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Botanical Garden, Garden, and Park
St Louis
The experts at Michelin Travel & Lifestyle and Go! Magazine recommend this place
"The Garden Glow is fantastic."(7 Tips)
"Japanese Festival in September every year!"(8 Tips)
"Be sure to check out the Rainforest and Japanese Garden!"(8 Tips)
"Orchid show is amazing!"(4 Tips)
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The festivals are a lot of fun. It's free on Saturdays before 11.
You can get bags of koi food at the garden shop, so you don't have to fish for change at the Japanese Garden.
Laura PonathOctober 20, 2012St. Louis residents, come before 10 on Saturday or Wednesday for a free ticket!
Shakespeare Festival St. LouisJuly 27, 2011Every year the Whitaker Music Festival takes place from June to August, a great free music event!
This is a place that is constantly changing and is beauiful any time of the year.
Erik SchwenkeOctober 2, 2012Get 10% off at the Garden Gate Shop when you show your Lou Fusz AutoAwards key tag. Read more
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Relax and enjoy the surroundings. A trip away from the city w/in the City!
Alexis SatterfieldMarch 16, 2021If you go in mid March the buildings are closed on Tuesday for the covid policy or whatever. So you basically look at grass and tree branches. Waste of time and money.
Aaron WhitenerFebruary 24, 2012Love the brick indoor behind the main building. Do you see a garden gnome?
- In the spring and summer... Shhhhh, you can see the bull frog in the pond!!!
Just became a member over Labor Day weekend during the Japanese Festival. All 3 days are free!
Jordan SwiftJune 14, 2010wednesday nights in the summer, free entry and live jazz music! fun summer night!
PD WilliamsSeptember 21, 2011defintly take time to feed the japinise coy fish! but the whole place is really nice
Riverfront TimesNovember 15, 20102010 RFT Best of St. Louis Winner - Best Place to Take Out-of-a-Town Guests
Kelly WilliamsonOctober 7, 2012Fyi. Bring cash to festivals. Many food benders do not accept credit or debit
Lauren BiondoNovember 17, 2010Buy one admission and receive a second admission of equal or lesser value FREE with a coupon from:- Cathy NestorApril 8, 2011If you belong to another garden check reciprocal agreement you might get in free!
- KarenSeptember 2, 2010Japanese Festival - all Labor Day weekend! Don't miss out - www.mobot.org/events/japanesefestival
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Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark.
Closed until 9:00 AM (Show more)
- Mon–Sun
- 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
(314) 577-5100
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Places inside Missouri Botanical Garden
- 8.3
"My favorite part of the botanical garden. I appreciate the inclusion of nepenthes, the hanging carnivorous plants."
Quentin Hendricks
- 9.2
"Largest Japanese Gardens in the country. You can probably skip the guided tour as it doesn't do much, just relax and enjoy the incredible collections."
Jon Darveau - 8.4
"Wait a while… smell the roses… beautiful."
Eric White
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