Missouri Botanical Garden
| Location: | Saint Louis, MO, 63110 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Phone: | (314) 577-9400 or (800)642-8842 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Parking: | Street Parking Lot |
| Public Transit: | St. Louis City and County residents (with proof of residency) receive free general admission Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 a.m. - Noon. Visitors to the Missouri Botanical Garden who use public transit receive $1.00 off their admission price, excluding special events. Visit www.metrostlouis.org for more information. |
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Jan. 9 through Mar. 29
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Jan. 14
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Members’ Event: History as We Know It – Celebrating 150 Years! Travel back in time with Garden archivist Andrew Colligan and Tower Grove Park director John Karel to explore the Garden’s rich history. 11 a.m. Shoenberg Theater. Free for Garden members and their guests. (314) 577-5118.
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Jan. 15
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Science Café: “Medicinal Plants,” presented by Dr. Rainer Bussmann, William L. Brown Curator of Economic Botany, William L. Brown Center for Plant Genetic Resources. Plants provide humankind with our most basic resources—food, medicines, fiber, and an array of other useful products. Learn more about plants as the molecular basis of many pharmaceuticals, the blurred distinction between nutrition and medicine, and the plant medicines depended on by much of the world for primary health care. Science Café offers stimulating conversation in an informal setting each month. 7 to 9 p.m. Herbie’s Restaurant, 405 N. Euclid Ave. Free. Presented by the Saint Louis Science Center and the Missouri Botanical Garden. (314) 289-4424 or www.slsc.org.
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Jan. 20 through 23
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Jan. 30
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Members’ Event: Orchid Show Preview Evening. An exclusive members-only evening viewing of the 2009 Orchid Show, “Henry’s Garden.” Members can also preview the Greater St. Louis Orchid Society plant show and sale. 5 to 8 p.m. Ridgway Visitor Center. Free for Garden members. (314) 577-5118.
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Jan. 31 through Feb. 1
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Orchid Society of Greater St. Louis show and sale. New cultivars and old favorites are shown and sold by the area’s top growers, who are on hand to give plant care advice and share information about their organization. Beaumont Room, Ridgway Visitor Center. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Included with Garden admission or membership.
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Through Jan. 31
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 “Power of Plants” creative contest. Students from kindergarten through 12th grades are invited to research plants and create a plant superhero. Visit www.mobot.org/power for complete contest information.
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Jan. 31 through Mar. 15
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 Experience the color, beauty, and fragrance of orchids in bloom in the middle of winter. "Henry's Garden" annual orchid show features 800 orchids from one of the world’s premier collections in a formal Victorian setting. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Garden admission plus $3. Free for members.
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July 24
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