Throughout the world, closures and lockdowns aimed to stop the spread of COVID-19 have disrupted many people’s lives and work. As a global institution, the Missouri Botanical Garden does research around the world, making travel restrictions a major hindrance. The “stay at home” order means staff has lost access to the Garden’s herbarium and labs,…
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Building Tomorrow’s Botanists Today
When Monica Carlsen met fourteen-year-old Gabrielle McAuley at the Missouri Botanical Garden’s science open house in the spring, she assumed the teen’s father had talked her into going to the event. As it turns out, it was the other way around. “I made my dad come down here to look at volunteer opportunities,” McAuley said on…
Selections from Our Spring Photography Interns
From colorful plantings to public events, there is perhaps no better glimpse of Garden activity on our grounds and in the broader community than in the images captured by our photography interns. Each semester a new team of photo interns joins us from local St. Louis universities and beyond to document everything from daily life among…