M I S S OUR I B O T A N IC 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.