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Archived Releases by Date

01/22/08   Join "Tale Travelers" in Exploring the Shaw Nature Reserve
 
01/16/08   March Morpho Mania at the Butterfly House!
 
01/15/08   "Gardening Blitz" Is a Weekend Buffet of Expert Advice
   For Details:  Registration Open for Over 100 Spring Classes and Tours
 
01/14/08   The Garden Heats Up for a Young Friends Evening of Coffee and Classic Blooms
 
12/20/07   Tributes to George Washington Carver Highlight Black History Month at the Garden
 
12/13/07   Flock to the Botanical Garden for Birdwatching
 
12/07/07   "Hot, Hot, Hot" Family Fun Activities at the Butterfly House!
 
12/04/07   Kwanzaa at the Botanical Garden on Dec. 28
 
12/03/07   "Storybook Classics" Orchid Show is an Indoor Paradise
 
11/19/07   Garden Announces "Birth of Coffee" Photo Exhibit, Events in 2008
 
11/16/07   Enjoy Festive "Christmas Carols in the Garden," Dec. 8 and 9
 
11/12/07   Celebrate Chanukah Traditions at the Garden
 
11/05/07   Fancy Wreaths Deck the Halls of the Missouri Botanical Garden
 
10/19/07   Global Warming: Are We Running Out of Time? Dr. Peter Raven to Present at Science Café, Nov. 15
   For Details:  Science Café
 
10/16/07   Garden Receives Grant to Publish eFloras Online
 
10/12/07   Mapping Madagascar, a Global Hotspot of Biodiversity
 
10/03/07   "Gardenland Express" Model Trains Escape to the Wilderness
 
10/01/07   Explore Nature From "A" to "Z" with Camp Bugaloo for Preschoolers at the Butterfly House
 
09/26/07   Panel Will Discuss How to Save Plants From Extinction
 
09/18/07   Five Good Reasons to Visit Shaw Nature Reserve's Harvest Festival
 
09/12/07   Volunteers Needed to Teach at the Butterfly House
   For Details:  Volunteer
 
08/29/07   Experts Will Discuss "Encyclopedia of Life" on Sept. 13 at the Garden
 
08/20/07   Butterfly House Enables Preservation of 16.5 Acres of Central American Rain Forest
 
07/31/07   Garden's Ecology Center Seeks Outdoor Volunteer Educators
 
07/25/07   Garden, Blessing Baskets Team to Save a Forest in Madgascar
 
07/18/07   Sweet Sixteen Celebration! The 16th Annual Best of Missouri Market
   For Details:  Best of Missouri Market
 
06/25/07   The Saigh Foundation Endows Garden's ECO-ACT Program
 
05/22/07   Help "Grow" the Missouri Botanical Garden's Membership--Volunteers Needed in Membership Services
 
03/27/07   Chapungu African Sculpture Exhibit Opens at the Garden Apr. 28
   For Details:  Chapungu
 
03/26/07   Garden's New Nature Explore Classroom, Great Green Adventures Stress Learning Through Play
 
03/15/07   Volunteer Opportunities at the Missouri Botanical Garden
   For Details:  Volunteer
 
03/08/07   Exotic New Ottoman Garden is Fit for a Sultan
 
02/12/07   Web Library of Botanical Reference, Rare Books Now at +500,000 Pages
   For Details:  Botanicus
 
01/19/07   Garden Keeps Chihuly's Walla Walla Onions, Sunset Herons
 
12/12/06   That's Hot! New "Small Wonders" Exhibit and Sizzling Hot Fun at the Butterfly House Jan. 20
 
11/14/06   Protected Area in Madagascar Benefits Biodiversity, Development
 
11/07/06   Missouri Botanical Garden's Recycling Program Saves 70,000 Pounds of Horticultural Plastic from Landfills
 
10/24/06   Chihuly's 'Blue Chandelier' Will Remain at the Garden
 
10/05/06   National Science Foundation Awards Grant to the Missouri Botanical Garden for Student Science Investigations
 
09/20/06   The Importance of Diversity: Award Named for Leading Crop Geneticist to go to NIH's Medicine Man
 
09/13/06   Garden Awards Highest Honor to GIS Founder, Master Planner
 
08/30/06   Volunteer to Help Make Gardening Therapeutic
 
08/04/06   Missouri Botanical Garden's "ECO-ACT" Original Program Marks 25th Year of Ecology in Action
 
07/26/06   New Volume Adds Information About Missouri Plants
 
07/11/06   ECO-ACT Celebrates 25 Years, Alumni to Meet at the Garden Aug. 3
 
06/08/06   American Horticultural Society's 2006 National Children & Youth Garden Symposium
 
06/05/06   Garden Now Offers Multilingual Guide Maps, Advance Tickets
 
05/24/06   Peter Raven Receives Honorary Doctorate of Science From Yale
 
03/29/06   Garden's Capital Campaign Raises $75 Million, Surpasses Goal
 
03/22/06   Introducing Finn, Frog Mascot of the New Children's Garden
 
03/08/06   Pink Toed Tarantulas, Glowing Scorpions and More on Display at the Butterfly House's Newest Exhibit, "Arachnids"
 
02/21/06   Plants of Merit Program Assists Home Gardening Success
 
02/07/06   Butterfly Conservation Initiative Relocates to the Missouri Botanical Garden
 
01/31/06   Prairie Remnant Lives Among the Dead
 
08/10/05   Glass in the Garden: Chihuly at the Missouri Botanical Garden in 2006
 
04/21/05   Grant Will Fund Web Access to Rare Botanical Literature, Images
 
04/20/05   Missouri Botanical Garden Opens Sassafras Café with New Look and Menu
 
08/24/04   Peter Raven Receives ANZAAS Medal for Scientific Achievement
 
06/28/04   Dr. Tom Croat Awarded by National Tropical Botanical Garden and International Aroid Society
 
06/18/04   Buckminster Fuller Postage Stamp to be Dedicated at the Climatron
 
05/14/04   Garden's Library Receives IMLS Grant to Preserve Rare Books
 
05/14/04   New Rare Specimen in Flight at the Butterfly House
 
04/30/04   Missouri Botanical Garden Wins 2004 Horticulture Award for Garden Excellence
 
03/11/04   President Bush Appoints Peter Raven to National Medal of Science Committee
 
02/03/04   Missouri Botanical Garden Launches Little Shop Around the Corner
 
01/23/04   Peter Raven to Receive Royal Horticultural Society's Veitch Medal
 
10/10/03   Shaw Nature Reserve Bottomland is Designated Natural Area
 
09/11/03   New "Puddle Pass" Guarantees Rainy Day Visitors Free Next-Day Admission to the Missouri Botanical Garden
 
09/10/03   Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House Receives AZA Accreditation
 
08/11/03   Reconnect with Nature at Shaw Nature Reserve's Dana Brown Overnight Center
 
07/18/03   2003 International Cosmos Prize is Awarded to Dr. Peter H. Raven of the Missouri Botanical Garden
 
06/05/03   Missouri Botanical Garden Receives MacArthur Foundation Grant For Research In Vietnam
 
04/10/03   Nature Reserve Opens Dana Brown Overnight Education Center
 
04/07/03   Garden Backpack Activities For Families, Brownie Troops
 
02/27/03   Plantfinder Offers Easy Online Access To Gardening Information
 
01/27/03   Garden Ships Surplus Computers And Supplies To Madagascar
 
10/15/02   Missouri Botanical Garden Shares In $10 Million NSF Grant Awarded To Washington University For Science Education
 
10/14/02   Missouri Botanical Garden Botanists Discover New Plant Genus
 
10/14/02   Web Site Images Reveal Missouri Botanical Garden’s History
 
09/04/02   Dr. Peter Raven Chosen Honorary Member Of Garden Writers Group
 
08/02/02   Mellon Foundation Award To Fund Online Research Library
 
05/21/02   Dr. Peter Raven Elected Foreign Member Of British Royal Society
 
05/21/02   Missouri Botanical Garden Plastic Pot Recycling Program Receives Environmental Excellence Award
 

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Located at 4344 Shaw Boulevard, the Missouri Botanical Garden is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (closed Christmas Day). The Garden remains open each Wednesday until 8 p.m. between Memorial Day and Labor Day. Admission is $8, and free for children 12 and younger. Admission for St. Louis City and County residents is $4 adults and $2 seniors (65+). Some special events may require an additional charge. St. Louis City and County residents are admitted free on Wednesday and Saturday until noon (exception: major special events). Free parking on site and at the Shaw-Vandeventer intersection two blocks west. For recorded information, call the GardenLine at 314-577-9400 (or 1-800-642-8842 toll free).