Do you ever wonder what goes on Behind the Scenes at Missouri Botanical Garden? How is everything kept so beautiful? Where do the plants come from? Who makes all the informative signs that you see everywhere in the Garden?

The answers to these questions lie within the activities of the division of Horticulture. The Horticulture Division employs approximately 60 people.

Conservatories: The Climatron ^®, the Brookings Annex, the Temperate House, and the Linnean House are the Missouri Botanical Garden Conservatories. This unit consists of a manager and 5 staff members.

Floral Display: Missouri Botanical Garden's Annual Holiday Show, the Annual Orchid Show, and indoor plant displays are produced by an exhibit designer and 1 staff member.

Greenhouses: The Greenhouses accommodate plant propagation, plant production for indoor and outdoor use, research plants, and special collections, such as orchids, cacti and succulents, tropical plants, and aquatics. This unit consists of a supervisor and 7 staff members.

Kemper Center for Home Gardening: The Kemper Center staff oversee operations of the Center, exhibits and services, Adult Education programs, the Plants of Merit program, and the Horticulture Answer Service. This unit consists of a Manager and 7 staff for the Center.

Outdoor Gardens are divided roughly into four sections, the North and South sections, the Kemper Home Demonstration Gardens and the offsite properties and turf maintenance crew.

• North: The Northern section includes intensive gardens, aquatic gardens, rose gardens, scented garden, rock garden, hedges, Chinese Garden, and others. This unit consists of a supervisor and 10 staff members.

• South: The Southern section includes the Japanese Garden, Victorian District, English Woodland Garden, Boxwood Garden, German Garden, Director's Residence. This unit consists of a supervisor and 9 staff members.

• Kemper Home Demonstration Gardens: Spread over 8.5 acres, 23 home demonstration gardens each have a different theme and are scaled to the size of residential yards in St. Louis. This unit consists of a supervisor and 5 staff members.

• Offsite Properties and Turf Maintenance: This crew maintains over 30 acres of turf and multiple off-site locations. This unit consists of a supervisor and 4 staff members.

Administrative Office: The Vice President, Horticulture and 2 administrative office staff are responsible for the overall operations of the Horticulture Division.

Interns: Summer interns rotate through most of the above units from May to August. This unit includes an intern coordinator and usually 6 interns.

Of course, the above numbers do not take into account over 300 great volunteers!

For more detailed information and pictures, please click on the links for the different units.