Mrs. Leon R. Robison III Mr. Frank Chross Mr. and Mrs. Gary E. The Basuino family Mrs. Joan Goodson Mrs. Martha M. Reichman Linda Cochran Ms. Joan Clarke and Freiermuth Card Club Friends Mr. and Mrs. Steve Levinger Schnucks Market, Inc. #209 Mr. William Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Alan R. Mr. and Mrs. Morry Wise Mr. and Mrs. David L. Kinast Mr. and Mrs. Larry Losson Mr. and Mrs. Roger Clough Freiermuth Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Mrs. Rose Colombo Dubinsky Mr. Angelo L. Maltagliati
Fall 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 13 Mr. and Mrs. G. Douglas Mr. John Kolar Mrs. Jean Siebelts Ryan William O’Keefe Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Tim Anderson Mr. David S. Walentik Mrs. Dolores M. Wente Ron and Carol Osler; Linda Mrs. Ann Case Bennett Miller Mrs. Mary M. Ott and Phil Krumpter; Erin Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Dairaghi Mr. and Mrs. Robert N. Ms. Christine A. Bertelson and Michael Tenney Ms. Jackie Juras Schulte Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce E. Ms. Nikki Kreke Mrs. Dorothy Millman Brigham, Jr. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. James M. Laski Ms. Jane Goldberg Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mr. and Mrs. Randy Reissing Mrs. Kelly Howard Reis IV Ms. Joan E. Wagner and Mrs. Charlotte Moebes Mrs. Patricia A. Pahl Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rutter Ms. Alta Lawson Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Slatin Mrs. Carolyn Salsano Dr. Michelle Wilkeron Hemmer; Mr. and Mrs. Mrs. Linda “Wendy” Parrish Dr. and Mrs. Bobby W. Mrs. Donna Marcelle Shep Sheppard; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crook Sandage, Jr. Kountzman Ms. Louise S. Wade Ms. Mary Ann Hollander Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Ellen Elizabeth Moire Ms. Marge Payne Schneider Gravens Mr. Kenneth J. Moire Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mrs. Evelyn S. Terrall Mr. Tony Krepps Mr. Dan Morawitz Musgrave Mrs. Evelyn B. Horner Mrs. Connie Mayhall Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Toth Mrs. Jane Penhale Mr. Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr. Mrs. Betty Jane Lambert Mr. Darrel C. Neal Dr. Bruce E. Chalker and Cami Johnson Dr. and Mrs. Harry T. Duffy Mrs. Sue Hartman Dr. Polly A. Penhale The Marti family Mrs. JoElissa Larsen Mrs. Mary Henson and family Mr. Edwin Pieker Mrs. Frances H. Jones Clayton Garden Club #1 Mrs. Kathleen Housel Mr. and Mrs. John O’Halloran Ms. Beverly Fullinwider Mr. Raymond Laux Mr. Steven Langhorst and Charmian Poe Mrs. Helen Jones Mr. Michael Kowalkowski Ms. Judy Cobillas Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Liberstein Mr. Robert E. Hamilton, Jr. and Ms. Anne Winkler MO PLC Staff Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Mrs. Joan Rauch photo Gibbons by Christopher Mr. Michael J. Juracek Mr. David J. Lehleitner Mountjoy Mr. and Mrs. Peyton Bucy Mr. Leroy Adamoue Mr. and Mrs. Melvyn D. Mr. George Richardson Mrs. Carolyn H. Neal Dr. and Mrs. Daivd A. Sato Mr. and Mrs. Clarence C. Mr. Michael Cannon Baron Mr. and Mrs. William Scheffler Mrs. Cynthia B. Sale Mr. and Mrs. William R. Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Mrs. Marjorie S. Sato Barksdale Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Walker Alpha Mae Riggs Jones Galloway Mr. and Mrs. Randall E. Sato Mr. and Mrs. James G. Berges Mrs. Deborah Malkowski Ms. Laura McCanna Mrs. Amy Hannah Ms. Betty Nellums Mr. Steven Sato Mr. Benjamin M. Bishop Ms. Melissa A. McCanna Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Tina Ronciak Mr. and Mrs. William R. Seely Mr. Robert G. Brinkmann The Stroud family Hewlett III Nellums Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Mrs. Martha Sewall Mr. and Mrs. Otto Brueckner Mr. John Lehleitner Mr. Robert O. Nellums Smalley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur K. Yasuda Mr. and Mrs. John R. Capps Kay Kasch Mr. and Mrs. Ken Yasuda Ms. Abbie Carlin Mrs. Patricia A. Ohmer Mrs. Marcia Rosen FLF Investment Group Marianne Pickel Levy Drs. Richard and Betty Carlin Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Behr Steve and Elizabeth F. Mrs. JoAnne Sauer Ms. Nancy R. Hrncir Ms. Ann Bernstein Chouteau Investment Mr. and Mrs. Rex M. Burlison Grodsky Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mrs. Elizabeth A. Brencick Mr. Joseph P. Ciapciak Rose Marie Katzen The Callahan family Kautzman Mr. Martin Rosen Civic Progress Ms. Kathleen A. Pratte Mrs. Marilyn G. Lipton Mr. Michael Chase Ms. Audrey J. Anderson Mrs. Rae I. Schaper Mr. Frederick Z. Clifford Mr. Sherwood P. Kerker Ms. Joyce Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Egart Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Coronet Travel, LTD Sheet Metal Workers Mr. Stephen H. Loeb and Fredman & Fredman, P.C. Mr. Don Rumping Chamberlain Mr. Edward A. Cuccio Local 36 Miss Rochelle Weiss Mr. and Mrs. Donell J. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Cross; Mr. and Mrs. Dan Diemer Mrs. Ann S. Lux Gaertner Buschart Mr. Guenter Kern Mr. and Mrs. Jim Morton; Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Mr. Mark F. Litteken The Garascia family Kenneth Ruddell Mrs. Marian R. Dean Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Cross; Dubinsky Ms. Elizabeth A. Nieters The Greenwood family Mr. and Mrs. Leon R. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Cross; Ming J. Kiang Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Ms. Colleen Grib and Robinson, II Mr. Walter O. Loebel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Curt Gross; Mrs. Georgene O. Ferring Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Mr. Jim Grib Ms. Joan Hewitt and Mr. Donald E. Sampson Mr. and Mrs. Todd Cross Ms. Tonie Fitzgibbon Harmon Mr. and Mrs. David M. Mr. Norman Strubing Acropolis Investment Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Hollenbeck Mr. William Flatley Mr. Kurt Kibens Heimos Management, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Roger Keester Mr. and Mrs. Burton E. Town and Country Dr. Warren Lonergan Mr. and Mrs. Tim Kellett Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kent A. Lewis Follman Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Luna Baygents Mrs. Barbara McDonough Mr. and Mrs. David G. Peters Mr. W. D. McCarter Mrs. Paula Kipnis Ms. Shirley M. Bennett Ms. Julie McDonough Fontana Mrs. Elizabeth Martin Mrs. Katherine Menz Ms. Christine A. Bertelson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Ms. Rhonda Schaper Dr. and Mrs. John W. Fries Mr. J. K. Streett Mr. and Mrs. Joe Noelker Lazaroff The Urbanowicz family Mr. and Mrs. Chris Gaebe Dr. William F. Kistner Charlie, Angie, Heidi, and MaryKay and the Olde Town Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Mr. William A. Frank Eric Ohmer Dr. George Sato The Deter family Spice Shoppe Garozzo Mr. Robert W. Klepper’s Mr. Charles F. Ohmer Mr. Jeffrey Dreyer Ms. Sandra Scholnick Mr. and Mrs. David P. Gast Mother Jordan Mattcucci Judge and Mrs. Steven R. Marjorie Fujiki and Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Gleich Ms. Sally E. Barker and Mrs. Jacqueline E. Ohmer Akira Tana Talcoff Mr. Thomas C. Goltermann Mr. John Porter Kriegshauser Mrs. Chloe A. Poe The Garbarini family Mr. and Mrs. Tony Gordon Mrs. Emily M. McCaffery Mr. and Mrs. John J. Riley Mr. Chris Hamlin and Mrs. Doris I. Schnuck Mrs. Anna Klimt Mrs. William M. Graves III Mrs. Bonnie J. Morse Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Ms. Catherine Hamlin Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Adreon Mr. and Mrs. Morley Hartzell Greater St. Louis Area Schaumann The Kobayashi family Advanced Nursing Services Mr. and Mrs. James D. Mr. Raymond T. McCarthy Council BSA Mr. and Mrs. Dan Schupp Mr. and Mrs. George M. of St. Louis Hocker Ms. Katie Moore Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Grote Mrs. Frieda Seibel Pavelka Armstrong Landscape Mrs. Jennifer J. Kruchten Gwendel C. Hagen Mr. Dennis P. Meier Ms. Lynn K. Silence Dr. Juanita Polito-Colvin Maintenance, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Mr. and Mrs. Greg G. Heinz Maureen, Colleen, Ryan, and Mr. and Mrs. David Mr. Barry Rosenberg and Mr. Scott J. Arnold Leonard Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Herleth Meghan McGovern Visintainer Ms. Marilyn Katler Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Bailey Mr. and Mrs. Ronald M. Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Ms. Judith C. Miniace Mr. John Wyrwich Mr. and Mrs. Steve Ruzycki Hermann, Jr.
14 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Fall 2013 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mr. and Mrs. Rob Rosenblum Dr. and Mrs. James A. Mr. Robert L. Skrainka Mr. Dennis Van Ronzelen Modern and Classical Hermanson Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Willibrand Mr. Robert Dubinsky Mr. and Mrs. Don R. Kinsey Languages Dept. at Ladue Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Rothschild Mr. and Mrs. David C. Sarai Noel Slaughter Mr. Robert L. Vander Linden Horton Watkins High School Higgins Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Wisland Mr. and Mrs. Roger J. Mrs. Edith F. Binder National Philanthropic Trust Mr. and Mrs. James L. Rothschild II Mr. R. Dean Wolfe Bresnahan Mr. and Mrs. Glen Firns Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Hoagland Mr. Fred L. Rottnek Mr. and Mrs. John J. Wuest Ms. Heather Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Francis J. Mr. and Mrs. David M. Hollo Dr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Mrs. Edna “Micki” Smith Stokes III Mr. Robert Sebens Ms. Lynn Heinemann Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Hogan Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Horan Rouse III Mrs. Sandy Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schaefer Mr. and Mrs. Merrill B. Huntleigh McGehee Mr. and Mrs. Scott M. Russo Mr. David Sommerfeld Weir, Jr. Mr. Michael Bloch and Mrs. Martha B. Walton The Jetsetters Mr. and Mrs. James Ryan Mr. David Black Mrs. Barbara Pohle Dr. Richard White and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Karakas Mr. and Mrs. James E. Mr. and Mrs. Dave McGinnis Dr. Anita R. White Dr. Peter Boonshaft Mr. Oliver Starr III Mr. David Kemper Schneithorst Dr. and Mrs. John Wright Ms. Cathy S. Butler Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mrs. Carol Weidner Mr. and Mrs. Ray Schnuck Markets, Inc #276 The Calhoun family Mrs. Leslie Clark and family Ms. Hillary B. Zimmerman Kloppenburg Schnuck Markets, Inc. Mary Steinbrueck Mr. and Mrs. Steve Harr Ms. Sylvia Whatton Mrs. Jane K. Wilucki Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kremer Finance/Accounting/ Mr. and Mrs. Steve Collins Mr. and Mrs. G.Cliff Mrs. Lexie Long Mrs. Deborah D. Goldfarb Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Procurement Huddleston Mrs. Betty Stice Mrs. Slyvia Wiener Mr. Matthew S. Winschel Krombach Mr. and Mrs. Mark Sedgwick Mr. and Mrs. Perry A. Mr. Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr. Kuhlmann Design Group Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn W. Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Dubinsky The Georgen family Johnson Mr. Clifford E. Stratton Mrs. Jean G. Leonhardt Sedgwick Mr. Gary Wittgenstein Mr. Michael F. Koon and Mr. and Mrs. Don R. Kinsey Mrs. Jeanne L. Williams Ms. Dorothy Letson Mrs. Bruce B. Selkirk, Jr. Ms. Samantha L. Lucy Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Mrs. Margaret Blades Lewis Brothers Bakeries, Inc. Mrs. Virginia Senkosky Mrs. Pamela Stuart Mr. George Megaw Krombach Mr. Harry E. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Long Mrs. Doris J. Serkes Mrs. Edith F. Binder Mr. and Mrs. Bruce A. Dr. Roy Jerome Williams, Sr. Wuertenbaecher, Jr. Mrs. Richard E. Lord Mr. and Mrs. Alvin L. Siwak Naffziger Mr. David Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Leroy T. Day Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Carolyn and Joseph Losos Mrs. Joyce B. Spiegel Ms. Kathleen M. Pechan Ms. Maxine Stone Drs. James and Annie Gavin Marshall Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Lux St. Louis Post-Dispatch Prairie Wind Ensemble Katherine E. Gooch Mr. W. Stephen Maritz Mrs. Debbie Stahlhuth Mrs. Ruth Tegman Ms. Iris Yager Mr. Robert Sheldon Dr. Jerome M. Mayer and Mr. and Mrs. John C. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Marra Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Mr. Dean Steiner Mrs. Pamela E. Mayer McPheeters Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mr. and Mrs. David Stokes Weidmann Trunk Bay Construction, Inc Lauren and Leo Ming Mertzlufft Mr. Thomas L. Story Mrs. Jane P. Thomas Ms. Lisa A. Vincent Mr. James F. Mann and Dr. Tom Yazdi Mr. and Mrs. Robert Miklas Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Thiel Mr. and Mrs. Lewis J. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Harper Mr. Serra Ms. Janet N. Schoedinger Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Thomas III Mr. and Mrs. Virgil D. Seib, Jr. Mittendorf Tschudy Mrs. Mary Visintainer Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Morris Mr. Robert L. Walker Betsey Sharp Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Mr. and Mrs. John K. Hidden Springs/Mississippi Sophia M. Sachs Neidorff Wallace, Jr. Bluffs RD Mr. and Mrs. Scott Nilhas Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon B. Ms. Virginia Sharp Butterfly House Ms. Brandi Peterson Wallace III Dr. Rosalyn Schultz Mr. Roy Pfautch Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. Tributes & Pavers Mr. and Mrs. Kent M. Rapp Weil, Jr. Mr. Richard Shereikis Mrs. Sally Ravensberg Ms. Aimee Whitelaw Dr. Anne L. Draznin Tributes and Pavers dedicated at the Butterfly House April through June 2013. To learn more, call (314) 577-0805 or visit www.butterflyhouse.org. Members’ Entry Court Tributes Lucy L. Lopata Audrey Jane Elton June and Fred Kummer Judith A. Scott and Alice Bricks dedicated at the Garden April through June 2013. Engraved bricks are a In Memory of wonderful way to commemorate any special occasion, as well as final memorials. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Laverne Howard Mrs. Lesslie Frawley Shaughnessy For additional information regarding the Garden’s brick program, please contact the Jacob Eden Fajuri Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Done Mr. and Mrs. Charles Institutional Advancement Office at (314) 577-0805 or visit www.mobot.org. Ms. Mychel Brooke Neuman Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Mr. and Mrs. Andy D’Arcy Fox Hasselfeld Wasserman Signature Clare L. Chapman Charles Donald Layton Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Arthur Sanders Fox Ms. Camilla Carlson Mrs. Mary E. Layton Mrs. Iva “Skippy” A. Wheelis Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bronze Bricks Hoffmeister Betty Ann Garrido Marie McCarvel Ms. Jackie Juras Mr. David Heppermann D’Arcy Fox James William Forsen Mr. and Mrs. Bryant Mr. and Mrs. James L. Nagel Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kleiman Mr. Robert Payne Pamela A. Green Mrs. Carolyn F. Blatt Mr. and Mrs. John H. Maxwell Mr. Barry T. Poehlman Campbell Schmierbach Family Ferrell Woodruff Miracle Supply Company Mr. Ronald Williams and Anne and Jack Heisler Joseph Scott Green Mr. and Mrs. John P. Leah Hammer Mr. and Mrs. James J. Mr. Chris Boschen Mr. and Mrs. John C. Heisler The Gremaud Family Schmierbach Mr. Mark Hammer and Murphy, Jr. John J. Kolar Ms. Nicole Chiravollatti Wayne E. Keck Robert “Jip” Schreck Plant Performance Pavers The Gelezunas, Kube, and Ms. Rochel Means Rob and Tina Schreck Services LLC Laverne M. Bierman Carol Christine Ingolia Talbert Families Regina Gloria Kekeisen Kenneth and Sally Thomas Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Rayfield Ms. Diane Bierman Aunts Shirley, Elaine, Theresa, Alda and Larry McIntyre Warren and Donna Woerth Ms. Patricia Riggs Joanne and Chris Mr. Frank J. Kekeisen Carl and Gabriella Bolm Mr. and Mrs. Larry McIntyre Mrs. Ellyn Rubin Uncles Prep and Charlie Family and Friends Nancy and Al Siwak Mr. and Mrs. Don Guenther Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Stuart Paula Kipnis Mr. and Mrs. Myron A. Robin Stoliar Lloyd Engraved Clay Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Vojvoda Robin Anne Davison Dr. and Mrs. Emil R. Unanue Berezin Jerry and Greta Stoliar Mr. and Mrs. Steve Williams Elliot, Emily and Matthew Bricks Judy and Robert Wernert Ruth Ann Ramey Janice L. Kopp Ms. Nancy Pokoik John Joseph Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Mrs. Carrie S. James Roberta Kopp Williams-Waldschmidt Steve and Mary Beth Dick Mercy NICU Wernert, Jr. Thomas W. Kopp and Mr. Michael David and Jane Kirk, Tammy, Mason and Mary Ruth Cawein Mr. Thomas W. Kopp The Yeager Family Waldschmidt Brynna Vogler Mrs. Mary Lynn Schmidt Mr. John H. Yeager Kirk and Tammy Vogler
Fall 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 15 Seen at the Garden
Terence Blanchard and his band Cindy Hults, Sarah and Cary Stalnecker, Matt and Katie Stocke
Whitaker Music Festival Terence Blanchard June 12, 2013 The Garden presented a special evening with internationally renowned jazz trumpeter and composer Terence Blanchard while hosting the Young Friends Council for its new-member welcome meeting. (photos by Molly Krohe)
Christy Gray, Terence Blanchard Karen Lohkamp and Ashley Brewer
Heritage Society Reception July 12, 2013 Nearly 100 members of the Heritage Society enjoyed this year’s inaugural Desert Show during an evening reception with Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson. (photos by Rebecca Hensiek) Members’ Evenings Tuesdays this summer Every Tuesday evening, approximately 300 members enjoyed the after-hours serenity of the Garden in the summer, including walking tours with a Garden Docent and chess games with members of the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. (photos by Rebecca Hensiek and Molly Krohe)
Family Picnic July 18, 2013 Presented by Peabody Energy. About 720 members enjoyed this members-only family picnic with music, face painters, crafts, balloon artists, and a chance to play in the Children’s Garden after-hours. (photos by Molly Krohe) Events Herbalooza Booterflies Wednesday, September 11, 5 p.m. Friday, October 25–Sunday, October Join the St. Louis Herb Society JAPANESE 27, 4:30 to 7 p.m., Butterfly House and the Members’ Board for an Halloween family-fun events, herb celebration! Enjoy live music, FESTIVAL featuring insect-inspired games, food, a silent auction, and advice from August 31 – September 2 and spooktacular crafts. For children herb experts. Herb talks: 5:30 Experience the thunderous pounding ages 10 and under with their families. rhythms of the taiko drums. Watch the and 6 p.m. $10 members; $12 unfolding drama of a sumo match. $13 members; $18 member children nonmembers. Cash bar available. Japanese Festival takes you and your (ages 2 to 12); $15 adults; $20 Guests must be 21. Reservations family on a three-day cultural adventure children (ages 2 to 12). Reservations right here at the Garden. $5 members required: www.mobot.org/events or (ages 13 and up); free for member required: www.butterflyhouse.org. (314) 577-5118. children; $15 adults; $5 children (3 to 12). Presented by Graybar. Presented by Wells Fargo Advisors. Additional sponsorship support by Shaw Photography Series: Novus International and TOYOTA Bodine. Children’s Garden Seasonal Closing Finding Your Focus presents Saturday and Sunday, November 2 An Evening with Jim Brandenburg and 3, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, September 20, 7 to 9 p.m. What Darwin Missed Celebrate the turning of the seasons Shoenberg Theater Thursday, October 3, 2 to 3 p.m., with fun activities as we put the Starting this fall, Shaw Nature Shoenberg Theater Children’s Garden to bed! $3 Reserve kicks off a series of Dr. David Bramwell, recently member children; $5 children; photography-themed events, retired Director of the Jardín adult admission included with beginning with an evening Botánico Canario Viera y Clavijo Garden admission. with internationally acclaimed in Gran Canaria, Spain, and photographer Jim Brandenburg. recipient of the 2013 Henry Shaw Gardenland Express $20 members; $24 nonmembers. Medal, will present his lecture Saturday, November 23–Sunday, Reservations required: “What Darwin Missed: Botanical January 5, 2014, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., www.shawnature.org. Exploration in the Atlantic Islands Orthwein Floral Display Hall by William Trelease, 1st Director The annual holiday flower and October Owls and Orchids of the Missouri Botanical Garden.” train show features G-scale model October 1–31, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Free and open to the public. For more trains traveling through a miniature Butterfly House information, visit www.mobot.org. landscape of living plants. Beautiful orchids are the backdrop Admission*: free for members; for almost 2,000 owl butterflies Young Friends’ Fest-of-Ale $5 plus Garden admission for filling the conservatory this month. Friday, October 18, 6 to 9 p.m. nonmembers. Closed Christmas Day. Come Tuesday evenings from Join the Young Friends of the *Special nighttime rates apply; visit 4:30 to 7 p.m. to see them when Garden for the sixth annual www.mobot.org for more details. most animated and enjoy animals Fest-of-Ale. Enjoy offerings from the region’s microbreweries, hors from the St. Louis Zoo and Wild Holiday Wreath Auction Bird Sanctuary. Closed Mondays. d’oeuvres, and live music by Mike Saturday, November 23– Tuesday evening prices: Butterfly Mattingly. $25 members; $35 Sunday, January 5, 2014 House admission plus $3 for nonmembers. Prices increase $5 The exhibit features unique members and $6 for nonmembers. after September 20. Reservations required: www.mobot.org/festofale. creations by some of the area’s Special members-only tours on finest floral designers. All wreaths Tuesday, October 8 at 10 a.m. Children’s Garden, narrated are sold by silent-auction bidding, and 1 p.m. Free but reservations tram tours, and Terrace Café and all proceeds benefit the Garden. required: (636) 530-0076 ext. 10. will close for the season Closed Christmas Day. Included with Sunday, November 3. Garden admission.
18 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Fall 2013 Green Homes & Great Health Festival Saturday, September 28, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Explore sustainable living options Chanukah: Festival of Lights with over 100 green product Sunday, November 24, and service exhibitors. Shop the Noon to 4 p.m. Green Marketplace, enjoy local A traditional Jewish holiday foods and music, get free health celebration with festive Israeli assessments, get expert tips on music and dance, a menorah- home energy savings, and more! lighting ceremony, and Chanukah Kids can paint an eco-themed merchandise. Included with Metro bus while adults enjoy Garden admission. the new DIY Activities Area. Included with Garden admission. Best of Missouri Market® Presented by Ameren Missouri. Friday, October 4, 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, October 5–6, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. JUST FOR MEMBERS Shop over 120 Missouri food producers and crafters, and and the Missouri Botanical Garden. enjoy live music and a Kids Reservations required and space is Corner with pumpkin decorating limited: (314) 577-5118 or and barnyard animals. www.mobot.org/events. $5 members (ages 13 and up); free for member children; Best of Missouri Market $12 adults; $5 children (3 to 12). Members-only Shopping Hour Saturday, October 5, 8 a.m. First Look Friday: See box for more details. Enjoy an early chance to shop and dine from 6 to 9 p.m. Ghouls in the Garden Member Day: Sunday, October 27, 1 p.m. Members-only Shopping Hour: October Owls and Orchids Visit the Garden for witches, pirates, Enjoy breakfast as you shop from Tuesday, October 8, Butterfly House and ghosts! Children in costumes 8 to 9 a.m. before the crowds. See page 18 for more details. can enjoy treats at themed stations. Join the Garden or renew your $5 member children (ages 3–12), membership at the Market and Member Day: Holiday Decorating including free admission to the Tuesday, November 12, 11 a.m., get in free! Children’s Garden. Reservations Shoenberg Theater Presented by Schnuck Markets, Inc. required: (314) 577-5118 or Experts from Sugar Creek Gardens www.mobot.org/events. Reservation offer tips and demonstrations to times: 1 p.m., 1:30 p.m., and 2 p.m. help you deck your halls for the Presented by Macy’s. holidays! Reservations required and space is limited: (314) 577-5118 or Member Day: Henry Shaw’s www.mobot.org/events. Landscapes with John Karel Garden Glow: Member Night Thursday, September 26, 11 a.m., Friday, November 22, 6 to 9 p.m. Shoenberg Theater See it first! Enjoy Garden Glow Tower Grove Park director John during this special members-only Karel discusses Henry Shaw’s night before it opens to the public. landscapes. Learn about what November 23–January 4, 2014 Reservations required. Purchase inspired the design and See page 5 for more information. tickets at www.mobot.org/glow.
photos by Gibbons JJ Christopher Lane and development of Tower Grove Park
Fall 2013 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 19 September 2013 What’s in bloom? average temperature: low 61°, high 81° average precipitation: 3.4 in. Turtlehead Cockscomb Pitcher plant Dahlia ‘Mystic Spirit’ Skullcap
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Flora of Missouri JAPANESE JAPANESE book signing with author FESTIVAL FESTIVAL Shaw Wildflower Market, George Yatskievych, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., $ ✿ 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., $ ✿ 4 to 7:30 p.m. $ SNR 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. GGS
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Kirkwood book signing with Café Flora Brunch, 10 a.m. Herbalooza, 5 to 7:30 p.m. Foodology Film Series: author Vicki Erwin, 11 a.m. $ SP % $ American Meat, 7 to 9 p.m. to 1 p.m. GGS 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Around the World Wine Dinner, 6:30 p.m. % $ Great Green Adventures: An Evening with Jim Exploring the Sensory Brandenburg, 7 to 9 p.m. Garden, 10:30 a.m. and % $ ST 1:30 p.m. $ CHD After-hours Photography: Café Flora Brunch, 10 a.m. Japanese Garden, Spring Bulb Sale through September 23, Garden Gate Shop $ SP 5 or 6:15 p.m. % $ JG 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
Café Flora Brunch, 10 a.m. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $ SP ✿ Member Day: Henry Shaw’s Landscapes with John Wing Ding, 6:30 p.m. Karel, 11 a.m. % ✿ ST % $ BH KEY (All events take place at the Garden unless otherwise noted.) 29 30 BH Butterfly House KC Kemper Center for Home Sassafras BHGS Butterfly House Gift Shop Gardening ✿ Members-only event CA Cohen Amphitheater LS Little Shop Around The Corner 20% Member discount at the CBEC Commerce Bank Center for MC Monsanto Center ✿ Garden Gate Shop Science Education MH Monsanto Hall (in RVC) % Reservations required CHD Children’s Garden RVC Ridgway Visitor Center $ Fee required CL Climatron lawn SNR Shaw Nature Reserve Café Flora Brunch, 10 a.m. GGS Garden Gate Shop SP Spink Pavilion $ SP JE Jordan Education Wing (in RVC) ST Shoenberg Theater (in RVC) photos Amberger Emily by Lisa and Francis October 2013 What’s in bloom? average temperature: low 50°, high 69° average precipitation: 3.4 in. Doublefile viburnumv Shrub rose Spiked speedwell Autumn crocus Monk’s hood
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9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $ ✿ x ✿ Best of Missouri Market® October Owls and Orchids, “What Darwin Missed” Members-only Shopping through October 31, by Dr. David Bramwell, “First Look Friday,” Hour and Breakfast, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. BH 2 to 3 p.m. ST 6 to 9 p.m. $ ✿x 8 to 9 a.m. 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
WORLD HABITAT DAY ✿ Member Day: October Owls and Orchids, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. % ✿ BH Native Plant School: October Owls and Orchids Low-maintenance Ground Extended Hours Cover Gardening, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $ ✿ x 4:30 to 7 p.m. $ BH 1 to 4 p.m. % $ SNR 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
COLUMBUS DAY EID-AL-ADHA WORLD FOOD DAY
Around the World Wine October Owls and Orchids Dinner, 6:30 p.m. % $ Great Green Adventures: Extended Hours Young Friends’ Fest-of-Ale, Weather Watchers, 10:30 4:30 to 7 p.m. $ BH 6 to 9 p.m. % $ a.m. and 1:30 p.m. $ CHD
20 21 22 23 24 25 Booterflies, 26 4:30 to 7 p.m. % $ BH Partners for Just Trade trunk show, GGS Murder & Mayhem In Missouri River Country book October Owls and Orchids Missouri book signing with signing with editor Dan Extended Hours Booterflies, 4:30 to 7 p.m. author Larry Wood, 11 a.m. Burkhardt, 4 to 6 p.m. RVC 4:30 to 7 p.m. $ BH % $ BH to 1 p.m. GGS 27 28 29 30 31
Booterflies, 4:30 to 7 p.m. HALLOWEEN % $ BH Partners for Just Trade trunk show, GGS October Owls and Orchids ✿ Ghouls in the Garden, Extended Hours 1 p.m. % $ ✿ 4:30 to 7 p.m. $ BH Thro photos by LisaKevin Francis, Kersting, IncrocciTom and ug h Oct. 31 November 2013 What’s in bloom? average temperature: low 39°, high 56° average precipitation: 4.2 in. Heliotrope Aphelandra Strawflower Crown of thorns Plumbago
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November 23 1 2 Get a jump on holiday shopping! through January 4 Buy Garden, Garden Plus, and Experience hundreds Family level gift memberships of thousands of lights at 20% off November 6–10. adorning the Garden’s Children’s Garden Seasonal most iconic locations! (Discounts apply to sales Closing, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. www.mobot.org/glow at the Garden only.) $ CHD
3 4 5 6 7 8 The New Regionalism 9 DIWALI book signing with author After-hours Photography: Native Plant School: and artist Bryan Haynes, Children’s Garden Seasonal ISLAMIC NEW YEAR Climatron and Temperate Low-maintenance Ground 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. GGS Closing, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. House, 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Cover Gardening, Partners for Just Trade trunk $ CHD % $ CL 1 to 4 p.m. % $ SNR show, GGS Tram operations, Terrace Café, and Children’s Garden Gift Membership 20% Off Sale plus members get 20% off at the Garden Gate Shop, through November 10 closing for the season. 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
WORLD SCIENCE DAY VETERANS’ DAY Partners for Just Trade trunk Great Green Adventures: show, GGS Who’s Here Now?, ✿ Member Day: Holiday Around the World Wine 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Decorating, 11 a.m. % ✿ ST Dinner, 6:30 p.m. % $ $ CHD
17 18 19 20 21 22 Garden Glow, through 23 January 4, 2014 Gardenland Express and Holiday Wreath Auction, After-hours Photography: through January 5, 2014 Climatron and Temperate Victorian Christmas at Holiday hours begin, House, 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Tower Grove House, ✿ Garden Glow: Member Night, through January 5, 2014, % $ CL through January 5, 2014 6 to 9 p.m. % $ ✿ Garden closes at 4 p.m. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
THANKSGIVING CHANUKAH
Chanukah: Festival of Lights, Noon to 4 p.m. The Butterfly House is closed. photos Kevin by Lisa and Kersting Francis Summer’s winding down, but there are still ways to enjoy some of the season’s best flavors. Browse the Garden Gate Shop’s selection of food preservation DRESS UP books or stop by our booth at Best of Missouri Market, where you can sample select jams, sauces, and dressings from YOUR PLATE our private label collection.
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Friday, October 4, 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, October 5–6, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Shop over 120 Missouri food producers and crafters, and enjoy live music and a Kids Corner with pumpkin decorating and barnyard animals. $5 members, $12 adults (13 and up), $5 children (3 to 12). For information and tickets, visit www.mobot.org/bestofmomarket. Presented by Additional sponsorship support by AgriMissouri, Blue Owl Restaurant and Bakery, Commerce Bank, Drury Hotels Company, Edward Jones, The Home Depot, Hussmann Corporation, KMOX, Ronnoco Coffee, Waterway Gas & Wash Company, and Wehrenberg Theatres. photo Schmidt by Charles