Garden-Lou

06/01/2026

STL Garden Tour Season continues with Lafayette Square's Annual Home and Garden Tour this weekend! See you on The Square!

05/31/2026

After a two-year hiatus, the Open Days Tour is back in St. Louis in 2026! Enjoy this glimpse into a few of the top gardens of St. Louis!

https://garden-lou.com/highlights-from-the-garden-conservancy-open-days-tour/

St. Louis, MO The mission of the Garden Conservancy is to preserve, share, and celebrate America’s gardens and diverse gardening traditions for the education and inspiration of the public. The nationwide non-profit organization has been hosting its Open Days program as a major fundraiser since 199...

05/26/2026

Oh, the stories this guy could tell...

The American chestnut, Castanea dentata, is a tree with incredible stories to tell. Tales of diverse forests full of their ancestors soaring 75-100’ high. Tales full of Native Americans who coexisted with those giants, tending the landscapes where they grew in return for the nutritious nuts. Long ...

05/26/2026

WARNING=WILL EAT YOUR GARAGE

I haven’t seen my garage in over three years. The door still works, yes, but when open, my “garage” resembles a somewhat rectangular green monster that eats cars and grows larger and hungrier by the day. By next year, it might look like we have one of those cool garages with a game room or ser...

05/26/2026

The Belle of the Ball at last week's Native Plant tour!

“Elegant” is seldom a word you hear used to describe a native prairie plant. When it comes to Penstemon digitalis, commonly called foxglove beardtongue, I don’t think there is a more elegant perennial coming from such humble origins. Penstemon can look just as beautiful and quite at home, than...

05/19/2026

First tour of the season!!!

Sunday, May 17th, 2026 The Wild Ones St. Louis chapter and Bring Conservation Home partnered to present the annual St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour once again last Sunday. The self-guided tour featured eight private gardens in and around Olivette and Ladue including the Price Road Prairie Project....

05/14/2026

04/29/2026

With a Fantasy Forest, disc golf, and over 2,500 plants, Leila Arboretum in Battle Creek, Michigan blurs the line between fun public park, and serious arboretum!

Battle Creek, Michigan Leila Arboretum began like many arboretums and public gardens. Leila Post Montgomery (widow of cereal magnate C.W. Post) envisioned a cultural center amid the beautiful rolling hills just outside Battle Creek, Michigan. Formerly the Battle Creek County Club, Leila donated the....

04/28/2026

And the earth weeps....