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58th Annual Systematics Symposium Missouri Botanical Garden 7-8 October 2011 With support from the National Science Foundation Trees The United Nations has declared 2011 to be the Year of the Tree Organizing committee: P. Mick Richardson and Amy Zanne ACCOMMODATIONS TRAVEL AND LOCATION For those who fly to St. Louis, airport limousines may be taken directly to some of the hotels listed on this page. You may also use the Metrolink lightrail system to travel from the airport to the Missouri Botanical Garden via a city bus: depart Metrolink at the Central West End station and board the #13 Union-Missouri Botanical Garden southbound bus to the Garden's Ridgway Center. For those who drive, highway signs directing you to the Garden are posted along Interstate 44 and Vandeventer Ave. The main Garden entrance is at 4344 Shaw Blvd., between Vandeventer and Grand Blvd. For information on airfares and car rentals, please call Brentwood Travel, St. Louis, at 1-800-527-1059. HOTELS Some hotel suggestions are listed below for your convenience. *Hotels closest to the Garden. *Holiday Inn (web site) Forest Park 5915 Wilson Ave. at I-44 (314) 645-0700 *Red Roof Inn 5823 Wilson Ave. at I-44 1-314-645-0101 *Best Western Inn at the Park 4630 Lindell Blvd. (314) 367-7500 or 1-800-373-7501   Drury Inn - Convention Center 711 North Broadway (314) 231-8100 or 1-800-325-8300   Drury Inn - Union Station 201 S. 20th St. (314) 231-3900 or 1-800-378-7946   Hampton Inn Union Station 2211 Market (314) 241-3200 or 1-800-HAMPTON   Motel 6 6500 S. Lindbergh Blvd. (314) 892-3664 or 1-800-466-8356   Water Tower Inn 3545 Lafayette 63104 at I-44 and Grand (314) 977-7500   RESTAURANTS: Well known fast-food restaurants can be found along Kingshighway, Chippewa and Hampton Roads. There are many inexpensive Asian restaurants nearby along Grand Ave. and many Italian restaurants on the hill, the neighborhood southwest of the Garden.   REGISTRATION AWARDS PAST SYMPOSIA CONFERENCES PROGRAM