SS pas AS fie By J FEMS, ~ Kar eee, LY eg Pe ey Northen photo by Kor. President’s Comment As the International Year of Biodiversity draws to a close, the growing threats to the world’s biodiversity remain as great a concern as they have been in the years leading up to what we had hoped would be a landmark year for biodiversity conservation. This was the year when the United Nations’ target “to reduce the rate of loss of biodiversity worldwide” was due to have been met. Sadly, we have failed to reach this target over the eight years since it was adopted by the world community. However, this past October, delegates from 193 countries met in Nagoya, Japan for the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to formulate strategies to address this crisis. The United States is the only remaining major country in the world still to ratify this Convention, so was not present at the table when these vital decisions about our future were being taken. Nevertheless, we must be optimistic, as so often optimism leads to action. At that same meeting in Nagoya a new ten- year plan was adopted to halt the loss of plant diversity by 2020—a plan in which the Garden is set to play a major role. I was pleased to participate in the meetings where the plan was formulated and later also when it was welcomed and endorsed by representatives of most of the world’s governments. It is clear that the Garden’s work in helping to implement this new plan will be crucial to its achievement. There is still tremendous biodiversity to be discovered, and if we are to protect plants worldwide, good knowledge about plant diversity will be fundamental to our efforts. A recent congress in Madagascar on the flora of tropical Africa highlighted the key role that taxonomists can play in such conservation efforts (see page 12). In Honduras, researchers have discovered not only a new species, but a completely new genus previously unknown to science (see page 6). The only species in this genus is already provisionally classified as endangered—sadly at risk of extinction as soon as it has been recognized. The United Nations General Assembly declared 2011 as the International Year of Forests, and this year the Garden will celebrate these magnificent environments with TREEmendous, featuring a number of exhibits and activities to highlight the essential role of forests in our world and the vital nature of trees as a global resource. This is the first issue of the Bulletin since I became president of the Garden, and I hope you continue to find it a valuable and informative publication. rox Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, President OW 2 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life. — mission of the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees Officers Chair Mr. Arnold W. Donald Vice Chairs Mr. W. Stephen Maritz Cheryl P. Morley ent Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson President Emeritus Dre PetembineRavem Members Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger II Catherine B. Berges Mr. Daniel A. Burkhardt Lelia J. Farr Sharon D. Fiehler Mr. Robert R. Hermann, Jr. Mr. David M. Hollo Mr. David W. Kemper Mr. Charles E. Kopman Mr. Hal A. Kroeger Carolyn W. Losos Mr. Daniel J. Ludeman Mr. Robert D. Millstone Mr. Jai P. Nagarkatti Mrs. Cynthia Peters Mr. Nicholas L. Reding Mr. Eugene M. Toombs Ex Officio The Rev. Lawrence Biondi, SJ. The Hon. Charlie A. Dooley Dr. Thomas F. George Dr. Zelema Harris Mr. Benjamin H. Hulsey The Hon. Francis G. Slay The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith Mr. Richard T. Sullivan, Jr. Dr. Mark S. Wrighton Members Emeriti Mr. Clarence C. Barksdale Mr. John H. Biggs Winter 2011 Mr. Stephen F. Brauer Mr. Robert E. Kresko June M. Kummer Lucy Lopata Mr. Douglas B. MacCarthy Mr. James : McDonnell HI Dr. Helen ash Eve Mr. Roy Pfautch Mabel Mrs. Ragin H. Wittcoff Honorary Trustees . Werner Greuter Dr. Surinder M. Sehgal Members’ Board Mrs. David a President rs. Joseph A. Fresta rs. Susan Squires Goldschmidt Res Mr. ae “ eee She. I rs. Michael Heim rs. Daniel Herren rs. James F. Hoffmeister rs. Mark E. Hoo rs. James E. Efyliverson Lampen Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy pea 10 ubdistrict of the Mabctan Zoological Park and Museum District M. Wei eee Sait Siz Robert M. Williams, Jr. Hillary B. Zimmerman idvii SOTy members: ee nites Janice M. Nelson James H. Yemm Francis Yueh What’s Inside... Departments President’s Comment......... Gift of the Garden Horticulture ............... Giron Tat Vie yee eae eee Seen at the Garden .......... Ready to Go Electronic? The Bulletin is available as a downloadable PDF for viewing onscreen on your computer. Sign up for membership@mobot.org. Let us know if you'd like to forego your paper subscription to save trees. 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So if you aren’t quite ready to go ae, electronic with our online version, you can still enjoy your paper Bulletin in good conscience. Once you’ve read it, please recycle. FSC Logo Here (Box FPO only) Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 3 With a daytime temperature of 85 degrees year-round, it’s summer inside the Climatron® even in the middle of winter. May we suggest? Gift Memberships— On Sale for the Holidays! an a | { ' Give someone you love 12 months of 4 | O iS free admission to the Garden, discounted a admission to festivals and other special events, invitations to floral show previews, and all of the other great benefits of membership. The Garden is offering 20 percent off the Looking for gift-giving ideas that are price of membership at the regularly priced $65 Garden level, $60 Garden Senior level, $95 Garden Plus level, and $150 Family level memberships. memorable as well as meaningful this holiday season? The Missouri Botanical Garden has a few suggestions. These special prices are available at the These gifts provide beauty and inspiration Membership Services Desk in Ridgway while supporting an institution that Visitor Center from Wednesday to Sunday, enriches life in the St. Louis region and December 1-5. leads the world in plant science and Find out more at www.mobot.org/ conservation work. membership, or call (314) 577-5118. 4 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Winter 2011 photo by Paul Staarmann photo by JJ Lane Bricks at the Garden Bricks and Pavers— © Missouri © Gifts for a Lifetime Tt LIEA RAL) |. N Commemorate a a special occasion or L rae G Missouri Botanica GARDEN comr= remember a loved JUL one, one with an engraved brick at the Missouri ee ae ee Dress Up Your Ride—Garden License Plates Is everyone on your gift list already a Garden member? That means they are eligible for a limited-edition Missouri Botanical Garden license plate. The plates cost $35 for a one-year use and $70 for two years. or a paving stone at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House. Fagiaved picks authe Call the Garden at (314) 577-0805, and you will receive details on obtaining the plate from the Missouri Department of Motor Vehicles. Garden are available in clay or bronze. They are displayed in perpetuity in the entry court of the William T. Kemper Center for Home Gardening, an enduring symbol of your love and esteem. Butterfly-shaped paving stones available for engraving at the Butterfly House also are displayed in perpetuity in the entry court of this Chesterfield family attraction. For information on engraving a paving stone or brick, please call (314) 577-0291 or visit the Graden’s website at www.mobot.org. Pay Tribute, Remember a Loved One Tributes offer a way to honor family and friends while supporting the work and beauty of the Garden. When you give a tribute or memorial gift, a personalized acknowledgement is sent to the recipient. Celebrate a life event or commemorate a life well lived. For details, call (314) 577-0805. aaa | ( NS photo by Kevin Wolf ‘ ry 7 fe SS SS Ls BNE RN : =~ LEEPN Z Sr Ni 5 @ Pavers at the Butterfly House Receive 3) @ O A ahises On gift Membersh Piscounts apply fo on photo by Kristi Foster Uiint Ips December 1 “Stile sales only, Celebrate Success— Contribute to Plant the Garden for Peter In 2010, after nearly 40 years of service, Dr. Peter H. Raven retired as president of the Missouri Botanical Garden and assumed the title of president emeritus. To celebrate the tenure of a man who led the Garden to unparalleled accomplishments, the Garden established the Plant the Garden for Peter tribute fund in Dr. Raven’s honor. Gifts made to this fund will be acknowledged in the Bulletin. Find out more at www.mobot.org/plantforpeter. Or, call (314) 577-0805. ~5. Winter 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 5) Garden Joins Biodiversity Consortium The Missouri Botanical Garden has joined the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Consortium of Scientific Partners. ‘The Garden becomes the 12th member of the Consortium, which includes The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. The Convention is an international, legally binding treaty with three main goals: conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components, and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from genetic resources. A Memorandum of Understanding on the Garden’s membership was signed at the 10th Meeting of the @onterence of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan, by Ahmed Dyjoghlaf, executive secretary to the Convention on Biological Diversity, and Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, president of the Garden. “A partnership approach to building capacity for the conservation of biodiversity is essential if we are to achieve the challenging targets emiicemm time decades alcad, ° said Dr. Wyse Jackson. “The Missouri Botanical Garden 1s fully committed to supporting biodiversity conservation worldwide and in particular to helping to achieve the objectives of the Convention’s Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.” The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation was first adopted in April 2002 and consists of a plan containing 16 strategies to address the loss of plant species around the world. At the Japan meeting, an updated plan with revised targets was adopted for 2011 through 2020. The Garden will play a major role in achieving many of these targets. 6 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin In Memoriam: Doris Waters Harris Lichtenstein 1925—2010 Doris Waters Harris Lichtenstein, = ‘\ Garden trustee, philanthropist, and dedicated career and family woman, Ciedeatie O10: She was 85. Mrs. Lichtenstein, with her husband Davids, Kichtenstem, lcaves a lesacy, at the Missouri Botanical Garden and throughout St. Louis supporting the arts, education, and health) care: The couple’s contributions include support of the Shaw Nature Reserve Lichtenstein Cabin, which allows for overnight education experiences in the natural world; the Frank Stella sculpture Stubb’s Supper near the Japanese Garden; and the creation of the Doris Waters Harris Lichtenstein Victorian District, a project that beautifully defined a section of the Garden linked to its Victorian-era founder, Henry Shaw. Mrs. Lichtenstein’s devotion to the Garden was an intergenerational matter. She visited the Garden as a child, parent, and grandparent. Mrs. Lichtenstein worked for 36 years in leadership positions at Missouri Baptist Hospital and was also a busy mother of three sons. She was an emeritus member of the Garden’s Board of Trustees from 2006 until the time of her death. Garden Researcher Discovers New Genus Dr. Carmen Ulloa, associate curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden, was lead author on an article published in the October Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden describing a new genus of tree in the Aptandraceae family that is endemic to the Central Winter 2011 American country of Honduras. Ulloa named the genus Hondurodendron, meaning “tree of Honduras.” “Although many botanists describe numerous species as part of our scientific work, to describe a new genus is perhaps a once-in-a-lifetime expenence,, 7Ulll@arcaide The first specimens of this genus were collected by one of the article’s co-authors, Dr. Daniel L. Kelly of Trinity College in Dublin, and a team of researchers and students during a survey in Parque Nacional El Cusuco in northwest Honduras in 2004 and 2006. Hondurodendron is known only from the park, where it appears to be widely but sparsely distributed. Because logging and grazing by livestock occur within the bounds of the national park, the authors assigned the species a provisional conservation status of Endangered following the International Union for Conservation of Nature ((UCN) guidelines. Garden Members Travel to Ching am? Oda Join Drs. Peter and Patricia Raven on a special travel program to China designed exclusively for Missouri Botanical Garden members. This 14-day exploration of China takes place OctobemilG= 29620448 The trip includes four days in Beying, followed by stops in X1’an, Guilin, Hangzhou, Suzhou, and more than two full days in Shanghai. Por information call (314) 577-5181. Le = 3 I lan o = & la ss ie) io) 2D ie} on) oy EarthWays Center Moves The EarthWays Center is moving from its current location in Grandel Square to Garden grounds by the end of 2010. EarthWays Center staff offices will relocate to the Garden’s Commerce Bank Center for Science Education, 4651 Shaw Boulevard. Existing EarthWays Center programs and projects will continue and, together with new efforts, will expandutne Garden's voice in the community as innovative leaders ‘promoting sustainability in the St. Louis region. “This move strengthens the Garden’s commitment to showcasing how one’s choices and behaviors impact the environment and plant conservation,” said Garden President Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson. Dr. Raven Receives Awards Dr. Peter Raven, the Garden’s president emeritus, was the recipient of numerous awards recently. He was among 50 individuals from 26 countries to receive the Friendship Award from the Chinese government. The award, presented September 29 in China, honors Dr. Raven for promoting friendly interchange with the Chinese people over the course of three decades. In addition, Dr. Raven received the Biodiversity Award from the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. The foundation honored Dr. Raven for his contribution to science and his work toward a better understanding of the living world. Closer to home, the St. Louis Business Journal honored Dr. Raven with its Heroes of the Planet Award in the Visionary category. These awards honor and promote businesses and individuals that have led the way in advancing and promoting environmental sustainability within the St. Louis region. Garden Researcher Lands IMLS Grant . = Matthew Albrecht, Wassistant curator of conservation biology in the Garden’s Center photo by Leslie Wallace for Conservation a ee! and Sustainable Development (CCSD), has received a National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The project will assess the response of plant species in the Midwest to six possible climate change scenarios, rank species vulnerability to climate change, and work with the most vulnerable species in assisted migration, including testing possibilities in the lab and in “climate change plots” at Washington University’s Tyson Research Center and at Shaw Nature Reserve. “In order to conserve plant diversity and ecosystem services, we need to understand how climate change might alter the distribution and abundance of plant species,” said Albrecht. What’s in a Name? Global Plant List Spells It Out Together with the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Missouri Botanical Garden in September announced the development of The Plant List, Winter 2011 a working list of all the world’s plant species to aid global plant conservation. The project involves combining records from existing plant databases (such as Tropicos®) to create a single, unified database. In the end, The Plant List should include approximately 400,000 species, not including ferns and algae. ' The creation of Phe Plant distas the most significant collaboration ever between Missouri Botanical Garden and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and a historic accomplishment,” said Dr. Peter Raven, the Garden’s president emeritus. “Without accurate names, author- itatively determined, understanding and communication about global plant life would descend into inefficient chaos, costing vast sums of money and literally threatening lives in the case of plants used for food or medicine,” said Professor Stephen Hopper, director of Kew. 30-day Composting Pilot Program in Sassafras The Missouri Botanical Garden further demonstrated its commitment to sustainability this fall by conducting a 30-day food waste composting pilot program in the Garden’s café, Sassafras. The Garden partnered with St. Louis Composting for the pilot, during which all disposables were changed to compostable disposables, including cups, straws, and napkins. Food scraps were also collected for composting. The Garden recycles nearly 100 percent of its green waste and more than 75 percent of its solid waste. “We are very hopeful this pilot will result in a long-term solution for further reducing the Garden’s waste stream,” said Deborah Frank, the Garden’s vice president of sustainability. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin i Ne@WS continued Gifts to the Henry Shaw Fund HEALING PEOPLE, HEALING THE PLANET CONSIDER WHAT YOUR GIFT CAN DO: $50 provides a local teacher a science curriculum kit and other teaching tools. $100 supports a student in the year-long Habitat Helper program at the Shaw Nature Reserve, pays a research field assistant in Madagascar, or covers the cost of 125 spring bulbs. $250 replaces a bed of roses at the Garden or establishes a garden for a family in a developing country not only to feed them, but provide supplemental income. $350 funds scholarships for five students to participate in a one- night, two-day program at the Shaw Nature Reserve. $500 covers costs of creating an educational plant bed in the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden or a three-month stipend for a parabiologist in Peru teaching high school students methods for conserving medicinal plants. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Many of us experienced the healing power of plants before we knew how to spell “botanist.” Pe heal us. Throughout our lives, we experience their restorative effects in a variety of ways for body, mind, and spirit. That is why the Missouri Botanical Garden has dedicated its 2010 Annual Appeal to the subject of the healing power of plants. The Garden seeks your financial support to help it continue this important work of healing. The Garden’s Beauty “Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.” —John Muir Through their beauty, plants possess a unique ability to heal us. At the Missouri Botanical Garden, maintaining this aesthetic requires investments in equipment, plant materials, greenhouse operations, and people—horticulture staff spend an average of 1,300 hours a week maintaining the 79-acre landscape. Research and Conservation A planet without plants is a planet without people. Plants give us food, filter toxins from our air and supply oxygen, and help stabilize the climate and the soil. By the end of this century, though, climate change and deforestation may lead to the extinction of as many as half of the plants living today. The Missouri Botanical Garden is leading the effort to slow plant extinction and build a body of knowledge about plants. Garden scientists travel to remote places and search for plants that may hold potential as medicine, fabric, or food. These scientists share their findings with the global plant science community and also foster sustainable practices around the world that minimize harm to the environment and help alleviate poverty. Join the Effort The Missouri Botanical Garden 1s at its best when visitors are inspired to join in its mission. Please use the envelope inserted on this page to make a gift to the Garden’s Healing People, Healing the Planet annual appeal. Winter 2011 photo by Jack Jennings 2011 MemBers’ DAYS AND EVENTS Every month, Garden members enjoy special events, tours, and lectures. Join us! Friday, \antiaty 25 «ou tkk eo wesexs Orchid Show Preview Wuesday,. Pebtttary 15: 44, +%2 05 A World of Gardens Saturday, February 19 .. Young Friends Trivia Night— Garden Style Wednesday, March 16........ March Morpho Mania Saturday, March. 26:.44% ss New Member Orientation Datta: Pepe NO asi ay aes dares Egestravaganza ESCay, APE 28:4 vi joe whe dd Herb Gardening buirsday, Wiay Ss x sa oe peace ee a Bird Watching at Shaw Nature Reserve Fidgy, Ue 94.2630 d24248% Sustainable Gardening VL Oman = Ne Orn 2.G oe aa ee ho Rose Evening Piday Une os. courseware es os Musical Evening Sunday: JUNE 12: 25.5 vi oeee sted en a Garden Tour Priday, WUNCAT <2. sex Midsummer Night’s Dance ob escay, Jie 2s eng ee 3 Young Friends’ Happy Hour |e (6h el ele ac ear ma a a Family Picnic Saturday, Atioust 13..4.6.5%, New Member Orientation Tuesday, August 16... Symbolism in the Japanese Garden Sunday, September 1125602544244 Grandparents’ Day J iesday,, September 20. ocuws ae aires The Red List Saturday October 1 wats Best of Missouri Market Members’ Breakfast Saturday, October 8 ...... October Owls and Orchids Fuday, October 14 ou: xs Young Friends’ Fest-of-Ale a nursday, October 2055.0 644084 24-28 Notable Trees Sliliday, October 23: 4.c4ea45 6 Ghouls in the Garden Luésday, November. eeca nag Holiday Decorating Wednesday, November 30.. Gardenland Express Preview Saturday, Deceiver 3.2.6 gcse as Breakfast with Santa Sunday, December tat aeeseney Breakfast with Santa *Dates and times subject to change = a ee Pardon Our Progress: Beginning January 17, the Ridgway Visitor Center will close early at 3 p.m. on weekdays for EXTREME Tree hOUSeES TREEmendous Events Mark U.N. Year of Forests Think you know what a treehouse looks like? Think again. The livelihoods of 1.6 billion people worldwide depend upon forests, which are home to 300 million people and 80 percent of the planet’s biodiversity. This April, visitors to the Missouri Botanical Garden will get a different perspective on what it means to call a tree “home” with Extreme Tree Houses, a juried exhibit that challenges our preconceived notions of what a treehouse 1s. The Garden is home to 5,000 trees, which is ironic considering that when Henry Shaw first set his sights on the future home of his Garden, there were no trees to be seen. The exhibit, endorsed by the U.S. Green Building Council, is part of TREEmendous, the Garden’s yearlong celebration of the United Nations’ International Year of Forests. Winning designs will be selected by a jury of experts and judged on numerous criteria, including accessibility, color, fantasy, sustainability, and connecting children with nature. Winners will be announced January 7. For more information on the contest and tree-related events throughout the year, visit www.mobot.org/treemendous. Improvements at Ridgway Visitor Center repairs to the barrel vault roof panels. As the existing roof panels have deteriorated over the years, the light levels in the Visitor Center have decreased. The new panels will restore light levels and appearance to those of the building’s opening in 1982. In addition, the new panels are insulated and will provide annual energy savings between $8,000 and $10,000. Garden grounds will remain open until 5 p.m. daily throughout construction. After 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, visitors can access the Garden grounds and the Garden Gate Shop through alternate entrances on the east side of the Visitor Center. Sassafras, the Garden’s cafe, will close early at 3 p.m. on weekdays, with lunch served until 2 p.m. The Visitor Center will remain open as usual until 5 p.m. on weekends. Prior to construction, the 928-piece, 2,300-pound Chihuly chandelier will be dismantled by Denny Park Fine Arts Studio and removed for safekeeping. The team includes a Chihuly Studio representative to authenticate the reinstallation as a Chihuly piece. Winter 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 9 Top Five Tips for Wintertime Family Fun at the Garden and at Home! W: love the saying, “There’s no such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing decisions.” The cold, snowy winter doesn’t necessarily have to keep you cooped up inside all day. With just a bit of planning and preparation, Mother Nature’s winter wonderland can become one of your family’s favorite places to explore, discover, and connect with the natural world. It’s also pure fun! Our top five tips, from our family to yours: a Just get out! Before cabin fever settles in, bundle everyone up and head outdoors to take deep breaths of fresh air, take in the sights and smells, and go exploring in your own backyard and neighborhood. Venture out to the Shaw Nature Reserve to hike its nature trails, or visit the Garden to take an expert-led, hour- long excursion during Great Green Adventures: Trees with Winter Coats (December 18 at the Garden). ht Give nature-inspired gifts. In the spirit of the season, encourage your entire family to think and act green when considering gifts. 10 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin ~~ Shake off cabin fever with a walk in nature after a snowfall. Throughout December, check out the Garden’s cool classes for extra inspiration: Holiday Decorating Overnight (December 3—4 at the Shaw Nature Reserve); Green Parenting: Green Gifting for the Holidays (December 5 at the Garden); and Garden Buds: Plants as Presents (December 9 at the Garden). Release your child’s inner scientist. The wintery outdoors makes for an ideal learning lab. Have your child pour a little water in a flat pan outdoors on a cold day and watch it freeze. Continue to add just a little more—and even add some food coloring—and see it freeze, layer by layer. Challenge each other to prove each snowflake is different by examining flakes with a magnifying glass. Or melt some snow and see how little water it makes and how dirty the water is. Encourage questions, testing, and a limitless sense of wonder. m4 Connect with wildlife— specifically butterflies, birds, and frogs. Families with children ages 2-4 can visit the Sophia M. Sachs Winter 2011 Butterfly House to experience Bugaloo: Nature’s Shapes and Colors (February 1 or 13). Bird-lovers of all ages can migrate to the main Garden to participate in the sixth annual Backyard Bird Festival (February 5). As winter draws to a close, curious naturalists can look forward to Spring Peeper Musicals, frog festivals of song at the Shaw Nature Reserve (February 15 to March 31). Exact dates are up to the frogs! E-mail helen.mccallie@mobot.org to put your name on a contact list. Model a love for the outdoors... no matter the season. In wintertime, adults are often burdened with shoveling snow, scraping ice off windshields, and other not-so-fun stuff. Instead of pouring all your outdoor time into these obligatory tasks, carve out time to enjoy and play in the outdoors as a family. Embrace the changes that come with each season, and your children will take your lead. Happy winter! photo courtesy MBG Education photo by Jessica Kester | Opportunities lor Teens Know a teenager interested in the outdoors? Curious about exploring conservation careers? Passionate about plants and the natural world? Here are two great opportunities to put that passion to work in 2011... and sign-up starts now! Por ases 6-12... Great Green Adventures: Trees with Winter Coats December 18 Why do some trees keep their leaves or needles over the winter and others lose them? Join us as we get to know some of the trees in the Garden by their bark, needles, or berries. Great Green Adventures are held the third Saturday of every month at 10:30 a.m. and repeated at 1:30 p.m. Meet in front of the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden Ticket Fort. Teen volunteers in SAGE (Students as Garden Educators) can earn service hours and enhance their college applications while helping in the Children’s Garden. SIFT-TERF (Shaw Institute for Field Training— Tyson Environmental Research Fellowship) The SIFT program is a one-week summer field training experience at the Shaw Nature Reserve, combined with 100 hours of additional training and field work activities during the following school year. In the summer, teens are introduced to a variety of Missouri ecosystems and gain skills necessary to conduct field research, including plant and animal identifications and training in the use of GPS and GIS. During the school year, teens are involved in important research and restoration activities including invasive species management, prairie reconstruction, pollination studies, and plant and animal inventories. St. Louis-area 10th-graders are eligible to apply for the SIFT program starting December 1. For more information and to download an application, visit www.shawnature.org. SAGE (Students as Garden Educators) This program is an opportunity for teens ages 14-18 who want to help families and children explore and discover while learning about plants, nature, and the great outdoors. With their base camp at the Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden, SAGE volunteers can earn service hours, gain valuable public speaking and teaching skills, and enhance future college and job applications. SAGE program recruitment begins December 1. For questions, e-mail sage.service@mobot.org or call (314) 577-9425. Winter 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 1 1 ie a a Science and Conservation : [ayy ae Well» as Biodiversity vs Chiris Birkinshaw <- + Tec ical Advisor, Madagati Ping ree hae Lower slopes of the Makirovana-Tsihomanaomby Forest show forest loss due to shifting cultivation. Small images: (left) Nearly two-thirds of the population of Antanandava is under the age of 17. (right) The existing primary school at Antanandava will be replaced through funding from a grant from Seacology. 1 2 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Winter 2011 photos by Chris Birkinshaw bout 1,100 people live in Antanandava, a fokotany (or village) in the northeastern part of Madagascar. It’s one of seven fokotany adjacent to the 13,000-acre Makirovana- Tsihomanaomby Forest, which has an exceptionally rich flora and fauna that include several species found nowhere else. This evergreen forest also contains the headwaters for many streams that irrigate thousands of acres of rice paddies on the surrounding plains. The Makirovana-Tsihomanaomby Forest is one of 11 priority sites in Madagascar where the Garden is working with local communities on plant conservation through the sustainable use of natural resources. These sites are distributed throughout the country and include a diversity of vegetation types. At each site, a facilitator pursues conservation efforts by working closely with local stakeholders to reduce poverty, improve human well-being, and promote sustainable resource management. During the last two decades, around 50 percent of the Makirovana-Tsihomanaomby Forest has been lost due to shifting cultivation, an illegal but widely used practice in which farmers cut the forest, leave the debris to dry, and then burn it to release nutrients so they can plant crops in sunny, fertile, weed-free soil. While good harvests are obtained in the first few years, yields quickly diminish as heavy tropical rains leach nutrients and cause erosion. The plot is then abandoned and the cultivation cycle begins again with further forest clearing. To protect the remaining primary forest, conserve its biodiversity, and maintain the key ecological goods and services it provides, an agreement with the people of Antanandava will lead to the implementation of a dina (a set of traditional community rules) that will stop all shifting cultivation in the forest for the next 15 years, providing a breathing space during which more sustainable livelihood options can be developed. In this agreement their existing damp, earthen- floor, leaf-thatched school will be replaced with a modern structure. The school will serve a village where nearly two-thirds of the population is under the age of 17. In Antanandava and the other fokotany that intersect with this forest, Garden staff have worked with local stakeholders to develop and implement community rules concerning the support forest protection. sustainable exploitation of natural resources. Each fokotany has a committee tasked with enforcing these rules, and two forest rangers who patrol the forest to detect infractions. Because of the forest’s importance as a watershed for the rivers islands worldwide. that irrigate their crops, most of the local farmers This project 1s being funded by Seacology, a nonprofit organization with the sole purpose of preserving the highly endangered biodiversity of Garden staff gather at the 2010 AETFAT conference in Madagascar. . Speaking up for Conservation in Madagascar In 2010 Madagascar hosted the triennial congress of the Association for the Taxonomic Study of the Flora of Tropical Africa (AETFAT), and the staff of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Madagascar program played an important part in organizing and running what was one of the best attended congresses in the association’s 60-year history. Garden staff made up more than 25 percent of the total attendance and authored a third of the talks plus 25 percent of the posters. For Pete Lowry, Curator and head of the Garden’s Africa & Madagascar program, addressing the congress during the opening ceremony on the relationships between taxonomists and sustainable resource use was an opportunity to provide a wake-up call to colleagues on the crises of population growth and over- exploitation of natural resources. “We (taxonomists) have to step up and play a more active and visible role,” he said, adding that he believes it’s no longer enough for taxonomists simply to describe and document plants. “We have to convey a message about how these plants are endangered. Everyone has to find the stories they can tell.” In Madagascar, a nation of rich biodiversity, less than 10 percent of the original vegetation remains. This includes many tiny fragments where some species are barely hanging on in their native environments. The Garden has about 150 staff in Madagascar, of whom all but one are native Malagasy. They work with local communities to manage 11 conservation sites that are home to particularly rich floras with a high number of local endemics, species that are found nowhere else in the world. Tremendous pressures are coming to bear on these environments, Lowry said. On top of unsustainable resource practices, the population of Madagascar doubles about every 25 years. As is common in the developing world, resource use goes up faster than population growth as people seek a better standard of living. Winter 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Saving Schizolaena tampoketsana Known locally as Sohisaka, this tree is a member of the Sarcolaenaceae family. When discovered, fewer than 100 individuals of this species were known in the wild and were severely threatened by wildfires and deforestation. The Garden’s Madagascar staff worked with local residents to set up fire breaks around the few degraded forest patches where the Sohisaka survived. The local community is now actively involved in growing thousands of tree seedlings and saplings that are planted to restore Sohisaka’s habitat. At the AETFAT congress a number of talks addressed conservation activities, and Lowry said younger generations of taxonomists are recognizing the link between their work and conservation efforts. Lowry likens the process of saving an endangered plant species to health care: “Just because you’ve stabilized a patient, you haven’t brought him back to full health.” In addition, there are many species that botanists and conservationists haven’t yet recognized need stabilizing, and which may only have years before they go extinct. “That’s why telling those stories about saving a species is so important,” he said. “In doing so, it shows people there are things that can be done.” 19 le ; “4, wer is 2 A, a S Ce m7 4 > .* . Horticulture gee $s | AY | 3 ' ~~ yh 1) yd ae s x Native by Cindy Gilberg + ia Top: the striking amethyst fruit of American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana) is arranged in whorls pn. lament the arrival of winter. When the autumn leaves come down, the sublime beauty of the winter landscape is unveiled. Look out the window with a critical eye. You'll notice birds hunting down brightly colored berries, dried seeds of perennials and grasses, or trees with sculptural trunks or intriguing bark. Include plants with these attributes to create a garden that is anything but dreary. around the stems. Above, from left: possum haw (Ilex decidua) produces fruit well Native plants produce ample crops of berries and seeds for the sole purpose of into winter. Left to stand in the attracting birds and small mammals. In return for food, the animals provide seed dispersal and guarantee the plant another year of offspring. All of it adds color and interest that the gardener can enjoy. garden, American mountain mint (Pycnanthemum pilosum) adds visual appeal in autumn. Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) also produces a bounty of red berries. Natives that produce autumn fruit are obvious choices. Three hollies are Missouri natives—the classic evergreen American holly (Ilex opaca) and the deciduous hollies 1 4 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Winter 2011 photos by Chris Starbuck and Scott Woodbury possum haw (Ilex decidua) and winterberry (Ilex verticillata). The latter two have abundant red berries. Another choice is our state flower, the hawthorn (Crataegus spp.), with about 15 species represented in Missouri. White flowers in May are followed by bright red fruit that ripens in fall and persists into winter. Green hawthorn has intriguing gray-green bark and grows in moist to average soils. Our state tree, flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), also produces a bountiful crop of red berries, while other species of this genus have white fruit. Native Viburnum sports showy berries as well, though they tend to produce well on alternating years with full clusters of fruit in hues of blue to black. For an unusual berry color, try American beautyberry (Callicarpa americana). Its amethyst fruit 1s arranged in whorls around the stems and is a real showstopper. Adding winter interest can be as simple as allowing plant structure to remain in the garden. Don’t be so tidy in autumn; keep leaves and seed heads of grasses and perennials for birds to take cover in and feed on. The seed heads of black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia spp.), rose mallow (Hibiscus lasiocarpus), and rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) contrast boldly with delicate tan grasses. Plants such as these are popular stops for goldfinches and other birds, adding life to the view. photo by Scott Woodbury photo by Chris Starbuck Some American holly cultivars, such as Ilex opaca ‘Canary,’ sport distinctive yellow fruit instead of the traditional red. Other Trees and Shrubs with Decorative Fruit for Birds and Color by Chip Tynan Dogwoods | The versatile gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa) is supremely adaptable to almost any garden condition. Site carefully, however, as it suckers profusely, forming thickets. White flower clusters produce photo by Chris Starbuck abundant nectar and pollen for many Dogwood inearass : pollinating insects. Leaves provide food for butterfly and moth caterpillars. Small white fruits, present from late summer to early fall, are said to be favored by over 100 species of birds. Prickly ash | Prickly ash (Zanthoxylum americanum) 1s actually a member of the Rutaceae family and related to citrus. Stout spines along its trunk and branches may put off some gardeners, but others may find it useful for discouraging unwelcome traffic. Fruits are eaten by birds well into winter. Hollies | The Garden has a large collection of American holly (lex opaca) containing many unique cultivars. Male pollinators are required to fertilize female flowers. The resulting fruits are typically red, but yellow varieties make a striking statement when grown alongside a red cultivar. Spicebush | The native, shade-loving spicebush (Lindera benzoin) bears bright red fruits that persist into fall. Songbirds find them highly attractive. Plant in groups and include a male pollinator, as only female plants are fruitful. The foliage of both sexes is the primary food source for the caterpillars of the beautiful spicebush swallowtail butterfly. photo by Thomas Pope Spicebush Viburnums | Three native species of viburnum produce fruit that is of great value to migratory songbirds: the nannyberry (V. lentago), the blackhaw (V. prunifolium), and the rusty blackhaw (V. rufidulum). Their showy fruits mature to deep purplish black, and all display excellent fall color. Winter 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin > Shaw Nature Reserve ' . /y 16 The Shaw Nature Reserve is renowned as a location for habitat restoration, including prairie restoration. Shaw Nature Reserve Marks 85th Anniversary he Shaw Nature Reserve is located at the junction of the Ozark Plateau, the western tallgrass prairies, and the eastern deciduous woodlands. Grassland, woodland, wetland, dolomite glades, and floodplain forest all exist on the property. The potential for habitat restoration was high and, as a result of a showcase restoration program, Missouri native biodiversity at the Reserve is exceptionally well-represented today. In the 1920s the Missouri Botanical Garden decided to relocate its plant collections away from the harmful air pollution of the coal-burning days in St. Louis. The lack of fresh air and sunshine especially damaged the orchid collection. In 1925 the Garden purchased 1,300 acres in Gray Summit, including a lovely historic home (today’s Bascom House). Additional purchases brought the present- day Shaw Nature Reserve to 2,444 acres. The 1925 Master Plan indicated formal walkways, permanent plant collections, and a grand conservatory similar to the one at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Greenhouses, roads, and reservoirs were built that were the underpinnings for today’s infrastructure at the Reserve. The Pinetum was planted with conifers from around Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Winter 2011 the world, and a tree nursery was developed along with orchards of edible and ornamental trees. The orchid collection thrived at the new property and was periodically open to the public until its return to the Garden in 1958. The focus of the Shaw Nature Reserve has changed through the years, from a refuge from pollution for plant collections, to an arboretum and a demonstration site for sustainable agricultural practices, and more recently to a premier location for environmental studies and habitat restoration. Early in the 1940s a Wildflower Reservation was created, an early indication of the interest in habitat and native plant studies and a precursor to today’s Whitmire Wildflower Garden. Edgar Anderson, for whom the new support complex at the Reserve is named, assisted August Bielmann (manager, 1941-1956) in the development of the Wildflower Reservation and in initiating many educational programs and tours. In the late 1960s the advent of environmental awareness fueled renewed interest in both education and conservation at the Reserve. In 1972, the Shaw Nature Reserve was designated a National Environmental Education Landmark. A new Master Plan was developed in 1990, and today the Shaw Nature Reserve is renowned as a center for environmental education, habitat restoration, and native plant horticulture. An excerpt from The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Shaw Nature Reserve: 85 Years of Natural Wonders by Cindy Gilberg and Barbara Perry Lawton he Shaw Nature Reserve, known today as the region’s premier resource for environmental values and education, had its origin in an environmental fiasco of the early 1900s. Plants, as well as people, were suffering from the lack of fresh air and sunshine due to the thick blanketing of soft-coal smoke in the region. In St. Louis, the smoke became so dense that streetlights were needed at noon. During one particularly bad period, experts estimated that each St. Louis resident inhaled fifteen tablespoons of soot over the five-day period. Soot particles and sulphuric acid injured plant life, and the very existence of the Missouri Botanical Garden was threatened. Severe damage to plant collections, both outdoors and in the greenhouses, was reported as early as 1917. Because of the risk especially to the Garden’s valuable commercial orchid collection, the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees began thinking about acquiring rural property.... Reserve Began Life as a Refuge from City Pollution In 1923, the Garden’s Board decided to maintain the city garden with its scientific and educational features, but to procure a large tract of land west of the city, well beyond the pall of industry, to relocate and save the orchid and other plant collections from the effects of the air pollution... Looking for possible locations within a reasonable distance from St. Louis, they spent two years seeking a site.... After over a year of investigating properties, the search committee focused on Gray Summit farm country. First named the Gray Summit Extension, the property was not originally open to the public. Work began at once on three projects of great priority—the orchid greenhouses, the Pinetum, and the tree nurseries.... The orchid collection moved to a new greenhouse complex on the site in 1927, and within six months, the improvement in its condition was described as little short of phenomenal. The success was due to unpolluted air and greater exposure to the sun as well as to the exclusive use of rainwater on the plants. To read more, purchase your copy of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Shaw Nature Reserve: 85 Years of Natural Wonders, available now at the Visitor Center Bookstore at the Shaw Nature Reserve and at the Garden Gate Shop. 77 Winter 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin photo by Sonya Buérck photo by Mark Deering HOT! HOT! HOT! Happenings at the Butterfly House It may be literally freezing cold outside, but at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, things will be heating up this winter. Madame Butterfly Gift Shop Visit the Madame Butterfly Gift Shop to find a large selection of the Arthur Court Designs Butterfly Collection aluminum servingware. Each piece is individually crafted and polished by hand. Through December 31, you will receive free gift wrap for each Arthur Court item purchased at the Butterfly House. 18 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Hot! Hot! Hot! Saturday and Sunday, January 29 and 30, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Shed your winter coats for a toasty family fun weekend at The Butterfly House. You'll feel transported to a faraway isle strolling through the 85-degree tropical conservatory and listening to live steel drum music. Kids ages 3-8 will have a great time creating bug-tastic crafts and playing games. Little ones can even build sandcastles in the perennial favorite March Morpho Mania Tropical Conservatory Closing for Annual Maintenance The Tropical Conservatory will be closed February 1—4 for annual tree pruning and maintenance. The exhibits in our Central Hallway and the Madame Butterfly Gift Shop will remain open, with no charge for entry, while the Conservatory is closed. March Morpho Mania® Our annual favorite returns! Immerse yourself among more than 3,000 brilliant blue morpho butterflies in the toddler sandbox. Activities are included Tropical Conservatory all month. with regular admission. Education The Butterfly House’s Education Department offers two options for Scouts and other children’s groups. First, enhance a self-guided tour with an activity booklet, filled with age-appropriate word games and puzzles to complete as children study the insects and other animals on display. The accompanying patch serves as commemoration for your visit. For a more involved visit, consider bringing a Junior Girl Scout troop or Webelos Boy Scout den to the Butterfly House for the Case of the Dismembered Cricket. After being sworn in as detectives for the Bug Bureau of Investigation, clues must be collected to solve the caper of crickets missing from a garden. Call (636) 530-0076 ext. 13 for details and to place a reservation. Winter 2011 photo by Mark Deering photo by Donna Dupske photo courtesy of the St. Louis Cardinals by Jean Ponzi, Green Resources Manager Sustainability in Busi Local Firms Grow Green with the Garden ei ‘ EarthWays Center asd 0 eee " Over the past year, the Missouri Botanical Garten has been working with area business leaders to strategically implement sustainable practices within comorations, utilities, universities, nonprofit organizations, and many kinds of local companies. The St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association (RCGA) engaged the Garden’s EarthWays Center as Resource Advisors for the St. Louis Green Business Challenge. The Challenge encourages companies to adopt sustainable building practices and reduce the environmental impact of their operations. Company Green ‘Teams use a scorecard to earn points by addressing: @ education and outreach energy efficiency indoor air quality waste reduction water conservation clean transportation options Each business works to improve on a baseline score over a seven-month period. Across the bi-state region, 61 companies participated in 2010. “The Green Business Challenge has rooted sustainable policies and practices throughout our business community,” says Glenda Abney, director of EarthWays Center. “Each company learns how to ‘green up’ their purchasing decisions, building operations, and contracted services such as catering and waste collection. “The Garden’s challenge in this collaboration,” says Abney, “is to translate what we’ve learned from plants and their role in ecosystems into strategic, profitable thinking businesses can use every day.” Together with the Garden’s Corporate Council, senior staff members host “sustainability taste tests” for Garden Corporate Partners, promoting the benefits to be gained by joining the Green Business Challenge in 2011. Last spring, the Garden also joined with the consulting firm SustainEdge to conduct Greening Your Organization workshops. Participants addressed sustainability issues specific to each company’s needs. As a partner for the past three years in the St. Louis Business Journal’s Heroes of the Planet awards program, the Garden is committed to recognizing businesses that achieve sustainability success stories. Winter 2011 The St. Louis Cardinals’ “4 A Greener Game” initiative is a sustainable business champion! The RCGA will launch the Green Business Challenge 2011 in February, inviting new participation and advanced options for veteran Green Teams. To learn more, visit www. stlouisgreenchallenge.com. Building on Green Basics “Sustainable thinking is also making changes in the way many building-industry businesses do their work,” says Emily Andrews, Executive Director of the U.S. Green Building Council—Missouri Gateway Chapter, which is headquartered within the Garden. “Our region’s leading design and construction companies are transforming their building processes to conserve water, energy, and materials and safeguard occupant health. We are changing how buildings are built.” Locally, more than 100 commercial buildings and homes—including the Garden’s Monsanto Research Center—have earned LEED certification through the internationally respected rating system developed by USGBC. DEE EIDestamdarcs ate steaaily, influencing building codes,” says Andrews, “along with products and practices in related industries, such as green cleaning and sustainable landscaping businesses.” Learn more at www.usgbc- mogateway.org. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 19 Seen at the Garden Thad and Betty Simons Henry Shaw Medal Dinner ' August 20, 2010 U.S. Senator Christopher “Kit” » “ Bond was the recipient of the i 2010 Henry Shaw Medal from the a) Missouri Botanical Garden. The - + medal was presented at a dinner on = NS August 20. Awarded since 1893, SS aN the medal honors those who have Se made a significant contribution ai to the objectives of the Garden, = including sustainability, botanical Arnold Donald, es Kit Bond, aul De Dr. Peter H. Raven research, horticulture, or education. | — Through Bond’s efforts, the Garden ies received federal funding for some of its science and conservation initiatives, including construction of the Monsanto Center, and Bond was the first U.S. senator to support investment in plant biotechnology research at the National Science Foundation. John and Deb Slagle Mr. and Mrs. Al and Nancy Koller, Jr. and Dr. Zelema Harris Dr. Joyce Cacho and es th Bond | | ay, : 5 ph, IB de) yi eie 6 we Soe Ne : ahs SES IRE Rob and ae Teas and Wes and Diane Herndon Fest-of-Ale October 15, 2010 Nearly 200 members of the Young Friends of the Missouri Botanical Garden gathered at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield on Friday, October 15, for the annual Fest-of-Ale. Held in conjunction with the Butterfly House’s Owls and Orchids exhibit, the event included beers from Amalgamated Brewing Company, Augusta Brewing Company, Highlands Brewing Company, O’Fallon Brewery, Six Row Brewing Company, and Square One Brewery. Guests sampled brews and enjoyed Cajun-themed food while listening to the Pennsylvania Slim Blues Band. Six Row won the Young Friends Cup for favorite local brewery. photo by Brian Mueller Tributes A tribute gift to the Garden is a wonderful way to July through September 2010 honor family and friends. Tributes of $25 or more are listed in the Bulletin. If you have questions regarding giving opportunities at the Garden, please call (314) 577-0805. You can also make a tribute gift online at our website, In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Abrams Mr. and Mrs. Richard Halpern Mr. and Mrs. Dan M. Bainter Mrs. Rita M. Huskey Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Parrish Dr. and Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger Mr. and Mrs. David C. 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Mrs. LaVerne Zeid Mr. and Mrs. eect Halpern Mrs. Dorothy Ziern-Hanon Ms. Clara H. von Gontard Steinlage Create a leeacy, Leaving a bequest to the Garden creates a legacy that will benefit others for generations to come. If you have already included the Garden in your estate plans, we hope that you will share this information with us. We would like to express our gratitude and welcome you into the Heritage Society. Of course, your wishes for anonymity are respected. Please call (314) 577-9495 for further information, or visit our website at www.mobot.org. Click on Donate, then Planned Giving. Look for camellias to return to the Linnean House after spring 2011. Zo photo by Christine Siebert Members’ Entry Court Bricks dedicated at the Garden, July through September 2010. Engraved clay bricks and signature bronze bricks are a wonderful way to commemorate any special occasion, as well as final memorials. For additional information regarding the Garden’s brick program, please contact the Institutional Advancement Office Signature Bronze Bricks Helen Marie Marx Ms. Jennifer L. Anger Mr. and Mrs. William L. Anger Ms. Virginia Foshage Boivin Mr. Carleton J. Dailey and Ms. Eileen B. Dailey Ms. Maureen L. Dailey Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Faivre Ms. Janine M. Fleischman Ms. Susannah D. Fuchs and Mr. Alex Bornstein Ms. Nevena Ganeva Mr. and Mrs. Art Gross Ms. Ann Hogan Ms. Mary Anne Jerabek Ms. Janice M. Schuette Mrs. Phyllis A. Seidler and Ms. Kathy Brand Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Sestric Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Vander Pluym Engracia Tabernilla Morales Edmond and Brenda Alizadeh Ms. Kathi Alizadeh Mr. Ignacio G. Alvear and Ms. Isabel Fernan Mrs. Linda L. Arentz Mr. Steve Bierschenk Mr. and Mrs. James A. Boaz Raelynn & Kelly Chase Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Cini Mr. and Mrs. James M. Fiala Mr. and Mrs. William E. Fiala Mr. and Mrs. Roger Hornsby Mrs. Monica Jazbani and Mrs. Leroy E. 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Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Lombardo r. and Mrs. Patrick R Pee aes Ms. Ana Maria Luengo-Romero Wilson, D.D.S Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lyell Tributes Pavers n nor of Garrett eh Gage Ashley Tapperson onor oO & M Pp K Brother The Hobbs Family Sophia M. Sachs Ms. Sara A. Ete Butterfly House Virginia Vee The Village Garden Club Joe and Dee G To learn more about these opportunities, call (314) 577-0291 or visit www.butterflyhouse.org. Tributes and Pavers dedicated at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, July through September 2010. 24 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin In Memory of n P. Lieberman St. Timothy’s ee Church Winter 2011 n Sophia M. Sachs ee House Staff and Volunteers Edward S. Kessell Mrs. Florann Kessell Shirley M. McDermott Mrs. Kristin D. Johnson Prmila and Harish Mital Ms. Vipul K. Garg Margo Hodge Ken and Diane Kohlfeld Milt and Charlotte Kupferer nM Barbara Weeiaiee Lee Reineri Rich and Monika Roberts Sam and Elaine Stipanovich th Vester Mrs. Kathy J. 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MO January 29 through March 27 | Admission: $5 (free for members) An eclectic mix of Maya-themed accents infuses this year’s lush tropical display of 800 blooming orchids from the Garden’s world-class ej $ J Fat ~ Q] "8 photo by Koraley Northen President’s Comment The year 2011 begins with great reason to be optimistic, as last year saw the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden cooperate to complete The Plant List, an online reference and checklist of the scientific names for all known plant species. The completion of that list was one of the 16 targets set by the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, adopted in 2002 to be completed by the end of 2010. Kew and the Garden reached that target ahead of schedule, with a whole two days to spare before the end of the year! After the global community unfortunately fell far short of reaching the vast majority of biodiversity conservation goals set for 2010, the United Nations has set its sights on the next 10 years as the Decade of Biodiversity. The goal is not just to slow the loss of biodiversity by 2020, but to halt it completely. This goal needs to be and 1s a major concern for the Garden, both in St. Louis and worldwide. The Global Partnership for Plant Conservation will hold its conference in August here at the Garden to plan priority tasks for plant conservation up to 2020. One of the targets for 2020 is an online flora of all known plants. The Garden expects to play a pivotal role in helping to achieve this target. We will build on The Plant List to create this vital new tool, helping to guide efforts to safeguard the planet’s biodiversity, based on having a comprehensive understanding of plant diversity. Discoveries of new plant species are an important part of the task too. Garden botanists recently published descriptions of eight new species found in Bolivia (see page 6). Of the more than 400,000 species believed to exist, there are still tens of thousands yet to be described. These plants were found in the Andes, a biological hot spot known for a tremendous diversity of species. The Garden has joined a partnership to study the impacts of climate change on that biodiversity, thanks to a generous grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (see page 7). Discoveries of many kinds await visitors to the Garden this spring, from the first appearance of snowdrops in March to our TREEmendous activities marking the United Nations International Year of Forests. In May, Chinese Culture Days returns to the Garden to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit with pageantry, arts, cuisine, and more. I look forward to seeing you about the groun Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, President Zs Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life. — mission of the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees Officers Chair Mr. Arnold W. Donald Vice Chairs Mr. W. Stephen Maritz Cheryl P. Morley ent Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson President Emeritus DraPetenieekavem Members Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger I Catherine B. Berges Mr. Daniel A. Burkhardt IL |), IEewae Sharon D. Fiehler ert R. Hermann, Jr. Mr. David M. Hollo Mr. David W. Kemper Mr. Charles E. ee Mr. Hal A. Kroeg: Carolyn W. Losos Mr. Eugene M. Toombs Ex Officio The Rev. Lawrence Biondi, SJ. The Hon. Charlie A. Dooley Dr. Thomas F. George Dr. Zelema Harris Mr. Benjamin H. Hulsey The Hon. Francis G. Slay The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith Mr. Richard T. Sullivan, Jr. Dr. Mark S. Wrighton Members Emeriti Mr. Clarence C. Barksdale Mr. John H. Biggs Mr. Stephen F. Brauer Mr. William H. T. Bush Mr. Bert D. Condie III Prof. Sir Peter R. Crane Spring 2011 Mr. L. B. Eckelkamp, Jr. Mr. M. Peter Fischer . Lopat: Mr. Douglas B. MacCarthy Mr. James S. McDonnell II Dr. Helen E. Nash Evelyn E. New Mr. William “i eee Je. Mr. Roy Pfautch Mabel r Mr. gic! F. Sansone, Sr. J F. Shaughnessy Smith ee ee r. O. Sage Tee Il Mrs. Raymond H. Wittcoff Honorary Trustees Dr. Surinder M. Sehgal bers’ Board Mrs. James E. Hullverson, President Ms. Carol ppenen Mrs. James G. Alfrir Mr Frederick H. eee Ill Miss Kristen Cornett Ms. Andrea Craig Mrs. Kenneth H. Crawford Mrs. ee R. Ge iscione Mrs. Clark D Mrs. ore 15, ee Mrs. Henry W. Dubinsky Mrs. Steven L. Finerty M M ns Mr. Michael C. Heim Mrs. Carl L. Hermann Mrs. Daniel H Mrs. James F. eee Mrs. M< . Hood im n ne =n © Q. i= o a io ‘sal a Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy Botanical den Subdistrict of fhe Metropolitan Zoological Park District Hos a Loveless rie M. W Roy Jere saline Siz Robert M. Williams, Jr. ais B. Zimmerman : 1 CAVISOTY Memvoer_rs: Willie They oo Francis Yueh What’s Inside... Bitterth, House: 5.050522 e093 Seen at the Garden ......... WT AO COS ene g-gn ie oe eae ee ata Ready to Go Electronic? The Bulletin is available as a downloadable PDF for viewing onscreen on your by sending an e-mail to membership@mobot.org. Let us know if you'd like to forego your paper subscription to save trees. You can also send an e-mail to membership@mobot.org if Q) Your name is misspelled Q) Your address is incorrect Q) You receive more than one copy Q) You no longer wish to receive the Bulletin On the Cover: Cherry blossoms in the Japanese Garden. Photo by Heather Marie Osborn. Credits Editor: Jeff Ricker Designer: Ellen Flesch ©2011 Missouri Botanical Garden The Bulletin is a benefit of Garden membership. The BULLETIN (ISSN 0026-6507) is published quarterly by the Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110. Periodicals postage paid at St. Louis, MO POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to Bulletin, Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166- 0299 Garden Hours The Garden is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except December 25. Outdoor walking hours begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday and Saturday General Admission $8 ($4 for residents of St. Louis City and County); children 12 and und receive free admission (based on level). er are free. Garden members Children’s Garden: $5 for children; adults admitted n.) Members’ children admitted free on Tuesdays. Open April through October. Contact Missouri Botanical Garden 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110 (314) 577-5100 * www.mobot.org free. ($3 for Garden members’ children Spring 2011 From Georgia to St. Louis A journey to the Caucasus to discover new ornamental plants. Little Shop, Big Impact Upscale resale demonstrates the value of recycling. ilk Costa Rican Conservation How a beetle can help save the forest. Sustainability Statement The Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin is printed on paper containing 100% post-consumer recycled content, that is, paper that you have placed in the recycle bin in your home or office this year. It is manufactured using wind power, a renewable energy source. We print locally, so there is no long-haul transportation, and we're Pelnvesting in our a, e work hard ¢ } } 1] Nard tO Choose sible paper around. So if you aren’t quite ready to go ae, electronic with our online version, you can still enjoy your paper Bulletin in good conscience. Once you've read it, please recycle. FSC Logo Here (Box FPO only) Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 3 In Memoriam Dr. Jai Nagarkatti 1947-2010 Jai Nagarkatti, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma- Aldrich Corp. and a member of the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees, died of a heart attack on Saturday, November 13. He was 63. Nagarkatti worked at Sigma-Aldrich for 34 years and spent the past four as President, chaiman, aud CEO, His colleagues describe him as someone intent upon using his vision and passion for chemistry and the life sciences to improve the quality of life. That vision and passion made him a natural fit for his service on the science and conservation committee of the Garden’s board, but his interest in the institution was more complex. His associates at the Garden say he also valued it as a beloved cultural attraction. He and wife Susan served in leadership positions in 2008 in presenting a successful and festive gala at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House. Nagarkatti also served on boards at Washington University in St. Louis ameapies st: Louis Science Center, He is survived by his wife Susan and daughter Shanti, as well as his father and brother. 1919-2010 Marian Herr, a loyal Garden friend for more than 80 years, died peacefully eusiniday, December 0 She was 91. Herr and her twin sister, Ethel, became regular Garden visitors when they were 8 years old. Their father, 4 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Ferdinand Herr, brought them in the 1920s and 1930s to a Garden that was dramatically different from the place they saw it become. In Marian’s words from a 2004 article, the “wonders never ceased” on those family outings. During the decades of growth she witnessed, she said one thing remained the same: “There was always something beautiful to see.” Marian and Ethel Herr became Garden volunteers in the 1980s. Ethel died in 2002, but Marian continued volunteering until 2008. The Herr sisters were members of thie*Garden's Hentace Society..and their gifts to the Garden included books donated to the library in memory of their father and a bench in the Strassenfest German Garden. Marian later dedicated a tree in Ethel’s memory. Since 2006, she had sponsored Gardenland Express. Marian also was generous to other cultural institutions in St. Louis, as well as New Hope Lutheran Church. Margaret Whitmire 1918-2010 Peg Whitmire, a woman committed to serving her community and passionate about native plants and gardening, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Sunday, December |Z she was oie The five-acre Whitmire Wildflower Garden at Shaw Nature Reserve was a gift to Peg on her 70th birthday from her husband, Blanton Whitmire. The couple committed another gift years later to assure the ongoing care of the Garden. The stunning beauty of the Whitmire Wildflower Garden quickly became a source of education and inspiration and positioned the Reserve as a leader in native plant horticulture. Spring 2011 Peg and Blanton Whitmire supported several other projects at Shaw Nature Reserve as well, including the restoration of wetlands, a lodge at the Dana Brown Overnight Center, and construction projects that improved experiences for Reserve visitors and simplified maintenance of the 2,400- acre landscape. Peg also supported Gateway Greening, which transforms vacant urban lots into gardens, and several education initiatives. She is survived by Blanton, daughter Catherine, son Richard, and three grandchildren. Ruwitch Peony Walk in the Japanese Garden Couple’s Affection Evident in Garden Gifts The late Joe Ruwitch and wife, Liz, loved the bright blooms of peonies. Their affection for the flower—and each other—is evident in the lovely line of peonies at the eastern edge of the Japanese Garden. Joe, who was a member of the Garden’s Board of Trustees, provided funding for the flowers as a gift to his wife. It was among many gifts the Ruwitches gave to the Garden and is indicative of their generosity in the St. Louis community. Liz, in memory of Joe, provided funding for the Garden for All, a space devoted to gardeners confined to a chair. The gift honored Joe’s love for gardening even when his health made it difficult. Liz says her parents’ civic generosity inspired her and her husband to become philanthropists. When her a photo by Leslie Wallace mother died, the couple honored her life with a stone lantern in Seiwa-en. Liz and Joe also taught their children the importance of giving. For the couple’s 50th anniversary, their children surprised them with a framed image of a peony they gave to the Garden during a celebration here. The painting hangs in Ridgway Visitor Center. Liz says she and Joe gave careful consideration to their charitable gifts, and encourages others to do the same. “Donors give to organizations whose work is meaningful to them,” she says. “We have always thought the Garden was one of the finest gardens any city could have.” Welcome, New Trustees The Garden welcomed two new trustees and a new emeritus trustee at its December board meeting. ‘Lelia J. Farr and Eugene M. Toombs were named trustees, and Dr. Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D. was named emeritus trustee. Lelia J. Farr is a graduate of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She also serves on , the friends board for the Saint Louis Art Museum, the board of directors for Dance St. Louis, and the board Gitienoate way | lave a ream’ Foundation. She and her husband, David N. Farr, chairman, president and chief executive of Emerson, serve in leadership capacities with a number of other nonprofit organizations in St. Louis. Emerson’s support of the Garden has included presenting sponsorship of the Chihuly exhibition in 2006, presenting sponsorship of the sesquicentennial celebration in 2009, and capital support for the renovation of the Ridgway Visitor Center. Eugene “Gene” M. Toombs is chairman and chief eek of MiTek , the world’s eee supplier of ee products and services for the building components industry. Toombs joined the Chesterfield- based company in 1989 and has been ehichexceutive since NO9S.and chairman since 2002. He serves on the boards of Junior Achievement, the YMCA of Greater St. Louis, and Talx Corporation. He and his wife joined the Garden’s Peter H. Raven Society in 2007, and MiTek has provided corporate sponsorship for a number of Garden events and exhibits. Toombs is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University and Harvard Business School. Dr. Mabel L. Purkerson, M.D. earned her bachelor’s degree from Erskine College and her medical degree from the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Purkerson was appointed to the Washington University faculty in 1961, appointed instructor of medicine in 1966, and advanced to assistant professor of medicine in 1967. She served as associate professor and professor of medicine before becoming PLOLessOn cmMemtainil Ss sch administrative appointments at the Washington University School of Medicine included associate dean for curriculum and associate dean for academic projects. Through membership support, tributes, event sponsorship, and grants from the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation, Purkerson has generously supported the renovation of the Linnean house and the Garden’s partnership in the Deer Creek Watershed Initiative. Spring 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Mike Lopata of Microgrid Energy discusses some of the maintenance aspects of the solar modules with Guy Dopmeyer, Mike Cotton, Ralph Stamm, and Dennis Strubberg of the Garden’s General Services staff. Solar Energy Grows at the Garden Thanks to the support of Express Scripts and an Ameren Missouri renewable energy rebate, a portion of the Missouri Botanical Garden’s Commerce Bank Center for Science Education’s power is being generated by solar photovoltaic energy. Visible while traveling east on Interstate 44, the 110 solar modules installed by Microgrid Energy will generate 25 kilowatts of power, equivalent to the power needs of four to six homes. The Center for Science Education, already one of the Garden’s most energy-efficient buildings, is the new home of the EarthWays Center and the headquarters of the U.S. Green Building Council—Missouri Gateway Chapter. The collectors will be tied to an educational display in the lobby where visitors can view real-time energy data and learn more about clean energy generated by the sun. photo by Jeff Ricker Ne@WS continued (— > * Inside the Tree House: Ann Florsek, Milt Villinger, Dean Teiber, Carol Pearlstone, Dave and Fran Thies; Ann Florsek Architect LLC, Villinger Construction Company, Teiber Construction Company, LLC, Thies Farm & Greenhouses Guest Exhibitors: ° A “Living” Room in a Garden: CHRISTNER Team— Rick Wimmer-Brown, Denise Buehrer, Ken REEMENdOUS Tap into ‘TREEmendous Events The Missouri Botanical Garden is celebrating the United Nations (U.N.) International Year of Forests with TREEmendous, a year of activities highlighting the real Hoernschemeyer, and Mick Schaefer * Houset+'Tree=PHI: CHRISTNER Team— Michael Antkowiak, Grace Corbin, Chris Montroy, Robin Ringwald, and Dan Rosenberg Extreme Tree Houses kicks off with the TREEmendous Forest Festival, from Saturday, April 30 to Sunday, May 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Presented by Macy’s, the weekend is full of expert-led tree tours, tree care clinics, hands-on workshops, a Canopy Climb and other family- friendly festivities. value of trees and the critical role they play in our lives. From Saturday, April 30 through Sunday, Aug. 21, the Extreme Tree Houses exhibition branches out from the ordinary notion of tree houses with non-traditional, ground-level structures focused on sustainability and fantasy. Each structure on public display is the winner of a juried design competition open to local designers, The TREEmendous! Interactive Discovery Center in the Brookings Interpretive Center features hands-on learning for all ages. Create artwork out of tree parts, share your favorite tree stories, test your tree IQ, dress up as a tree, architects, schools, studios, and individuals: ¢ Nomad Nest: Justin Rulo-Sabe and Theresa Hitchcock, Kansas City Art Institute * Reflection Tree house: Jacob Amador, Andrew Hustedde, Aaron Becker, Shaun Black, Ranken Technical College ¢ Amazing Rings: Meghan Lewis, David Adkin, Alvin Kong, Catherine Pyle, Washington University and more. Families are encouraged to drop in anytime from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily April 1 through January 3, 2012. Finally, with the TREEmendous Great St. Louis Tree Hunt, presented by Gamma Tree Experts, search the great outdoors for 30 marked trees throughout the metro region. ¢ Treehenge: Tom Wagner, Burns & McDonnell ¢ Sweet Gum Tree house: Terry Parnell, Chuck Long, Chris Malone, Levi Hausman, Roost Design Studio Find complete details at www.mobot.org/treemendous. ¢ A Treed Place of Play: Christopher Manzo, Manzo Architects Additional support for TREEmendous provided by Ameren Missouri. dj National Park and surrounding areas inventory of the park. The new located on the eastern slopes of the species will be made available for Andes in northern Bolivia. The new incorporation in the upcoming species were published in a recent Bolivian catalog of vascular plants. edition of the Missouri Botanical Some of the new species are only Garden journal Novon. found in very specific areas of the Garden scientists and colleagues National Park and surrounding areas from the National Herbarium and have been assigned a provisional in La Paz, Bolivia describe conservation status of “vulnerable” S. « Weberbauerocereus madidiensis is one of eight new species identified by Garden scientists in Bolivia. Garden Researchers Discover Eight New Species in Bolivia Botanists at the Missouri Botanical Garden have described eight new plant species collected in the Madidi 6 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Prestonia leco, Passiflora madidiana, Siphoneugena minima, Siphoneugena glabrata, Hydrocotyle apolobambensis, Weberbauerocereus madidiensis, Styloceras connatum, and Meriania horrida. All but one species, Siphoneugena glabrata, were collected as part of Proyecto Madidi (Project Madidi), a 10-year effort to inventory plant species in the National Park, educate graduate students, and conduct an ecological Spring 2011 following the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) guidelines. Others are more broadly distributed and clearly indicate that more is to be found. Dr. Peter Jorgensen, associate curator at the Missouri Botanical Garden considers the threat to the species to be limited if the protected areas are respected, but several places within the region are at risk of fragmentation as a result of photo by Donald Frisch the construction of new roads and the increase in cattle and farming activities. Since the start of the Madidi Project, botanists have identified about 132 new species, 32 of which have been published. Emerson Gift for Ridgway Visitor Center Renovation Thanks to a $3 million gift from Emerson, the Garden has begun renovations to the 28-year-old Ridgway Visitor Center. The renovations, which got under way January 17, will occur in phases starting with replacement of the Visitor Center’s barrel vault roof; which has become clouded by “fiber blooms,” has multiple leaks, and no insulation. The new roof will address these shortcomings, restore its appearance, and provide energy savings. Roof renovations are scheduled to be complete by the end of May. “Through this generous gift, Emerson is helping the Garden promote our mission and offer a truly outstanding experience for visitors, befitting a premier cultural attraction,” said Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, president of the Garden. The Bethesda Garden Club maintains four raised beds as well as numerous other spaces around the facility. Plants’ Healing Power The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Therapeutic Horticulture program made a difference beyond the Garden’s walls in 2010. At Siteman Cancer Center in West County, a new healing garden was installed, designed by the Lawrence Group in consultation with Therapeutic Horticulture, specifically with the needs of the patients, caregivers, and staff in mind. This serene outdoor space contains a variety of sensory plants in the winter garden, medicinal garden, bird and butterfly garden, dry creek, and pond. At the Bethesda-Dilworth senior living facility in Webster Groves, the Therapeutic Horticulture program worked with Bethesda’s Garden Club to create a year-round indoor/ outdoor gardening experience. The Garden Club, made up of residents and staff at Bethesda, uses four raised beds and numerous containers for its outdoor growing space. Indoor growing spaces include an attached sunroom, common areas, and Garden Club members’ rooms. Following the success of the program in 2010, it is being expanded to garden spaces throughout the grounds. Study to Examine Effects of Climate Change in Andes Plant scientists from the Missouri Botanical Garden will join the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research ([AI) and other partners to study the impacts of climate change on biodiversity in the tropical Andes. The project seeks to provide Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru with standard methodology for estimating local climate- change risks, which can advise future decision making, adaptation measures, and conservation planning. The IAI initiative has been awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant from tite |e lnm >and Cativerniies MacArthur Foundation. Climate, land use, and biodiversity will be examined in the Pacific slope of the Northern Andes between Colombia and Ecuador, as well as Spring 2011 the Amazonian slope of the Central Andes between Bolivia and Peru. Both areas are renowned for their exceptional species richness. The Andes is a biological hot spot where thousands of species are already in danger of extinction, said Dr. Peter Jorgensen, associate curator at the Garden. AmeriCorps volunteers take an orientation hike on their first day at Shaw Nature Reserve. AmeriCorps ‘Team Helps Out at Shaw Nature Reserve Shaw Nature Reserve got a helping hand dealing with several invasive species this fall when they were visited by a service team from AmeriCorps. The team of 10 young people from Denver, Colorado spent a full month at the Reserve working on numerous projects: ¢ Eliminating bush honeysuckle, privet, and other non-native shrubs on 25 acres along Brush Creek. * Gathering and processing nearly 100 pounds of native plant seeds for sowing in the shrub-cleared areas. ¢ Gathering firewood for the wood- fired radiant heating system at the Edgar Anderson Complex. ¢ Cleaning up trash in the Meramec River Bottomland Natural Area. ¢ Constructing benches and other furniture from local materials. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin yf Jason Delancey photos by Elecampe (ln ne or worse hed la helene) | From Georgia . i. wreath the 1032 , Kazbel est Peak (0 St. LOUIS by Jason Delaney ome people will go a long way to find the perfect plant. A lucky few will go halfway around the world. Late last summer, members of the Plant Collecting Collaborative (PCC) traveled to the Republic of Georgia for a field collecting assignment in the Caucasus Mountains. From the central capital of Tblisi, we explored much of the country’s southeastern region toward the Armenian and Azerbayani borders, north along the Russian Federation border, and throughout the country’s south-central corridor. In total, we made nearly 300 collections representing nearly 250 unique taxa. The process was not as simple as merely picking what we'd like, though. Our target list of desired plants was first reviewed and approved by governmental agricultural departments of both Georgia and the United States for their collection and import into the U.S. Certain internationally endangered and protected plants, such as Cyclamen and Galanthus bulbs, required special certificates from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species before they can be collected and removed from their country of origin. ed } Plants were al | “PeCinaens) . SO Collect, tation for -e ee eA as Aocuprey The list of plants to collect took into consideration many factors, including environmental conditions that might influence a plant’s success back in the US., unique and underused ornamental qualities, and threatened and endangered status. Potential for invasiveness is one of the most critical factors taken into consideration. Georgia was chosen due to its geographical location and extraordinarily diverse ecosystems, which provide much promise for plants that should grow well in the United States. Discovering plants of horticultural merit is the primary focus, but these expeditions also provide plants of other interest, such as medicinal, rare, endangered, and edible plants. Other benefits include germplasm of documented wild origin, newer forms of plants currently in cultivation, improved disease resistance or drought tolerance, and in some cases plants new to cultivation. Ultimately, these plants will be used for education, conservation, research, and display. They are shared within the PCC and often with other botanical gardens and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s germplasm repository. The expeditions also foster collaboration with institutions around the world. This improves scientific study and increases awareness of and understanding about plants and their communities. The seeds and bulbs collected last summer will ultimately be grown throughout Garden grounds, some as early as this summer. From a 2001 expedition to Georgia, many highly ornamental plants grace our collections: knapweed (Centaurea dealbata), yellow scabious (Cephalaria gigantea), and prickly comfrey (Symphytum asperum) flourish in the Bakewell Ottoman Garden; stone leek (Allium globosum), autumn crocus (Colchicum umbrosum), and autumn daffodil (Sternbergia lutea) provide late summer and autumn interest in the Heckman Bulb Garden; and nepeta (Nepeta grossheimii), poppy (Papaver oreophilum), pasque flower (Pulsatilla vulgaris), and sage (Salvia garedjii) in the Samuels Rock Garden demonstrate the far-reaching possibilities and ease of ornamentals growing in extreme situations. The future for the 2010 expedition looks just as colorful! Formed in 1992, the Plant Collecting Collaborative is a consortium of six major public gardens and arboreta, including the Missouri Botanical Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, The Holden Arboretum, New York Botanical Garden, The Morton Arboretum, and University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. The Collaborative combines institutional expertise in conservation, plant identification, propagation, horticulture, and scientific research to seek out and preserve wild-collected, ornamentally valuable plants for the future. A Biodiversity Hot Spot Georgia is one of six countries making up the Caucasus Mountain region, including Armenia, Azerbayan, Iran, Russia, and Turkey. The Greater and Lesser Caucasus mountain ranges run parallel through this region from northwest to southeast and create many different types of climate and vegetation. As a result, this area is one of the world’s biodiversity hot spots. Collectively, the region 1s home to 6,300 species of vascular plants, of which 2,800 are endemic—that is, found nowhere else on Earth. In October 2009, the Missouri Botanical Garden hosted an International Symposium on Plant Conservation in the Caucasus Region, where scientists from the region met to discuss cooperation to create a Caucasian Plant Red Book, including a list of the most endangered plants in the Caucasus Mountains. Though each country had its own list, a comprehensive regional list was still needed. Thanks to financial support from the Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund, the list will be published by the Missouri Botanical Garden this year. Without a list of endangered plant species, there is no scientific basis for conservation. “Plants know no borders,” said Garden associate curator Dr. ‘Tatyana Shulkina. 10 i i | = ered by Laure Hullverson M aybe you’re looking for a unique accent piece, accessories, or even an entire room of furniture. Whatever you’re 1n the market for, the Little Shop Around The Corner should be your first stop. The name 1s slightly misleading—it’s anything but little—but it is just around the corner from the Missouri Botanical Garden at Shaw and Vandeventer, and it houses some must-see items. Opened in 2004, the Little Shop is the brainchild of Garden Emeritus Trustee Evelyn Newman. It specializes in high-quality furniture as well as artwork, vintage jewelry, china, glassware, and other vintage items. The Little Shop takes recycling to a new level. The impressive inventory contains an eclectic mix of items from donations by individuals and families throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area. Cherished possessions that donors no longer need can find new life with someone searching for the perfect piece to complete their décor, or with another not-for-profit group within St. Louis. Donations of household and garden items are accepted on a piece, room, or whole-house basis. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin — Spring 2011 The inventory at the Little Shop Around The Corner, 4744 Castleman, comes from quality donations contributed by Garden members and the community. Mark Currington, supervisor of the Little Shop, evaluates all donations to determine which will be sold in the shop. A staff of two, along with 36 volunteers, assists Mark in cataloging and identifying pieces of historical value. Many volunteers have significant expertise and experience in the decorative arts and work diligently to research each donation and determine appropriate value and pricing. “Without the volunteers, we wouldn’t be here at all,” Mark says. Not every donation is destined for the sales floor. Items with specific historical value to St. Louis are offered to the appropriate organization to ensure that such items remain available to the general public. Scott Joplin and Campbell House museums, for example, have recetved notable contributions this way. Other items are set aside for donations to local groups, such as Habitat for Humanity, high school theater groups, children’s charities, St. Patrick’s Center, and even Beanie Babies are sent to the U.S. Army to hand out in Baghdad. On a recent trip to the shop, I discovered some amazing items that would make wonderful accent pieces. A wooden washing machine from 1861 (5) would be a unique end table in a family room, and a carved Indian head (1) could be the perfect piece for the top shelf in a two-story great room. Several other pieces would provide unique solutions to storage issues. For the kitchen, I found a fun retro “island” that would hold any number of items and provide extra counter space. Some other pieces would fit beautifully in a bedroom and provide wonderful and attractive storage. One is a Victorian shoe cabinet from the late 1800s/early 1900s (4), and the other is a carved English wardrobe (2) and matching desk. I also discovered the perfect “June Cleaver” dress (3) and, oh yes, some pearls to go with it. From beds to buffets, mirrors to mannequins, lamps to lithographs, the Little Shop has a fascinating array of items for your home and garden to be passed on: all in the name of recycling. Editor’s note: Laure Hullverson is an interior designer and the President of the Members’ Board of the Missouri Botanical Garden. onations to the Little Shop are a great way to help support the Garden’s mission, whether you're cleaning house, downsizing, or just making room for new treasures. Large estates or heavy items can be scheduled for pickup. All donations are tax deductible. For more information, please call (314) 577-0891. photos by Kim Bretz ‘ 5 Aig Le es se atet Sv = ait eS Ban 7 aka ote Shaw Nature Reserve aA ee ed ry ae Native Annuals by Cindy Gilberg Add Color to Home Gardens From left: Palafox (Palatoxia callosa) has a delicate appearance similar to baby’s breath. Polansia dodecandra is attractive to butterflies and hummingbird moths. The yellow to light orange blooms of western wallflower (Erysimum capitatum) complement several other plantings. Spring Wildflower Sale Saturday, May 7, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. $3 for nonmembers; free for members Pre-sale for members: Friday, May 6, 4 to 7:30 p.m. Hundreds of native annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees for home landscaping and wildlife habitat will be offered. In addition to less common plants from the Reserve, several regional nurseries will bring a wide array of plants ready for spring planting. Browse the largest selection of Missouri native plants and choose from a variety of plants for wet or dry soils, sunny or shady sites and a list that includes everything from Asters to Zizia. 1 2 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Ma annuals, and images of geraniums, petunias, and zinnias usually come to mind. Missouri’s native annuals are lesser known yet striking in their own right and merit attention. Despite their delicate appearance, these plants are quite hardy and well-adapted to our climate. The plants below come from Missouri’s upland prairie and rocky glade habitats. Plant trials in the Whitmire Wildflower Garden reveal how adaptable and showy these species are. Plains coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria) is very showy with bright yellow daisy flowers that sway in the summer wind. For this reason, this 3- to 4-foot-tall species is frequently included in prairie seed mixes and prairie gardens. Blue waxweed (Cuphea viscossisima) has diminutive magenta flowers throughout the summer. Cuphea, noted as a potential edible oil crop, is frequently mentioned as a medicinal plant. One of the showiest of our native plants is western wallflower (Erysimum capitatum). It blooms throughout spring into summer with fragrant, clear-yellow or light-orange flowers that complement rose verbena, blue wild indigo, and spiderworts. Technically a biennial, this 2- to 3-foot-tall species should be planted annually for a consistent display. Narrow-leaved sneezeweed (Helenium amarum) is robust and fine-textured with abundant lemon-yellow flowers. It grows to 15 inches and is useful for the front of gardens and containers. Delicate rose-lavender flowers grace palafox (Palafoxia callosa), giving it an airy appearance similar to baby’s breath. This late-summer bloomer grows 2 to 3 feet tall and is a great companion to late blooming natives such as asters. Polanisia dodecandra is a lovely annual that resembles its garden relative Cleome. Butterflies and hummingbird moths flock to its beautiful pale pink flower clusters. These are excellent choices for average to dry locations in the garden and in container gardens, as they perform well and hold their own through the heat of the summer. Plant in flowing masses or allow them to reseed and naturalize. Either way, a perpetual supply of native annual color in the garden is attainable with a minimum input of energy. Spring 2011 photos by Scott Woodbury SOPHIA M. SACHS BUTTERFLY HOUSE Merch MOrPHO mania Don’t miss this opportunity to immerse yourself among more than 3,000 blue morpho butterflies! Plus, learn about the forests that sustain these animals and a butterfly farming process that is helping preserve and protect native species in Costa Rica. Weekend events will include hands-on activities as well as opportunities to meet local chocolate and coftee vendors to learn about sustainable harvesting practices. Sponsorship support provided by Novus International, Inc. | = photo by Mark Deering JUST FOR MEMBERS: On Wednesday, March 16, members can enjoy a special entomologist-led tour offered on the hour from 11 am. to 2 p.m. Reservations required! Por more information visit www.butterflyhouse.org or call (636) 530-0076 ext. 10. See more than 3,000 blue morphos in flight. iS mite \ ‘Ga hs: Butt rfly House onservation projects at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House encompass much more than just butterflies and their critical impacts to native habitats. Even though they are undoubtedly well-known and loved, butterflies are not the largest group of insects. The largest class of insects 1s the Coleoptera, or beetles. The Butterfly House has been working with our Costa Rican conservation partner, El Bosque Nuevo, on a project to collect and rear Costa Rica’s largest beetle, Megasoma elephas. This beetle can reach 5 inches in length, and the horns on its head give it its local name of “Cornisuelo.” This project, initiated by the Butterfly House and the San Antonio Zoo, is being conducted in conjunction with the Ministry of Environment and Energy, El Bosque Nuevo, and the National Parks in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The goal is to attempt to determine population levels and to develop a breeding program for M. elephas and rear them through multiple generations at El Bosque Nuevo. Many of the offspring produced would be released in the area, with any excess animals sold for educational exhibits around the world. As they do with butterfly pupae, El Bosque Nuevo will use all profits from the sale of M. elephas to purchase land for the protected reserve, a safe haven for endemic plants and animals. The reserve, all of which has been purchased by proceeds from butterfly pupae sales, has grown from 120 hectares: (1h = 2.2 acres) to more than 600! Researchers Mark Deering of the Butterfly House and Martin Feather of the San Antonio Zoo made two trips in 2010 to attempt to capture adult beetles, search out suitable rearing materials, and prepare the farm for production. Butterfly House staff has made a commitment and will continue to work with El Bosque Nuevo on this project. Megasoma elephas is Costa Rica’s largest beetle, reaching up to 5 inches in length. Their population has been depleted by habitat destruction and logging of older trees. photos by Mark Deering Researchers use a collecting sheet to gather elephant beetles in the wild. A mercury vapor lamp gives off ultraviolet, which the insects attempt to navigate by, and end up circling to the sheet where they are collected. 19 Spring 2011 — Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Seen at the Garden Gardenland Express ven Members’ Premiere Tuesday, November 30, 2010 Over 500 members brought their families to a special nighttime viewing of the Garden’s annual holiday flower and train show. This year’s show highlighted the Appalachian Trail. photos by Kim Bretz and Josh Monken Roshelle Scott, Erin Miller, Meine Finnegant, and Tricia McNamara 2h ee Janet Krekeler, Carol Ann Jones, and Bonnie Morse * Bill and Coral James and Derick and Sally Driemeyer Gaurav, Vaishali, Anjali, and Pritee Shah \Y “fen i Hai Sows 2G =) = a Donna Donahue and Doris Cocos Joyce and Chas Daugherty, Jim O’ Ban = non and Ellie Chapman, Gilbert and Elizabeth Merritt Sue Oertli, Chuck Oertli, Rose Neher, and Bob Hansen Pam Swamey and Brad Oberle Orchid Show Members’ Premiere Thursday, January 27, 2011 Flora Maya, the 2011 Orchid Show, celebrates the famed Mayan Long Count calendar, which comes to an end in 2012. Over 500 members took in the lush display of 800 blooming orchids infused with an eclectic mix of Maya-themed accents. photos by Josh Monken Jan and Larry Wilson Bill and Mary Kay Denning photo by Brent Johnston T Y1 b Uu t CS October through December 2010 A tribute gift to the Garden is a wonderful way to honor family and friends. Tributes of $25 or more are listed in the Bulletin. If you have questions regarding giving opportunities at the Garden, please call (314) 577-0805. You can also make a tribute gift online at our website, In Honor of Mrs. Patricia L. Adams Ms. Jackie Juras Mrs. Marlyn Adderton Carolyn and Joseph Losos Mrs. Rhonda Anson Ms. Jackie Juras Dr. and ee Walter F. Ballinger Mr. and Mrs. Van-Lear Black HI Mr. and Mrs. William H.T. Bush Mr. and Mrs. John L. Gillis, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Lee M. Liberman Mr. and Mrs. Gary Barks Mr. and Mrs. Donald F. Boehm Mardee A. Beckman Ms. Millie Boschert Mrs. Carol C. Bitting Mrs. Audrey W. Otto Mr. Daniel C. Boeddeker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Sullivan, Jr. Mrs. Suzanne Breckenridge Mr. and Mrs. William Stern Charlotte, Polly and Elliott Deibe Ms. Margaret B. Cady Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Macon Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Scott II Mrs. Ann Case Clayton Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Case, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. and Mrs. Mr. Thomas J. Comer Jim Hoeferlin and Tom Sapp Mr. and Mrs. Parker B. Condie, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Richard J. George, Jr. Nicholas S. Kurten Robert P. Tschudy Robert A. Wood 16 hot => Ms. Evelyn E. Dennis Mr. and Mrs. David oo Ms. Marsha R. Den: Ms. Valerie L. ney Mrs. Irene Dieterich Ms. Jan Meyerho Ms. Diane Donovan Mrs. Jo Ellen Rosenkoetter Ellen Dubinsky Mrs. Diane Katzman Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Dubinsky Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Meyers Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Egart Mr. Phillip Egart Judy and Tom Evans Mrs. Anne M. Frohman Mr. Kenneth Fletcher Ms. M. Joyce Barnes Dr. and Mrs. William M. Fogarty, Jr. Ms. Kathryn Fogarty Mr. and Mrs. Gary A. 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Leslie G Mrs. Martha N. Simmons Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Liberman Dr. Oscar H. Soule Mrs. Sarah Kabat Nora Stern Mrs. Diane Katzman Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. een ern Mr. and Mrs. James S. McDonnell III and Mrs. Harold M. ie Sr. Mr. — E. Welzbac Joan and John Switzer Sarah and Matthew Switzer Mrs. Val Terry Mr. and Mrs. William H.T. Bush Mr. and Mrs. Jean een Carnal Mr. and Mrs. Jules ass Dr. M. Bryant Thompson Dr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Bowen, i and Mrs. Frederick C. W' Mr. and Mrs. eas K. Wallace Mrs. ae Oks Mrs. Ann Duvall Wyatt Mr. and Mrs. J. Bruce Duvall Dr. Peter S. Wyse Jackson Mr. and Mrs. David C. Sauerhoff In Memory of Dr. Grace Bergner Abrams Barry and Janet Krantz sii Joan eae Abelson s. Mary Ann Agnes Adams Ms. Vivian Farrell Spring 2011 Mr. Dennis W. Arnold Mr. Richard Poeling Dr. Andrew R. Baldassare ag Book Ladies r. and Mrs. James R. Wiant Mrs. Anne Desloge Bates Ms. Clara H. von Gontard Steinlage Matthew soe Bazoian Mrs. Beatrice Bazou . Paul J. Belko .and Mrs. Richard Ruecker Mr. Ronald J. Bennett Mrs. Alijda Barendregt Ms. Theresa G. ie en oe ee Mr. een Rohd udith Woehrle oe B. Boedefeld Ms. Nancy S. Swoboda Mrs. Rachel L. Bowen Mrs. Donna M. Makley Mrs. Maria M. Brennan Mrs. Carl W. Sippel Mrs. Anna Komen Brick Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Schreiber Mrs. Tobie Broderson Mr. and Mrs. Philip Heckmann Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd A. Palans t W. ee Chuck Corpening Me Brenda Foeine Mr. and Mrs. David J. Hoag Mr. and Mrs. Andros ence id angru r. Marvin J. Seibel oo eee Byr d Mrs. George J. eoee Mary Lee ana Campbell Mrs. Martha Mrs. Anita Louise Cassilly r. and Mrs. Daniel L. Gravens Mr. Carl H. Holekamp, Jr Ms. Marcy Molzan Red Schoolhouse Ladies Mr. Steve Ribaudo Mr. and Mrs. ones Rolfsmeyer Mr. Mrs. t' Mrs. Ellen Wildgen Mrs. Antoinette Dashman Mrs. Barbara Brinker as ees Delev d Mrs. Ro whe E. ee r. Teruo “Ted” Doi Mrs. ie Campbell Terry S. Doi Mr. and Mrs. aes aurea Federal I Mrs. Yoshiko P. Hasegawa and s. Mina Hartong Mr. eee J. Jones King & Spalding Mr. Scott Drake Cathy and Alex Lee Mr. Fred Eastabrook Ms. Kathlene R. Warner Mary Edward Ms. Vivian Farrell Mr. Howard ens Ms. Kathlene R. Mrs. Justine Gordon iseman Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mrs. Barbara Evans North Highland r. and Mrs. Rick Schaffer Rosemary Falk Mr. Donald J. Falk James and Farrell Ms. ae Farr Mr. han M. Frick Markwell Jennifer Windmiller Mr. Harvey A. Friedman Mrs. Elinor S. Eidelman Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Korte Mrs. Mary Ann Genail Mr. and Mrs. Jim Salih Mr. Bernard O. Gerchen Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Putzel and Mrs. Gerald Gerfen Mr. ee Mrs. Sheldon Weinstein Mrs. Paula M. Giardano Mr. and Mrs. Allan J. Ross Mr. John E. Gould r. and Mrs. Daniel L. Gravens Hattie C. Grant-Simmons Kim Grb Thomas and Victoria Manthei Mr. Randall Gratop Mr. and Mrs. James Kim Poley Mrs. Carole Green Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Dorton Grbac Mr. Eugene Grosso Dr. Carole A. Vogler Mr. Robert Edward Grote, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John C. McPheeters eas Ruby M. Gwillim r. and Mrs. Jerry J. Gwillim Mr. Donald Wayne oe Mr. and Mrs. David San Mrs. Martha H. Hardin Mrs. Rosemary R. Dreyer Paul and Lois Heinema Mr. and Mrs. Corey Kilkelly photo by Brent Johnston Mrs. Cleo J. Heinrich Mr. and Mrs. — Bennetsen Kris Conan — Grunik a Laurie Twitty Mr. and Mrs. Roy C. Postel Miss Marian Louise Herr Ms. Jackie Juras Dr. and Mrs. George E. Mendelsohn Mrs. Sue Oertli Mr. Earl E. Heusler Mrs. Dorothy P. Russo Mrs. Sydney M. Heuvelman H. Glenn and Ted Funkhouser r. Tom Hiegel Mrs. Barbara L. Kilpatrick Mr. Robert H. Hoff Harlan and Ann Beckemeyer Mr. and Mrs. Gerald H. Bradley e . Jos ph T. Gamewell Mr. William T. Gamewell Mr. and Mrs. James ~ Gender Mr. Lester H. Krone Ms. Margaret Lashley Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Mathieu Mr. and Mrs. DePaul W. Smit Subhija Huski Jan Simons and Charles Raiser Mr. Mike Johnson Ms. Judy Johnson Mr. David A. Katz Ms. Nancy D. Linn Mr. Frederick Kienker Mr. paar Burke a ee aa Thao ars 33rd Floor Ms. ees K. Thorp Mrs. Jeanne oe Jerry and Susan Albe gormanieen Koshner Mrs. Karen K. I Mrs. Loretta Kraft Dr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Bowen, Jr. John Duncan Kriegshauser Ms. Clara H. von Gontard Steinlage Peggy Lange Ms. Jackie Juras . Madeline Lewis me cares Mrs. Doris Harris Lichtenstein Mr. and Mrs. Don Mitchell Ms. Donna K. Richards Mrs. Gail Lieberman Dr. Anne L. Draznin Mrs. Celeste Chambers ipscom Mrs. Sherrill A. Boardman Mr. and Mrs. H. Pharr Brightman Mr. and Mrs. William H.T. Bush C. A. Case, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elliott, Jr. Mrs. Clinton W. Lane, Jr. Mr. J. Thomas MacMahon Mr. and Mrs. Lansden McCandless, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Quenon Mr. and Mrs. Bee K. Wallace, Jr. Sharon Loewenstein Matthew and Jennifer Jacobs Mrs. Sandra Lee Manzo Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Buschart Ms. Helen M. Marx Ms. Judy Dirkers Ms. Susan Kashubeck-West Rey. Rickey J. Valleroy Donna Maschmeyer Sean and Sally Madden Mrs. Elizabeth O. McCarthy Elizabeth Bassett and John A. Pane Mr. Ed S. Funsten, Jr. Mrs. aaa Punsten Mr. and Mrs. William N. Kelley Mr. and ie William Ross Susan S. Mcdonald Mr. and Mrs. Steven Bain Ms. Ann T. Egge t Jan Simons and Charles Raiser . Ruth — Meyer ie as Miss Rebecca e ce Mrs. Sall Meyer Mrs. Marcia J. Brackman Mrs. Betty M. — i heey: L. Con: and Mrs. oad B. Rosenthal es Lucy L. es Mrs. Rhon Sidney oe Steven Stone and eremy Salavatori Dr. and Mrs. Dewey Lee Millay Mr. and Mrs. Bill Koester Mrs. Gloria Mills Dr. Lynn Krause an Mrs. Mary Jane Krause Mr. Edward B. oe Jr. Mrs. Martha McAliste Mrs. Lucy Mueller ra bert Fulstone Mrs. Ruth igan Dr. Godfrey Bourne and r. Carol B Mr. nea n Emde Dr. and Mrs. Daniel T. Fagan fer oa He Mr. Edward Higgins Mr. and Mrs. Jerome I. Kaskowitz Li s. Jane Carolyn and Joseph Losos Mr. and Mrs. Kirk A. Richter Spring 2011 Jack and Maura Senneff Mr. Fred A. Shaffstall Mr. Joseph Shaughnessy Mr. Robert Stewart Mr. Joshua Toothman Ms. Ming Zu Ms. Hortense S. Nemnich Mrs. Sharon Fruit Mrs. Jeanette Neuner Mott Mrs. Courtney ia Obata Mrs. Lilly Ann Abra’ Mrs. Marcia Orlic Mr. and Mrs. Sues Crawford Herman and Hermine otthast Ms. Susan Casaleggi Mr. and Mrs. M Mrs. Stel M: ike Underriner la Poynter rs. Alijda Barendregt Mrs. Neva C. Quest Mr. Donald R. Quest Mrs. Kay Reber r. and Mrs. Leonard J. Guarraia Shale M. Rifkin r. and Mrs. Stanley London Mrs. Gloria B. Ringkamp Mr. and Mrs. on H. Ringkamp Summer Ridge Condominium — Wacoal Americ: Mr. Carl F. Ritchie Mr. and Mrs. Manuel S. Sherberg Mr. H. William Robert Mrs. H. William Robert Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Mr. H. S. Taylor Rodgers ssa a Nurserymen’s Cooper. Mrs. Ruth Donnell i Twenty Five Gardeners o Lennis Rufer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Butcher Mrs. Lisa M. Ruffin Mrs. Linda A. Lambert Mrs. Dorothea Sauer Mr. and Mrs. Albert Harrison Mr. Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr. Mr. Fred J. Schmidt Thomas Sanger and Cheryl Wittenauer rs. Lilly Lenore Schmitz Ms. Michelle Barron Eric and Ruthie Lane Father : Evie Schucart Mrs. Pat Sargeant ne, George Schuengel Mrs. Mary Geis Mr. Terry Kaempfe ny-TFM Group ela K. Suemnicht Monsanto Compa: Mrs. Pam Mrs. Dorothea (Dorle) chwarz Egon, Rudy, Caro, and Gabi Mr. Herb Schweiger Mr. and Mrs. Roger H. Volk Mr. Delos Sebaugh Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Schaper Mrs. Marilyn Seltzer n Aach ein Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. Feinstein Ms. Linda Galkowski Susan Hall and the Creve Coeur Counseling Group Create lecacy, Leaving a bequest to the Garden creates a legacy that will benefit others for generations to come. If you have already included the Garden in your estate plans, we hope that you will share this information with us. We would like to express our gratitude and welcome you into the Heritage Society. Of course, your wishes for anonymity are respected. Please call (314) 577-9495 for further information, or visit our website at www.mobot.org. Click on Donate, then Planned Giving. i] photo by Brent Johnston Ms. Jenny Harris Mr. Michael R. Harris Joan and Bill Marion Medical Staff Office of Missouri Baptist Medical Cer M a © a di. oO 3 r. and aniel acer Mrs. Deck eee Mrs. Joanna ee r. William H. Sheffield Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Kranzberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kresko Mr. Ron Shephard Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Shaver Mrs. Katherine Smith Mr. and Mrs. Eric Sedgwick Nancy Morrill Smith Mrs. Flnienes illiam H. era rs. Margaret Sperotto Mr. and Mrs. William Schrader Mr. and Mrs. Michael Stevens Mr. Alois pees Mr. and Mrs. Jim Salih ne P. T oe Dr. Lewis J. Thomas, Jr. Lewis J. and Patricia C. Thomas III Mr. Herbert A. Throm, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. George J. Solovic r. William = —— Mrs. Carolyn M. Mr. Robert L. Vallow Mr. and Mrs. Jerry J. Gwillim Mr. Leo Vohsen Tiffany Wohlstadter and the TASK Group a George E. Walsh and Mrs. Irwin V. Kuehling Mrs. Maria Wang Dr. and Mrs. Philip L. Huddleston Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Waters Ms. Anne M. Waters Mrs. iets Adair Gunn Wei nn Anne M. Me ae Mr. and Mrs. Charles Weinstein Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Weinstein Mrs. Reba Faye Weis Patty and Ethelyn Boddy rakefiel Ms. imei Carnahan Mr. and Mrs. Bart O. Coleman, Jr. M Carol and Edie Wells d Mrs. Howard A. Wittner Mr. George M. White Nancy Welton and George Lisle Mrs. Margaret S. hitmire Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Barnidge, Jr. Dr. William H. Danforth Mrs. Ann L. Dempsey Mr. Paul M. Denk Mrs. Vicki a am H. Hunsicker ° . McCallie Mr. and Mrs. John C. McPheeters Dr. Jerry Miller Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Nellums Mrs. Sar Toole David and Cecelia Ulmer Ms. Julia J. Wolter Tom Wille Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Haddix Mrs. Mary Ellen M. Witzofsky Meghan Goode and Peter Fisher Mrs. Mary C. Wright Mr. Norbert R. Wright Mrs. Mary G. Zorensk Mr. and Mrs. Richard Halpern y—M@\| Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House Z\ Tributes & Pavers To learn more about these opportunities, call (314) 577-0291 or visit www.butterflyhouse.org. Tributes and Pavers dedicated at the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, October through December 2010. Tributes In Honor of Bob and Lois Estes Mr. Richard Estes Mrs. Evelyn Newman Mr. and Mrs. Philip H Loughlin HI Ms. Robert Schilling Patrick Dowd and Leslie Hammond In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Walter ammarata Mr. and Mrs. Wally Cammarata Margaret (Peggy) angra Parkway Middle School Literary coaches r. and Mrs. Melvin J. Leiendecker Mr. and Mrs. Wally Cammarata Carson Lee Mann Mr. Phil Galante Pavers Tyler A. Brody Mr. and Mrs. Bret W. Brody Goldie Dembo Dr. and Mrs. Philip B. Dembo William H. Ellstrom Mrs. Patricia Reisinger Maximilian C. Fox Mr. and Mrs. Charles D’Arcy Fox ee Se oe orge and Mrs. Charles Arcy Fox Kathleen O’Connell The Third Grade Class of St. Justin the Martyr Eden Grace Robinson Mr. and Mrs. David Bird Natasha Rubenstein Dr. Beverly J. Field Evelyn pee Smith Mrs. Diane O Lori and Bo Swearingen Ms. Judith A. Rosen Signature Bronze Bricks 2 ggs Mrs. Dorothy M. Anderman s. Taffy Arey Ms. Elaine Baker Mrs. Helen Baldridge Mr. and M Ms. Susan K. Beg Mr. Robert B. Fri M s. Carla D. Mr. and Mrs. nas D. Hines 18 rs. i Beggs Mrs. Jean M. Leonhardt Mr. and Mrs. Gerald M. Riscoe Mr. and Mrs. William F. Springer Mr. and Mrs. Douglas H. Wilton aden Grav and Mrs. Daniel L. Gravens Sharol L. Rice Mr. William J. Rice, Jr. Harry and Frances Weier Mr. and Mrs. G. William Weier Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Members’ Entry Court Bricks dedicated at the Garden, October through December 2010. Engraved clay bricks and bronze bricks are a wonderful way to commemorate any special occasion, as well as final memorials. Por additional information regarding the Garden’s brick program, please contact the Institutional Advancement Office at (314) 577-0291 or visit www.mobot.org. Engraved Clay Bricks Clarence and Dorothy Behrens Mr. David F. Behrens Lucy Allen Bond Eleanore Patton Mr. and Mrs. Mike Patton Faye Elaine Crowley Mr. J. Matthew Crowley Spring 2011 Lois V. Dailey Ms. Maureen L. Dailey John Larry Ebel Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Ebel Paula M. Giardano Mr. Vincent J. Giardano Gary R. Gilmour Ms. Maureen L. Dailey Eileen T. Hahn Mrs. Patricia S. Larson Lyman E. Henson Mrs. Leslie A. Henson Tom and Kim Korytowski Ms. Amy Matsui Mary D. Lamb Glenn P. Lamb Dr. and Mrs. James R. Criscione Marguerite Notorangelo Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Garrett Stephen J. Provaznik Mr. and Mrs. Leo A. Ebe Susan H. Rumer Ms. Shirley H. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Beck Miss Cindy Behrens Ms. Anna Belveal and Mr. David Ackerman Mr. and Mrs. Erwin H. Epstein oria A. Ms. Betty A. Phillips Sister Joanne and Carol Reuter dra Rodney r. and Mrs. Donald M. Russell Gregory Lee Stewart Mrs. Harriet Stewart Tower Grove House Auxiliary Tower Grove House Auxiliary J. C. Kampgrounds of America, Inc. Roger and Lucy Willis Mr. and Mrs. Roger Willis photo by Kate Lawless Deals The Garden is buzzing with activity! Spring planting and pollination will bring about sweet rewards. Visit the Garden Gate Shop for a ereat selection of gifts and gardening essentials. Garden members always receive a discount. 4 4 | LIQUID GOLD | IN PU faa | AND VAN Story Time Returns! Join us for story time and receive 10% off the featured books each month. Gather around the sofa in the adult book area at 10 a.m. to hear stories from the following great books: March 5: Environmental Children’s Classics The Lorax by Dr. Seuss and The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton April 2: Tree stories, such as Tom’s Tree by Gillian Shields and Gemma Raynor May 7: Bee stories, New York Times Bestseller Bee & Me by Elle J. McGuinness and Heather Brown Spring 2011 — Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin | 9 Just for Members New Member Orientation Saturday, March 26, noon, Shoenberg Theater Learn about all the benefits of Garden membership. Free for Garden members and their guests. (314) 577-5118. Eggstravaganza Saturday, April 16, 10 a.m. to noon, Climatron lawn Bring your cameras, camcorders, kids, and grandkids to this “eggsellent” event. Reservations required; (314) 577-9570 or www.mobot.org/ membership. Children 2-10 $5. For more information call (314) 577-5154. Herb Gardening Thursday, April 28, 11 a.m., Shoenberg Theater Members of the St. Louis Herb Society share best practices for growing herbs. Don’t miss the Herb Society Show and Sale in Orthwein Floral Display Hall. Bird Watching Thursday, May 5, 7:30 a.m., Shaw Nature Reserve, Whitmire Wildflower Garden Join bird watching experts during the peak of spring migration for a chance to see some of the most beautiful birds Missouri has to offer. Chinese Culture Days Saturday and Sunday, May 21—22, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sponsorship support provided by Novus International, Inc. Orchid Show Through Sunday, March 27 Open Mondays—Fridays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (last weekday entry at 2 p.m.), Saturdays and Sundays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission: $5 plus Garden admission; free for members and children ages 12 and under. The Maya Long Count calendar doesn’t reach its end until 2012, but this year’s Orchid Show, infused with a mix of Maya-themed accents, comes to a close March 27. Step into this lush display of up to 800 blooming orchids today! Information: www.mobot.org/events/ orchidshow; (314) 577-5100. Sponsorship support provided by Northern Trust Bank. Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden Reopens for the Season Saturday, April 2 and Sunday, April 3 Presented by Macy’s Join us in waking up the Children’s Garden for spring with fun activities from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Make a craft, shake hands with mascot Finn, and pot a plant to take home. The Children’s Garden is open April 1 through October 31 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. $5 per child; adults included with general Garden admission. Wicked Bugs talk and book signin April 30, 11 a.m., Shoenberg Theater New York Times bestselling author Amy Stewart takes a comic look at the sinister side of our relationship with the insect This annual celebration features a Grand Parade with 70-foot dancing dragon, martial arts, Chinese calligraphy, painting, and authentic regional cuisine. Enjoy t’ai chi and tea tasting in the Grigg Nanjing Friendship Garden, where special tours focus on the symbolism of many plant species and architectural details. Admission: $12 adults (13-64), $10 seniors (65+), $5 children (3-12), $5 members. Buy tickets in advance at www.mobot.org. world. Her latest book, Wicked Bugs, comes out this May. Take a Shot! Kids Photo Contest Through July 15, Shaw Nature Reserve Budding young photographers and nature lovers, ages 14 and under, are eligible to enter this photo contest co-sponsored by the Missouri Nature and Environmental Photographers and the Shaw Nature Reserve. The contest has four nature- related categories with three winners in each. All photos must be taken at the Shaw Nature Reserve between April 1 and July 15. For complete contest rules and an entry form, visit www.shawnature.org. Save the Dates! St. Louis Garden Tour 2011 Sunday, June 12, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mark your calendar! Every three years the Missouri Botanical Garden hosts a tour of the most spectacular private gardens in the St. Louis area. Reservations required. For information call (314) 577-5181 or visit www.mobot.org. 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Box 299 * St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 ST. LOUIS, MO Chine Se Culture D ayS This annual celebration features a Grand Parade with 70-foot dancing dragon, martial arts, Chinese Saturday and Sunday, May 21-22 calligraphy, painting, and authentic regional cuisine. Sponsorship support provided by Novus International, Inc. Visit www.mobot.org for more information. mobot.org www. f3 Vol. 99; No. 3 é v : Summer 2011 ) i l. ‘ < Ri 4 7 ee OURI Ko é = 1 M1 B. ® ® photo by Koraley Northen President’s Comment All winter I have looked forward to experiencing my first spring at the Missouri Botanical Garden, and it has certainly not disappointed. We could all have done without the tornadoes. Spring may be an exciting time at the Garden, but that kind of excitement we will be happy to do without. The Garden was spared major damage, for which we are all very thankful. The seasonal reopening of the Children’s Garden, Terrace Café, and Tower Grove House, as well as the resumption of tram tours, were accompanied by a spectacular display of spring flowering bulbs and the commencement of our TREEmendous schedule of activities celebrating the United Nations International Year of Forests This spring we also celebrated the four-decade legacy of the Garden’s president emeritus, Dr. Peter Raven, when the Board of Trustees dedicated and renamed the Garden’s library in his honor (see page 14). It is fitting that a botanical library recognized as one of the most important in the world should be named after the man who has been such an inspirational leader for the last four decades. Sustainability informs all of our practices, and we continually seek to reduce our own environmental impact. We are expanding our composting program, our cafe is repackaging boxed lunches to be 100% compostable, and we are installing more water bottle filling stations throughout the Garden with an eye toward eliminating disposable plastic bottled water. The Garden is so much more than the 79 acres of conservatories and horticultural displays in the city, or the nearly 2,500 acres of plant habitats at our Shaw Nature Reserve. Garden scientists conduct research in dozens of countries worldwide. Our members and volunteers take the message of the importance of plants to the wider public. Great examples of our valuable conservation work are the Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development’s studies in central Tennessee (see page 8). All of these contribute to achieving the United Nations’ Global Strategy for Plant Conservation, an important responsibility adopted by the Garden. We are formulating a new strategic plan for the Shaw Nature Reserve that will link the Reserve even more closely with the Garden and capitalize on its unique features to solidify contributions to the global strategy. Botanical gardens play a leading role in safeguarding our planet’s biodiversity. This September, I’ll give a talk exclusively for our Garden members on Botanical Gardens and Plant Conservation. We’ll meet in Shoenberg Theater at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, September 20. I do hope you'll come. Dye. coal Jackson, President Zs Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life. — mission of the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees Officers Chair Mr. Arnold W. Donald Vice Chairs Mr. W. Stephen Maritz Cheryl P. Morley lent Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson President Emeritus Dr. Peter H. Raven Members Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger II Catherine B. Berges Mr. Daniel A. Burkhardt ILA |), [Fewae Sharon D. Fiehler r. Robert R. Hermann, Jr. Mr. David M. Hollo Mr. David W. Kemper an Charles E. Kopman Hal A. Kroeger ¢ eee W. Losos Mr. Eugene M. Toombs Ex Officio The Rev. Lawrence Biondi, SJ. The Hon. Charlie A. Dooley Dr. Thomas F. George Dr. Zelema Harris Mr. Benjamin H. Hulsey The Hon. Francis G. Slay The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith Mr. Richard T. Sullivan, Jr. Dr. Mark S. Wrighton Members Emeriti Mr. Clarence C. Barksdale Mr. John H. Biggs Mr. Stephen F. Brauer Mr. William H. T. Bush Mr. Bert D. Condie II Prof. Sir Peter R. Crane Summer 2011 Mr. L. B. Eckelkamp, Jr. . Lopat: Mr. Douglas B. MacCarthy Mr. James S. McDonnell Il Dr. Helen E. Nash Evelyn E. Newman Mr. William R. Orthwein, Jr. Mr. Roy Pfautch Dr. Mabel L. Purkerson Mrs. Lucianna Gladney Ross Mr. Anthony F. Sansone, Sr. Mr. Joseph F . Srenginnessy Mr. Robert B. Smith M te i ON Sace adie Il Mrs. Raymond H. Wittcoff Honorary Trustees Dr. Surinder M. Sehgal mbers’ Board re Ve E. Hullverson, President Ms. Carol Agatstein Ms. hee Craig Mr. Michael a Heim Mrs. Carl L. Hermann Mrs. Daniel Herren Mrs. James F. Hoffmeister Mrs. Mark E. Hood Mrs. Rick Jennings and sie Ms. Kathleen Smith Ms. Cel r Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy Botanical den Subdistrict of the Metropolitan eee Park m Dis rie M. W Roy ene X Wii Sr. Rob ms, Jr. ale ary oe Zimmerman N N-V ting advi Ty members: Willie J. Meadows Janice M. Nelson mes H. Yemm Francis Yueh What’s Inside... Bitter; Homes 2 ce 544 sees e Seen at the Garden ......... OD OCS: wastage rs goatee aces Ready to Go Electronic? The Bulletin is available as a downloadable PDF for viewing onscreen on your computer. Sign up for the new online version by sending an e-mail to membership@mobot.org. Let us know if you’d like to forego your paper subscription to save trees. You can also send an e-mail to membership@mobot.org if: Q) Vv a i lla A Q) Your address is incorrect QL) You receive more than one copy Q) You no longer wish to receive the Bulletin On the Cover: Sassafras grove in the Mausoleum grounds. Photo by Paul Straatmann. ©2011 Missouri Botanical Garden The Bulletin is a benefit of Garden membership. The BULLETIN (ISSN 0026-6507) is aes a by the Missouri anical Garden, 4344 Shaw Blvd., ae MO oa Periodicals postage paid at St. Louis, MO POSTMASTER: Please send address changes ical Garden to Bulletin, Missouri Botani P.O. Box 299, St. Louis, MO 63166- 0299 Garden Hours The Garden is 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day except December Outdoor walking . begin at 7 a.m. Wednesday and Saturday. General Admission 8 ($4 for residents of St. Louis City and County); children 12 and under are free. Garden members receive free admission (based on level). Children’s Garden: $5 for children; adults admitted free. ($3 for Garden members’ children.) Members’ children admitted free on Tuesdays. Open April through October Contact Missouri Botanical Garden 4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110 (314) 577-5100 * www.mobot.org Summer 2011 Midwest Conservation The CCSD is saving endangered plants worldwide and in our own backyard. 10-11 The Family Tree Make connections with lasting roots. ills, Let It Rain, Garden Landscaping to help storm water management. Sustainability Statement The Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin is printed n paper containing 100% post-consumer recycled content, that is, paper that you might have placed in the recycle bin in your home or office this year. It is manufactured using wind power, a renewable energy source. We print locally, so there is no long-haul transportation, and we’re penne in our community. We work Le ose ly responsible paper around. So if you aren’t quite ready to go completely electronic with our online version, you can still enjoy your paper Bulletin in good conscience. Once you've read it, please recycle. FSC Logo Here (Box FPO only) Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 3 photo by Benjamin Staver Linnean House Reopens The Linnean House, the oldest greenhouse in continuous operation west of the Mississippi River, has reopened after a more than 10-month, $1.5 million renovation that includes a new all-glass roof, repairs to doors, windows, and brickwork, and an in-ground heating system. The renovations were made possible by a generous gift from the Mabel Dorn Reeder Foundation; Dr. Mabel L. Purkerson, Trustee; and the estate of Mr. Downing Jenks. Built in 1882, the Linnean House has mainly served as a home for the Garden’s camellia collection since the 1930s. The renovation also restores a portion of the conservatory to its original function as an Orangery to overwinter citrus Gees. palms, and ferns. During renovations, the camellias were removed and stored temporarily at a greenhouse in Ste. Genevieve, Mo. The collection has returned along with pink jasmine vines (Jasminum polyanthemum) and the fragrant olive trees (Osmanthus fragrans). 4 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin The renovation to the Linnean House included an all new glass roof and in-ground heating system. w N Nigel Mooney Encore Jazz fans who didn’t get enough of Nigel Mooney at the Whitaker Music Festival on June 29 won’t want to miss an exclusive encore performance and wine tasting on Thursday, June 30. Sponsored by Schnuck Markets, Inc., the event takes place at 6 p.m. in the Ridgway Visitor Center. Enjoy a champagne reception prior to a 6:30 p.m. performance by Mooney, followed by fine wine and food pairings under the stars. Nigel Mooney is widely regarded as Ireland’s leading jazz singer and guitarist. A charismatic figure on the Dublin jazz and blues scenes since the early 1980s, his Gripewater Blues Band spearheaded the blues Summer 2011 movement in Ireland and drew many fans of both jazz and the blues. The Dublin native’s first album, “All My Love’s In Vain” (Rubyworks), was released in 2005 to critical acclaim and has become one of Ireland’s highest selling albums by a jazz artist. Tickets are $100 per person. Proceeds from the event will support the Garden’s annual Henry Shaw Fund appeal. For reservations, please call (314) 577-9500 or email heidi.dowgwillo@mobot.org. In Memoriam Nancy Morrill Smith 1918-2010 Nancy Morrill Smith, a longtime friend of the Missouri Botanical Garden and wife of the late Garden Trustee and Board Chairman Robert Brookings Smith, died Monday, December 27, 2010. She was 92. The couple encouraged and supported a renaissance of the Garden during an era in which public interest had waned. Among projects to which they contributed were construction of the Climatron®, which was built in 1959 during Mr. Smith’s term as chairman, and later the Brookings Interpretive Center. Nancy Smith and her husband also were generous to several other St. Louis organizations, including Washington University, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, and Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School. Mrs. Smith is survived by daughter Sally Smith Duffield (Alexander), grandson Brian Brookings Romanski, and sister-in-law Irene Randolph Morrill. She is preceded in death by her husband and a daughter, Susan Smith Romanski. Andrew Wyatt Named VP of Horticulture The Missouri Botanical Garden has named Andrew Wyatt vice president of Horticulture. ivan Wyatt’s experience spans nearly two decades as a leader in both living collections and botanical garden management. “Tt is an honor to join a botanic garden that has had such a profoundly positive impact on conservation, research, and education at the international, national, and lealslevel, Wyatt said, ] am very much looking forward to helping the Missouri Botanical Garden continue its success in the future.” Originally from Oxford, England, -Wyatt has spent the past several years at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden in California, most recently asimterim director. Prior to that he worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; the Chicago Botanic Garden; and the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. Wyatt has received several awards including the Outstanding Conservation Study Award, ’ Outstanding Dissertation Award, and Top Student Award for the Kew Diploma. He won three design competitions for plantings at Writtle University and three gold medals for exhibition gardens at the Chelsea Flower Show. Wyatt’s extensive research, writings, and work to recover museum collections after a natural disaster have made a significant impact on the industry. Wyatt succeeds Jim Cocos who, after five years as vice president of horticulture, has elected to resume his former position as senior manager of horticulture. Inside the Museum Building at the Missouri Botanical Garden Garden Launches “American City: St. Louis Architecture” Exhibit The Missouri Botanical Garden will present a photo exhibit this summer documenting many of the St. Louis region’s architecturally significant structures, including three buildings at the Garden. TAinetican City. Sealleuis Architecture” will be on display Friday, June 10 through Sunday, August 21 in the Garden’s Ridgway Visitor Center. Among the over 70 large-scale color photographs by William Zbaren of the city’s most important structures are the Linnean House, Climatron® conservatory, and Museum Building. They are drawn from the book American City: St. Louis Architecture, with essay by architectural writer Robert Sharoff. The book is available in the Garden Gate Shop. An opening reception and book signing will be held Friday, June 10, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. in the Visitor Center. A portion of the funds raised from the exhibit will go toward the future renovation of the Museum Building, which housed the Garden’s original library and herbarium. The building is currently closed to the public. The exhibit is included with Garden admission. Summer 2011 10to by William Zbaren Pp 306 RCE a @°" green homes great health FESTIVAL Green + Healthy = Fun Two great Garden events are joining forces this year to help your family live green—and live healthier! The Green Homes & Great Health Festival on Saturday, September 24, merges the EarthWays Center’s 10th annual Green Homes Festival with the Garden’s Healthy You Healthy Planet Festival. The event combines a celebration of sustainable living with the resources of Siteman Cancer Center, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and Washington University School of Medicine. Bring your home improvement ideas and talk with over 100 green product and service exhibitors. Discuss your health questions with BJC doctors and other professionals. Enjoy local foods, yoga and tai chi, live music, and solar car races. Take advantage of free health screenings and shop the Green Marketplace. Help paint a Metro bus and explore the giant inflatable human colon. Learn from expert workshops and talks about the many ways that plants, air, water, soil, and energy sustain our homes, our health, and our planet. The Green Homes & Great Health Festival is included with regular Garden admission. photo by Christy Siebert Help paint a Metro bus at this year’s festival. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 5 Ne@WS continued Bas Saree Oa) From left: Brentwood Alderwoman B. Clements, Garden President Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, photo by Benjamin Staver rages . - x aS . } i = f >» J} = Missouri DNR Director Sara Parker Pauley, MSD Executive Director Jeffrey Theerman, Mount Calvary Lutheran Church President Michael Murphy, Brentwood Mayor Pat Kelly, and Tracy Boaz of the Missouri Department of Conservation. Deer Creek Project Highlights Rain Garden The Missouri Botanical Garden has partnered with the Deer Creek Watershed Alliance and others on a demonstration rain garden at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church in Brentwood. Installation of a 3,000-square-foot bio-retention system and over 10,000 square feet of Missouri native plants began this spring at the church, located in the Deer Creek Watershed. The rain garden is designed to catch and slow the movement of storm water from the church’s parking lot into Deer Creek by allowing storm water to infiltrate the soil rather than enter storm water sewers. “We hope the scientific data collected from this project will inform sound community decision making well into the future,” said Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, president of the Garden. 6 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Studies show that storm water runoff to sewers is responsible for a large amount of the pollution found in our rivers. A rain garden acts as both a sponge and a filter to capture storm water and the pollutants it carries with it. In addition to storm water management, rain gardens beautify property, create habitat for wildlife, and can save tax dollars by reducing the need to build bigger storm water drainage facilities. Pokey goal of the Weer Creck Watershed Alliance, a project of the Garden, is to showcase plant-based projects that reduce water pollution. Mount Calvary Rain Garden partners include the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, and Washington University. Follow-up monitoring will take place over a five-year period to measure the project’s effectiveness in improving water quality. Summer 2011 Garden Researchers Help Identify New Genus The Missouri Botanical Garden has played a significant role in identifying a new genus, Yasunia, with two confirmed , species from Yasunia sessiliflora is Ecuador and one of two species in the Peru, Y. quadrata newly identified genus. and Y. sessiliflora. New species are often found among the samples that are gifted to the Missouri Botanical Garden for identification. While hundreds of new plant species are identified each year, new genera are extremely uncommon, and being coupled with the two new species makes Yasunia very distinctive. “There are many new species found mostly in the tropics each year,” said Henk van der Werft, head of Monographic Studies at the Garden. “Typically, new species differ in minor characteristics from their close relatives. New genera differ in major characteristics from their relatives, and such a find is truly a matter of luck and perseverance.” In 1993, Garden staff member David Neill collected the first sample in the Amazon lowlands of Ecuador, yet it remained an undetermined specimen due to lack of detail. Local staff conducting floristic inventory in the Yasuni National Park collected additional specimens from a tagged tree, and it was determined that the characteristics present in the new specimens did not fit into any of the recognized neotropical genera of the Lauraceae family. In 2003 the collection of the second species was located in the upper Rio Utiquinia in Ucayali (Peru) near the border of Brazil. In minor details, it photo by Alvaro Perez Castaneda is very different from the Ecuadorian species. DNA of the two Yasunia species and their related analysis may ultimately result in changes of the classification of the plant family. “Usually, when a new genus 1s discovered, it is associated with only one species. It is very unusual to find two new species belonging to the same new genus. Yasunia with two new species is one of those very rare cases,” said Van der Werff. For Charlotte Taylor (left) and Carmen Ulloa, every herbarium specimen has a story to tell. Garden Curators in Encyclopedia of Life Podcast Missouri Botanical Garden curators Maria del Carmen Ulloa and > Charlotte Taylor were recently featured in the Encyclopedia of Life series One Species at a Time, which explores the planet’s biodiversity by focusing on a single species in each podcast episode. Ulloa and Taylor spoke with host An Daniel Shapiro about the quinine tree (Cinchona pubescens), whose bark contains the quinine molecule and has been used as a fever remedy and anti-malarial medicine. To listen to the podcast, in which Ulloa and Taylor discuss the cloud forest habitat where Cinchona pubescens grows and the marvel found in centuries-old specimens from the Garden’s world-class herbarium, visit education.eol.org/podcast/ quinine-tree. photo by Kate Lawless Garden to Host SPISAt List Global Partnership for a arch plants, Enter a Genus (og Ocimum) or genus and species (og comers, (ene) Ocimum basticum). 5 fe liverworts). Collaboration between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Plant Conservation 2, Sac Conference == The Missouri Botanical Garden * se . will host a conference of the Global ion @ 222 Partnership for Plant Conservation www. theplantlist.org this summer, bringing together ; plant conservation scientists, policy The Plant List Featured makers, and practitioners worldwide at Britannica.org to share expertise on how the plant conservation community will support The Missouri Botanical Garden’s chief the implementation of the Global information officer, Chuck Miller, Strategy for Plant Conservation and Bob Magill, senior vice president (GSPC) in the coming decade. of Science and Conservation, were featured on the Encyclopedia The conterence will take place atthe Britannica’s blog (www.britannica. Garden July 5-7. com/blogs) discussing the completion The GSPC highlights the of The Plant List, a comprehensive importance of plants and the online database of the names of all ecosystem services they provide for known plant purses on the origin all life on Earth, and aims to ensure of the binomial Latin naming system to the reasons one plant can have multiple names, Miller and Magill explain the origins of the list and why it’s an their conservation. It consists of 16 targets originally adopted in 2002 for achievement oy 200. Tineitarcets were recently revised and updated important step toward a comprehensive world flora, which along with The Plant List is a goal of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation. by the Convention on Biological Diversity setting goals for 2020. The Garden is a member of the Global Partnership for Plant To read the complete Q&A, visit www.britannica.com/ blogs/2011/02/the-plant-list-5- questions-chuck-miller-robert- Conservation, which also includes Botanic Gardens Conservation International and the Royal Botanic Cen ae magill-missouri-botanical-garden. Little Shop, Big Sale LITTLE SHOP On July 15-17, the Little Shop Around the AROUND Corner will hold its first “sidewalk sale” in the THE CORNER Orthwein Floral Display Hall in the Ridgway SN aeun caeue AGRA GURNEEINS: Visitor Center. We are clearing out old inventory to make room for great new donations. g A rf Think you’ve seen everything when you’ve 4744 CASTLEMAN AVE. visited the Little Shop? Think again! The shop Sr Lona MOC RS can only display less than half of its merchandise. eur eon aee Many great bargains will be available. Don’t miss the member and volunteer preview on Priday, July 15, from 9 a.m. to noon. Summer 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin i; — Fi Tie NNR -/* St) BEES e ( O Nn S e rv i Nn he Missouri Botanical Garden conducts endangered species conservation and scientific research throughout the world, from the Andes of Peru to the island of [= NM d a N eC r eC d Madagascar. It also conducts this work in the Midwestern United States, for example, in a handful of locations outside Nashville in Rutherford County, Tennessee. e e S Dp eC Cl eC S | N There, the Garden’s Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development (CCSD) 1s studying the tiny Pyne’s ground- e d C plum (Astragalus bibullatus), which is endemic to about half wes a dozen limestone glades in the region. In collaboration Top: MBG Curator Dr. Matthew Albrecht counts flowers for a demographic study of Pyne’s ground-plum (Astragalus bibullatus). Above: Rare and endangered plants under study by the CCSD include (from left) Geocarpon minimum, Astragalus bibullatus, and Echinacea tennesseensis. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Summer 2011 with state and federal agencies, the CCSD is restoring Astragalus populations to habitats in the nearby Stones River National Battlefield and other natural areas. The region harbors a number of unique species, three of which are federally endangered. The CCSD works to conserve, manage, and restore this and other native plant populations in the lower Midwest, including several globally endangered species. Thanks to a $318,215 National Leadership Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Dr. Matthew Albrecht, CCSD conservation biologist, will lead a study investigating the ways in which global climate change photo by Burgund Bassiiner might alter the extinction risk to plant species and plant populations. . A ne : - The CCSD*s: seed bank contains hundreds of thousands of seeds “We're working with the rarest of rare species in the Midwest,” ; representing 35 rare and endangered plant species. Albrecht said. Photos of the species studied in the program decorate the walls of his office, and several small pots display Providing A Safety Net living specimens of the plants. “My goal is to get all of the plants we’re studying in my office so that I can show them to visitors.” In addition to monitoring plant populations in the field, the CCSD maintains a seed bank of 35 rare and The IMLS-funded study will lead to the development of species endangered plant species as part of its collaborations distribution models to assess the responses of over 100 species to with government agencies and its work with the future possible climate change. Center for Plant Conservation, a national network of “There are many species at risk,” Albrecht said. “How do we botanical gardens and arboreta dedicated to conserving prioritize the ones we work on? That’s one of the key questions: native plants in the United States. The bank, located to understand where we should be putting our resources. To in the Garden’s Commerce Bank Center for Science select the species to be assessed, we’re going to use an index Education, contains thousands of seeds collected developed by The Nature Conservancy to assign vulnerability over the past two decades, some of which represent rankings to about 150 species in the lower Midwest, to populations that have gone extinct in the wild. determine how vulnerable they are to future climate change, and Seeds are cleaned and dried, then stored in airtight also to future land use change. containers at minus 20 degrees Celsius. “Land use change is the No. 1 factor that threatens plant The seed bank not only provides a hedge against species,” Albrecht said. “That’s what’s happened in Tennessee. extinction in the wild but also supplies the specimens All of these species were probably rare to begin with. But since for reintroductions such as that being carried out with Euro-American settlement, in 200 years about 95 percent of Astragalus in Tennessee. their glade habitat has been lost.” Another endangered species under study is the aptly named Tinytim How You Can Help Geocarpon minimum), found in sandstone glades in southwestern eee ( P ) S The CCSD seeks volunteers to help with its temperate plant conservation program. There are a number of opportunities to participate— Missouri and saline barrens in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. From an evolutionary point of view, it’s a unique plant. “There is nothing else in its genus, and it does not appear to be from counting and processing seeds for closely related to any other living plants in its family,” Albrecht long-term storage to entering information in said. “That, to me, increases its conservation value as a unique electronic databases. Connect with people species. It may offer us something to learn about how plants and plants close to home, and help protect survive over long periods of time: Why is it that Geocarpon didn’t the nation’s natural heritage. For information, go extinct, while other species living nearby during past climate contact Jackie Juras at jackie.juras@mobot.org changes did?” or (314) 577-5187. Summer 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 9 im | f - a » i 6 : ff ~~ n ath } Beant . , 4 < ‘ os m> f eq, .. Gad fon Se ¢ . f f Ve ~ fa. ‘y é i ~~ ~ . . -_— “2 FAMILY TREES Connect with the forest around you 9 40°" by Sheila Voss, Vice President of Education “ae SF a. ry * Wale “is ’ Ha my . ees Y as OARS ‘ E a - o > F s ag: WA Up Pe Stan Ta é oe a f we , - +4 de or z f If i Fe ~ SAN R VS 3 roa be GL as OS Aten 7 oP bee, “e The southern magnolia still shelters ferns S he welcomed me every day after school. Her branched, low-to-the-ground trunks beckoned my siblings and me to climb and explore. She graciously permitted us to string holiday lights around her limbs. Under her canopy, she mothered a lush groundscape of ferns while we hung bird feeders and grade-school art projects on her branches. Her massive, fragrant blooms often graced our kitchen table. And her numerous, big, photo by Trish Sullivan waxy leaves vexed our neighbor in his pursuit of in front of Sheila’s family home. # debris-free driveway. The trees among us witness the drama of our lives. Many hold special places in our hearts and minds. But those same trees experience a dramatic and still not fully understood life of their own. Imagine a giant set of scales. Now imagine all the organisms on Earth on those scales. Trees alone would account for 80 percent of the total. Trees serve as the primary source of fuel, food, clothing, and livelihoods for much of the world’s human population. Today, however, more than 8,000 tree species around the world are at risk of extinction, primarily due to habitat loss, overharvesting of timber, and climate change. Closer to home, once-ubiquitous U.S. trees like American elms, sycamores, and chestnuts have been nearly decimated by invasive pests and diseases. Similar to the story of all at-risk species, the central role trees and forests play in human lives doesn’t reconcile @ TAKE PART IN THE — GREAT ST. LOUIS ‘TREE HUNT! Download a brochure at with the human behaviors contributing to their demise. We’ve written famous odes to trees, yet still purchase products made from unsustainably managed forests. We plant saplings yet rip healthy ones out of the ground if they get in our way. The disconnections are numerous. So, how best to repair this relationship? With 2011 as the official U.N. International Year of Forests, the Missouri Botanical Garden is shining a much-deserved spotlight on trees and the critical roles they play. Throughout the year, we’re inviting the entire St. Louis community to join us: by marveling at Extreme Tree Houses, participating in The Great St. Louis Tree Hunt, or sharpening their tree IQ with year-round tours, classes, workshops, speakers, and films. Throughout it all, we’re adding our voices to the international community as we rally together to rethink our actions and pledge anew to conserve forests close to home and around the world. That southern magnolia still stands in front of my parents’ house in Florida. While disease has taken a portion of her, she is the matriarch of Darcey Drive— among the biggest, most wide-spreading canopied trees in the neighborhood. She still welcomes me when I visit, now with my little ones in tow. Today, the trees in my Edwardsville home and I are on a first-name basis. Grandmother Willow listens to our hopes and dreams. Arthur Ash serves as third base for pick-up baseball games. Maple gives us a close-up view of the robin’s nest she cradles every year. Pop Pop’s Magnolia reminds us of loved ones we miss. Calling them by personal names, while fully knowing the complexity of the bigger human-tree story, is just one small way my little family is attempting to get back on good terms with these fantastic life forms. TAKE TIME TO THANK A [TREE Get to know them. Whether you're a tree expert or novice, pledge to increase your tree IQ this year. Appreciate their unique traits. Some trees make great shade trees www.mobot.org/treemendous near buildings while others need more room to spread out. Know what you've got, and give it everything it needs to survive and thrive. Nurture the young ones. Plant young trees during the spring or fall, in your own home landscape or neighborhood. x” the great sT. LOUIS Tree hUNt Through September 2011 Presented by Gamma Tree Experts Care for the old ones. Mature trees do the heavy lifting in terms of ecosystem services, including cleaning our air, cooling our homes, and managing our storm water runoff. Treat them well—don’t top your trees, and always use a professional arborist for any tree care needs you have. Visit them often. Seek out your favorite trees and enjoy life in their presence. Read, relax, play, ponder, create, celebrate—or just take a nap. eB Sea photo by Paul Straatmann A shade canopy somewhere is calling your name. 11 Summer 2011 Missournt Botanical Garden Bulletin photo by Mark Deering Sophia M. Sachs ¥ Pe A) / 3 Mention butterfly gardening, and large tree species are probably not the first plants that come to mind. However, many trees are critical host plants for native butterfly caterpillars, which rely on the leaves of these trees for their survival. They also serve as wonderful additions to a large butterfly garden or yard, as many trees also provide nectar to the adult butterflies. WANE BUTTERFLY Tulip poplar, Liriodendron tulipifera Tiger Swallowtail Fr Black cherry, Prunus serotina Tiger Swallowtail As Pawpaw, Asimina triloba Zebra Swallowtail th ee Sweet bay magnolia, Magnolia virginiana Tiger Swallowtail ~ | Willow, Salix sp. Red Spotted Purple and Viceroy Dogwood, Cornus florida Lycaenids Redbud, Cercis canadensis Multiple species Many of these trees can be found at local nurseries and make a lovely and practical addition to the overstory layer of your garden. The Butterfly House has all of these and more in our Butterfly Garden and can provide information on their care. Together with other host plants and the usual cadre of nectar- photo by Beth Hz p i a ». producing annuals and perennials, these trees help make any PORE del ars (i r . 2. butterfly habitat more attractive to our local species. The Tiger Swallowtail depends on the tulip poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera). Being cold blooded has its advantages, especially when it’s 100 degrees outside. Many insects thrive in weather warm enough to make most of us run for shade and a cool drink. Each year in July, we travel to Arizona (as if Missouri were not hot enough!) to collect some of these wonderful specimens for our educational displays at the Butterfly House. Want to see more hot bugs? Come over to the Butterfly House and view some of these desert-dwelling beauties. where Butterfly House staff collect insects such as the cactus longhorn beetle (Monaleima gigas). es Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Summer 2011 photo by Scott Woodbury The Garden’s parking | up the rain and reduce pollution from storm water runoff. Trees Have a Positive Impact on Storm Water Management Beyond the obvious benefits of shade, shelter, and aesthetics, trees also help reduce storm water runoff—the primary source of water pollution. Tree canopies slow down rainfall and lessen its impact on the soil surface. Tree roots soak up moisture and also open up the soil’s structure, making it more permeable and absorbent. Evapo-transpiration of water from the surface of leaves and branches completes the list of ways in which trees use water. Missouri native trees are excellent choices for use in the landscape. There are several moisture-loving species such as swamp white oak, green hawthorn, and bald cypress. Planting trees, especially in highly developed, urban areas, helps create a green infrastructure that has a positive impact on our community. To learn more about using native plants in landscapes, visit the Whitmire Wildflower Garden at the Shaw Nature Reserve. This five-acre garden is used for teaching the Native Plant School. ot features a garden designed to soak Shaw Nature Reserve A Greener Parking Lot That Can Soak up a Storm By Scott Woodbury and Cindy Gilberg The Missouri Botanical Garden’s east parking lot has a new feature: a bioretention garden. Unlike other planting islands, it is sunken instead of raised and is planted with native species. Its concave shape gathers rain, sediment, and pollutants from the parking lot. The parking surface is sloped toward the garden, and curbing at the garden edge has openings that allow rain to flow in. Just inside the curb, a special rock filter captures heavy sediment and trash while lighter sediment and pollutants flow into the planting bed. Here a special rain garden soil absorbs water like a sponge while deep native plant roots increase water infiltration and filter pollutants like oil and salt. Flood-tolerant native wetland plants were selected for lower photo by Bill Hall areas, and dry-loving plants for the upper areas. Plant selections are showy, long-lived, Copper iris (Iris fulva) is one of many and compact. Flood-tolerant species include Sie a swamp white oak, river birch, bald cypress, winterberry holly, soft rush, palm sedge, bur sedge, copper iris, great blue lobelia, and orange coneflower. Dry-tolerant species are oak sedge, prairie dropseed, and prairie alumroot. Bioretention gardens are similar to wetlands because they mimic natural water flow and have wetland plants that are native in the region. Across the country, professionals are using wetland plants native in their states in man- made storm water management practices. Closer to home, the horticulture staff at the Shaw Nature Reserve 1s collecting and evaluating wetland species in an effort to increase their use and availability. The lot’s permeable paving allows rainfall to soak through the surface and into the gravel and soil layers below. Combined with bioretention, this captures 100% of an average St. Louis rain event, which is 1.14 inches in a 24-hour period. One inch of rain per acre produces 27,000 gallons of storm water. Bioretention and permeable paving significantly reduce runoff, flash floods, soil erosion, and water pollution. At the Shaw Nature Reserve, a series of storm water ponds and swales is part of the native landscape surrounding the new Edgar Anderson Center. The Reserve has applied to the U.S. Green Building Council for Silver LEED certification of this building and its associated landscape. In keeping with a dedication to environmental education and sustainable practices, the new storm water features at the Shaw Nature Reserve and Missouri Botanical Garden serve as demonstrations where visitors can learn about the role native plants play in storm water management. Summer 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 13 Seen at the Garden Tribute to Peter H. Raven Sunday, April 17, 2011 The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Board of Trustees honored President Emeritus Peter H. Raven on April 17 by dedicating the Garden library in his name. The library, one of the most comprehensive collections of botanical literature in the world, is housed in the Monsanto Center. It began during Henry Shaw’s lifetime with 34 books that the Garden founder personally selected. Today it includes more than = 200,000 monographs and journals and 6,000 rare books. ss <~ Rex Sinquefield, Pat and Peter Raven, Jeanne Sinquefield More than 300 people attended an event following the dedication, which featured a symphony by New Music Ensemble, a performance group based at the University of Missouri-Columbia and funded by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. Jeanne and Rex Sinquefield made the performance possible as a gift to Raven. The Board of Trustees also created, in honor of Raven’s wife, the Dr. Patricia Bill Danforth and Peter Raven D. Raven Horticulture Training Award, which will support specialized training for the Garden’s horticultural staff. The Ravens have devoted a combined 50 years of service to the Garden. Dr. Peter Raven began as director in 1971 and led the Garden’s transformation into a horticultural masterpiece and world-leading institution in science and conservation. photos by Josh Monken ; yy Oty — ! Vv Jeanne Maritz, Carol and Fred Gaskin, Steve Maritz, and Kathryn and David Kennedy eer a Jim Berges, Rosemary Shaughnessy, and Cathy Berges Jay Sehgal, Bernd Sehgal, and Rainer Bussmann “arty Founding Gifts to the Peter H. Raven Library Endowment Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Melvin C. Bahle John and Penelope Biggs Arthur and Lorraine Carlson shed Benefactors aE Conran Fred and June Kummer Dr. Jianguo L sine and Mrs. William R. Orthwein, Jr. a Fargo Adviso $5,000 epee Psa Narn | =; ieee ot ii ie & % Dr. William H. Danf Mr. and Mrs. David = eal Monsanto Novus International, Inc Dr. Jeanne C. Sinquefield and Mr. Rex A. Sinquefield Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Tschudy Mr. and Mrs. Richard K. 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Osborne and Ms. Nancy J. cre Mr. Roy Pfautch Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas L. Reding Mr. and Mrs. William C. Rusnack Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Schnuck Mr. and Mrs. Alvin L. Siwak Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Wolff, Dr. Mark S. Wrighton and Mrs. Risa Zwerling Wrighton ¥ Artist Bryan Haynes presenting the painting that Novus International gave in honor of Dr. Raven photo by Benjamin Chu Tributes A tribute gift to the Garden is a wonderful way to January through March 2011 honor family and friends. Tributes of $25 or more are listed in the Bulletin. If you have questions regarding giving opportunities at the Garden, please call (314) 577-0805. You can also make a tribute gift online at our website, ww In Honor of Mrs. Carol Armstrong Richard and Jane Dunn Mrs. Harris Berger The Stark Family Sherrill A. Boardman Barbara H. Johnson Mrs. Stacey T. Brinkop Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Woolsey Dr. Rainer W. 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Draznin Mrs. V. Alice Goodwin Mr. and Mrs. William Castle Joe and Carol Cunningham and Brent and Jane Regan Jim and Barb Gooch Ms. Jean S. Merson Van De Wijngaard Mr. Hank Griffith Ms. Patricia Lloyd Mr. Thomas Gutowski Dr. and Mrs. Stuart S. Sagel Mrs. Audrey S. Hartman Ms. Linda H. Schaller Josephine Heathcote Mrs. Barbara Brinker Mr. Christopher Helderle and Mrs. Ron Mrs. Helen Hilliker Dr. and Mrs. Gary Gambill Mrs. Eileen Hirsch Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Buschart Mr. Jack Hitt Ms. Jackie Juras Mr. Robert H. Hoff Mr. and Mrs. John E. Evans III Mr. Edward J. Hoffner Endoscopy Lab at Anderson Hospital Dr. and Mrs. Mark T. Mrs. Judy Ki Mr. and Mrs. Richard Niles Mr. and Mrs. Jay Rapp Dan and Lori Reichert Mrs. Sonia Holderman Ms. Lori Fiegel Mrs. Martha Garrison Holt Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Krombach Mr. Charles Hooks Mr. and Mrs. Donald T. Murphy Mr. Anthony Horrex Ms. Beverly Stroup Mr. David I. Hoven Mr. and Mrs. William H. Jones, Sr. Mrs. Ann R. Husch Mr. and Mrs. David A. Bailey Mrs. Paulette Bliss Ms. Marjorie S. Courtney Ms. Helen K. Davis Ellen and Henry Dubinsky Mrs. Alice R. Goodman Mr. Daniel E. Singe Mrs. W. Wallbrunn Carol Westfall and Lon Nordeen Mrs. Marie M. Jur Dr. and Mrs. aie oa oe Mrs Mr. and Richard Constance re Mr. and Mrs. oe L oe Mrs. ee . and ies Fresh ach k Mr. ane Mrs. Richard ITy Ms. Linda L. Zurfluh Mrs. Jeanne ei iade Ms. Linda Dickens Mr. and Mrs. Jon . ae Caroline and Perry Hoffman Richard and Virginia Navarro Mr. Phillip eas Jerry and Pam Mr. Howard A. cues Dr. and Mrs. Gary Kulak Mrs. Ruth R. Lapides Dr. Martin E. Gordon Mrs. Virginia Laschober Ms. Jackie Juras Pat and Edward P. Laughlin Laughlin-Dibble Family ry Ko kesh Mrs. Helen Lauman Mrs. Judith A. DeWitt Ms. Rebecca Ingram Mr. Morris S. Lefton Mrs. Lawrence Greenberg Mr. George L. Lisle Mr. and Mrs. A joes P: ie Jr. Mrs. Susan R. W. Miss Karen Lisle Ms. Nancy W. Welton Mrs. Janith Lorch Dr. and Mrs. James R. Wiant Kevin Mahoney, D.M.D. Mr. ioe h Glik photo by Jennifer Meinhardt Mrs. Marjorie Rombauer arre Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kresko Mrs. Maxine Marshall Dr. and Mrs. Leonard J. Guarraia Elizabeth Funsten Oliver cCarthy Ms. Linda L. Lovelace Mrs. Jean Meanor Mr. and Mrs. John K. Stringham Miss er Montgomery Her Frie: Mrs. Nanette Moo Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. nae Mrs. Kathleen J. Muhlke St. Johns Bank and Trust Company si erases M. Mullins Dr. and Mrs. Ernest T. ae Il Dr. Jai P. ae Sigma-Aldric Mr. Kenneth es Mrs. ee a pa C. Natividad Mr. a Mrs. James W. Shucart Mr. Robert E. Newcomer Mrs. Janet U. Rathgeber Mrs. ve caue Stevens Nickel Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Case, Jr. Mrs. Dolores M. Grollman Kathy Norman Nancy and Oma Mr. Gale O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Gould Mrs. Mar aa O’Brien Kathleen — Jack Lan Mrs. Celeste A. O’Connor Ms. Wilma Egi Mr. and Mrs. nin Faul Mr. Joh an Mr. and Mrs piers S. Izzo Mrs. Diana L. Pen ick Mr. and Mrs. John H. Gausch, Jr. Mrs. eee Pervil Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Price Mr. isis Stewart Phelan Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Mayer eased Podracky r. and Mrs. Paul T. Johnson Mr. Raymond F. Puettman Mr. and Mrs. Ron E. Rauh Mrs. Betty Brainard Raithel Mrs. Joan Beck Mr. Mark A. Ratliff Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Meier Mrs. Kathryn B. Reese Mr. and Mrs. — L. Pass ape Inc. Gloria B. Ringkamp i na oe Hilliard John and an Rosenkranz Carl F. Ritchie r. and Mrs. Manuel S. Sherberg Mr. Anthony J. Roth Ms. Ann Gustafson Ms. Rebecca Pecher Ms. Elaine K. Smick Mrs. Zeola Roth Mrs. Cindy Klatt and Friends Mr. Harley Sartain Mr. Robert E. Hamilton, Jr. Mrs. Margaret F. Schmitz Mr. and Mrs. Jess Hassl Ms. Bernice a Scholl Mrs. Melanie Mrs. Fern R. Schriefer Ms. Barbara A. Weigel Thomas R. Schwarzkopf r. and Mrs. Peter Wahle Horseradish Growers of Illinois oo Sam J. Shelto r. and Mrs. William - Knowles Mrs. Jean Mathis ei Dr. and Mrs. Harry T. D Nancy Morrill Smith Ms. Rachel Keller Brown k Mrs. Jane Macke y Mrs. Irene R. Morrill Save the Date! Nordstrom St. Louis Galleria Grand Opening Gala Wednesday, September 21, 6 to 9 p.m. Be among the first to step through the door to celebrate and preview the new Nordstrom St. Louis Galleria, before it opens to the public. Enjoy cocktails, dinner and dessert buffets, live entertainment, and incredible shopping. All proceeds will benefit signature projects of the Missouri Botanical Garden, COCA, Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, and the Saint Louis Art Museum. Complimentary valet parking will be available. Tickets are $75. For tickets, questions, or special accommodations information, call (314) 577-5152 or visit nordstrom.com/stlouisgalleria. Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Mr. and Mrs. William Orthwein, Ms. Hope Jones Rouse Ms. Eleanor L. Schlafl nd Mrs B. Schmid Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Stevens Mr. and Mrs. John K. Wallace, Jr. Mr. Walter A. Snow Mrs. Denise Rivlin Dr. Hilary Spurgin Dr. P. Mick Richardson hoe Mar and Mrs. edi pas S. Stolz Mrs. Raymond W. eee II rie Sadiets Steger n Blades Mr. Michael Sugarman Mr. Robert E. Hamilton, Jr. Mrs. Florence Summers Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Putzel es Gregory D. Taylor r. and Mrs. Robert E. Haddix Mrs. Theresa P. oe Mr. and Mrs. Rich: Rosenthal Father of Lance Thomas Jim and Julie Wood Summer 2011 Mrs. Jane P. Thomas Ms. Jean T. Lyford Mrs. Rose Torretta Margaret Bannister Ms. Dorothy Valle YMCA Girls Mrs. Florence Josephine eranth Glorious Gardens, Inc. Wells Fargo Advisors Mrs. Mildred E. Villa Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Bersche The Durant Life Member Council of the AT&T Pioneers June Fels and Mary Fels Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Haack Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Horine Mr. Lewis E. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. David A. Kloud The Maus Family Tubular Steel, Inc The Staff at Union Preschool Jane Villa and Girls Mrs. Thelma Treptow Walker The Fossil Group Mrs. Nancy Boone Warner Mrs. Ellen C. Cooley Create a legacy Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Mrs. Dorothy R. Weitz Mr. and Mrs. Pete Peters Ms. Marie C. White Mrs. Nancy Burton Mrs. Margaret S. Whitmire Ms. Susan Coe Adams Mrs. Mary Lou Kuhnmuench Mr. and Mrs. Robert O. Nellums Rowena Clarke Garden Club Ms. Barbara Sandhagen Mr. and Mrs. Hank Schreimann Mr. and Mrs. Victor Thompson Mrs. Lila A. Thorpe Mr. and Mrs. J. Edward Travis Bill, Maureen, Julie, and Matt Whitmire Mr. Thomas J. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Olmedo E. Serrano Miss Lois James Winter Carol Martin and Connie Coomer Mr. J. Edgar Withrow Mr. and Mrs. James C. Walker, Jr. Mrs. Miriam R. Wohlberg Nancy, Jeff, Aubrey, and Julian Mr. Harry E. Wuertenbaecher, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth A. Marshall Mr. William A. Wyman Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Lambert Leaving a bequest to the Garden creates a legacy that will benefit others for generations to come. If you have already included the Garden in your estate plans, we hope that you will share this information with us. We would like to express our gratitude and welcome you into the Heritage Society. Of course, your wishes for anonymity are respected. Please call (314) 577-9495 for further information, or visit our website at www.mobot.org. Click on Donate, then Planned Giving. 17 photo by Lindsay Moser Members’ Entry Court Bricks dedicated at the Garden, January through March 2011. Engraved clay bricks and bronze bricks are a wonderful way to commemorate any special occasion, as well as final memorials. For additional information regarding the Garden’s brick program, please contact the Institutional Advancement Office at (314) 577-0291 or visit www.mobot.org. Signature Bronze Bricks Kathy J. Judkins Mr. and Mrs. Thomas V. Judkins, Jr John and Kib Michener Mr. and Mrs. John Michener Roy and Yoshie Morisaki Mr. James T. Morisaki Thelma Walker Mr. Robert L. Walker Elvira Raab Weber Ms. Diane R. Koberna Engraved Clay Bricks George Braun and Nancy Riehl Mr. George Braun and Ms. Nancy Riehl Carolyn M. Buck Mrs. Barbara Yale Erline Andrews Frese Mr. John F. Frese, Sr. 15 Erna Louise Hoffman Ms. Marilyn A. McDonald Bessie Irene Huber Mr. Richard W. Huber Iva Jeanne Kingsborough r. and Mrs. Jerry Albers s. Linda Dickenson M M Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Fisher M M r. and Mrs. Jon N. Hagar r. and Mrs. Benjamin P. Hoffman Dr. Virginia Navarro and Mr. Richard Navarro Paul M. McClinton Mr. Keith Mosier Ula and Mac McClure Ms. Maggie A. McClure Robert E. Newcomer Mrs. Kenneth Ponciroli Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Ponciroli Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin S. Moore Mr. and Mrs. John C. Nyren Mr. and Mrs. John C. Nyren Casey Elizabeth Wood Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Kopp Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin terrace café AT THE WILLIAM T. KEMPER CENTER FOR HOME GARDENING Terrace Café in the Kemper Center for Home Gardening is convenient to the Children’s Garden and features a kid-friendly menu of sandwiches, snacks, pizza, and desserts. Open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays and to 4 p.m. on weekends, April through October. . Enjoy a lunch at Terrace Café this summer! CHI Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House Tributes & Pavers Oh. To learn more about these opportunities, call (314) 577-0291 or visit www.butterflyhouse.org. Pavers dedicated at the Butterfly House, January through March 2011. Patsy Bell Henry Joseph Elton eff Hobso Ms. Judith A. Scott Mrs. Patsy Bell ae Jane and Robert Bokel Mrs. Anita Y. Baldw Patti and Pat Harty Ms. Kimberly Harty Debbi Heffern Savannah Elizabeth Kathy Heffern Carmichael Kevin Heffern Ms. Judith A. Scott Pat Heffern Ava Nicole Dix se ovals ike Piper Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Adams Joseph Jacob Eidelman Sookey and Marty Ferman Rich Sypniewski ae Slakmans Chaince Griffin Rittenhouse Ms. Jeannine L. Muhn Eden Grace Robinson Ms. Judy Spelver Carol Ann Rohrman Mrs. Anita Y. Baldwin Jennifer E. Sickbert Mr. Douglas C. Sickbert Marvin Taxman Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Taxman Summer 2011 photo by Kate Lawless Treemendous Gifts In celebration of the Garden’s yearlong salute to trees, the Garden Gate Shop is filled with a great selection of forest-themed cifts made from and inspired by nature. Members always receive a discount. sy Tim Palmer potm i Story Time! Join us for story time and receive 10% off all children’s books on story time day. Gather around the sofa in the book area at 10 a.m. to hear stories from the following great books: V) June 4: Water Weed and Wait by Edith Hope Fine and Angela Demos Halpin and The Crows of Pearblossom by GARDEN pee July 2: Wangari’s Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa ¢ AT E S E 0 Pp. 0 B ¢ by Jeanette Winter and Oh No, Monster Tomato! oes ee by Jim Helmore and Karen Wall Ph h fit th NA; P August 6: Chicken stories, Chicken Bedtime is Really Early by Erica S. Perl and Chicken Big by Keith Graves Summer 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin ‘| 9 cr FESTINAL 4 4 Funded by the Whitaker Foundation WEDNESDAYS concerts at 7:30 Pa. June 1-August 3 a. Warm evenings once again will bring hot music to Cohen Amphitheater this summer. Bring a blanket or chairs, and pack a picnic or purchase on site—it’s one of the few times of year picnicking is permitted on Garden grounds! (Leave Fido and the barbecue grill at home, though.) The Children’s Garden remains open with free admission from 5 to 7 p.m. 01 Gumbohead 08 Teddy Presberg 15 Hudson and the Hoo Doo Cats = 20 Billy Peek 22 The Jenny Kavanaugh Band 27 The Erin Bode Group 05 Marquise Knox ™ |3 Western Satellites 25 Nigel Mooney 03. Pokey Lafarge and the South City Three Extreme Tree Houses | Through August 21 Branch out from the ordinary notion of tree houses! Get an up-close look at the winners of our competition beneath the canopy of the Garden’s trees. The exhibit is part of the TREEmendous year at the Garden, a celebration of the U.N. International Year of Forests. Sponsorship support by Ameren Missouri, Gamma Tree Experts, Macy’s, Novus International, and the U.S. Green Building Council—Missouri Gateway Chapter. TREEmendous Great St. Louis Tree Hunt | Through September 30 Presented by Gamma Tree Experts. Find 15 of 30 marked TREEmendous Trees throughout the metro region (including Missouri and Illinois). Download an area guide, clue map, and photo journal at www.mobot.org/treemendous. Bring the completed guide to the Garden’s TREEmendous Interactive Discovery Center to receive a special tree-themed reward. (The Discovery Center is open through January 3, 2012.) Illinois Appreciation Week | June 5 through 11 Illinois residents receive half-price Garden admission (a $4 value), a 10 percent discount in the Garden Gate Shop, and a 20 percent discount off new or gift memberships purchased this week. Happy Birthday, Henry! | Sunday, July 24, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Spoehrer Plaza Celebrate the Garden founder’s 211th birthday by enjoying free admission to the Garden all day, family fun, and old-fashioned entertainment including an organ erinder, silhouette artist, stilt walker, and more. 20 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Summer 2011 Just for Members Rose Evening Monday, June 6, 6 p.m., Gladney and Lehmann Rose Gardens Take an evening stroll while enjoying the beauty and fragrance of the rose gardens during peak bloom. Free for members and their guests. Appropriate for all ages. Information: (314) 577-5118. St. Louis Garden Tour 2011 Sunday, June 12, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. rain or shine Tour eight of the loveliest private gardens in St. Louis. Self-guided tickets are $50, Tickets including bus transportation and box lunch are $75. Reservations required; www.mobot.org or (314) 577- 5180. Young Friends’ Climatron & Cocktails Tuesday, June 14, 5:30 to 9 p.m. Celebrate summer with the Young Friends of the Garden and St. Louis Public Radio. $15 for Garden or St. Louis Public Radio members; $30 nonmembers. Reservations required; www.mobot.org or (314) 577-9570. Information: (314) 577-9532. Supported by Purus Vodka. Midsummer Night’s Dance Friday, June 17, 6 to 10 p.m., Spink Pavilion $70 per person; $60 for Garden members. Reservations required; (314) 577-9570 or www.mobot.org/events/midsummer. Information: (314) 577-5154. Supported by Purus Vodka. Musical Evening Tuesday, June 21, 6 p.m. Spoehrer Plaza Information: (314) 577-5118. Family Picnic Friday, July 8, 6 p.m., Cohen Amphitheater Free for Garden members and their guests. Advance reservations required; (314) 577- 9570. Information: (314) 577-5154. Corporate Partners Day Sunday, August 14 Employees of the Garden’s Corporate Partner firms receive free admission for two adults and all children ages 12 and under to the Garden and Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden, and discounts on new or upgraded Garden memberships and on purchases at the Garden Gate Shop. For a list of current Corporate Partner firms, visit www.mobot.org/corporate/current.asp. 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Box 299 « St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 — SAVE THE DATE Japanese Festival Labor Day weekend, September 3—5 PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT ST. LOUIS, MO Celebrate the history, culture, and people of Japan at the Garden’s annual festival, one of the largest and oldest of its kind in the United States. Avoid the lines and buy your tickets online at www.mobot.org/tickets. Sponsorship support by Novus International, Inc. - 4 a : ae > y Ge ee Lee a \ — President’s Comment photo by Koraley Northen As we near the end of the first year in the U.N. Decade of Biodiversity, much activity has already taken place in the initiative to halt plant loss. This past summer the Garden hosted representatives from around the world for the 2011 Conference on the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). The Strategy, first adopted in 2002 but updated in October 2010, outlines 16 targets for plant conservation to be achieved by 2020, with the ultimate goal of halting the loss of plant species worldwide. The conference provided the opportunity for members of the plant conservation community to come together and share experiences and best practices as we take action to achieve the targets set forth in the strategy. Recommendations from the conference will go forward to the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity to help guide priorities amongst the 194 countries that have adopted the Strategy. The Garden has a critical role to play in guiding and supporting this international initiative. Indeed, all botanic gardens, combining their unique skills in research, horticulture, and policy, are strongly positioned to play a leadership role in the global implementation of the Strategy—and in making the connection with the public on these issues. In the 30 years I’ve been involved with the botanic garden community, the number of botanic gardens has more than doubled, from approximately 1,200 to over 2,500, attracting 250 million visitors annually. As we continue to develop our collections at the Garden, we have the opportunity to target species that need to be cultivated for conservation purposes. In the Climatron", for example, you'll find one of the most endangered trees in the world, Dracaena umbraculifera (see page 8). 1 believe we will be telling more such stories in the future. This summer we also announced the Garden’s signature exhibition for 2012. Lantern Festival: Art by Day, Magic by Night will light up the Garden with 26 larger-than- life installations made of silk and steel on site by master craftsmen from China, a part of the world that has been central to Garden research and conservation efforts for over 30 years (see page 5). With the completion of the Flora of China imminent, 2012 will truly be the Year of China at the Garden. There is much to look forward to! Pad Dr. Peter OW se Jackson, President Zz Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life. — mission of the Missouri Botanical Garden Board of Trustees Officers Chair Mr. Arnold W. Donald Vice Chairs Mr. W. Stephen Maritz Cheryl P. Morley President Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson President Emeritus IDye, Reuse lal, JRanvem Members Mrs. Walter F. Ballinger I Catherine B. Berges Mr. Daniel A. Burkhardt Lelia J. Farr Sharon D. Fiehler Mr. Charles E. Kopman Hal A. Kroeger Carolyn W. Losos Mr. Daniel J. Ludeman Mr. Rex A. Sinquefield Nancy R. Siwak Mr. Andrew C. Taylor Mr. Eugene M. Toombs Ex Officio The Rev. Lawrence Biondi, S.J. The Hon. Charlie A. Dooley Dr. Myrtle Dorsey Dr. Tineutes F. George The Rt. Rev. George Wayne Smith Mr. Richard T. Sullivan, Jr. Dr. Mark S. Wrighton Members Emeriti Mr. Clarence C. Barksdale Mr. John H. Biggs Mr. Stephen F. Brauer Mr. William H. T. Bush Fall 2011 rt D. 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So if you aren’t quite ready to go completely electronic with our online version, you can still enjoy your paper Bulletin in good conscience. Once you've read it, please recycle. FSC Logo Here (Box FPO only) Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 3 In Memoriam Cherished Friends Depart Four emeritus members of the Missouri Botanical Garden Board otlbrustees died, recently, Wher affiliations with the Garden spanned from 37 to 44 years. Their leadership, service, and generosity forever claanged the Garden: William R. “Bill” Orthwein Jr. 1917-2011 William R. Orthwein Jr. leaves an extraordinary legacy in the St. Louis community and at the Garden. He and his wife, Laura Rand Orthwein, contributed throughout their lives to organizations advancing the arts, wellness, cultural life, education, and services to those bol TSC, At the Garden, visitors enter the Orthwein Floral Display Hall to experience the festive Holiday Flower & Train Show and the stunning Orchid Show. The couple’s generosity also is reflected in the Pollination Garden in the Children’s Garden and at the Monsanto Center, which is the headquarters of the Garden’s research program. Mr. Orthwein joined the board in 1975 and served as first vice president in 1980. He also served in several key roles during his tenure, including representing the Garden to the community during three successful capital fund drives. Mr. Orthwein was the retired president and chairman of McDonnell Douglas Automation Co., which he founded, and a director of McDonnell Douglas Corporation. 4 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin He and Mrs. Orthwein were named Outstanding Philanthropists in 2006 by the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. Mig ©nthwwem~dted pune. 2011 eric was 94. Survivors include his wife, three daughters, seven grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren. Louis S. “Lou” Sachs 1928-2011 ious. Vous Sachs has been aptly described as the visionary for modern Chesterfield, but his influence goes beyond any one community. Mr. Sachs provided land for Chesterfield Mall, and his company, Sachs Properties, built the surrounding areas known as Chesterfield Village. Mr. Sachs also was passionate about and financially supportive of the arts. The Garden was one of many beneficiaries of his efforts to strengthen community life. Mr. Sachs became a member of the Garden in 1967 and joined the Board of Trustees in 1980. He supported the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House in Chesterfield, which is named in honor of his stepmother, and shared his construction expertise as chairman of the Building and Grounds Committee. Mim Sacnsrand Saensir leeuaic contributed to projects such as construction of the Ridgway Visitor Center and the Climatron®. Mir Saclisedied lave 2 72204 elec was 83. He is survived by his wife, son, two daughters, brother, and eight grandchildren. Fall 2011 Edith “Edie” Spink 1921-2011 Edith> Edie? Sroriks was the longest- serving mayor in the history of Ladue and widow of C.C. Johnson Spink, fourth publisher of The Sporting News, which the Spink family owned. Mr. and Mrs. Spink began their support of the Garden in 1969. In the 1980s, the couple made possible the renovation of the old Flora Gate on Tower Grove Avenue, which was the main entrance before Ridgway Visitor Center was built. Since 1989, the gate has beentthesEdithhamd Johnson Spink Pavilion; it is the site of some of the city’s loveliest community and corporate events. The couple also gave to the Garden a collection of Boehm porcelain birds and flowers, which are on display in Spink Gallery in Ridgway Visitor Center. Mr. Spink was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1974 and served as chairman from 1981 to 1984. Mrs. Spink was elected an emeritus paste eta Or Mrs. Spink served as mayor of Ladue from,1975 tomlooamsineraicd June 21, 201Sat themce on. W Douglas B. MacCarthy 1932-2011 Douglas B. MacCarthy was pat ail citecolleeron and patron, financial planner, and gardening enthusiast. He was a member of the Missouri Botanical Garden from 1969 until his death, and he served on the Garden’s Board of Trustees beginning in 1995. Mr. MacCarthy was an architect and builder until he went blind in his early 30s. He became a financial planner in his second career and emerged as a leader in the arts community. He was a founder of the Contemporary Art Museum of St. Louis and the first president of the Missouri Citizens for the Arts. He also served on several arts boards. _At the Garden, Mr. MacCarthy served in several committee positions on the board and was instrumental in planning the Blanke Boxwood Garden. He is the nephew of Ruth Palmer Blanke, for whom the Boxwood Garden is named. The Smithsonian Institution named Mr. MacCarthy’s personal garden in levdiwe-eme of the 100 best in America in the last half of the 20th century. / Mr. MacCarthy died June 27, 2011 at the age of 78. He is survived by two goddaughters, a sister, and friends. Lantern Festival to Light up the Garden presented hy § EMERSON. Next May, more than two dozen larger-than- life lighted works of art are expected to attract visitors from across the nation to the Missouri Botanical Garden for Lantern Festival 2012: Art by Day, Magic by Night. Emerson is the presenting sponsor for the festival. The lantern installations— crafted from silk and steel using bold colors and lighting—will be _<- = ers As ¥ } { < = g = Fil = f o a * . 4 x an Ay aa : The Heavenly Temple set will occupy the Shapleigh Fountain in the Lehmann Rose Garden. created on site by artisans from Zigong Province in China, a region known as the lantern capital of the world. The lantern festival is the first of its kind and size in the United States and is rarely staged outside of Asia. “All eyes are going to be on St. Louis in 2012, Kitty Ratclitte presidemmon the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission, said at the press conference announcing the exhibit. In addition, the festival’s expected high visitorship will also help support the region’s 80,000 hospitality-sector jobs. photo by David Lampe Joining Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson (center) in making the announcement of the Lantern Festival were Kitty Ratcliffe, president of the Convention & Visitors Commission; Charlie Dooley, St. Louis County Executive; St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay; and Robert M. Cox, Jr., senior vice president— administration of Emerson. St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay said the Lantern Festival is “truly an event the entire region should be proud of” and will reinforce St. Louis’s status as a world-class arts and culture destination. St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley lailed races unifying event in the St. Louis region” that would provide opportunities for visitors to expand their horizons and knowledge of other cultures. China has long been a focus for the Garden, where its scientists have been collaborating since 1988 on the Flora of China, a comprehensive directory of the country’s approximately 30,000 plant species. This important scientific record will be completed in late 20I2 earls 2013, Lantern Festival will run from May 26 through August 19. There 1s no extra charge to view the lanterns by day. Admission to Lantern Festival nights, 6 to 10 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, will be $15 members, $22 nonmembers; $10 children ages 3 to 12, $5 members’ children. Children 2 and under are free. For more information, visit www.mobot.org/lanternfestival. Fall 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 5 Ne@WS continued photo by Charles Zidar The perimeter wall borders the east side of the Garden facing Tower Grove Avenue. Grant to Fund Repairs to Garden Wall The Missouri Botanical Garden has received a $529,623 grant from the Department of Interior, National Park Service through the Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grant program, for the restoration of a portion of the Garden’s historic stone wall. The Garden must match grant funds dollar for dollar. The stone and ironwork perimeter wall, completed in 1856, will be restored as closely as possible to its original condition. Support from the Save America’s Treasures program will help fund the initial phase of the project, involving work. on the oldest and most damaged sections of the wall, which are in active failure and in urgent need of restoration to address safety and security. Planning is underway with work to begin late in 2011. The Save America’s Treasures program helps protect the nation’s endangered and irreplaceable cultural heritage. Save America’s Treasures is a public-private partnership administered by the National Park Service and the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities in cooperation with the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Institute of Museum and Library Services and SAT’s private partner, Save America’s Treasures at the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 6 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin photo by Jonathan Knobelock From left: Laurian McGrath, Paul Feldker, Len Jacobs, LaVerne Jaudes, Gary Keller, Joyce Driemeyer, Nancy Williams, Chuck Wilson, Carol Boeckmann, Henry Boeckmann, Stephanie Miller, Charlie Wilson, Richard Pandorf, Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, Pauline Ashton, Ray Potter, staff member Mary Voges, Larry Berglund, staff member Bob Coulter, Marc Flanders, and staff member Danelle Haake. Not pictured: Paul Omans. Volunteer Appreciation Evening On June 28 the Garden saluted its volunteers during our annual Volunteer Appreciation Evening. Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson presented special awards to the following outstanding individuals and groups: ¢ Len Jacobs, Commitment Award ¢ LaVerne Jaudes, Commitment Award ¢ Nancy Williams, Dedication Award ¢ Laurian McGrath, Extra Service Hours Award ¢ Paul Feldker, Green Award ¢ Paul Omans, Rookie Volunteer of the Year Award ¢ Gary Keller, Special Achievement Award * Prday Horticulture Volunteers at Litzsinger Road Ecology Genter Group Excellence Award: Pauline Ashton, Larry Berglund, Carol Boeckmann, Henry Boeckmann, Marc Flanders, Stephanie Miller, Richard Pandorf, Ray Potter, Charlie Wilson, Chuck Wilson * Joyce Driemeyer, Lifetime Achievement Award Volunteer Honored Garden volunteer Ann Case was recently honored by Bulb Collections Specialist Jason Delaney with a flower named in her honor, Hemerocallis ‘Ann Case, or the Ann Case Daylily. Delaney formally presented the flower named after Case at a Members’ Board meeting in June. Case has volunteered at the Garden since 1977. She serves on the Members Board and is also a St. Louis Herb Society member, master gardener, Garden guide, volunteer at the Plant Doctor desk, and bloom recorder (or someone who records the dates on which plants bloom). It was her work as a recorder that led to the daylily being named in her honor. photo by Andrea Nickrent Fall 2011 photos by David Lampe 10 years—front row: Anita Joggerst, Nancy Williams, Judi Yemm, Margaret Nathe, Karlene Feldker, Joy Stinger, Dolores McGuire, Marilyn Ainsworth, Marge Bornhauser, Judy Schaljo, Dorothy Harris. Second row: Bob Irwin, Penny Steffen, Jean Kelly, Jim Massey, Dr. Wyse Jackson, Ron Schlapprizzi, David Kennedy, Ben Kennedy, Leroy Ortmeyer, Dan Gravens. Not pictured: Ronda Anson, Anthony Bassett, Diane Faupel, Marie Fisher, Dot Gormley, Don McQueen, Gale Murphy, Kay Pelikan, Marge Petruska, Suzanne Ramsey- Haubein, Jodi Sudin, Bob Weinman, Bill Ziegenbein. 20 years—Barbara Huning, Jackie Mitchell, Lou Stark, Dr. Wyse Jackson, Jack Tucker, Joan Dellbringge, Phyllis Pieper. Not pictured: Nancy Kirchhoff: 30 years— Mary Ann Pelot, Doris Johnston, Charmaine Hutchings, Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson, Charlotte Baeyen, Albert Baeyen, Audrey Mathews. Not pictured: Ruth Jonas. 40 years: Dr. Wyse Jackson and Barbara O’ Brien. Volunteer Service Recognition On Tuesday, June 7, the Garden celebrated the commitment of its 1,816 volunteers at the annual volunteer service recognition luncheon. Awards “were given for commitments of 10, 20, 30, and—in one case—40 years! Our volunteers last year devoted over 151,000 hours to the Garden—the equivalent of 78 full-time staff. Without them, the Garden would not be able to operate at iicrenmmentlevel ot excellence. Four decades of service Barbara O’Brien was first introduced to nature as a child in Shannon County, Mo., by her grandfather. This developed into a lifelong passion for nature, the environment, and gardening, which are evidenced by her long-term membership in the Missouri Mycological photo by David Lampe Se@eicty and her terms as president of the St. Louis Herb Society, the Boxwood Society, and the Rowena Clark Garden Club. As president of the St. Louis Herb Society from 1992-1994, O’Brien oversaw the production of the hugely successful St. Louis Herb Society Cookbook. During her 40 years of volunteer service for the Garden, she has chaired virtually every committee of the St. Louis Herb Society, several more than once. She most recently co-chaired the annual herb sale. Fall 2011 Garden Inspires Students to Celebrate Power of Plants More than 900 students participated in the Garden’s 2010-2011 Power of Plants contest, a program targeting K-12 students from across the region to “dig deep” into a specific plant, research its traits and uses with their peers, and share what they learn with others. The 2010-2011 Power of Plants program was made possible by the generous support of The Monsanto Fund. 2010—2011 winners are: Early elementary (kindergarten through second grade): homeschoolers Aria and Jozlin Schmidt of south St. Louis, physical category; Adam Koetting, Henry McIntyre, and Grace Embry of Our Lady of Providence School in Sappington, digital category. Upper elementary (third through fifth grades): Ross Stauder and Evan Coleman of Tillman Elementary in Kirkwood, physical; Mitchell Skaggs and Zachary Clark of Drummond PE65 North in St. Ann, digital. Middle school (sixth through eighth grades): homeschoolers Gianna Sparks, Lauren Ashley Sparks, Regina Doty and Reuben Doty of Creve Coeur, physical; Laura Maniet, Isabel Mosley, Klarissa Sheffield, Greg Cordover and Cole Edelstein of Parkway Central Middle School in Chesterfield, digital. High school (ninth through 12th grades): Leah Faith McGee and Chris Bolton of Hancock Place High School in Lemay, physical; Caitlin Quirin, Abby Reding, Becca Wilkes and Anna Reichert of St. Joseph Academy in Frontenac, digital. The 2011-2012 contest is under way, with an entry deadline of January 31, 2012. For more information, visit www.mobot.org/power. Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 7, INTENSIVE CARE FOR ENDANGERED PLANTS n the Climatron there’s a tree called Dracaena umbraculifera. Sometimes known as the umbrella dracaena from the Dracaenaceae (dragon-tree) family, it 1s native to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean and rises 10 meters in height. You won't find any of these in Mauritius, though. It’s extinct in the wild, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, which details the plants and animals in danger of disappearing from the planet. In fact, Dracaena umbraculifera has been extinct in the wild for a century. The only reason the tree has survived is because a small number of gardens have kept it in cultivation, said Missouri Botanical Garden President Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson. “There have been sketchy records of this plant being grown 1n a number of collections,” he said. “There are maybe 15 botanic gardens that state they have it in cultivation. However, when I went into the Climatron, there in the center was probably the finest Dracaena umbraculifera left in the world.” Dr. Wyse Jackson has been interested in conservation of plants from Mauritius for some time. He first traveled to the island in 1985, when he led an expedition to help conserve a number of endangered species there. ‘There are several hundred species there that are known through tiny populations,” he said. “The native vegetation has been devastated through clearance for sugar cane crops and also the loss of pollinators, which has meant that many of the species don’t regenerate properly. There are also invasive species problems: privet, guava, and other species that are choking forests.” This illustration of the Dracaena umbraculifera flower comes from the book Plantarum rariorum horti caesarei Schoenbrunnensis descriptiones et icones by Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin, published in 1797 (www biodiversitylibrary. org/page/271984). The Dracaena in the Climatron has never flowered. Once he realized one of the rarest trees in the world was living in the Climatron, Dr. Wyse Jackson proposed a project through the Students in the Garden program, which provides undergraduate students at Washington University in St. Louis the opportunity to collaborate with Garden scientists on Leseareln phojects: Under the supervision photo by Karen Hill of Garden Curator Peter Hoch, undergraduate Dracaena umbraculifera in the student Qian Cao spent four and a half months this spring tracking down Climatron. There are only 16 specimens of this species in the world. information on Dracaena umbraculifera. The first written description of the species appeared in 1797 of a specimen in a Vienna botanical garden, and was accompanied by an illustration of the tree’s inflorescence (or flower). Somewhere along the line, Hoch said, the species was introduced into European botanical gardens, but it’s difficult to say when. It appears that the tree does not flower very often, and likely the description was written only because the specimen came into flower, he said. Likewise, the Garden’s specimen 1s something of a mystery. Just finding out when the tree was acquired has proved to be a challenge, Hoch said. Records kept by the Garden’s Horticulture Division mentioned the tree in 1976 and pointed to an earlier record from 1906. There, however, the trail dried up, indicating information on how and when the tree was acquired—a collection in the wild, perhaps, or a donation from another botanical garden or institution— had been lost. “We just don’t know the source,” Hoch said. As part of the project, Cao tracked down the other institutions worldwide that have Dracaena umbraculifera in their collections—16 in all—and set up a network of communication among them. LEARN MORE Join Andrew Wyatt, the Garden's Vice President of Horticulture, for a Rare Plants and Living Collections Tour on Wednesday, October 12 at 10 a.m. He'll cover behind- the-scenes functions rarely seen by visitors as well as important specimens within the Garden. $19 members, $23 nonmembers. For information and to sign up, visit www.mobot.org/classes. Hoch said they have requested leaf material as well as voucher specimens from each institution, as well as made vouchers and DNA collections of the Garden’s Dracaena umbraculifera (along with the other five species from the genus in the Garden’s collection). The voucher allows scientists to verify that they’re dealing with the same species. The leaf material will give them what they need to start running genetic tests and determine if the 16 known specimens represent unique genetic individuals or are clones, in which case getting them to reproduce through pollination would be nearly impossible. If they represent genetic diversity and one of the individuals flowers, Hoch said, the institutions could exchange pollen via express mail and attempt to cross-pollinate them. “There’s still a lot of work to do,” Hoch said. The ultimate goal would be a reintroduction of the species in the wild. “This is a useful flagship for what we’re doing in conservation,” Dr. Wyse Jackson said, “and the story for each endangered species is unique. Over the years, we will be telling more of these stories.” Botanical Gardens and Plant Conservation Tuesday, September 20, 11 a.m., Shoenberg Theater Join Dr. Peter Wyse Jackson for a members-only presentation on how botanical gardens are leading the effort to conserve plant biodiversity around the world. Fall 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 9 Seeing the forest for the photo by Mary Lou Olson magine standing in a tall-grass prairie, the hills gently rolling around you all the way to the horizon. Over 150 years ago, that’s exactly what you would have seen if you’d visited the future home of the Missouri Botanical Garden. When Garden founder Henry Shaw first visited this area, there was hardly a tree in sight. Hk g J csomtf ee ©, = ) fa _ / / NOTOPENTO / N THE PUBLIC / YS The landscape has changed considerably since then. Trees provide more than just a backdrop for the beautiful flowering plants at the Garden. In the spring, cherries, magnolias, flowering crabs, and plums put on a floral display of their own; their shade is inviting in the peak heat of summer; and fall color rivals the most vibrant spring blooms. photo by Beth Haines Ny Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)—R elated to the Even in winter, when the rest of the garden bald cypress, this tree was known hibernates, trees can still catch the eye with only through fossils, and presumed to silhouette, texture, and shape. be extinct—until a Chinese forester , discovered one in 1941 and it was Though by no means an exhaustive list, here Fee ree ag ee eee ee mere ar ye 1S 4 Sere CtiQuaommeemuemeec at the Garden. re eee DON’T MISS: Members’ Day: Walking Tour of Trees Thursday, October 20, 11 a.m., Shoenberg Theater Join Garden expert Ben Chu for a walking tour of the Garden’s most notable trees. Space is limited. Advance reservations required, (314) 577-9570. Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii)— About 20 species of oak are native to Missouri, photo by Jami including this species. pear ou a oe ea Scotch elm (Ulmus glabra)— ry sites in St. Louis, in 7 lowland locations it can Se a likely dates back to the lifetime of Garden founder Henry Shaw, who purchased eight Scotch elms around 1861. These are not often found commercially anymore due to their disease susceptibility. reach a tremendous size. Its fall colors appear late in the season. photo by Kyle Spradley Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)—In addition to its ‘ : : Gandhi pr eo Vise ieee “We pity the man who displays no fondness for trees. [H]e ts tree of Missouri turns scarlet red in : , ; Ril tac baviered a eeeien robbing himself of one of the greatest sources of enjoyment that mid-December, making it a tree a . i ee re nature has placed within the reach of human kind.” the Garden, they are numerous in Seiwa-en, the Japanese Garden. — Henry Shaw Bald cypress (Taxodium distichum var. distichum)—Commonly found in swamps, these Missouri natives line the Central Axis, the row of lily pools between the Climatron and Spink Pavilion. This cone-bearing TT tree gets its common name because, unlike evergreen conifers, it sheds its foliage in the fall. Bald cypress can live up to 600 years or more. photo by David Lampe photo by Josh Monken Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)—This tree, from the Amur River region in Mongolia, sports inconspicuous flowers and small “=u fruit, leaving the attention for the L_J “aS SY NGS Ge deep green leaves and massive, low spreading branches. You'll find them northeast of the Climatron, but don’t miss the one near the Victory statue in >> the Victorian District. i rr oa ic Ynston- White basswood (Tilia heterophylla)—This tree by the Museum Building near the Tower Grove House is one of the Garden’s three Missouri State Champions, a Kiefer Magnolia Walk— designation marking the largest Central Missouri is the of the species in the state. The other two Missouri champions f jjol photo by} northernmost growing region for most species of magnolia. This small collection lines the path west of the Gladney Rose Garden and reaches peak bloom in mid-March, when the fragrance 1s not to be missed. in the Garden are nearby: a possumhaw (Ilex decidua) and soapberry (Sapindus drummondii). photo by David Lampe Sophia M. Sachs OCTOBEK, AND OPChid$ Hours: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily (closed on Mondays, except Columbus Day, October 10) Extended evening hours: Tuesdays, October 4, 11, 18, and 25 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Cost: included with admission Members’ Day: October Owls and Orchids Tuesday, October 11, 4 to 7 p.m. Take a specialized class to learn about orchids, and stroll through the tropical conservatory to see the owl butterflies in flight. Families will enjoy crafts and other activities in the classroom. Class space is limited and advance registration required; call (636) 530-0076, ext. 10. For more details and topics for each of these classes, please visit www.butterflyhouse.org Thursdays with Bugs Ages 7—13 $12 members ($14 nonmembers) Join Butterfly House critters on the first Thursday of each month at 1 p.m. for bug-themed classes with hands-on exploration. Class price includes one child and one adult. Kids’ Bug Club Ages 7=13 $12 members ($14 nonmembers) Is your child always crawling in dirt with the roly polies or running after bugs with a net? The Butterfly House is looking for bug enthusiasts for our new Kids’ Bug Club. Meet at 2 p.m. on the second Sunday afternoon of every month for insects and games based on the smallest members of the planet. Class price includes one child and one adult. TZ Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin The Butterfly House is celebrating October with the addition of nearly 100 vividly blooming orchids and is expanding its collection of owl butterflies from 150 to almost 2,000 all month long! By Mark Deering \ X J hen the sun sets in October and you’re looking for owls, the best place in town for owl watching is the Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House. Be warned, though: our owls don’t hoot, and they just might land night on you. While most butterflies fly during the day, the Butterfly House has one group taking wing during the evening: the owls. These are our largest butterflies, but many people never see them take flight because they only start to fly as the sun descends below the horizon. During the day, they rest on tree trunks, exhibiting that classic eyespot on the undersurface of their wings. They are also common denizens on the fruit trays, as they will not visit flowers for nectar. They live in the understory of tropical forests, and fruit is a main source of food for them, along with tree sap, dung, and carrion. The Owls and Orchids event includes hundreds of additional owl butterflies for a one-of-a-kind experience. Imagine being surrounded by hundreds of owl butterflies flying at 20 miles per hour as you enter the darkening conservatory. They fly and tumble in large groups along the path, brushing against you as they pass. See them gliding over the pond and the flowers in search of mates and food. Eight-inch wingspans make them the largest of our butterflies, and they are in full flight. Colorful, fragrant blooming orchids cover the trees around you, offering glimpses of tropical jungles. It’s an impressive sight! And one that most of our visitors are unable to witness. The Butterfly House receives three species of owl butterflies: Caligo memnon, Caligo eurilochus, and Caligo atreus. All three are found in Costa Rica, and we receive Caligo memnon from Surinam as well. This event also features well over a hundred blooming orchids of many different types placed in the conservatory. The chance to see masses of owl butterflies as well as these gorgeous plants in bloom makes this a spectacular time to visit. Fall 2011 photo by Kimberly Bretz photos by Kristi Ruggles Branching out with Missouri's Native Trees By Cindy Gilberg The economic importance of trees goes beyond just their value as lumber. They provide shade in summer, much of our oxygen, nut crops (such as black walnuts and pecans), and are home to countless creatures that depend on them for food, shelter, and nesting sites. A new focus on using native plants in the landscape includes the diverse list of native trees. They are well-adapted to our region and enhance biodiversity in our urban environments. Oaks are a classic choice for shade trees in Missouri and are, in general, quite adaptable. Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) and bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) tolerate both wet and dry sites with a moderate to fast rate of growth. A naturally occurring hybrid between the two is Schuette oak. Red oak (Quercus rubra) has great fall color, and the willow oak (Quercus phellos) is adaptable to poorly drained soils typical in many urban areas. Oaks support more species of insects than any other genus in Missouri, and acorns are an important source of food for many animals. Trees that provide berries for birds and other wildlife include hackberry (Celtis occidentalis) and the green hawthorn (Crataegus viridis), our state flower. Dogwoods (Cornus spp.) provide summer berries for birds, as does the early spring-blooming serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea). Black gum (Nyssa sylvatica) tolerates average to moist soils and, in addition to its fall crop of berries, has brilliant red fall color. Persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) and pawpaw (Asimina triloba) both have fruit that people and wildlife savor, making them great for edible landscaping. A lesser-known native is yellowwood (Cladrastris lutea), a slow-growing, medium-size shade tree with loose clusters of fragrant white flowers. Its common name refers to the clear yellow dye produced from its wood. Many trees live well over 200 years, so selection and location of planting require careful consideration. Planting native trees is a long-term investment that will enhance our environment for generations to come. wae * a Shaw Nature Reserve photo by Jonathan Knobelock Swamp white oak (Quercus bicolor) tolerates both wet and dry locations and has a moderate to fast growth rate. Myron Glassberg Family Pavilions Dedicated In May, the Shaw Nature Reserve dedicated two new pavilions in honor of the Myron Glassberg family. In addition to the pavilions, contributions from Sunny Glassberg, Myron’s widow, will help to complete a new restroom facility (currently under construction) as well as support for educational programming at the Reserve. “Myron wanted to change the world,” Sunny said during the dedication, “and we are here now because he did in fact change this small part of it.” Fall 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin School groups will now be directed to the pavilions, which will greatly alleviate congestion at the Visitor’s Center entrance and make it much safer for children. The Reserve anticipates providing lessons on nature, conservation, and natural history to more than 5,600 students in the next academic year. Left, top: The new pavilions are located near the Bascom House and the Whitmire Wildflower Garden. Bottom: Sunny Glassberg, second from left in the front row, surrounded by friends for the Myron Glassberg Family Pavilion Dedication. 13 Seen at the Garden A Toast to Summer: Wine Tasting with Nigel Mooney Thursday, June 30 One hundred forty people enjoyed an evening of wine and music June 30 with Nigel Mooney, Ireland’s leading jazz singer and guitarist. A champagne reception was followed by a performance by Mooney and fine wine and food pairings. The event was sponsored by Schnuck Markets. photo by Mary Lou Olson — 4 : ‘ i Gra Young Friends’ Climatron® and Cocktails Tuesday, June 14 This year the Garden’s Young Friends joined with Young Friends of St. Louis Public Radio to celebrate summer. Nearly 200 people enjoyed live music on the Central Axis along with hors d’oeuvres and cocktails by Purus Vodka. Tributes April through June 2011 A tribute gift to the Garden is a wonderful way to honor family and friends. Tributes of $25 or more are listed in the Bulletin. If you have questions regarding giving opportunities at the Garden, please call (314) 577-0805. You can also make a tribute gift online at our website, www.mobot.org. In Honor of Mr. Paul M. ae Mr. Steven Arenbe Mrs. Mary W. Aull Ms. Martha Y. Allison Mrs panes Bain The Garden C . Peter T. Burks oe Hieler an z and Tom Watkins Chen ae _ . Bet ee Cohn Ms. Judy Fah: r. and Mrs. ene A. Herr Ms. Evelyn E. Dennis Ms. Valerie L. Denni Mr. an s. Jack Deutsch Mr. fee Mrs. ar D. Fudemberg Mrs. Martha A. Dexheimer Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Weidmann Mr. Douglas Dick Abby and Bob Sydlow and Patricia and Frederick Dick Mrs. lie K. eee Mrs. Ann L. Ca: Ellen Beads Rob and Sherri Meyers Melanie Fathman Joanne neler and The Junior League Mrs. Vivian Gellman Her family A group of friends GEMS Mrs. Sunny as Mrs. Margaret Lon Mrs. Sus Mr. Louis N. apnea Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Ste cele oe Mrs. gene Barbara — Sheila But Ms. hile S. Heller Mr. and Mrs. David C. Farrell Mrs. a Hillsman Sandra Brennan, and G ie and TJ. Mrs. Laure Hullverson Her friends Mrs. Frei ses N. Jaudes Mrs. Ann L. C€ 16 Barbara Johnson Sherrill A. Boardman Ranney and Sallie Dohogne Mrs. Jill Khou Mr. and Mrs. Ron E. Rauh Mr. N la Barbara Wulfing and Jane Blumoff Nancy and David Knight Casey Palacios Dr. William S. Knowles Mr. William K. McIntire Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kobusch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jules L. Pass Mr. ae Mrs. Robert E. Kres Mr. ae Mrs. Walter G. Stern Henrietta Kushkin Children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren Mr. and Mrs. Barry Mandel Mr. and Mrs. Paul T. Putzel Ms. Carolyn Mata Mr. and Mrs. Elmer L. Boehm and Mrs. Guy McClellan Dr. ae Mrs. Thomas A. Woolse Mr. Larry R. Morrison Mrs. Marilou Dugan, Chapter CT of PEO Sisterhood ather Eugene Neff Friends and Family Mr. and Mrs. Fred H. b Perabo Mr. and Mrs. Robert McQuitty Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Morgan Mr. Roy Pfautch Mr. and Mrs. A. Charles Hiemenz III Benjamin A. Rauh Mr. and Mrs. Ron E. Rauh Madeline Elaine Rauh Mr. and Mrs. Ron E. Rauh Drs. Peter and Patricia Raven Carolyn and Joseph Losos Fox Family Foundation Dr. David M. Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Lewis oem Dr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Jawor: Mrs. Ellen E. Jones Carolyn and Joseph Losos Gates ie International, I r. and Mrs. John T. O’ vate Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Mrs. Janet Meakin Poor Sarah Reichard-University o Washington Botanic Gardens Thad W. Simons, os Dr. Virginia V. We Dr. and Mrs. oe . Woolsey Mrs. Charles P. Reay Mary Randolph Ballinger Miss Alma K. Reitz Ms. Jackie Juras Dr. P. Mick Richardson Dr. L. M. Brunt and Dr. Elizabeth Matthews Brunt Mr. and Mrs. — Ritten Dr. and ny Sica Fujita Rick and Julie Rodriguez Michael and Angela Regan Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Rosentha Mrs. — Seldin Mrs. Glenda Seldin Mrs. ey n Ms. Rosalie Siefke Ms. Jackie Juras Mr. Harry A. Weber Ms. Mary Feldmeier Dr. Thomas Weber Mr. and Mrs. a Egelhoff Mrs. Ann Duvall Wyatt The Duvalls Mr. and Mrs. John A. Yunker Mrs. Judy Cohen Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon C. Cohen aebe r. and Mrs. rie H. Pasay In Memory of Mrs. Mildred a Allen Ms. Rhiannon P. K: Mrs. Mary P. A eae Harry Glenn and Ted Funkhouser aig Do M. Anderson rothy M and Mrs. Tim Phelan Mrs. Norma J. Badolato Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E. Ansehl Mrs. Elizabeth Stevens Bakewe Mrs. Patricia G. Hecker Dr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Woolsey Dr. Walter F. Ballinger r Dr. and Mrs. Ernest T. Rouse HI Clara H. von Gontard Steinlage ais rs. Mary Fuller Bearman S. Lee Kling Family Mrs. Jane D. Landsbaum Mrs. Doris A. Beaury Mr. and Mrs.Charles Flemming Fall 2011 Mrs. Mary Beck Mrs. Joan M. Shewmake Ms. Theresa G. Bernsen Ms. Patricia M. O’Hare Her friends Mr. W. Gail Bird Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Blum Cathy Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Buschart Mrs. Shirley S. Braibish Ms. Marilyn Henske and Family Mr. and Mrs. Tim Persons Dr. and Mrs. John Silberberg Mrs. Mary Elliott Brandin Mrs. Carol C. Bitting Mr. and Mrs. Alexander M. Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kresko Dr. and Mrs. Steven Plax Mrs. Tom K. Smith, Jr. Mrs. Frances Braswell Dr. Patti Ruff Rigele Mr. Kenneth M. Brooks Mrs. Ruth A. Brooks Mrs. JoAnn Bruns The Tracy Family Rev. Dr. Donald J.W. Burkhalter Rita and Dannie Burk Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Ford Mr. Alan J. Glazer Mrs. Kim Goetz Mr. Robert Goldstein Ms. Dorothy J. Hatina Mr. Tom Hickey Isle Casino Hotel - Biloxi Mr. and Mrs. William R. Kirchoff Lady Luck Casino—Marquette Paddock Forest Women’s Club Ms. Joy R. Stafford Mr. Todd Steffen Mr. Mike Burns Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Glasscock Mr. Keith David Campbell Mr. Howard J. Wilkinson, Jr. Mr. Joseph E. Charleville Mrs. Cheryl Barrett Venkitasubramanian Chathadi Dr. and Mrs. James Nahlik Susan D. Clopton Gwen Clopton and Michael Donovan Mrs. Troy W. Cole Mrs. Betty J. Cole Maureen Collins Mr. and Mrs. James E. Clark, Jr. Mrs. Katherine Cooper Ms. Nancy S. Swoboda Frank’s Dad and are’s Mom Mr. and Mrs. Richard Kautzman Mr. Robert Trammell Crow Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kresko Mr. Chip Deggendorf Drs. Donald and Jo Schnellmann Mr. Caleb DePriest Mrs. Alijda Barendregt Mr. Karl D. Dexheimer Mr. and Mrs. Eric R. Weidmann Mrs. Phyllis Brady Donovan Gwen Clopton and Michael Donovan Teruo (Ted) Doi Family and friends Mrs. Dianna Drinkard Ms. Alice M. Barnard Mrs. Charlotte M. Ehlenbeck Ms. Lois Carter Ms. Jackie Juras Mr. John C. Emmons Mr. and Mrs. Paul Egan Mr. C. Dean Fales Mr. and Mrs. Jim Salih s. Judith Davis Fink John and Dodie Alber Ms. Marcia L. Altepeter Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Bakewell Mr. and Mrs. Charles T. Belleville Mr. Logan H. Betz and Mrs. Edith Betz Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth W. Block Ms. Ellen E. Bonacorsi Bryan Cave LLP friends and co-workers Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Fellner Ms. Deborah L. Fern: andez . and Mrs. Larry F Mr. and Mrs. eee. Harizal . and Mrs. E. P. Johnson r. and Mrs. Phillip E. McCrory s. Cheryl Morrow r. and Mrs. James L. Nouss, Jr. r. and Mrs. David L. Oldani Create a legacy Leaving a bequest to the Garden creates a legacy that will benefit others for generations to come. If you have already included the Garden in your estate plans, we hope that you will share this information with us. We would like to express our gratitude and welcome you into the Heritage Society. Of course, our wishes for anonymity are respected. Please call (314) 577-9495 for further information, or visit our website at www.mobot.org. Click on Donate, then Planned Giving. Mr. and Mrs. John L. Oliver III Mr. and Mrs. James E. Reynolds, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James W. Sherby Mr. and Mrs. David S. Slavkin Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Strobl s. Jennette Winkelmann r. and Mrs. James J. Wotruba Mr. James R. Wyrsch, Jr. Ms. Dorothy M. Flavin Mrs. Barbara Brinker Mr. Mark Flenniken Mrs. Barbara L. Kilpatrick Mrs. Claire M. Fowler Mrs. Donna R. Ringwald Mr. Robert Fremont Dr. and Mrs. Don G. Livingston Mr. William Friedman Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Felker Mr. Gerald O. Ganz Harry Glenn and Ted Funkhouser Ann Gee Ms. Mary Ruth Kettenbach Mrs. Mary Cecilia Gilmore Mr. and Mrs. Otto N. Tucker, Jr. Mrs. Cookie Carolyn G e Mr. and Mrs. Ralph F. Korte Barbara Goldenhersh, Ph.D. Dr. and Mrs. Gary Kula Mrs. V. Alice Goodwin Mrs. Sandra Ford Mrs. Mary Ann Gorczyce-Bruck Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fehr and family Mrs. Mary Lewis Grace Her family Mother of Valerie Granberry The St. Louis Master Gardeners Mr. Ronald L. Harszy Mr. Bill Brennan Mr. and Mrs. Gerald K. ruegeemann Ms. Kathleen L. Connor Mr. Dennis Dalton Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Eble Friends and family Mrs. Jacquelyn Kelley Ms. Maria Kooistra The Lauth Family and Tom Germann Monti and Ben Moore Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Muckinstrum Ms. Sandra S. Spirtas Cheryl Stanger, Ron Lichtenstein, Susie and Keith Hamilton and family Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Wegner Bobby J. Wood Ms. Mary Louise Harvey Mrs. Mary Arnett Mr. Dane Haumesser Country Ridge Garden Club Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stoliar Mrs. Alice Y. Hayashi Mr. and Mrs. James I. Hayashi Father of Melanie Hayim Mrs. Susan Weintraub Mrs. LaVera Heisserer Meramec College Writing Center Mrs. Dolores Herleth The Redfearn sets Mr. David H. Herleth Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Gadell Ms. Jackie Jur: The ae Family Mrs. JoAnn Rivinus Vorih Mr. Grego eseman Patricia a ams ne Kevin Bryant a Miriam cks Mary Jane ioe Mr. Robert B. Hess Dr. and Mrs. Harry T. Duffy Mrs. Suzanne S. Hickman er Mr. and Mrs. nde mes H. . Bil Ms. panes A. Zorensky Mrs. Theresa Hicks Donald Danforth Plant Center Frank and Elsie Hlastan Ms. Peggy J. Hlastan eee Edith Hope Mary V. Parker Mrs. Jean Carpenter Ho Mr. and Mrs. Donald Kuchenbuch Mimi Jeske and Tom Wilhite Mrs. Ann 7 Husch Mr. and Mrs. Mark I. Litow Mrs. Stee Ruwitch Mrs. Kathryn James Dr. and Mrs. Richard B. Whiting Mrs. Amanda r Dr. and Mrs. James R. Wiant Mrs. e P. W. Jones Mrs. ie rie Mr. Charles F. Jost Mr. Norman B. Leppo Heinrich J. Junk d Mrs. ee cae rs. Marie M. Juras Mrs. Phyllis Anne Higgins Mr. Joseph Kearney Mrs. Laura Krzywicki Mr. Leo Kerkemeyer Mrs. Peggy Lents Mrs. Mildred M. Kiefer Rodger and Kathy Izzo and Terry Vall Mr. Don Killen Ms. Nancy D. Linn rs. Diane L. Knight Anonymous Mr. Vernon Knobbe The St. Louis Master Gardeners Mrs. Mary Ann Kocks Ms. Nancy W. Welton Jennifer Krass Mr. Ronald J. Sauget Mr. Robert L. eins C. Douglas Meadows, M. a Patricia C. Langenberg .and Mrs. Jules L Dr. W. Edward Lansche Mr. Thomas C. Shocklin Mrs. Virginia G. ee Mr. Walter L. Laschc Edward Paul Laven Mr. a Mrs. Charles H. Morr Learned r rs. Paul Mr. and Mrs. Daniel P. Kiehl rs lissa E ) Mrs. John M. Pascoe Annamarie Chi-Ling Leun ae ee Mrs. ae P. Atkinson Ms. . Cie Barilla-LaBar and family The Beushausen family and Anita Hellstrom be and Mrs. Samuel W. Bi ler Amy and Mary Lynn Cady and Mrs. Francis Cobin Mr. and Mrs. Donald V. Drouin, Jr. Mrs. Catherine Gabel Mr. Walter P. Hanel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hanna Mr. and Mrs. Yimin A. Huang Mr. Paul Humphrey Ms. Jackie Juras Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey G. King Tom and Cathy King Marilyn and Chris Leung Ms. Kathy Liszewski Mr. and Mrs. John R. Lonigro Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Maryniak Lynne and Daniel Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Paul Pericich Robert, Vanita and Vonna Preska Donna Rasmussen Mr. and Mrs. Wayne L. Rasmussen Mr. and Mrs. Gene E. Schwartz Dirk M. Spitzer and Jacqueline Unsinger Mr. L. Max Lippman, Jr. Clara H. von Gontard Steinlage Ro Mrs. Orietta V. Kohn Mrs. Olivia A. Loehr Ms. Maxine Stone Ms. Carol A. Love Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Schaper Mrs. Delphine C. Lukasek Ms. Florence Cuba Mr. Douglas B. MacCarthy Ms. Carole Wentz Mrs. Edna Major Mr. and Mrs. Peter B. Krombach Mr. Martin W. Marion Dr. and Mrs. Stanley London Mrs. Daisy Martin Jim and Rosalie Cooper Hugh and Lois McCall Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Lohmann Mr. Robert L. McNamara Mrs. Ann Probst Mrs. Sherry Kay oo Mrs. William Barnes I Mr. and M ._M.C — Je: Ss; ia] ~ =) a. = s 2 > @ ne} a ic 5 — d Mrs. Sanford W. Weiss Mr. Adam H. lton Mr. and Mrs. Walter G. Stern Mr. oe ohn F. Mitchell, Sr. ackie Juras Missouri Botanical Garden Docents St. Lo Sy 5 ouis Master Gardener. e Mizera r. Ste Missouri ae anical as x Volunteer Instructors aay Patsy J. M bad Mrs. aes F. om sande Shirley Fay Murphy d Mrs. Thomas Murphy Mr. ve Mrs. Nathaniel Sloan Beth Elaine Newkirk John H. Northup and Simiha Northup Mrs. Norma L. Williams Mr. Lawrence J. O’Brien Mr. Norman a Leppo Mr. William R. = i—y am Fox Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Ha Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Kopman Mrs. M. L. Kr Mrs. Fai L. Lord Mr. and Mrs. John C. McPheeters Consider a Charitable Gift Annuity Today A charitable gift annuity is a contract with the Missouri Botanical Garden in which you agree to make an irrevocable donation. The Garden, in turn, agrees to make fixed payments to you for your lifetime. (You can have the payments benefit others, too.) Many donors have benefited from charitable gift annuities. The portion of your gift that remains at your death helps support the Garden. It’s a gift that enables you to meet your charitable goals, provides you with tax-favored lifetime payments, and offers immediate income tax savings. If you are retired and depend on stock dividends for income, consider funding a gift annuity with those stocks. Or consider a gift annuity instead of a CD. The rate of payment is determined by the ages of those receiving payments at the time of the contribution—the older the recipients, the higher the rate. For more information, contact Sharon Mertzlufft at (314) 577-9495 or sharon.mertzlufft@mobot.org. You may also visit www.mobot.org to explore the planned giving guide under the “Give to the Garden” page. Fall 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Ly Mrs. Eleanor J. Moor Dr. and Mrs. Ernest . Rouse III ith, J m Clara H. von Gontard Steinlage r. and Mrs. John K. Wallace, Jr. a Fargo Advisors Mrs. Bernadette C. Ortleb Mrs. Ruth Hubert Morris Mr. Thomas J. O’Shea Dr. Anthony Baumstark Mr. Curtis Owen Ms. Laura Pallett Mr. W. Anderson pier Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S Mrs. Bertha cdi Mr. Ronald J. S Kranzberg Mr. John Stewart Phelan Country Ridge Garden Club Mr. Russell W. Poe Ms. Lynn K. Silence Dr. Stephen L. Post Mr. Quintus L. Drennan, Jr. Lea Ann Price Ophthalmology Associates Mrs. Betty Reener Dr. and Mrs. Philip L. Huddleston Mrs. Kathr gia B. ie Dr. and Mrs. William G. Sedgwick Mrs. Barbara Rezny Mr. and Mrs. T Mrs. LaVerne N. Jaudes Ms. = Juras Mr. Irvin A. Rich Mr. an Mrs. Ken Blades Mrs. Laura T. Riganti Ms. Jackie Juras Mrs. Virginia Rinder Mrs. Rebecca Braverman Ms. Susan Brennan Ms. Sharon Deutsch arah Roderick Suzanne Landry and Susan Lowe Mrs. ena Rodman Ms. Jen Boy Mr. Anthony J. Roth Jaycen and Jennifer Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Blank Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Gravens Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williams Mrs. Hope D. Jones Rouse Mr. and Mrs. John C. McPheeters Mrs. Joan Schaeffler Mrs. Shirley G. Durfee Aidan Gage Scharff Marcia Albrecht and Amy Loos Mrs. Fern Bs Schriefer rald Bowen mily Mr. Matthew Coble efense Contract Audit Agency Sipura ard, Inc. Ms. olyn M. Gilmore Mr. hee L. Gilm The Gorman Sanity Mr. and Mrs. Bud Jenkins Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Jury e, and Kimber Manning Ms. Karen L. Schriefer Mr. Eugene H. Schuchardt Thom and Lore G Sgt. Joseph George Schuengel Mary Gasper, Mary Geis, Mary Mr. and Mrs. ae Selinger r. and ie. ae W. Miller I Mrs. Harriett Seward Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Haddix Mr. Kevin Silvey Mrs. Patricia L. Adams Pamela Clark Smith Mr. and Mrs. Newell A. Baker Members’ Entry Court Bricks dedicated at the Garden, April through uneeZ Ole Engraved clay bricks and bronze bricks are a wonderful way to commemorate any special occasion, as well as final memorials. For additional information regarding the Garden’s brick program, please contact the Institutional Advancement Office at (314) 577-0291 or visit www.mobot.org. 18 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin Mrs. Florine Sorkin Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Fiala Mr. Phillip Sotir Mrs. Janet U. Rathgeber Mrs. ein amas Sou Chon eon Club and David G. Dimit | Day | canoes ue Dr. and Mrs. Nicholas T. Kouchoukos Mrs. Jane D. saaires Dr. and Mrs. ty Swing The St. Louis ce oe Mr. and Mrs. Kingsley O ight, Sr. Mrs. Edith Jenkin Spink Mr. and Mrs. David C. r. and Mrs. George Schoedinger III Farrell The Bonnie Stallings Famil y Ms. Lisa Burris Mr. Gene E. Talbott Mr. and Mrs. Allan Lubin Mrs. Ruth A. Tarver Friends at Allied Healthcare Products Frank M. Tricomi, J.D. Gene and Victoria Foster Mr. Joseph D. Tripodi Marty and Nancy Feit Nick, Lynn and Lon Silence Mrs. Lois M. Warner Mr. and Mrs. James E. Clark, Jr. Mrs. Frannie Weinstock Mrs. Jane D. Landsbaum Ms. Sandy ee Mrs. Mary B. Mrs. Alicia P. Withers Mrs. Ann Ki Ms. Cindy Wrobel Ms. Jill A. Goodman r C. Zimmermann Mrs. hee Sutter Signature Bronze Bricks Judy Davis Fink Bryan Cave LLP Friends and Coworkers Stephen P. Harris Patricia Jo Harris Mr. Stephen P. Harris Virginia G. Laschober Mr. Walter L. Laschober Mildred E. Villa Mr. and Mrs. Eugene P. Villa Fall 2011 April through June 2011. Tributes Butterfly House Tributes & Pavers Tributes and Pavers dedicated at the Butterfly House, To learn more about these opportunities, call (314) 577-0291 or visit www.butterflyhouse.org. In Honor of Mr. Louis S. Sachs Dr. and Mrs. Marvin Rennard Ms. JoAnn Ruth Thomas Ms. Jackie Juras Pavers Anita Yohler and William Eugene Baldwin Mrs. Anita Y. Baldwin Gladys M. and William : Baldwin Mrs. Anita Y. Baldw: Matt Bazoian Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Mauch Rachel Anne Bequette Mr. and Mrs. James R. Mikko Abigail and yan Fairbanks Ms. Cynthia A. Weber Janet Sue and Cli ford Garde Mrs. Anita Y. B Mr. and Mrs. Bob Scott Christopher B. Graville, Jr. Sofia Grace Johnson Ms. Judith A. Scott Phyllis E. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Suftko, Sr. Joe Nagy Mr. and Mrs. Michael Heinz Marc Parrone, Jr. Mr. and ve Ge L. Hirsch Suzanne Phyllis Yohler Pretze Mrs. Anita Y. Baldwin Gloria Ringkamp Ms. Susan Ringkamp Smith Brittany A. Smith- olden Ms. Jill S. Holden Esther ae nd Robert - Yohler Mrs. Anita Y. ai Engraved Clay Bricks Carol and Paul Albert Miss Alma K. Reitz Bill J. and Mary D. Auchly Mr. Todd Govro Kenneth M. Brooks Mrs. Ruth A. Brooks Tim Classe Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Morgan Ms. Melissa Talbott John and Christy Connor Miss Kathryn L. Connor Florence Corman Dr. Mark Corman Raymond Memon Deering Mr. Shaun J. Benyr Lily Grace Hagan Mr. and Mrs. Joseph C. Hagan Moonam Kang Takeo Ono Mrs. Linda D. Barlows Paul and Mary Reitz Miss Alma K. Reitz Gail and Tom Sterling Miss Alma K. Reitz Marc Allen Unverrich Mr. and Mrs. Lowell K. Unverrich photo by David Lampe photo by Jonathan Knobelock Low-maintenance livestock This adorable family of goats is made in Texas from recycled scrap metal. Check out the Garden Gate Shop’s selection of gifts for the urban farmer in our holiday homesteading display. Members always receive a discount. GARDEN GATE SHOP.ORG All proceeds benefit the Missouri Botanical Garden. Story Time! Join us and receive 20% off all children’s books on story time day. Gather around the sofa in the book area at 10 a.m. to hear stories from the following great books: September 3: Chicken Butt’s Back! by Erica S. Perl and Chicken Cheeks by Michael Ian Black and Kevin Hawkes October 1: Red Wagon by Renata Liwska and Bats at the Ballgame by Bran Lies November 5: All the Seasons of the Year by Deborah Lee Rose and Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Fall 2011 Missouri Botanical Garden Bulletin 1 9 Just for Members Japanese Festival Members’ Day: “Botanical Saturday and Sunday, September 3-4, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Car deaccmd DinisConteenuenn Monday, September 5 (Labor Day), 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. io Din © Ww i- The Garden’s annual celebration of Japanese arts, culture, and ee - ; ; or ; Tuesday, September 20, 10 a.m. Shoenberg cuisine features taiko drumming, bon odor festival dancing, 7 f : martial arts, candlelight walks in the Japanese Garden, and more. cela wiioraimataton (SN) 21 Ta1 Admission: $15 adults (13-64), $10 seniors (65+), $5 members Members’ Event: and children (3-12). Buy tickets in advance online at Best of Missouri Market www.mobot.org. No trams. iMierenbere? Rreakjay: Sponsorship support by Bodine Aluminum, BSI Constructors, Saturday, October 1, 7 to 9 a.m. and Central States Coca-Cola Bottling Company, and Sunday, October 2, 8 to 9.a.m. $5. Novus International. Young Friends Fest-of-Ale Friday, October 14, 6 to 10 p.m. Enjoy appetizers, beer, and live music under the stars with the Young Friends of the Missouri Botanical Garden. $15 ($30 nonmembers). Reservations required: (314) 577-9570 or www.mobot.ore/ membership. Information: (314) 577-5120. Best of Missouri Market® Friday, September 30, 6 to 9 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Members only — Saturday, October 1, 7 to 9 a.m. and Sunday, October 2, 8 to 9 a.m. Over 120 Missouri food producers and crafters offer everything from fresh produce to custom jewelry. Live music and Kids Corner activities. . anes by John Martin Ghouls in the Garden Outdoors under tents, rain or shine. Sunday, October 30, 1 to 3 p.m. Free for NEW! First Look Friday: Don’t miss this early chance to oe and dine in celebration Garden members ($5 nonmember children of the Market’s 20th anniversary. Enjoy music and attendance prize drawings, too! ages 3 to 12). Special Children’s Garden Admission: $12 adults (13-64), $10 seniors (65+), $5 children (3-12), $5 members. closing activities, too! Reservations required: Buy tickets in advance online at www.mobot.org. No trams. (314) 577-9570 or www.mobot.org/ bership. Inf tion: (314) 577-5154. Presented by Schnuck Markets. Additional sponsorship support by AgriMissouri, Brown Shoe, ares ae Central States Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Commerce Bank, Drury Hotels Company, Members’ Day: Edward Jones, The Home Depot, Ingersoll Rand/Hussmann International, KMOX, Mercy Children’s Hospital, Peabody Energy, Ronnoco Coffee Company, Waterway Gas & Wash, and Wehrenberg Theatres. Holiday Decorating Tuesday, November 8, 11 a.m., Shoenberg Theater aD ‘bli £ Botanicals Desi Casals Beas Join Dean Reibling of Botanicals Design November 23, 2011 through January 2, 2012 The annual holiday flower and train show caps off a Studio for tips and tricks to deck your halls. Information: (314) 577-5118. TREEmendous year with “the gifting tree,” celebrating Holiday Wreath Auction the many benefits we receive from trees. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, November 19 to Wednesday, daily; closes at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve and New Year’s December 28, Monsanto Hall Eve; closed Christmas Day. Orthwein Floral Display Hall. Bid on unique creations from some of Admission: Garden admission plus $5; free for members. the area’s finest floral designers. Proceeds benefit the Garden. photo by Heather Marie Osborn Sens support is provided by Central States Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Gardenland Express Members’ Evening | Wednesday, November 30, 5 P. mM. 66 Fall Wildflower Sale Friday, September 9, 4 to 8 p.m., Shaw Nature Reserve For new and experienced gardeners. Stroll the Whitmire green homes ! great health Saturday, September 24, Wildflower Garden to get inspiration and talk to staff and experts AL 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on how to use native plants in your landscaping. $5. Rain or Celebrate sustainable living! Get home-greening ideas from shine. Information: (636) 451-3512. 100+ exhibitors. Learn how to stay healthy and prevent Nordstrom St. Louis Galleria grand opening gala cancer by talking with Washington University physicians. Plus Wednesday, September 21, 6 to 9 p.m., Saint Louis Galleria workshops, local foods, kids’ activities, and more. Sponsored Benefiting local cultural institutions, including the Garden. by Ameren NESSOUN: Presented by the Garden’s EarthWays $75. 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