Grafting The Grape: American Grapevine Rootstock in Missouri and the World is currently installed in the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum, which is open for visitors Tuesday-Sunday, 11:30am-4:30pm. The exhibition content is available online through the Garden YouTube channel and the Museum Twitter account and Instagram account. Please check the Museum site for updates and…
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Nymphs of the Garden: The Water Lilies by Arslan
Nymphs of the Garden: The Water Lilies by Arslan is currently installed in the Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum; though the Garden is open to the public, the Museum is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the exhibition will be interpreted via several digital offerings coming soon. Please check the Museum site for…
Have Ewe Herd? The Sheep Are on the Move
For the first time in over a decade, the Garden’s scientists have noted a change in the behavior of that famous flock of sheep. They have now migrated to a fresh new grazing patch 20 feet from their original location. Anyone who knows the Garden knows the sheep sculptures just as well. A familiar staple…
The Science of Looking: The Vast World of Botanical Art
Science and the arts are often treated like totally separate worlds, but the two are not incompatible. They have more in common than meets the eye. “Science and art are really intertwined,” says Nezka Pfeifer, Museum Curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Stephen and Peter Sachs Museum. “They’re not these two separate specializations like we sometimes…
The Art and Herbarium of Sadie Price
Sarah Frances Price is relatively unknown today despite tireless work as a naturalist, botanist, artist, teacher, and author.
Discover Our Sundials
For thousands of years, people have used sundials to tell time. In its simplest form, a sundial uses the position of the sun to cast a shadow and show us the hour of the day. More complex devices even can highlight celestial events such as the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, or winter and summer solstices….
From the Library: Cross-Pollination: Flowers in 18th-Century European Porcelain and Textiles
A new exhibit at the Saint Louis Art Museum combines 18th-century textiles and porcelain with several objects from the collections of the Missouri Botanical Garden—two books and a herbarium (dried plant) specimen. Dr Wyse Jackson, Garden President, has also generously loaned the exhibit a book from his personal library: The Florist by Augustin Heckle, a floral…